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A MESSAGE FROM BTRF
We have recently had concerns raised by not have “no dog, no cat, no children”
a member of the public as to why we foster homes who could have helped.
have dogs in “kennels” and we want to
address this issue for the benefit of all of The best alternative we had was to find a
our supporters and prospective adoptive reputable kennel with appropriate
and foster homes. facilities that met the needs of our dogs
in a safe and enriched environment. Our
When we are contacted about a primary concern at each stage of the
potential dog which needs rehoming, process is the wellbeing of the dog. The
our first step is always to assess the dog reality is the majority of dogs who come
professionally so that we can clearly into our care are surrendered because
understand the dog’s needs and any they have behavioural or medical issues
medical conditions and / or behavioural – often both. In our experience, a lot of
requirements. We do this to determine behavioural problems are linked to
the type of new home that the dog underlying medical issues, but those
needs and the appropriate back up and medical issues are not always
support the dog will need in a home / immediately apparent. We have a duty
foster placement. of care to each and every one of our
dogs as well as to each adoptive or
Our preference by far is to rehome dogs foster family. We therefore simply
from home to home. In fact, until very cannot place a dog with an adoptive or
recently that was the only way we could foster family if we do not know if that
work because we simply did not have environment will be suitable. What we
any other options - we are a small absolutely can't do is put the dog or the
charity, everyone involved in the charity family at risk.
is a volunteer and does not get paid for
their time, nor do we have our own
premises or facilities to take dogs on.
Every penny that we raise through
fundraising goes on supporting the dogs
that we are asked to rehome.
Having said that, we have had several
cases over the past couple of years
where dogs needed to come out of their
existing home immediately and simply
could not wait to be assessed to find
them a new home. In such
circumstances we had two choices - to
turn the dog down or to find a suitable
kennel facility as a safe refuge, as we did
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