About us
Dogs in distress need people who care and who go on caring. This describes every one of the team involved in Give a Dog a Home.
It was set up by Lynne Spencer, whose experience in animal rescue dates back to trapping feral cats in London in the 1980s and flying on a mercy cat rescue mission to Spain, then homing cats and ambulance-driving wildlife in Kent. For nine years she was a trustee of ARC (Animal Rescue Centre) which homed Irish dogs. Lynne has been a Trustee of a hospice and of an animal rescue in Kent. In addition, in a professional capacity, she helps Folly Wildlife Rescue with their employment issues.
In March 2012, Lynne’s friend Kathy Shields alerted her to a flooding crisis at a small animal shelter in provincial Greece, with photos on Facebook of dogs standing knee deep in water. Locally, dogs were either poisoned in the streets or faced disease, starvation and abuse. The shelter owner appealed for help and Lynne answered the call. That summer, on a visit to another Greek shelter, she found that the dogs were mainly healthy and well fed, but were bored and deprived of freedom and human company. Homing was going well through the superhuman efforts of a small and brilliant admin team, including Jackie Shields, but the numbers going out didn't match those coming in - especially puppies, too often thrown over the gate of the shelter, or left in bags or boxes outside.
More clearly needed to be done to increase the numbers of dogs going to the loving homes they needed. Funding for kennels or boarding was not available, so Lynne set up a small network of trained fosterers and home checkers who introduce the dogs to domestic life, build their confidence, set some ground rules and generally prepare the dogs for life as a companion animal. We also have a Treasurer and Honorary Secretary.
Give a Dog a Home has some wonderful fosterers and volunteers who are experienced with all types of dogs and who often help in other practical ways as well. Among these are Jemma, Miranda, Tess, Kay, Caroline, Barbara, and Mary. Thanks to all their untiring efforts, more lonely and loving dogs will get the home they so deserve.
These are just a few of the invaluable fosterers who have volunteered for Give a Dog a Home over the years. As fostering is a voluntary role, we usually only have a few active fosterers at a time so are always keen for new recruits! View our Fostering page for more information.
Give a Dog a Home also has a sister group Spay It Forward, which raises funds for the sterilisation of street dogs in European countries. By helping trusted dog-rescuers and organised Spayathons to spay and neuter homeless dogs in their localities, SpIF strives to reduce the canine overpopulation crisis at its source and thereby reduce the number of puppies born into lives of needless suffering, fear and premature deaths. Please visit our Spay It Forward sister website for more information.
Alternatively you might like to support us in a practical way through volunteering, fundraising or donating. Please see our vacancies page for more information.
Thank you for caring enough to read our story so far.
It was set up by Lynne Spencer, whose experience in animal rescue dates back to trapping feral cats in London in the 1980s and flying on a mercy cat rescue mission to Spain, then homing cats and ambulance-driving wildlife in Kent. For nine years she was a trustee of ARC (Animal Rescue Centre) which homed Irish dogs. Lynne has been a Trustee of a hospice and of an animal rescue in Kent. In addition, in a professional capacity, she helps Folly Wildlife Rescue with their employment issues.
In March 2012, Lynne’s friend Kathy Shields alerted her to a flooding crisis at a small animal shelter in provincial Greece, with photos on Facebook of dogs standing knee deep in water. Locally, dogs were either poisoned in the streets or faced disease, starvation and abuse. The shelter owner appealed for help and Lynne answered the call. That summer, on a visit to another Greek shelter, she found that the dogs were mainly healthy and well fed, but were bored and deprived of freedom and human company. Homing was going well through the superhuman efforts of a small and brilliant admin team, including Jackie Shields, but the numbers going out didn't match those coming in - especially puppies, too often thrown over the gate of the shelter, or left in bags or boxes outside.
More clearly needed to be done to increase the numbers of dogs going to the loving homes they needed. Funding for kennels or boarding was not available, so Lynne set up a small network of trained fosterers and home checkers who introduce the dogs to domestic life, build their confidence, set some ground rules and generally prepare the dogs for life as a companion animal. We also have a Treasurer and Honorary Secretary.
Give a Dog a Home has some wonderful fosterers and volunteers who are experienced with all types of dogs and who often help in other practical ways as well. Among these are Jemma, Miranda, Tess, Kay, Caroline, Barbara, and Mary. Thanks to all their untiring efforts, more lonely and loving dogs will get the home they so deserve.
These are just a few of the invaluable fosterers who have volunteered for Give a Dog a Home over the years. As fostering is a voluntary role, we usually only have a few active fosterers at a time so are always keen for new recruits! View our Fostering page for more information.
Give a Dog a Home also has a sister group Spay It Forward, which raises funds for the sterilisation of street dogs in European countries. By helping trusted dog-rescuers and organised Spayathons to spay and neuter homeless dogs in their localities, SpIF strives to reduce the canine overpopulation crisis at its source and thereby reduce the number of puppies born into lives of needless suffering, fear and premature deaths. Please visit our Spay It Forward sister website for more information.
Alternatively you might like to support us in a practical way through volunteering, fundraising or donating. Please see our vacancies page for more information.
Thank you for caring enough to read our story so far.
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