We hope you find this site easy to use, it is updated on a daily basis. On this page you'll find our latest news and appeals. Everything else you need to know is on the menu on the left hand side of the page.  Please check out our 'Dogs for adoption' page and if you are interested in adopting please ensure you first read our 'How to adopt a dog' page.

We will be holding an Auction party on Saturday 21st November  of donated gifts and promises. There will also be a table top sale of small gift items ideal for christmas presents - both human and doggy.  On top of that we are going to provide a free buffet!

Please come along on the night to support us and tell all your friends too. It will be a great fun night.   A full list of items donated so far are on the Events page, there are some great things to bid on. 

If you cannot come one the night but would like to bid on anything you can give sealed bids in advance to any of us.

If you have any donations or want to help but need more info please email Louise on tizmelou@hotmail.com

As we are promised items we will put them on the Events page, along with who they were donated by and a link to their web site if requested, we've had some great promises already!

Promises being added daily. If you cannot come you will be missing a great Dogs Friends night, however you can still participate by bidding in advance. 

Place your bid and contact details in an envelope and clearly state on what you are bidding on the envelope.  You can give the envelope to a Dogs Friends member to hand to the auctioneer on the night for you or email your bid to tizmelou@hotmail.com and I will seal your bid and ensure it is handed in on the night. 

Feel free to bid on as many items as you wish!

Ps! The pub is right next to the Train Station so if you want to have a drink on the night with us you can always get the train home!

Kipper and Friend

Basset Hounds,  Male,  red/white,  Missing From : Congresbury (BS49) Both are Microchipped and Kipper is Castrated
£Cash reward 

07792 499174 or 01544388283

Indie went missing Weds 4th November a firework about 9pm scared her and she disappeared fron Short Lane, Litton, Radstock, BA3 4PN

Please call if you have seen her and pass this to anyone who might be able to help phone   01761 241231 or E-mail address – mike.hodkin@lineone.net

Thank you again to all our supporters who pulled out all the stops as usual and managed to get us a fantastic amount of bedding!  We have enough to keep us going now for a while so THANK YOU - it is great knowing we can rely on you all to help when we need it!

Thanks to everyone for their efforts including:

Petra Johnstone, Lynn Leadford, Jayne Loveridge, Emma Parkhouse & Jeremy!

Colin Fraser has now raised £318 for Dogfriends after his sponsored marathon and we are promised more! He ran the 13 mile marathon in 2 hours and 2 seconds. Well done Colin, what an achievement on your 31^st birthday!  A huge thank you to everyone who sponsored Colin, all the money raised will be put to helping needy dogs.

A special thanks goes to all the kindhearted people who donated money after the original fundraising tin was stolen, especially Rhona Murdoch, her rescued dog Holly and all her customers of the Victoria Inn in Westbury on Trym, a dog friendly pub which we recommend you all visit! You truly are kind hearted stars!  The details of the Victoria Inn is at

 http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/64/6427/Victoria_Inn/Westbury_On_Trym

Here is Colin with his dogsfriends dogs Blackie and Billy after the exhausting race!

We are hoping to put together a Fundraising Team. If you think you could help us with this either by helping man stalls & collections or if you have any bright ideas for fundraisers we'd love  you to join the team to help Dogs Friends!

MISSING

PLEASE HELP, THIS LOVELY DOG WAS LOST                                                                                                                       LOST ON 28/8/09(bank hol w/e)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             FROM RUSSELTOWN AVE JUNC ON THE CYCLE PATH INBETWEEN FISHPONDS & ST.PHILIPS, BRISTOL.

              HE IS A LARGE LABRADOR CROSS,

MAINLY BLACK WITH A WHITE CHEST & PAWS, HE HAS A TAIL; DUE TO HIS AGE HE OFTEN WALKS WITH A LIMP & SOMETIMES HAS A LAZY EYE.

THIS LOVELY GENTLE 10 YR OLD HOUND HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY SINCE A PUPPY, & EVERYONE IS MISSING HIM SO MUCH, PLEASE KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR HIM.

WE SO WANT HIM BACK WITH US WHERE HE BELONGS & AT HIS ADVANCED AGE HE DOESN’T NEED ANY BIG CHANGES OR UPSET.

SO PLEASE CALL IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HIM 

                     JUST CALL   07935025384  or  01225-331844                   

             REWARD OFFERED FOR HIS SAFE RETURN, THANK-YOU.

A Dogs Friends supporter has given us the change to rent his luxury apartment in Spain.  It is on a complex with 3 pool and over looks the sea and is only 20 mins from Murcia airport.  If the apartment appeals and you decide to treat yourself to a little break away please mention dogs Friends when booking as for every booking he will make a donation to Dogs Friends!

http://www.markmitchellproperty.webs.com/

Dogs Friends are also on Facebook. Join our group to chat about all your great Dogs Friends (and other) dogs and share photos.

If you would like to make a donation to help with our costs (vet and kennel bills) cheques can be made out to Dogs Friends and sent to:

Dogs Friends Admin

75a Westerleigh Road

Yate

Bristol

BS37 4BN

PLEASE include your details so we can thank you personally.  Every penny is appreciated and goes DIRECTLY to helping our dogs.  No volunteer with Dogs Friends is paid for anything at all so you can be assured your donation will directly be assisting one of our dogs.  Thank you.

If you really would like to help Dogs Friends we are desperate for more people to be willing to pick dogs up and take them to foster carers in the area.  If you could possibly help please get in touch!

Thank you to Kaz Woods and the Cadbury Garden Centre who have said we can do some collections there in aid of our dogs.  If you could spare 2 hours to help on any of these dates please call Lyn 18th July, 29th and 30th August, 19th September and 14th October.  Thanks!

All our fosterers do a great and sometimes difficult job, but they all know without them we would not be able to save so many dogs each year.  It is so rewarding to take in a dog especially one that hasn't had a good life and nurse them and turn them into happy, confident and balanced dogs but then comes the harder part! Seeing them go off to their new homes - it's fantastic to see but it can be sad too so thank you to all our fosterers who go through this so they can continue to help more dogs - a special mention must go to Ken who did this recently for Lola - she was a poorly little pup who touched a lot of peoples hearts - so thanks Ken and thank you to all our fosterers!

http://www.staffycampaign.org.uk/

Even if you have labs or collies or any other breed you must feel sorry for the 1000's of staffies being bred and discarded like trash- then to be destroyed after 7 days in most big pounds.
Something needs doing and a campaign has been started to try to improve the staffies lot . 
Visit the website and please sign up as a supporter and download the poster promoting these lovely little dogs and get those posters in vets pet shops doctors surgeries libraries - in fact anywhere that the 'family' visit particularly older people visit.
Thanks

Please also visit

http://www.staffycampaign.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=56

A Dogs Friends volunteer was badly injured recently whilst walking their dog.  They were on a public right of way through a field that had a herd of cows in it. The cows surrounded him and the dog and knocked him to the ground and started kicking and trampling him.  He released the dog from the lead so she could escape, she managed to run away (thankfully found safe and well later if somewhat traumatised).  The man is very badly battered and bruised but thankful to have survived without serious injury.  Apparently this is quite common this time of year when calves are around so please be careful when out walking especially with your dogs near cows!

If you have adopted a dog from us (or indeed foster) and want any advice on anything, please remember we are here to help as we care greatly about all our dogs.  For advice on anything you would like to discuss please call one of our contacts and we can put you in touch with someone to help.  However if it is a matter of the dogs health please do not delay in taking your dog to the vet!

Would you love to help a dog but cannot foster one yourself?  If you could spare some time perhaps you would like to come to the stables near Cheddar and walk one of the foster dogs there, weekdays between 9 and 5, Saturdays 10 to 4.  If you can help please phone first and speak to Julian on 07877680107 to arrange a time. Thanks!

We need more fosterers, the more we have the more dogs we can help. You could make a real difference and save a life by volunteering for us. Please visit our 'Could you foster for us' page for more information and then contact Louise if you think you could help.

The Western Daily Press have very kindly agreed to feature one of our dogs EVERY Saturday.  This will be a fantastic help in finding our dogs their home for life.  Please check the paper each week to see who is featured!

If you are looking to adopt a rescue cat or kitten, please contact Lyn Venal on  01934 820038               

Lyn often also has feral cats and kittens looking for homes.

Fosterers, and those who support us by doing fund-raising etc, might want to consider the new look DF t-shirts.  Subtle they aren't - but they aren't supposed to be!  They were worn to great effect at the recent vegan fayre, attracting much interest in our work.

Essentially, you supply us with the shirt of your choice, and i'll get in printed with the usual DF logo on the left chest, and our web address in bold on the back.  We found navy shirts polo shirts with dayglo orange writing worked well!

A printer local to me does the print work for a flat fee of £5.

If you would like to discuss further, give Georgina a ring -                               01934 814237