Rochdale Dog Rescue work closely with the pound where the dogs are to ensure they are not put to sleep; if we did not exist then the fate of the unclaimed dogs is likely to be very different.

The main work is finding the dogs places with reputable rescues around the UK; i.e. those who will assess, neuter, microchip, vaccinate, have a non destruct policy etc.

The dogs are not signed over into the care of RDR until the 8th day as they can legally be reclaimed up until then.. and are not rehomed from there as we will not have seen them at that stage, they will have only had a basic temprament and health check at the pound and its not something any reputable rescue would do. Any dogs that come into our care and go up for rehoming will have been assessed, chipped, neutered etc and they do have an adoption fee.

This helps us to continue to be able to save more death row dogs; and doesent cover the cost of neutering, vaccinating, chipping and the cost of emergency boarding at £5 a day. We can only continue to save the dogs whilst we have funds to do all of this. Please do have a look around the website as it explains how we work in more detail :-)