Dogs Trust Ireland
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We are Ireland's largest dog welfare charity🐾 #ADogIsForLife Registered Charity Number 20057978
Dublin, Ireland
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It’s
#SantaPawsDay
- the day all our dogs get to pick their Christmas gift! Sadly, we couldn’t fit them all in, but we hope the pure joy of the ones we did makes you smile!
To all our supporters and everyone who sent a gift, thank you! We hope you have a very Merry Christmas! 💛
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This year we combined toy donations from our staff & amazing supporters, lined them up and let the dogs in our Rehoming Centre pick their own Christmas present. We hope this makes you smile as much as we did recording the dogs have so much fun!
#SantaPaws
#HappyDogs
🐾 🎁
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#SantaPawsDay
is here! The day all the dogs get to choose their very own toy for Christmas! 🎅🐾
Thank you so much to everyone who helped Santa Paws out by sending in a toy 💛 A very Merry Christmas to everyone watching, from all of the humans and dogs of Dogs Trust Ireland 🎄🎅
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🎞We had the BEST time watching
#IsleOfDogs
at Ireland’s first dog friendly movie 🐶screening at
@thelighthoused7
! So many well behaved dogs 👍Here’s hoping to many more events! Thanks so much
@thedoggiedo
,
@20thcenturyfoxirl
&
@LightHouseD7
for organising.
#dogfriendlyireland
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✨Santa Paws arrived & he’s delivered pure joy to the dogs in our care✨The best day of the year is here -
#SantaPawsDay
!🎅🐾
Thank you to our wonderful supporters,
@PetstopIreland
& members of staff who make it possible. You've made some rescue dogs very happy this
#Christmas
💛
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We need YOUR help to Stop the Illegal Sale of Dogs and change the cruelty & deception surrounding the illegal selling and advertising of dogs and puppies! New laws exist but they need to be enforced to have an impact!
#SoldAPup
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We need YOUR help to
#EndPuppyFarming
in Ireland. Please be the voice for the voiceless dogs and puppies by signing our petition to create a different type of demand – a demand to eradicate puppy farming in Ireland.
Sign the petition and please retweet:
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#GoodNewsStory
🧡 After three years of being apart, Marti was reunited with her loving owners thanks to her Microchip! Marti was taken from her home and had been missing until a few days ago, when her family received a phone call that she had been found
#Reunited
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These little Labrador crosses are hoping to start 2019 by finding their Forever Homes 🏠
#AdoptDontShop
🐾
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Your help is URGENTLY needed! 54 puppies have come into our care in the past 3 weeks alone, so we desperately need foster homes. We're completely full & receiving more requests to take in vulnerable dogs daily.
If you could foster a puppy, please visit
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The BEST day of the year is here!!!
#SantaPawsDay
🎅🐾
Watch our dogs carefully & excitedly pick out their very own 🎁. Thanks to everyone who generously donated & left toys & treats for our dogs
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On the hottest days of the year, please only walk your dog very early in the morning or late in the evening and even then, only if it is cool enough to do so. Heatstroke can be fatal - skipping a walk or two is not
See: for lots of tips 🐾
#heatwave2021
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@paddylogue
@coomalle
@SarahBardon
I've just checked our database and happy to let you know that Fenton and Toby are brothers 💛🐾 They are so alike (and so beautiful)! Lovely to virtually reunite the siblings on
#NationalDogDay
🐶
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We have had a 212% increase in the volume of people wanting to surrender their dogs to us, with many saying behaviour issues are the reason.
To help keep as many dogs as possible happy in their existing homes, we have launched
#BarkToBasics
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Sharing your life with a dog is a wonderful experience, bringing years of companionship and love. It is also a lifelong commitment – a decision that should never be made lightly or ‘just for Christmas’.
#ADogIsForLife
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🧵 Carrie came from an illegal puppy farm last year. She was petrified of people, severely underweight and had a matted coat. It was heartbreaking to see her run to the back of her kennel when unfamiliar people approached and then peer back in slowly. She was curious but... (1/4)
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Today, we announced we will suspend the rehoming of dogs from our Rehoming Centre over the festive period to prevent people rushing out to get a dog for Christmas. Christmas is not a good time to take on a new dog, especially a puppy.
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Super sweet Stevie has found his forever home! 🥳 He’s got his bags packed and he’s ready to go! 🏡💛 Wish him luck as he heads off to his happily ever after 🥰
#FridayFeeling
#FeelGoodFriday
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It’s getting very windy out 👀 Please don’t leave pets outside during
#StormCiara
If letting your dogs out to toilet, make sure your fences are intact and gates closed or put your dog on a lead 🐾
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This year, instead of buying each other gifts, we decided to do 'Secret Santa Paws' for the dogs in our Rehoming Centre and then let them pick their own toys. We hope you smile as much as we did watching the dogs have so much fun!
#MerryChristmas
#SantaPaws
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Sid is a 1-yr-old sweetheart who is looking to find a home to call his own💛 He is blind, so he finds life a little difficult & is searching for a special person to help him grow in confidence! He is a super friendly and VERY clever boy! Please RT to help find Sid a home 🏡
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Shelby just wanted to check in and see how you’re doing. She hopes you’re having a lovely day and that her cute face brings a smile to yours 🥰
#HereForYou
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@buitengebieden
Thank you so much for sharing our Santa Paws Day video! 🎅🐾 This video was filmed in 2021 and we've released a new video for 2022 of all the dogs in our care this year 🥰
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To highlight the hundreds of rescue dogs coming through our doors every year, we are urging people to consider adopting rather than buying a dog! Right now, we have 133 dogs
#WaitingForYou
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If heaven doesn’t look like this, we don’t want it😇
These cuties have all found forever homes, but if you're interested in rehoming a puppy please see:
#AdoptAPuppy
#CuddleTime
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Little rascal Derry will be going home today but how could we not share him making a swimming pool out of his water bowl?
#RascalDog
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Today is Love Your Pet Day 🐶💛
Share a pic of your pup with us so we can RT 💛 Bonus points for saying all the reasons you love them! Let’s spread some joy today and show how much we love our pets ❤
#LoveYourPetDay
#ShareTheLove
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Remember we told you about the 130 victims of puppy farming we cared for this year? Well here are some of them receiving toys for the first time. Thanks to your support, these dogs are now safe & loved, & never have to experience the misery of a puppy farm again.
#EndPuppyFarming
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Another windy weekend thanks to
#StormDennis
Please don’t leave pets outside and be careful letting your dogs out to toilet in case your gate has blown open or your fence is damaged 🐾
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#GoodNews
You may remember this handsome face and his exuberant food eating style? Well, after 16 months of waiting, his forever family walked through our doors and we are over the moon to say Wevs has officially been adopted!!
#AdoptDontShop
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Matthew is a whole mood 😂🙈 We need to start a compilation of all the hilarious photos and videos we have of him sleeping
#WednesdayMotivation
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@pjgallagher
Thank you so much for the wonderful life you gave Lylo over the last nine years, she couldn't have asked for a better Dog Dad and we couldn't have asked for a nicer adopter! Big hugs from everybody at Dogs Trust 🐾
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Poor Oreo is finding kennel life very stressful, so we are urgently seeking a Foster or Forever Home for her! As a 10-month-old Collie cross, Oreo absolutely adores being active & going on adventures, so living in a kennel environment is just not for her! Please retweet 🐾
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16 dogs packed their bags and headed off to their Forever Home this weekend🐾 Wishing them all a very happy future💛 So far, we have found loving homes for 596 dogs this year🐶 We couldn't do this without your support!
#MondayMotivation
#AdoptDontShop
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@CaroWallis
They all have their preferences! Some like squeaky, some like soft and some like a good ol' bouncy ball! That's why we give them lots of choices 😊 It's impossible to pick just one favourite reaction isn't it? 🐾💛
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Nala enjoyed a little treat hunt earlier this week!
This gorgeous girlie is looking for her forever home:
#TreatYourselfThursday
#AdoptADog
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Puppy farms are a
#LifeSentence
of unspeakable misery for dogs, while those responsible often get a slap on the wrist fine. That’s why we are asking you, to join us and be a voice for the voiceless. Sign our petition today:
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Porkie has been learning “Into Bed”. Porkie, being Porkie, has put his own enthusiastic spin on it 😆
#FunnyDog
#FridayFeeling
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We need YOUR help to highlight & help change the upsetting reality behind bad dog breeding in Ireland. Please sign our petition calling for the review the Dog Breeding Establishment (DBE) Act 2010 as a matter of urgency.
#DoggieInTheWindow
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Biggie swears he doesn’t know what happened! Said the bed just kind of...exploded?🤷
#WasntMe
#WednesdayMotivation
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Happy St. Pawtrick’s Day! ☘
This year we treated the dogs in our care to their very own Leprechaun's Pot o’ Gold, filled with toys! Some of them took the decision-making process very seriously, while others knew exactly what they wanted and dove straight in. 💚
#StPatricksDay
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Cindy Lou and Jovie are two very sweet and lovely girls who are hoping to be adopted together 🐾 They can be quite worried at times, but not when they have each other by their side. Do you have room for two?🐶🐶
#AdoptDontShop
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In a bid to help reduce the volume of abandoned dogs and puppies in Ireland, we have launched our ‘Nicer to Neuter’ campaign with Cher’s story:
#NicerToNeuter
🐾
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Guinness is a distinguished, older gentleman who is looking for a quiet retirement home 🧐 His name suits him to a tee with his black coat and white tipped ears
@GuinnessIreland
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Happy
#NationalDogDay
! Every day is great when you have a dog in your life, so we’ve made sure to thank the dogs in our care today! Celebrate today by doing something that makes your dog happy! Whether its food, walkies or cuddles, we'd love you to share your happy dog photo 👇
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Ophelia is on the way, please check your fences, that your dog's microchip details are up to date & bring your dogs indoors for their safety
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🧵
#GoodNews
Thread! 🧵
We have the most amazing pup-date to share with you all 🌼💛
Daisy came into our care with her three puppies last November, & sadly, she wasn’t in good shape. You could feel every bone in her skinny body, she had a lot of hair loss and was very weak. (1/4)
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Shep was having a "cracking" time with the ice this morning! ❄❄
(Sorry, we couldn't help ourselves)
#Snow
#DogsOfTwitter
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Queenie and her loyal subjects 👑
For everyone who saw the
#SantaPawsDayVideo
, you’ll know Queenie can never have enough toys 🤭
#Queen
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After their family dog of 11 passed away last year, Cian’s parents wanted to adopt a dog. They started the process months ago and knew it was going to take a while but boy was Cian’s reaction to Harley joining the family worth waiting for!
#WorthTheWait
#FridayFeeling
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Following the abandonment of Beau, a female Rottie in urgent need of veterinary care, outside our Rehoming Centre, we are reiterating our appeal for people to please contact us if they are struggling with their dogs.
Read more here:
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Due to the
#heatwave
this week we have been trying lots of different ways to keep our dogs cool. As watermelon is over 90% water, we decided to try the dogs with some chilled slices and recorded their reactions. As you will see, some were more keen than others!
#KeepYourDogCool
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@katie_deno
Max (eventually) chose a toy at the end of the third line of toys after testing ALL of the toys first 😊😊
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Cindy-Lou and Jovi just want to say thanks for making sure they’re safe and happy while they wait to go to their new home together 🐾💛🐾
#ThankfulThursdays
#AdoptDontShop
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The excitement seeing your best friend when you haven't seen them in a while 💃 It's probably only been a day, but that's a week in dog years 😂
#DistanceMakesTheHeartGrowFonder
#SoExcitedJustCantHideIt
#SaturdayVibes
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"There I was, minding my own business when all of a sudden the pillow exploded! I got an awful fright 🥺"
Sure Croi... we bet that's what happened 😂😂
#MagicExplodingPillows
#OnlyInDogsTrust
#AndTheOscarGoesToCroi
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Gorgeous boy Archie is looking for his
#ForeverHome
🏡💛This fun-loving fella adores affection, being with his human friends and exploring exciting places😇
Find out more about Archie:
Or please give him a RT if you can't adopt him yourself 💛
#AdoptADog
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Ollie in his new home, treating himself to an unauthorised midnight ‘snack’ 💦 His amazing adopters set up this camera to make sure he was settling in and sleeping okay and caught the little scamp in full food-stealing mode. (No bowls were harmed in the making of this video) 🐾
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Gorgeous girl Trixie hasn't had much interest yet 💔
One of her fav Carers brought her home for a sleepover recently and Trixie was an angel, just soaking up all the love and attention.
If you’re looking for a snuggle buddy, Trixie is your girl 💛
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Could there be better welcome to work on Christmas morning than Esme’s excited wiggle?
#HappyChristmas
🐾
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Happy
#PancakeTuesday
!🥞
🔊 Turn the sound up to hear the adorable chomps of the dogs devouring their pancakes. Some were a little more enthusiastic about the day than others 🤭
Will you treat your dog to a dog friendly pancake today? Get the recipe on
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In 2 years, we cared for 161 victims of puppy farming. Dogs so fearful of people, they ran and hid at the sound of footsteps and took months to warm to human contact. Puppy farms are a
#LifeSentence
. Let’s change that:
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In honour of
#NationalPopcornDay
, we gave the lovely pups in our care some homemade unsalted popcorn 🍿
We hope you enjoy listening to their cute chompy noises as much a we did 💛
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Gertrude is still trying to figure out how to make both her ears work at the same time.
10/10 for effort Gertrude - you'll get there!
#AdoptADog
#OneUpOneDown
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The dogs here are proud to announce their bespoke teddy bear destuffing service!🧸 As you can see, their work is second to none!
Please note, this service is not limited to teddy bears and the dogs are happy to take on larger projects such as duvets if needed 😂
#AtYourService
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We have 9 adorable 7 week old Greyhound cross puppies who are patiently waiting for their Forever Homes. Greyhounds make the most loyal, loving family pets. We are open all weekend from 12-4, so if you are interested in adopting one please pop in to talk to our friendly team. 🐾
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Brilliant news....little Pudsey was adopted yesterday to some very lovely people. Best of luck little guy.
#ADogIsForLife
🐾
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Christy will be using those big ears to listen out for the arrival of Santa’s sleigh! 🎅 He’d really love to meet Rudolph!
#AdoptADog
#MerryChristy
#ChristmasEve
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We have THE best news for you!!! After waiting for almost FOUR YEARS, Porkie has found his Forever Home at last and believe us when we say it was worth the wait! Read his full happy story here:
#MondayMotivation
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Watch our dogs celebrate the 9th anniversary of our Rehoming Centre opening with dog-friendly cake! As you will see, some were more eager than others 🤣
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Wevs is celebrating St. Pawtrick’s Day (noisily) with his green piggie toy ☘️🤣 Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We hope you’re having as much fun as Wevs 🐾
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Sean was found alone in Dublin last Friday-He’s only 7-wks old! Thankfully, a kind man spotted him & contacted us. He’s now safe and receiving the love & care he needs-but he was lucky to be found. Please help us continue to be there for dogs like Sean by supporting our work🧡
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Today sees the launch of our
#Greywatch
campaign!!! We are highlighting how wonderful Greyhounds are as lovable pets, in a bid to help protect and rehome them! See for more information.
@NomosDigital
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#DogFriendlyIrelandDay
is BACK but this year is very different! With many of us still
#WorkingFromHome
, our canines are now our colleagues, so we want to celebrate 🐶's on a job well done! Join us on June 26th to help make Ireland more dog friendly.
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🎂Happy Birthday Oscar!! 🎂It was Oscar’s 10th Birthday on Saturday and his all time favourite Canine Carer Cheryl threw him his very own birthday party filled with cake, toys and even a piñata. Look how happy he is!! Thank you so much Cheryl!
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Have you ever heard a talking dog? Well now you have! Bran’s adopters sent us this hilarious video of him clearing saying ‘No!’ to walkies 🤣We get it Bran, it’s been a long week🙈
#NoFridayFeelingHere
#WeekendVibes
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Giddy girl Juniper hasn’t quite figured out the concept of fetch, but really enjoys playtime all the same!
Another of our lovely
#Munster
crew, hoping to find her special someone:
#AdoptADog
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If you don’t look like Minnie this morning, you aren’t doing
#BankHoliday
Mondays right 🙈
#BankHolidayMonday
#SlowStartToTheDay
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OH MY DOG!!! We won 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze and the overall GRAND PRIX award at the Social Media Awards😆We’re blown away by this-thank you all so much to our supporters! Congratulations to everyone who was nominated 👏 We’re so humbled…THANK YOU
#Sockies2020
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If you’re having a bad day, maybe you need a look at how happy Janice is with her new toy.
Go little Jan Jan! 💛
#HappySaturday
#SaturdayVibes
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12 dogs have their bags packed to go to their Forever Homes tomorrow morning!
#AdoptDontShop
🐾
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With 51% of dog owners saying their dog’s passing was like/worse than losing a family member, we are appealing to employers to offer a day’s compassionate leave to employees should their beloved pet pass away.
#NotJustADog
See for more.
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Oscar Wilde has the most beautiful eyes; we could stare into them all day long! 😍 His ridiculously cute ears are just a bonus!
#HandsomeBoy
#ThursdayThoughts
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In 2021, we received 2,155 requests from people looking to surrender their dog to us - 82% more than in 2020.
Please think very carefully before making the lifelong commitment and welcoming a dog into your family.
Read more:
#ADogIsForLife
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🐾**REWARD OFFERED**🐾
For any information on who made this bed explode.🤷♀️
Lena assures us it wasn't her 😜💛
#SaturdayVibes
#weekendfun
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Andrew is hoping his very cute head tilt will help him find his Forever Home:
#MondayMotivation
#AdoptDontShop
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Let’s bring some good luck to Matthew this Friday The 13th and help him find his Forever Home! So far, he hasn’t had the best luck, but we hope this is about to change🍀
#FridayThe13th
#FridayFeeling
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Who doesn’t love some
#GoodNews
on a Friday?
One of our very sweet Underdogs, Eddie, recently found his forever home and we are just as happy about it as he is!
Congratulations gorgeous boy, here’s to happily ever after! 🐾💛
#FeelGoodFriday
#FridayFeeling
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After a year & a half living as a terrified stray, Flora is safely in our care, with her puppies. Now, we need your help find loving homes for her 10 adorable, eight-week-old puppies & a VERY special home for Flora.
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Like many of us, Riley isn’t sure what day of the week it is... Feels like a Sunday, so he’s staying cozy in bed
#WhatDayIsIt
#LazyDay
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2023 is off to a great start for Storm! She’s the first dog of the year to be adopted 🥳
Will you wish her best of luck in her
#ForeverHome
? 🏡🍀
For more information on adopting a dog, please see: 💛
#GoodNews
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