Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rescue

General information

Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rescue is a charity entirely run by a small team of dedicated volunteers, ourselves dog owners. We have 3 kennels and a few experienced, well trusted foster homes and always run at full capacity to take in unwanted staffies and then work extremely hard to find loving, new homes for them. Our rescue mainly take referrals from the council pounds, police and social services rather than directly from the general public. We do however help owners who are dying or fleeing domestic violence where we can. Sadly our services are in huge demand, so much so that we operate a waiting list. However by keeping our team small we believe our rescue practices remain thorough and successful. Many of the staffies that come into our care are badly neglected, some have very severe skin issues such as demodex mange that often has been left untreated. It is common that they have had a very poor diet and many are under socialised with other animals and people. As with other rescues, we rely on public donations to fund our rescue work. In addition to the dogs currently in kennels, we also offer full life after care for some of our dogs who have been rehomed if they are needing continuous veterinary treatment. Funds are a constant concern but every penny donated is spent on our staffies. We have the additional problem that we can only advertise our "public" dogs for rehoming - we also have "hidden" dogs that we are helping that we cannot publicise due to court cases or...