Dogs are man's best friend, their love is unconditional so before buying a dog or puppy please consider adopting a rescue dog that needs a new home. On our website you will find a wide variety of dogs and puppies that need a good loving home. We are small registered charity in the North East of England who depend completely on public donations to rescue unwanted dogs, mainly from the dog pounds. We are all volunteers who are passionate about rescue dogs and every penny raised goes towards their care. Dogs like me need a new home Phone between 9am and 7pm only: Please click here to download an application form. No vets bills - they will be paid for by Save our Strays. Bella is a very friendly 4 year old staffy cross brilliant with people not so good with other dogs initially although ok if properly introduced. She is better with submissive male dogs. stressed in kennels now as she's been there for a while and just wants to be in her own forever home again.

Bella loves her walks and loves human company and If you can help Bella please contact Margaret on 01642 488667 or Lynn 07952 334379 or pop up to our Meet and Greet Sunday's 11 til Please come along with your furry friends and support us raising money to help our rescue dogs. All our dogs are neutered microchipped and vaccinated and our monthly bills average £5000 which is why we need your Charity stalls (except tombola) welcomed free of charge other sellers donation please of £10 8. Junior handler under 16 9. Best dog in the 11. Fancy dress (dog not owner) Can anyone help at any of our forthcoming fundraising 18th June - tombola stall at the Cheshire Home Marske 25th June - Street collecting in Middlesbrough town centre 16th July and 6th August Northallerton Town Hall - help needed to transport sale goods from Marske to Northallerton and help to man the stalls (cakes tombola Bric a brac Help also needed in our shop in Marske if you can spare a

couple of hours a week Dog walkers needed for Wednesday afternoon and Sunday mornings particularly those who can walk the bigger stronger dogs. Pick up a copy of the story of Avon the SOS dog who under the care of Jenny Guest went on to become a PAT dog. A heartwarming story and only £6 from our shop in Marske or telephone Margaret on 01642 488667 or Lynn 07952 334379. A plea for clear plastic bags, suitable for putting curtains and bedding in to display in the shop.Please either drop them off at the shop or send them to Gloria Spencer at 20 Rossendale Close, Marske by the Sea, Redcar, TS11 6DT. We are now doing Meet and Greets again at Old Park Farm Boarding kennels every Sunday from 11am til 12:30 weather permitting. If the weather is bad please telephone Margaret on 01642 488667 or Lynn 07952 334379 to check that it is still going ahead. Our latest venture in opening a charity shop at 129a High Street, Marske by the Sea TS11 6JX (just a few doors down from Darby's Glass shop) is going very well so far.

We are delighted with all the support you have given us to get this project up and running, we can't do it without you all. Ragdoll Cats For Sale On Long IslandWe are still looking for regular volunteers to help sort and price up donated items, if you feel you could help us a few hours a week (10 til 1pm or 1pm til 4pm) please either call in the shop and see Margaret or telephone her on 01642 488667.Pomeranian Mix Puppies For Sale Chicago We are also looking for good quality items to sell including clothing, shoes, accessories, jewellery, DVDs, CDs, books, household items, crockery, bedding, bric a brac, small pieces of furniture and pet items.Columbia T Shirt Pfg The shop is open Monday to Saturday from 10am til 4pm and you are welcome to drop items off directly to the shop.

Larger items which are too big for the shop are being sold on our Facebook Save Our Strays selling page. If transport is an issue please telephone Lynn 07952 334379 or Gloria 01642 286679 to arrange collection/drop off or email us at saveourstrays@hotmail.co.uk Tombolas raise a great deal of money for Save Our Strays and we are always in need of good quality/new items, unwanted gifts etc to use on our stalls. Are you able to help us out? If so, please telephone Lynn 07952 334379, or Gloria 01642 286679 to arrange collection/drop off or email us at saveourstrays@hotmail.co.uk A year ago now I was all skin and bone, I was lost and forgotten on the streets all alone. A poem by Anne Taylor. Link to read the whole poem Why not look at Dog Rescue they do similar work to SOS and this is a new site aimed at helping home dogs that have been in rescue for sometime.We always have lots of very lovely dogs needing good homes. All our dogs are microchipped, so if they ever get lost they can be re-united with you very quickly.

We vaccinate our dogs when they come into the rescue if they are not already up to date. Some will need a second injection given later, so you may have to take your new dog to get this done after you have adopted it. If you are interested in a particular dog, it is always best to telephone the rescue on before coming, to make sure the dog has not already been booked. Please read our coming to see any of our dogs. We always do a home check before any dog is adopted. This can usually be arranged within a couple of days, but can take a lot longer depending on your location and availability of our homechecker! Once the home check is done we ask that you pick your new pet up within 24 hours, to free up the kennel for another dog needing our help. We try very hard to make sure our dogs and puppies have the best possible care, given that they are in a rescue environment. We hope to give them the best start to their new lives with you, their adopters, and our staff and volunteers commit a huge amount of time and resources to this.

We expect adopters to match this commitment. When you take on one of our dogs, you are taking on the responsibility for the rest of his or her lifetime. Please look ahead to the future with your dog. Are you really sure that you are sufficiently committed to the time, effort, training and expense that your dog will need, not just immediately but for a lifetime? Are you going to be able to work through the challenges and issues that are part of dog ownership? Rescue dogs are no different from other dogs: they all need to be continually trained and controlled, exercised and looked after, and loved and cherished. The difference with rescue dogs is that humans have already let them down at least once. Please do not book or adopt one of our dogs unless you are completely prepared to work with them, come what may, and that you are COMPLETELY determined that YOU will not be the human who lets them down again. OUR ANIMALS ARE NOT AN "IMPULSE BUY"! It is absolutely essential that you view adoption as a LIFETIME commitment before you even consider offering a home to any DBARC animal, bearing always in mind that we do not sell animals but instead seek responsible adopters who will care for them for life.

If you offer a home to one of our animals, we then book the animal to you while a homecheck is arranged. Unfortunately, some people do this then change their minds. Time-wasters cost too much. Our suggested minimum donation for one of our dogs is �180 Donations made by adopters are a vital contribution to our funds. They are not compulsory, as a good home is the first consideration for our animals. Our adopters almost invariably wish to make a donation at the time of adoption however, and the above suggestion represent approx. half the average cost to our charity of preparing each dog for rehoming, although many do cost the charity a lot more due to health and other problems. We try our best to give all animals in our care whatever help they need. If you are not comfortable with making a donation, please consider the effect this will have on the charity�s ability to help other animals in need in the future. Please also consider your ability to meet the considerable ongoing expenses that responsible animal care represents.