1 Dog at a Time Rescue UK is one of the many animal charities that we support and had the privilege of getting to know them a bit better.
How was the charity started?
Jayne, founder of 1 Dog at a Time explains, “I did not imagine for one minute that all this was going to evolve when I started looking for an older dog (I love the oldies). In 2012 I had just joined Facebook and was mooching around when I saw an old boy who looked a little like my soul dog Dillie. He was from Romania and I had just missed out on adopting him. I had no idea about all the cruelty over there and the plight of the street dogs. I have seen many street dogs on my journeys around the world but none so obviously loathed and treated as vermin. I started to read and became completely determined to help one of these poor souls.
Fozzy
My first Romanian rescue was my big boy Fozzy. A plea appeared one night on Facebook to help; he had been poisoned and beaten. Try as I might I could not get him out of my mind, his eyes haunted me. So I pressed the comment button and said… “please get him off the streets and to a vet, I will pay and help him…” little did I know this was the start of a lifetime commitment to helping the street dogs. The lady who had posted Fozzy’s appeal and I worked out how to get Fozzy to me in the UK, I then wanted to help more dogs there to find loving homes. I started helping the dogs that had been captured by dogcatchers and taken to the local public shelter to find homes, one at a time and 1 Dog at a Time Rescue UK started just like that… Helping one dog…”
How many dogs have you adopted?
Over 800 dogs have now been adopted in UK homes. We know our dogs really, really well and have become experts at matching owners and dogs.
How does 1 Dog at a Time work?
We have a kennel in Romania called Happy Tails. Dogs are rescued from the streets of Bistrita in Romania and housed and looked after in the kennels. The dogs have often been badly treated on the streets and require veterinary attention. It is here that they are nursed back to health and given vaccines and medication required. When they are well enough, videos and details of the dogs are posted on the Facebook page and people from the UK can choose to adopt them. At this time the new owners and houses are checked, to ensure they are a good fit. Once this thorough process has been completed the new owners wait for their dog to be imported into the UK.
The dogs are imported as soon as possible to ensure the new owners and dogs are united. Once the dogs arrive, they go straight to their forever home, where owners are guided by the charity into helping their new pet to settle into their new home.
What is your latest challenge?
Due to the war in the Ukraine, DEFRA temporarily suspended Romanian dogs entering the UK. This was put in place in April and has only just lifted.
We are delighted to report that 19 precious souls made it safely to the UK last week and are now in their forever homes.
What support do you need?
We always need financial support:
£5 – Will buy food for 2 weeks for a dog in our shelter.
£10 – Will buy food for a month for a dog in our shelter.
£15 – Will get all the vaccinations a puppy needs.
£40 – Provides vaccinations, microchip and a pet passport for one of our dogs.
You can become a Happy’s Hero by giving to us here
We also have a monthly auction on our Facebook Group where you can bid on a wide variety of items. All proceeds raise money for us.
We are run 100% by volunteers. You can join us too just send us an email and we will be in touch: info@1dogatatimerescue.org
Any other thoughts?
Please visit our website for full details of all that we are up to and follow us on Facebook