How your sponsorship helps
It enables us to help to care for the dogs needing rehabilitation that otherwise wouldn’t have had a chance of a life. We have sometimes spent years helping a nervous dog understand the world. Whilst they are with us the dogs are able to have regular vet care, flea and worming treatments, enrichment activities and daily hire of the secure field if they’re ready to go.
Some dogs are returned for various reasons and as a responsible rescue we provide rescue back up for life, this means that should a dog be returned, we can take the dog back and provide a safe space for them until they are adopted. If a dog isn’t suitable for a multi dog foster home they will reside in kennels, for which we have a daily fee. This is our biggest cost within the rescue and your sponsorship helps to keep these dogs safe and provided for.
We also have one dog - Moon who we don’t think will ever be suitable to be rehomed and your sponsorship will help us care for him for the rest of his life.
We are totally run on donations so without your help we wouldn’t be able to help dogs like the ones below.
Lacey and Lani who would have died at the public shelter if we didn't save them. This was how shut down they were on the day they arrived. Lani was adopted 11 months after she came to us and Lacey is still being rehabilitated
Kiki, who spent years with us being rehabilitated from an untouchable dog to a little diva who was adopted recently and is very much loved and happy.
Bandit at the vets for his chemical castration. Bandit spent two years with us being rehabilitated and is now happily adopted.
Lucky and Henry at the vets for their vaccinations. Henry spent a year with us being rehabilitated before being adopted. Lucky spent nearly two years with us learning that no one was ever going to hurt him again. He was scared of being touched especially around his head. He turned into the most wonderful dog who we all adored and we are so happy that he was adopted in 2024
Daily trips to the secure field really helped Lani gain some confidence on the lead
Daily trips to the secure field for George who has been with High Hopes for 3 years now. He came to us from another rescue, he is the most wonderful dog but he is shy and is still waiting for the right home.
Sponsorship helps us provide ingredients for enrichment activities
The secure field is such a help to us and our work. It provides a secure, safe area that we can take nervous dogs on their first time out of their foster homes. We hire a field most days, this is Frankie and Lettie on their first ever trip to the field. Helped along by one of our stooge dogs Monty. Frankie (now Poppy) and Lettie are both now adopted and very happy little girls. Without support we could not have helped these girls.
Shandy enjoying the secure field as we practiced the lead. This took a really long time with Shandy but she was still able to get regular exercise whilst she learned that the lead wasn't all that scary!
Nil's especially loves his field time. Its totally free time for the dogs to just enjoy themselves, form friendships, play and gain confidence.
Frankie at the vets having her first vaccination. Frankie came to us in January 2024 from a home in the UK. She was 8 months old, had never been on a lead or in fact out of her home. She has needed extensive rehab and a lot of TLC as she came to us covered in sores from a flea allergy. Frankie is now reserved by one of our team!!!
Free time to enjoy themselves!! This was a messy day!!!
Queen Betsy spent 3 years with us being rehabilitated. She hated the lead and it took us almost a year for Betsy to be able to go on her first lead walk. She's now adopted and ruling the roost in her home just as she did with us!!
Enrichment time
This was Amira when we saw her plight. This photo just spoke to us and we knew we had to save her. Amira was not touchable when she arrived with us, she spent two years in foster care learning her new life. She has been in her adoptive home for two years now and is very much loved. Without your help dogs like Amira would never stand a chance of any kind of a life. Amira would have spent her entire life in a shelter if she had survived it. We taught her that people are kind, we taught her to have a lead on and go for a walk. This can take months or years depending on how traumatised the dog is.
Daisy enjoying her playtime at kennels.
Ava enjoying a visit from one of our volunteers
Maddy loving a long walk when one of our volunteers visited her
Moon having cuddles with one of our team
More enrichment time
This is Buzz and Forky when they arrived. They came from hunter/hoarder in Portugal and weren't at all used to people and being handled. Buzz came on quite quickly and was adopted but sadly after only 9 months at home he sadly died from a heart condition. Forky, who's now called Boss was adopted by one of our volunteers after a foster fail. He is now living his absolute best life!