We can't save them all, but we can make a difference to some.

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Featured Pet: Tiny, Blue Heeler cross

Tiny is a Blue Heeler crossed with a smaller dog, probably a fox terrier, so she is only half the size of an average Heeler. She is 4 years old, affectionate, energetic and very smart. She loves being part of the family and involved in everything you do, including lots of pats, going in the car, playing fetch, and even curling up on your lap. She is deaf but that doesn't affect her enjoyment of life. It just means she can't be let off the lead.

She is house trained and loves to sleep inside. She would be suited to a family where she is the only dog as she likes to receive all the love. Tiny was rescued from the pound. Will you give her a 2nd chance? Adoption donation of only $100 covers her desexing, vaccinations, worm and flea treatment, microchipping and lifetime registration. To learn more about Tiny or to meet her, please ring Sue on 02-4954-2234 or email docman4@bigpond.com.

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About Us

Dog Rescue Newcastle is a group of concerned people who are dedicated to the rescue of abandoned, neglected or abused companion animals. We are all volunteers who donate our time, money and energy to care for companion pets who have no chance of survival without our intervention. We rescue animals from death row at the pound and put them into loving foster homes until we can find permanent homes for them.

We are self-funded and rely soley upon animal loving people like you to help where they can. Please read more about how you can help us.

How You Can Help

We are always in need of more volunteers, foster carers, and donations of goods (flea treatments such Advantix or Frontline Plus, food, kennels, cages, blankets, towels, etc) and services.

We are in need of a volunteer dog bather or groomer. If you can wield a sponge or clippers, please help us to clean up our dogs so they can appeal to potential new owners.

We always need help with dog transport volunteers to take a dogs to the vet. You can help in many ways which cost nothing, such as selling Fundraising Chocolates. Please contact us or read about more ways which you can help us to save dogs. Thank you very much for your interest in our efforts.

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We are selling 2009-2010 Entertainment Books. These provide discounts on local restaurants and leisure activities. They cost $60 and pay for themselves after only a couple of restaurant meals. Please contact Sue 02-4954-2234 to purchase.

Additional Photos and Videos of Our Dogs

We have an online library of photos and videos of many of our available dogs.

We also have a channel on YouTube were you can see videos and slide shows of our featured available pets. Click on the icon or link below:

Dog Rescue Newcastle on YouTube

A Word About Animal Shelters

"We have the power to build a new consensus, which rejects killing as a method for achieving results. And we can look forward to a time when the wholesale slaughter of animals in shelters is viewed as a cruel aberration of the past. We have a choice. We can fully, completely, and without reservation embrace No Kill as our future. Or we can continue to legitimize the two-pronged strategy of failure: adopt a few and kill the rest. It is a choice which history has thrown upon us. We are the generation that questioned the killing. We are the generation that has discovered how to stop it. Will we be the generation that does?" — Nathan Winograd www.nathanwinograd.com

Local Pet News

Maltese Dog Used for Breeding then Dumped — On a cold night in July, one of our Dog Rescue Newcastle foster carers was walking her dog near Belmont Oval when her dog led her to a garbage bag which had been thrown into bushes. Inside the bag she was horrified to find a tiny, female Maltese dog, desperately clinging to life…read more

Marcus Defies the Odds to Survive Parvo Virus — When we rescued Marcus from a local pound he was one very thin, frightened Maltese dog. We were horrified to discover that he was so badly infested with fleas that he had a large open sore on the top of his head. He must have been suffering for many weeks. It took hours of bathing and combing to remove all the fleas and he began to feel better. But just a couple of days later he had to be rushed to the vet and he was not expected to live…read more

Puppies Tossed Out of a Car — A Redhead resident was driving home at 9:00 PM when he saw a car ahead of him had pulled over to the side of the road. When the car sped off he saw approximately 7 puppies scrambling all over the road. They had been tossed out of the car to die in the bush…read more