DOGS TRUST OFFERS WIDE-RANGING SUPPORT
DOGS Trust provides a range of services to help keep dogs and their owners together.
These include support for dog owners without a home and a unique fostering service for dog owners experiencing domestic abuse.
Dogs Trust Dog School is also providing easy to follow online videos helping dog owners tackle behaviours they are seeing as a result of lockdown that could eventually result in dogs having to be given up, such as separation anxiety.
The charity also offers the Canine Care Card, which guarantees that if an owner should die or become very unwell, their dog will be cared for by Dogs Trust.
Celine Di Crocco, manager at Dogs Trust Loughborough, said: “We know that the pandemic, and its economic repercussions, will have devastating effects on some people’s lives and their ability to care for their pets.
“When people take on the responsibilities of dog ownership, they do so with the best intentions to care for them longterm.
“But as the calls to Dogs Trust show, in these extraordinary times circumstances can change in a heartbeat, leaving owners with incredibly tough decisions to make.
“It is heart-breaking to hear someone having to choose, for example, between a roof over their head, or their dog and we’d like to thank the people who made these calls for allowing us to share their story and for coming to us in their time of need. Unfortunately, we believe the worst is yet to come and we expect many more calls like this as the pandemic fallout continues - and we will do all we can to help those in need of our support.”
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