Shelter dogs find The One on TV

This is a show where “finding the one” takes on a whole new meaning. Here there are only tears of joy, heart-warming moments, and laugh out loud encounters.

A Dog for Life is a 13-part South African docu-reality series sponsored by Hill’s Pet Nutrition that is to be aired on Netflix this year.

“A Dog for Life is about the extraordinary, very tangible bond between people and shelter dogs. It is impossible to determine the rescuer from the rescued,” explains owner of production company Grays Matter Films, Samantha Gray, who produced and co-directed the film.

Over the course of the 13 episodes, presenter and show ideator Sue White will match shelter dogs with their forever homes around Cape Town.

Through a quirky doggy dating process, Sue helps humans to look beyond the fluff and fall in love with The One.

The dogs are a mix of scruffy, grubby, perky, goofy, beautiful, shy, boisterous, delinquent and angelic. After being abandoned, they found their way to their halfway houses at shelters – Fallen Angels, Animal Welfare Society of South Africa, Animal Welfare Society Stellenbosch, Honey’s Garden, Animal Anti Cruelty League (AACL), DARG, Woof Project and Cape of Good Hope SPCA.

Gray and White said A Dog for Life delivered on all their expectations of being sniffed, slobbered and occasionally weed on, but they didn’t mind in the least.

“I especially loved being able to showcase the extraordinary bond between humans and shelter dogs.

“Having been blessed with rescue dogs throughout my life, A Dog for Life really resonated with me,” said Gray.