Our ‘Nicer to Neuter’ campaign wants to highlight the health, financial and behavioural benefits associated with neutering.

We want to highlight the volume of puppies and their Mums we care for in our Rehoming Centre in Finglas and also to ask the general public to consider adopting a puppy rather than buying as there are so many in need of loving homes and available to adopt.

Dogs Trust sent a petition containing over 28,000 signatures, and counting, to Minister of State, Sean Canney, calling on him to review and strengthen the Dog Breeding Establishment (DBE) Act 2010 as a matter of urgency The amended Act should introduce a number of robust measures to clamp down on unscrupulous breeders that put profits before the welfare of the dogs in their care Executive Director of Dogs Trust handed over the signatures to Senator Catherine Ardagh and Maureen O’Sullivan TD today at Merrion Square in Dublin

Dogs Trust will ‘Paws’ adoptions over the Christmas period We found a 30% increase in people looking to give up their dog in January 2018, compared to the previous year. We received 2,840 surrender requests this year, with 897 of those calls and emails in the first three months of 2018. The top reason given for people looking to give up their dog was that they didn’t have enough time to look after them anymore