Frankie
Behind the scenes of mixing a reactive dog. Warning: contains beagle howls!
Dogs, Rehabilitate, Dog behaviour
Stories
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These are just a few stories of the wonderful animals we have met and cared for. Their rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming would not be possible without your support – thank you.
Lulu
Lulu’s glow-up: ready for her fresh start
Posted by Lindie Kramers | Dogs, Rescue, Rehabilitate, Fostering
Alfred
Alfred’s second life: from fragile to fearless
Posted by Lindie Kramers | Cats, Rescue, Rehabilitate, Rehome
Tiptoe
From bin shed to beloved: Tiptoe’s journey to safety and love
Posted by Lindie Kramers | Cats, Rescue, Cat behaviour, Rehome, Welfare
Winnie
From stray to supermum: Winnie's story
Posted by Lindie Kramers | Dogs, Rescue, Rehabilitate, Rehome, Fostering, Puppy
Pecan
A 5-month-old pup with a fracture
Dogs, Rehabilitate, Puppy
Roo
The lurcher who found his sunshine
Posted by Lindie Kramers | Dogs, Rescue, Rehabilitate, Rehome
Seren
A small cat with a big mystery!
Cats, Rehabilitate
Teddy
From Bath to Hong Kong adventures
Posted by Lindie Kramers | Cats, Rehabilitate, Rehome
Luna
Puppy energy meets endless love
Posted by Lindie Kramers | Dogs, Dog training, Rescue, Rehabilitate, Rehome
Firework kittens
Can we turn these feral kittens into pets?
Cats, Rehabilitate, Volunteering, Fostering
Roman
How a fostering volunteer has changed his life
Dogs, Rehabilitate, Dog behaviour, Volunteering, Fostering
Bobbin
How patient fostering helped a nervous FIV-positive cat discover life - and love - indoors.
Cats, Rehabilitate, Fostering
Angel
Dogs, Rehabilitate
Rosie
When it isn’t all behaviour…
Dogs, Rehabilitate, Dog behaviour
Scraggles
From scared pup to confident leader
Dogs, Rehabilitate, Dog behaviour
Bruce
From nursery kitten to family favourite
Posted by Lindie Kramers | Cats, Rehome
Behaviour Team
How our behaviour team make a huge difference
Rehabilitate, Dog behaviour, Cat behaviour
Valerie
A community of care at BCDH meant survival for a huge litter
Dogs, Rescue, Rehabilitate
Mack
His adopters tell us what it’s like to live with a big dog
Dogs, Rehome
Meet Abbie on International Dog Day
Celebrating International Dog Day with Abbie the Belgian Shepherd who is looking for a home.
Posted by Ali Wilkins | Dogs, Rescue, Adopters
Matilda
From the bushes to a better life
Cats, Rescue
Norman - Trust takes time
Trust takes time
Posted by Lindie Kramers | Dogs, Rescue, Rehabilitate, Adopters, Dog behaviour, Rehome
Clementine
A life reclaimed from the rubbish
Cats, Rescue
Furby
From frightened stray to pampered prince: Furby’s journey to comfort and companionship
Posted by Lindie Kramers | Cats, Rescue, Rehabilitate, Rehome
Rosalina
Found in a field with 6 kittens, could we help the whole family?
Cats, Rescue
Lola
Making a safe space for a pregnant cat
Cats, Rescue
Zelda
From rescue to royalty: Zelda’s journey to a new beginning
Posted by Lindie Kramers | Dogs, Rehome
Trixie
A foster home turned this cat's behaviour around
Rehabilitate, Volunteering, Fostering
Pablo
From stray to loved family pet
Rehabilitate
Caring for strays at BCDH
Our action plan for stray cats and dogs
Cats, Dogs, Rescue, Rehabilitate
Coco
Coco had all the health problems of flat-faced breeds
Dogs, Rehabilitate
Susie
Pregnant and scared, Susie needed all our expert care
Cats, Rescue, Rehabilitate
Artemis aka Miss Arty
An emergency operation, an unexpected allergy, long-term care and concern over her quality of life. Could we find the right treatment - and the right home - for her?
Cats, Rescue, Rehabilitate, Rehome
The 'Pirate' kittens
The devastating effects caused by not vaccinating a mum cat
Cats, Rehabilitate, RSPCA
Churro
Helping an anxious dog take his first steps to a new life
Dogs, Rehabilitate, Rehome
Marshall’s Mission
Our new appeal supporting Marshall to lose nearly half his body weight.
Posted by Jennifer Bryant | Dogs, Rehabilitate, Welfare, Charity news
Jim
A memorable new friend with an unusual eye condition
Cats, Rehabilitate
Jack
Jack was suffering with the worst dental disease we have ever seen
Dogs, Rehabilitate
Microchips and strays
It is National Check your Chip Day, so we thought we'd show you what our Intake team do when we get a stray animal in.
Rescue
Hercules
Stronger than he looks
Cats, Rehabilitate, Rehome
Ace
A magical connection
Rehabilitate, Rehome
Mildred
Mildred's ears were swollen and bloody, and needed medical care to relieve her pain.
Dogs, Rehabilitate
Sidney
Sidney had an eye-opening treatment
Cats, Rehabilitate
Dachshund litter
A litter of 7-month-old puppies proved to be a wriggly challenge for our Behaviour team.
Dogs, Rehabilitate
Mole
A flea allergy that had gone untreated quickly deteriorated this kitten's health.
Cats, Rehabilitate
Norman
We catch up with Norman's new owners, who adopted him a few months ago.
Dogs, Rehome
Ivy and Ted
We catch up with multi-lurcher owners of Ivy and Ted, to see what it is really like to adopt.
Dogs, Rehome
Pepper
We ask Pepper's owners what it was like to adopt a lurcher, one year on.
Dogs, Rehome
Flora
Shy Flora and her journey to adoption.
Cats, Rehabilitate
Together Project - Mazzie
One of our regular clients had a terrible accident – but we could help him.
Dogs, Rehabilitate, Outreach and Community
Albie
Can our rehabilitation programme transform this grubby and grouchy stray?
Cats, Rehabilitate
Barbie & Cindy
A poodly photo story
Dogs, Rescue, Rehabilitate
Cece
A neglected dog needed some TLC to transform her.
Dogs, Rehabilitate
Crumble & Custard
A fostering story from last year, to show the valuable work our volunteer foster team do.
Cats, Rescue, Fostering
Ken and muzzle training
A look behind the scenes at some of the Behaviour training with our dogs, to improve their quality of life and chance of adoption.
Dogs, Rehabilitate
Viktor
A bedraggled, hissy community cat transformed
Cats, Rehabilitate
Autumn
How fostering assisted a nervous cat to be adopted
Cats, Rehabilitate, Fostering
Muffin
Found on the streets, this nervous girl needed rehabilitation to become a sweet pet dog
Dogs, Rehabilitate
Murphy
Rehabilitating from a serious injury
Cats, Rehabilitate
Peggy
Peggy and her ‘rags to riches’ adoption story
Rescue, Rehome
Rupert
Rupert's remarkable journey
Dogs, Rescue
Duck and Goose
Happy homes found for two spaniel puppies abandoned during a heatwave
Dogs, Rescue, Rehome
Adopted story: Ethel
An anxious dog nervous of strangers and dogs, what this girl needed was to feel loved.
Dogs, Rehome
Adopted story: Peggy
Peggy needed a fun and active home to build her confidence, could she find her forever home?
Dogs, Rehome
Adopted story: Mabel
A special story to celebrate the start of National Pet Month
Rehome
Adopted story: Alan
We find out the truth about adopting a lurcher...
Dogs, Rehome
Catching up with an adopted litter
A special litter from last summer are all grown up!
Dogs, Rehome
Adopted story: Ripple
We matched together a dog and a person, both looking for a companion
Dogs, Rehome
Finn
The illegal practice of ear cropping remains a trend.
Rescue, RSPCA
Adopted story: Gaston
Gaston taking it easy in his new home
Dogs, Rehome
Adopted story: Vinny & Theo
These bonded brothers needed a home together, despite being chalk and cheese
Cats, Rehome
Winter Appeal - Goldy
The future looks bright for this little girl with some medical rehabililtation.
Rehabilitate, Charity news
Winter Appeal - Pete
Pete came in injured, and needed daily care.
Dogs, Rehabilitate, Charity news
Adopted story: Jonboy
Jonboy popped back for a vet check up, and to say hello!
Dogs, Rehabilitate
Adopted story: Bringo
Bringo’s story has a happy ending, but it does have a shocking start.
Dogs, Rehome, RSPCA
Adopted story: Tillie
Tillie was looking for a home with plenty of company, we caught up with her new family.
Dogs, Rehome
Adopted story: Tiggs
Tiggs needed to swap city life for the country, how did it work out?
Cats, Rehome
Marley
Diagnosed with diabetes and pancreatitis, and dangerously thin from diarrhoea, it was clear that Marley’s recovery with us would be a long one.
Cats, Rehabilitate
Walnut, Cashew and Peanut
Born to a feral mum on an industrial estate, this litter need an urgent and intense program of behaviour rehabilitation.
Cats, Rescue, Rehabilitate
Bronco
Bronco must have been terrified. He was found running around a village, severely underweight and with wounds and a large abscess on his shoulder.
Dogs, Rehabilitate, RSPCA
The 'Bread' kittens
Sourdough, Pumpernickel and Rye were abandoned in a box left in a layby
Cats, Rescue
Buddy
RSPCA Inspectors rescued puppies who were left to starve, and brought them for medical attention and rehoming at Bath Cats & Dogs Home
Dogs, Rescue, Rehabilitate, RSPCA