Rovers Dog Rescue

finding ‘furever’ homes

According to PDSA, 27% of adults have a pet dog, with an estimated 10.2 million dogs across the UK.

It’s clear to see we are a nation of dog lovers, but with that comes an unfortunate amount of dogs abandoned and left to fend for themselves.

Rovers Dog Rescue is a small home-run dog rescue in the Essex countryside who help to give our four-legged friends a better quality of life and chance for a forever home.

All of the dogs that come through the rescue are microchipped, vaccinated, neutered, where age applicable, before rehoming. We caught up with Rebecca from Rovers Dog Rescue to find out a little more about the important work they do, and how local readers might be able to support them.

Rebecca told us:

“There are two of us running the show, one of us in Billericay and the other out towards

Ongar. We do not use kennels and rely heavily on our amazing band of fosterers spread out through Essex who take the dogs into their homes.

“There they can be fully assessed, vet checked, neutered, and vaccinated while we look for a new home for them which we vet and home check for suitability.

“Our dogs come from dog wardens, dog pounds, vets, public hand-ins and breeders and 2022 has been particularly hard and just before Christmas we had 9 puppies in from 2 separate litters, Christmas was chaos in our houses!”

For our readers who would like to support the rescue through donations, whether it’s food, money to help with huge vet bills, or dog items such as collars, fleeces and toys etc, they are always greatly appreciated.

“The one thing more important than anything is our need for foster homes - we can’t do what we do without them,” poignantly added Rebecca.

To find out more or to get in touch visit the rescue on Facebook at Rovers Dog Rescue.