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**************************************************** Dogs R us Rescue desperately needs donations if we are going to be able t keep saving dogs' lives. If you would like to send a cheque to help with the cost of rescuing dogs, please e-mail for details. Each dog that is taken in has to be vaccinated (£55), neutered (£120-240), flea and worm treated (£9) and fed. On top of this there are expenses such as heating, diesel for travel and many, many phone calls. Please give what you can. Many thanks. ***************************************************** Dogs R Us Rescue is an independent rescue that re-homes both adult dogs and puppies. We do not receive any funding and so rely solely on donations. Many of the dogs that we rescue have been saved from being put to sleep, including the puppies! Others have been thrown out, unwanted, or have been handed in to a rescue centre due to a change in circumstances. Most of the rescue dogs live in homes with either Phaedra and her dogs, or in foster care. We also try to help other rescue organisations to re-home the dogs that they have in their care. Each dog in our care is temperament tested with other dogs, cats, people, traffic, food, toys etc and assessed to ascertain how much training has previously been done by an owner, and how much further training will be required. We get to know all of the dogs in our care really well so that we can successfully re-home each dog or puppy to the right owner. All of the dogs and puppies have been fully vaccinated and have received regular worm and flea treatments. Every one is seen by our veterinary surgeon. If you feel that you would like to give a rescue dog a home, please do not hesitate to contact us. Please note that it our policy that all dogs must be neutered if this has not already been done. We also insist that all puppies attend puppy socialisation and training classes. (Please see article below.) All potential homes will be vetted by one of our home checkers. PUPPY SOCIALISATION CLASSES. Why they are so necessary.
Proper socialization at 8-16 weeks of age is the most important process in your puppy's life. How much of it you do, or fail to do, will reflect directly in the future character of your dog. Under socialised puppies grow up shy, fearful and sometimes aggressive.
THE GALLERY.
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During the early stages of a puppy's life, new experiences are taken on board with relatively little concern, under the protection of their mother. However, as the puppies mature and wander off to explore on their own, they naturally become more cautious . Anything that has not been encountered before will be met with suspicion and fear. The more experiences that a puppy has as it grows up, the more likely it will be to mature in to a well adjusted dog that can take anything in its stride. 
Research has shown that by the time you take your puppy home at 7-8 weeks, one month of prime socialisation time has gone by. By the time you take your puppy to puppy classes at 12-13 weeks, over two thirds of your critical time for socialisation has passed by. Failure to take your puppy to classes may render him anti- social.. Even if you take your puppy to puppy classes, you are constantly trying to "catch up" on time that could have been spent socialising your puppy with new experiences. 
One of a number of litters of rescue puppies that I helped to rear. I subsequently fell in love with the dark headed puppy who would have been left on his own, so I brought him home. Bailey now helps out with socialising other dogs and puppies as his dog to dog skills are truly exceptional. 
Amber, my own puppy who is now 5 years old. Amber was socialized as soon as I got her home. She was taken everywhere + introduced to as many people + other dogs as possible, as well as other, new experiences. The results are a well balanced dog who can be trusted around people and other animals. 
Whizz my whippet lurcher teaching two rescue puppies how to play with older dogs.
