Canine Welfare Australia

Canine Welfare Australia Our experience is in the rescuing, rehabilitating and appropriately rehoming dogs that may not other options available to them.

Based in Perth, WA - we are a rescue who promotes responsible ownership of all dogs through education; advocate for humane management of dogs and force free training methods; and campaign against breed descriminatory laws. Our Story

The Canine Welfare Alliance of Australia Inc, was formed out of the need to campaign for changes to legislation to improve welfare for all dogs, regardless of breed,

and later on to assist dogs who find themselves in need of rescue. A foster based rescue in Perth, Western Australia, our experience is with staffy, bully and molosser breeds, however our doors are open to any dog in need of our help. We provide a comprehensive service to the community, but are completely unfunded and run by a small group of passionate volunteers who have extensive experience in animal welfare. We provide an foster program for dogs who come into care, with the aim that they never find themselves in the system again. We also liaise with local and state regulators to improve penalties for the abuse or neglect of canines; advocate for the removal of breed discriminatory legislation, including promotion of responsible canine ownership; and campaign to introduce consistent, progressive and humane welfare management practices, in an attempt to decrease euthanasia rates of all canines. Lastly we provide a referral, advocacy and support service to dog owners who require assistance to keep or care for their dogs, including food and parasite treatments when available. If owners are provided with adequate resources and appropriate advice, it reduces the need for canines to enter pounds, rescue groups or shelters. It is our belief that all canines have the ability to be social, well behaved community and family members, given the right opportunities, and provided with the right environment, training and guidance. We place the welfare and needs of each dog before profits or personal gain, and each dog which enters our care is treated with compassion, patience and a force free approach. Current dogs and puppies ready for adoption:

https://www.savour-life.com.au/adopt-a-dog/rescue-groups/18105/Canine-Welfare-Australia-Inc

Email for enquiries, donations or up to sign up to foster: [email protected]

Unfortunately due to circumstances outside of our control, we are not able to assist with surrenders currently.

Please don’t forget about beautiful Miss T. 🥰Sad that our brindle beauty gets overlooked. She has so much love to give a...
30/06/2025

Please don’t forget about beautiful Miss T. 🥰

Sad that our brindle beauty gets overlooked. She has so much love to give a family and is such a happy doggo. We would love to see her find her own furry tail ending. 💜🩷🩶

Tequila 🌼 has been in care for an entire year. All of her babies and her friend Bronx, have been adopted.  We were hopin...
17/06/2025

Tequila 🌼 has been in care for an entire year. All of her babies and her friend Bronx, have been adopted. We were hoping she would have found her own furry tail ending by now. 💗💜🩵

A happy go lucky friendly bull mastiff mix, Tequila makes an absolutely gorgeous family dog. She is great with kids though forgets her size sometimes, so best with confident children over age of 6 who are use to larger boofas. Of course Tequila is just as happy living with a single person or couple who are looking for a cuddly best friend to come home to.

Tequila prefers to be the only dog at home, but could be slowly introduced to a male doggy friend with an experienced family. She is currently on foster care with a cat, but we feel she is best in a home without smaller animals.

From a yard dog to house dog, Tequila has learned great manners in the home and is fine to be left alone with full time workers. She loves her car rides now and enjoy walks every second day, but still requires some work on lead. At home she enjoys a play, is eager to please and is very good motivated so easy to train.

Tequila doesn’t need a huge yard though prefers to have access inside via a doggy door. She is an exceptional girl who has come along way in her confidence thanks to her foster mum. A very friendly girl who is great with both men and women, Tequila loves snuggling up on a lap of visitors.

If you feel she might fit in perfectly with lifestyle, please contact us via her profile:

https://www.savour-life.com.au/adopt-a-dog/search-now/view/77429

Located Perth WA

Please share for Tequila. 💛💚🧡💖

Little update on our two seniors 👵🏻👴🏻 Paddy and Jay Jay.  🐶 Paddy had two big surgeries to remove her mammary masses, an...
10/06/2025

Little update on our two seniors 👵🏻👴🏻 Paddy and Jay Jay. 🐶

Paddy had two big surgeries to remove her mammary masses, and a number of teeth. She also had a more complicated spey surgery after a previous caesarean. Why Paddy wasn’t sterilised then is anyone’s guess - money clearly matters more than welfare to greeders. Unfortunately her mammary mass was a low grade carcinoma and while they have a low rate of metastasising they can reoccur locally. X-rays taken of her lungs as a precaution were thankfully clear of masses. The good news Paddy did avoid a third surgery for her mild entropian in her eyes after a visit with Dr Ziggy who has a special interest in the area. Paddy has recovered so well, but the best news is she is a foster fail and is staying with her lovely forever family who adore her. 🩷💜

Jay Jay was our other senior - turns out he is actually 7 years old not 4 as we were first informed. Mind you he had us all fooled given his teeth and physique, except for the little black lumps and pigmentation on his belly. Jay Jay also went through some extra tests as it turns out he has a Grade 3 heart murmur. Dr Jarrad who has a special interest in ultrasound performed the ultrasound of Jay Jay’s heart and abdomen. This showed his heart was not enlarged and as he is not symptomatic yet, he does not yet require medication (though will likely do in future). His abdomen and X-rays of lungs were thankfully clear. Jay Jay was given the okay to have surgery to be neutered and remove the masses, which came back as benign neoplasias caused by too much sun exposure. His ears needed some dork but have improved drastically and his cost is looking amazing. Thanks to all the TLC he has received from his dedicated foster family Jay Jay recovered from surgery with ease and is now ready to find himself a forever family. 💙💚

Thank you to both dedicated foster families for multiple vet appointments and surgeries, and the teams at Yangebup Beeliar Vets and Swan Vets for taking care of our senior babes.
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Short or long term accomodation sought.🏘️This is Lola. Her young mum and herself are homeless. All the refuges are full....
03/06/2025

Short or long term accomodation sought.🏘️

This is Lola. Her young mum and herself are homeless. All the refuges are full.

They have been living on the streets for some time and want to get off it as they are scared. They are hoping to find a quiet granny flat to rent south of the river in Perth to get out of the rain.

Lola is a senior girl of 10 years old and she is desexed. She gets along with other animals. She is very well behaved and friendly with people.

They are a quiet gentle pair who keep to themselves and are grateful for any assistance. They are also needing a swag if anyone has one to spare to keep them off thr ground.

Please contact us at [email protected] if you can help. 🙏

Sharing rescue dogs in urgent need and offering to foster does save lives 🍀 …it also finds them forever homes! 🏠💛Eddie h...
27/05/2025

Sharing rescue dogs in urgent need and offering to foster does save lives 🍀 …it also finds them forever homes! 🏠💛

Eddie has been happily settling into care with his wonderful carers who have been spoiling him. We are also happy to report he has found himself the perfect forever family!

His new family fell in love with amazing pawsonality and good manners! Eddie is off to his new home this weekend. 🎉

Eddie is an exceptional boy, who is a sensitive soul and has been incredibly easy to train from the day we saved him from the pound.

Like all dogs, he deserves only understanding, patience kindness and love. Boundaries and training doesn’t need to include physical discomfort or pain and it saddened us that a shock collar was used on him after he was previously adopted. It’s not the dogs that are the problem, it’s human unrealistic expectations of them.

Rescue dogs especially need time and reasonable goals set for them.

All the best Eddie. You are the goodest boy. We know your new family will adore you as much as we all do! 🤍🧡🩵

Happy National Rescue Dog Day from Jay Jay, our friends at Yangebup-Beeliar Vet Clinic and ourselves. 🎉The team have bee...
20/05/2025

Happy National Rescue Dog Day from Jay Jay, our friends at Yangebup-Beeliar Vet Clinic and ourselves. 🎉

The team have been taking great care of Jay Jay who ended up requiring a bit of extra vet work. ❤️‍🩹

Mandatory extra kisses, cuddles and treats from his foster family has been helping Jay Jay’s recovery. 🥰

Stay tuned for an update. 🫶

Today is national rescue dog day! 🐕🐩

At Yangebup Beeliar Veterinary Clinic we work with Saving Animals From Euthanasia (SAFE) and Canine Welfare Australia (CWA) to provide veterinary care for their lovely rescue dogs to help prepare them for their brand new homes ❤️🐕🐾

We love supporting the work these amazing organisations do to give dogs a second chance at a loving home 🥰.

If you are considering adopting a new furry family member CWA and SAFE always have dogs needing loving homes! Please check out the furry friends they have available for adoption. ❤️

SAFE Inc
Canine Welfare Australia

❤️❤️Update: Eddie now has foster care. Thank you hugely to one of our lovely long term vollies for stepping up to help. ...
13/05/2025

❤️❤️Update: Eddie now has foster care. Thank you hugely to one of our lovely long term vollies for stepping up to help. Thank you to everyone who shared and supported us.

We wish to point out that it is unacceptable for adopters to attempt to dump dogs back at the same pound they came from or make inferences on the dog’s life. Nothing prevents adopters from doing the right thing and being respectful of volunteers running rescues who are trying to help them. When fostering a dog for months prior to adopting you know very well what their temp is and if you choose to get pregnant straight away after adoption, there is no excuse to then wait until after the baby is born to decide to give up the dog if you wont cope. We have a society full of owners who lack accountability where dogs are put at risk and this is why rescues will always exist. 💔

Eddie’s adopters have decided they want him gone. 💼

This is such an awful situation for Eddie who has done nothing wrong and is being returned because the foster carers who adopted him 18 months ago had a baby. The worst part is he had a great home to go to at the time, who were super keen to adopt, and his foster carers decided they wanted to keep him.

We have tried our best to find a carer or forever home but nothing has come up. They won’t give us any more time or they will look at “other options”. So Eddie needs an urgent carer or adoptive home this week so he is safe.

Eddie is 4yo, very well behaved, is amazing on the lead, travels well and wonderfully house trained. He is a friendly boy though requires a home with kids over 8 as he can get excited around little ones (he is gentle with the baby but we dont want him to end up in the same situation again). Eddie is not assessed living in the home with another dog, but is friendly meeting most dogs on lead. He doesn’t need a huge yard, however grassed area to play on and access to inside is necessary.

Please give gorgeous Eddie a chance by 📧 emailing us at [email protected]

We are happy to provide everything he needs and he will come with a large bag of quality kibble.

https://www.savour-life.com.au/adopt-a-dog/search-now/view/84883

Please share to help Eddie. He is located in Perth. 💞

Orlando from Results Dog Training kindly donated one of his new harnesses for Lyla. 💜Lyla has been working on her anxiet...
23/04/2025

Orlando from Results Dog Training kindly donated one of his new harnesses for Lyla. 💜

Lyla has been working on her anxiety around strangers and in the home with her foster dad. The harness is helping Lyla, as there is less pressure around vulnerable areas such as her neck.

With the assistance of positive reinforcement and a behavior modification plan, Lylas foster family say her anxiety is finally starting to improve.

Thanks so much Orlando for your support. 🙏

Jay Jay was in his way to the vets today to be put to sleep when we got the call from the rangers to inform us of his fa...
09/04/2025

Jay Jay was in his way to the vets today to be put to sleep when we got the call from the rangers to inform us of his fate! 💔💔

We managed to save him at the last minute. The vets wouldn’t hold him for the day or a few hours. We decided try one last time and make a call. It was just pure luck that the stars aligned in his favour. It was Ellie’s day off, she was available to temp foster and able to rush to pick him up. Thank you Ellie! 💖

We are so glad he is getting a second chance, but he can’t stay where he is now as he is NOT good with the cats and now needs to find an urgent foster or foster to adopt by the weekend.

Jay Jay is however appears to be good with dogs and really adores humans. Despite the different changes he has been through, he is a little super star. Good in the car, great being bathed, takes treats nicely while sitting, listens well and is overall very well behaved. He is also polite with school aged kids.

He is only a little guy just under 23kgs and a staffy mix around 4-5 years old.

Jay Jay is very laid back so could easily slot into most home, but will be best with someone home to begin with. He seems to take everything in his stride and is overall a calmer, happy, friendly guy. We would say he is quite the adaptable fellow, he just needs a loving home.

Jay will need to be desexed still, but could possibly go with a sterilised female dog.

Can you help Jay Jay out?

[email protected]

He is located PERTH. We cover all vet work while under us and he comes with a bed, bowls, toys, harness, lead, food etc.

Please share for Jay Jay 🙏🩵🙏

Still urgent. 🚨 Poor Eddie has not had anyone offer him a foster home and he is such a well behaved lad, who walks beaut...
08/04/2025

Still urgent. 🚨

Poor Eddie has not had anyone offer him a foster home and he is such a well behaved lad, who walks beautifully on lead. At home Eddie is a playful loving boy and a complete snuggle with his family members.

Please continue to share for handsome Eddie. 💙

⭐️URGENT CARE NEEDED TODAY⭐️We have been asked to assist this lovely tan boy who is currently impound SOR in Perth and n...
03/04/2025

⭐️URGENT CARE NEEDED TODAY⭐️

We have been asked to assist this lovely tan boy who is currently impound SOR in Perth and needs out immediately.

Jay Jay 🏄‍♂️ is a medium sized Amstaff mix around 4-5years old, not sterilised yet (will be done of course).

He is very friendly according to the rangers, is not overly excitable and has good manners, but appears to have some minor skin issues and a small lump to be removed.

We don’t know much about JJ yet. He has not been assessed with other dogs, but is not reactive in the pound, so we prefer to have as an only dog for now. He could go with kids over 6 years, but no cats at this stage please.

Part time workers would be preferred, good fencing and a small yard with an area to play is a must.

Happy to place him on FVTA until his vet work is complete in a few weeks.

Please send us an email to sign up if you would like to help JJ back into a home: [email protected]

We supply a bed, lead, toys, kibble and all vet work is covered.

Please share for Jay Jay. 💙🩵💚

Gorgeous Eddie 🤠 is still seeking urgent foster care. 🏡After he was adopted, his owner has had a baby and is not coping ...
25/03/2025

Gorgeous Eddie 🤠 is still seeking urgent foster care. 🏡

After he was adopted, his owner has had a baby and is not coping with them both. This is not Eddie’s fault - he is still a charming, well behaved boy who has done nothing wrong.

However, we do need to find either a foster home or foster to adopt home for our goofball urgently.

Eddie is a larger lad around 35kgs and has had all vet work done. He is 100% house trained, walks beautifully on lead and knows plenty of commands. He knows how to use a doggy door and the best behaved boy inside the home.

We feel Eddie would be best with a yard, older kids and as a single pet. He does get along with other dogs but is a little selective. Eddie is active so use to a daily walk, trips to the beach and other outings.

A people’s dog, Eddie is smoochy boy who enjoys cuddles and play time with his family.

If you can help Eddie out with a couch to crash on or would like to make him a permanent fixture, please email [email protected] or follow the link below:

https://www.savour-life.com.au/adopt-a-dog/search-now/view/84883

Eddie is located in Perth and is available for meets.

Full support provided and he comes with large bag of quality kibble.

Please share for handsome Eddie. 🙏

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