Ashbourne Animal Welfare

19/11/2025

Wow! What an amazing result!

Thank you!

14/11/2025

Don’t forget our Open Weekend this weekend!! 🐶🐱

13/11/2025

Update - he’s now home!

Reports of a dog on the lanes at Stanton/Ellastone

It’s a tan ridgeback/vizsla type dog with a blue collar on

We’ve put it on the village Facebook but no one seems to know whose it is. We tried to get him in the car but he didn’t want to get in the car, and ran into the fields on the map.

12/11/2025

12/11/2025

BAKING FOR OUR OPEN WEEKEND!

We have an Open Weekend on 15th & 16th November!

We hoping to have lots of visitors, which means we will need a good supply of cakes and delicious treats!!

If anybody is able to bake us a sweet treat, and drop it off as close to the open weekend as possible (or on the actual days) that would be brilliant! If you could let us know via email, phone or commenting below, that would be fantastic! And very much appreciated!

We do ask that any bake comes with a list of ingredients in case of allergies and food intolerances!

Thank you in advance!

We are also in need of new items for our tombola, stationary, sweets, chocolates, notepads etc are all great items.. as well as in date toiletries etc.

Thank you… and we hope to see everyone on our Open Weekend!

11/11/2025

06/11/2025

Robyn & Lark 🖤

These 3yr old Sisters came to us for rehoming 1.5yrs ago now, from a multi-cat home. They’ve never really had anybody interested in them 😔.

Robyn (at the bottom) is the more friendly lady… she’s more confident than her sister, and seems to enjoy some fuss.
Lark (at the top) is more shy, she will sit and watch, but likes to bide her time.

These 2 will need a patient home with people who will give them the space they need and allow them to settle in their own time. They will need a home without children.

Robyn & Lark will need to be the only cats on the home.

They love coming out into our socialising room, and having a snooze on the sofa! And when the weather is nice, they really enjoy going to sit out in the the garden… so a nice outdoor space for them, would be ideal.

05/11/2025

Beautiful boy Buzz! He’s a 9 month old Malinois cross who came to us through no fault of his own - he’s not had the best start in life, it appears that he’s had a couple of homes at least in his short life, and latterly he was being neglected outside to ‘train him to be a guard dog’ apparently! Thankfully a family member stepped in, and he came to us to find a loving new home.

Buzz is a Mali crossbreed (we suspect the cross could be a Collie, but we’re not sure). He’s high energy, intelligent and full of character! He will need an understanding, knowledgeable home… he wouldn’t be suitable for a first time dog owner.

Buzz is friendly with people, but can be cautious of some new people initially… he’s still a big puppy, and we are working on his socialisation here; this would need to continue in his new home. He really has improved massively during his time with us – we are confident that this will only continue. Buzz has never really been around children, and we think that he would be better in a home without young children at the moment. Once he gets over his initial caution… he’s a big softy! He loves a cuddle and is really responsive, he’s a happy boy who loves to get out for his walks, and he particularly enjoys his time in our exercise compounds, playing with his toys.

He can be vocal at other dogs when out on walks, however we have let him meet several of our other youngsters and he’s been fine with them – he’s over the top and boisterous, but just wants to play and have a good game! He may be able to share his home with a female companion of a similar size (any existing dogs would need to be neutered).

Buzz has had very little training, and will need a new family who can dedicate time to his ongoing training and socialisation. Buzz is reactive to traffic, and can get quite worked up when vehicles pass him on his walks (even at a distance) – he will need some work on desensitisation and positive reinforcement around traffic. He does seem a really bright boy, who will excel in the right home! Not only will Buzz need lots of physical exercise, he will need mental stimulation too to prevent him from becoming bored. He would be brilliant at agility or similar!

05/11/2025

Pepper!!

This striking lady is Pepper! She a 3yr old mix of German Shepherd x Lurcher/Cocker spaniel 😍 she came to us due to her previous owner not having the time to provide what she needs.

Pepper is super friendly, and very high energy! She approaches everything at 100mph, with tonnes of enthusiasm! She’s great with people and she’s always really happy to say ‘hello’, but she would need a home with either no children or older children due to a food guarding behavioural issue she has – whilst Pepper has never bitten, her previous reported that she will growl if people get too close to her whilst she is eating.

Pepper loves to get out for her walks – something she’s not been used to latterly in her previous home. She can be pully on the lead, but absolutely loves her off lead time in our exercise compounds… she’s very playful, loves her toys and enjoys a good stretch of her legs… it would be better if her new home had a secure garden for her to play in.

She generally appears to be good with other dogs on walks, we have walked her with some of the other dogs in our care, and she has shared her home with a dog previously… however she can get a little worried by dogs if they’re too in her face, and has been known to have a warning nip if she feels overwhelmed. This, on top of her food guarding, means that we would prefer her to go to a new home where she is the only dog.

Pepper has had some basic training, and does seem to be responsive to her handler, we believe that she will really flourish in a new home, where she’s getting more one on one attention and exercise.

Enquiries via the online form only.

03/11/2025

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us for today's walk. Including Ark hounds, Ty, Betty and Remi, 37 hounds and owners/volunteers enjoyed a cool but sunny, Sunday morning bimble.

Special thanks to beautiful Lara for raiding her piggy bank this month and making a donation to The Ark, you are very kind 💛

Our next walk will be held on Sunday 7th December, so we hope to see you all there. Don't forget to wear your Christmas outfits!