Rehabilitation Centre & Sanctuary for Abused & Unwanted Dogs
Charity No: XT39298
Happy Halfway Home was set up in November 2011 for the purposes of rehabilitating and finding permanent homes for dogs suffering from behavioural issues, which might make their successful homing difficult. We take in homeless, unwanted, abused dogs displaying a variety of undesirable behaviours as a result of psychological, emotional and physical problems developed because of neglect, abuse and /
or trauma. We work with the dogs using techniques developed through observation, experience, research and guidance from professional dog psychologists about dog behavioural issues. For the dogs that can be re-homed, we find permanent homes for them and if need be, provide support to the adopters in the form of ongoing guidance and advice.
24/04/2025
The internet is celebrating the anniversary of that pioneering spacecraft NASA called Hubble...
So, I thought we should add a token to it with our own expression of deep space...
Here is our adored and much missed poster pup Zappy...
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This is all so hideous and unbearable... How can we consider this acceptable? What gives us humans the right to inflict such terrible abuse on another living creature, especially gentle, intelligent and loving creatures like the ones we abuse on our farms?
Pigs as it happens are more intelligent than dogs. The average intelligence of a pig is that of a three-year-old. There are videos on YouTube of pigs playing with learning toys, solving little puzzles, putting little jigsaws together.
I know eating meat is Mother Nature's way - animals eat each other, but that cannot justify abuse of the level we inflict on the animals we call food.
I feel ashamed to be human.
Please share this post, for the sake of compassion, and 'humanity' though I'm not sure why it's called that since we humans seem to have the least amount of it.
Dana πππππ
Mother pigs are trapped in cages so tiny they canβt care for their piglets.
01/03/2025
Just a quick message to say Happy St David's Day to all...
Love and good wishes to everyone, from all of us here at HHH...
With love,
Dana ### πππ
11/02/2024
Hello all,
Hope you and all your furry babies are well.
I have been meaning to write this for a while, but things have been so very busy here, that I simply havenβt had the energy left at the end of the day to write a post.
Pixie, our little βPom Pomβ , βPommetβ or Pixie Pomβ) has been quite unwell for the past few weeks...
We had seen droplets of blood all over the place, but couldn't figure out exactly which one of the dogs was injured. Around that time, Angel had hurt herself poking her face into thorny bushes and trying to push through a gap in a fence while trying to snoop around a fox's den and had really badly injured her cheek, so we kept thinking it was Angel...
And then one day when little Pixie got up to go for a wee suddenly blood gushed out of her and we realised to our horror that it was her.
Following that, she started smelling of fish, so it became obvious that she had developed a very bad UTI (urinary track infection).
I took her to the vet as soon as I could and got a couple of prescriptions for her for antibiotics.
After that episode, though her UTI seemed to have cleared, her water intake rocketed, and I suspected that the infection had compromised her kidneys.
Further visits to the vet with blood tests done subsequently have proved thankfully, that her kidney function is fine, so I am hugely relieved,
The UTI however had a very bad effect on her bladder control and since she had that she's become very incontinent so we've started her on some incontinency medication the vet recommended. It hasn't worked yet, but it takes some time to build up in the system and start taking effect.
However, two of the vets suspect that she may have Cushing's disease, so today I am taking another urine sample to the clinic to get that tested. The last sample I dropped off, for some reason sat in the clinic fridge and became too old for testing (why they didn't send it off, I can't imagine). Hopefully, this time the sample will get sent off promptly and we'll know what is going on with little Pixie Pom.
The second vet I spoke to explained that her raised water consumption may be because of the Cushing's, so hopefully once we know the results from the urine test, she can start some treatment.
Other than that the poor little thing fell over a couple of times trying to get out of the back door, unfortunately, thereβs a very difficult step you have to climb over to get out of the back door into the garden, and she hurt herself, so she has been really struggling to move. The vet gave me some Loxicom (strong painkiller) to give her along with the normal painkiller that she's been on for osteoarthritis, and I'm hoping it'll start working soon.
10/02/2024
It's the Chinese Lunar New Year today as I discovered from the Google Doodle...
So to all of us feeling a little worn down, and missing all the festivities of the Christmas period, here's to you...
HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!
Lots of love and good wishes to you,
Dana ### πππ
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There are dogs however who never do manage to find their own homes for a variety of reasons, mostly long term health issues, age or just the way they look. For these dogs we also provide lifelong sanctuary here in our home. These dogs form the HHH pack of residents. Presently we have 8 dogs living here with us in sanctuary, as part of a natural pack. Along with these dogs we also have two mascots Synfie and Sparky, both are disabled dogs we rescued, and both or whom are now the life and soul of our lives here at Happy Halfway Home.
We hope to be able to expand our little operation, to have a playroom built for the dogs who live here permanently, which would also allow us to take in more dogs who need our help, since as it is, we have totally run out of space here. For this purpose we have set up a YouCaring fundraiser. If you would like to help us, please use the link below to access the HHH fundraising page:
If you prefer, we also have a Paypal account through which we accept donations, here is the HHH email address you can use to send a donation via Paypal: