Animal Friends of Turkey AFOT - Dogs for Adoption

03/11/2024

Don’t make a noise, make a difference - Animal Friends of Turkey (AFOT) is a UK registered non-profit charity (number 1182513) run by a small group of volunteers. We rescue dogs with little or no future in Turkey due to neglect, abandonment and/or abuse and rehabilitate them mind, body and soul. Once ready, using DEFRA guidelines, we rehome them with loving UK forever homes where we provide a full lifetime rescue backup - Transforming the lives of animals and humans alike! 🐾 ❤️

https://rehome-a-rescue-dog.co.uk/home/donate/

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02/11/2024

Please share beautiful Bonnie, in the UK and ready for adoption:

BONNIE – FEMALE AGE – 2YRS 10MTHS (Nov 2024) MEDIUM-LARGE SIZE – 29-30KG Bonnie and her brother Clyde were born to beautiful Lulu (both available for adoption) when she was just a…

28/10/2024

Bear is still waiting for his forever home. He’s in foster care in the UK and such a good boy, but would love a home to call his very own. Please share to find him his family.

BEAR – MALE AGE – 18 MTHS (JULY 2024) MEDIUM SIZED – 25KG Bear recently moved to the UK (August 2024) as the heat was not great for him in Turkey. He is currently in foster …

17/10/2024

Drake was found when only a few months old with his Mum and two siblings in a terrible state on the streets near Istanbul. A local animal volunteer contacted AFOT for help, unfortunately when our volunteers reached them only two pups could be found. Drake’s sister was re-homed in 2021 but Drake has not been lucky in finding his home. Drake is a nervous dog who recently moved foster homes after three years so we could see how he would react to change. Having reacted positively we feel, in the right home with training advice and previous rescue experience with nervous dogs, he would gain his trust and be the dog he was always meant to be. Drake is a lovely calm dog with a kind, lovely temperament, who when he learns to trust will be very loyal. He is extremely dog friendly and absolutely loves his walks. Although very dog friendly we think he would do better as an only dog, however we wouldn’t rule out a calm resident female. He is also good with small children. As he is timid we are looking for an adopter that has past rescue experience and the skills needed to help Drake. www.rehome-a-rescue-dog.co.uk to apply. 🐾

10/10/2024

10/10/2024

Why does no one want lovely Luna? She’s constantly overlooked which we can’t understand as she’s absolutely beautiful, with a lovely temperament. She’s becoming depressed & dejected in rescue, she’s been there too long and we’re desperate to find her a loving home of her very own. Please share her details and let’s find her her special human/s.

https://rehome-a-rescue-dog.co.uk/home/our-dogs/rescue-girl-luna/

27/09/2024

Freddie came to us in a terrible state. He was still a puppy and he had caught Distemper, he was thin and the Distemper tics caused by the virus attacking his central nervous system were weakening his body. He could barely even open his eyes. Within a few days of treatment he had made a remarkable come-back, and went on to make a full recovery! Clearly Freddie had never known affection and kindness and he was very scared. It took him a while to realise that he could trust us, but once he let his guard down, he turned into a sweet, happy, affectionate pup! He is now one of the most excited dogs to greet us in the morning, and he also happily comes up to visitors for a sniff and a pet. He has also learned to walk on the lead and is becoming more and more confident on walks. Freddie loves playing with his kennel mates, especially females and has two girlfriends that he spends almost all his time with. He doesn’t like cats. With patience and care, Freddie has made tremendous strides, and we know he can grow even more once he has a happy, stable home! As Freddie continues to learn and grow, he seeks a family that can provide the love and stability he deserves. To apply for Freddy go to www.rehome-a-rescue-dog.co.uk

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26/09/2024

🎉🎊❤️🐶 It comes around quicker every year (maybe that’s me getting older! 🤣) but it’s time to pre-order your 2025 calendar! 🎉🎊❤️🐶

These calendars are gorgeous - high quality, full colour, designed just for AFOT - they make fabulous gifts and include lots of our AFOT pooches now living their best lives in their loving forever homes.

Please add your name, quantity and proof of payment in the comments below and I’ll add you to my list. Payment methods are as follows using “Joanne” as your reference. To make it simple we’re keeping it to only £15 per calendar including P&P (in the UK - please ask about postage elsewhere).

Bank Transfer: Lloyds
Account Name: Animal Friends of Turkey (AFOT)
Sort code: 30-90-89
Account number: 37878068
or, PayPal to [email protected] (payable to FRIENDS & FAMILY or PayPal take commission) or use this link -

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=UFQLLGR3682TC

Thank you! 🐾

26/09/2024

🎉🎊❤️🐶 It comes around quicker every year (maybe that’s me getting older! 🤣) but it’s time to pre-order your 2025 calendar! 🎉🎊❤️🐶

These calendars are gorgeous - high quality, full colour, designed just for AFOT - they make fabulous gifts and include lots of our AFOT pooches now living their best lives in their loving forever homes.

Please add your name, quantity and proof of payment in the comments below and I’ll add you to my list. Payment methods are as follows using “Joanne” as your reference. To make it simple we’re keeping it to only £15 per calendar including P&P (in the UK - please ask about postage elsewhere).

Bank Transfer: Lloyds
Account Name: Animal Friends of Turkey (AFOT)
Sort code: 30-90-89
Account number: 37878068
or, PayPal to [email protected] (payable to FRIENDS & FAMILY or PayPal take commission) or use this link -

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=UFQLLGR3682TC

Thank you!

25/09/2024

What makes Buddy special: Buddy looks like a Golden Retriever on short legs!

Buddy was found on the streets by the side of a busy road by an animal lover. Realising he wasn’t safe, they brought him to us. Unfortunately, Buddy turned out to have Distemper, but he made a full recovery and is now a happy, healthy boy who is ready to find his forever home! Buddy is a sweet dog who is generally very easy-going. With a cheerful disposition, he walks well on the lead, listens well, is confident when out for walks and loves going out to explore! Buddy loves his walks and excitedly trots around sniffing all the new smells. He can sometimes pull on the lead in his excitement. He is very playful and enjoys playing with toys and with other dogs. He is very friendly and loves getting attention and cuddles. He is one of the first dogs to greet us every morning, and excitedly runs up to say hello. He loves having visitors in his kennel and tries to get as many cuddles as he can. Buddy gets along well with the other dogs in his kennel, and spends much of his time playing with them. He likes to play rough, so would prefer confident and active play mates. Buddy would thrive in a stable home with experienced adopters, who can read his body language and make sure that he doesn’t exceed his stress threshold in his excitement to go out and explore the world! Buddy is 1.5 yrs old (June 2024) and small/medium (14kg). To apply go to www.rehome-a-rescue-dog.co.uk 🐾

25/09/2024

❤️ MEET BUDDY: The cuddliest of rescue boys who just wants all the love he can get. Please share his story to find him a loving home where he can get cuddles by the tonne!

Buddy – Male Age: 1.5 years (June 2024) Size: Small-Medium (approx 14 kg) Buddy arrived in our care in the winter of 2023. He was found on the streets by the side of a busy road by an animal …

15/09/2024

🐻❤️ Bear is a cuddly boy who’s desperate for his new forever family, is that you?

He’s currently in foster care in the UK and available for visits. Please read & share his story and let’s find him a home.

Animal Friends of Turkey (AFOT) is a UK registered non-profit charity (number 1182513) run by a very small group of volunteers. We rescue dogs with little or no future in Turkey due to neglect, abandonment and/or abuse and rehabilitate them mind, body and soul. Once ready, using DEFRA guidelines, we rehome them with loving UK forever homes where we provide a full lifetime rescue backup - Transforming the lives of animals and humans alike! 🐾 ❤️

BEAR – MALE AGE – 18 MTHS (JULY 2024) MEDIUM SIZED – 25KG Bear recently moved to the UK (August 2024) as the heat was not great for him in Turkey. He is currently in foster …

14/09/2024

Our boy has a name!
Our 'name a dog' campaign has come to an end and one of the nominated names has been drawn at random:
The winner is DOUGY , nominated by Laura ❤️
For the first time im his life, Dougy has a name and an identity, rather than just being another anonymous stray...
Thank you so much to everyone who nominated names for him! Your donations will all go towards AFOT's valuable work. And I may or may not have taken note of a few of the name suggestions for future rescues!
Welcome to the pack Dougy ❤️

04/09/2024

🌟GIVE OUR NEWEST RESCUE A NAME🌟

This poor boy came out of the local government shelter all skin and bones.. He was lying in the corner of his kennel, still and completely lifeless, when we spotted him. The shelter workers had to check he was still breathing before they gave him to us.

He has never had a home or a family before, and he has never had a name before.. We need your help to transform his life! The first step to becoming a dog who belongs is a name

29/08/2024

So happy to formally be able to introduce everyone to... Winnie! ❤️
Our most recent rescue, a tripawd saved from imminent death under the new law in Turkey, now has a name for the first time in her life!
And what a beautiful name it is! Thank you to everyone who donated for her and suggested names..
The only way is up for little Winnie, it is time to show her that she is safe and the world isn't such a scary place after all..
Keep an eye out for our new 'name a dog' campaign for our other latest rescue, which will go live soon!

28/08/2024

PLEASE DON’T IGNORE HER AGAIN - LUNA HAS BEEN IN OUR SANCTUARY FOR THREE YEARS!!!!! She’s quiet, friendly, adorable, loving and just needs someone to notice her. She spends most of her time in her kennel watching the other dogs. PLEASE CONSIDER HER, SHE’S SO BEAUTIFUL.

LUNA – FEMALE AGE – 3YRS (Jan 2024) MEDIUM SIZED – 25KG Luna was rescued by a Turkish rescue only to be passed from pillar to post. She was moved around so many times, often the w…

28/08/2024

PLEASE DON’T IGNORE HER - Mimi has been in our Sanctuary for THREE YEARS! She just gets overlooked for cuter dogs all the time. But she’s such a lovely, loving girl who needs someone to notice her.

MIMI – FEMALE AGE – 2YRS 10MTHS (May 2024) MEDIUM SIZED – 25-30KG Mimi was rescued from a horrific Turkish Death shelter along with a number of other dogs by another animal rescue…

26/08/2024

🐾Happy National Dog Day 🐾

❤️Let’s help make a difference❤️
Today truly is a day for us animal lovers to celebrate & give back to our canine friends. They add so much love & joy to our life’s, & we believe a house truly isn’t a home without a dog ❤️🐾

To give back to them, would you consider sponsoring any of our dogs❓
Here, we have Marcy, Scarlett, Missy, Luna, Bozo, Lilli & Milo, all long termers in our care sadly, ones with little or no sponsors at all. They all are lovely dogs each with their own personalities & quirks 🌟

Each of our dogs need multiple sponsors monthly to buy them food, provide veterinary care & pay their foster care in Turkey. As a charity run solely on donations, without sponsors or donations we struggle to find the funds to care for each dog until they find a home. You can set up a £5, £10, £20 a month sponsorship to help, with this you will recieve updates on your chosen dog, & you will feel great giving back to such a worthy cause 🫶🏽

These dogs are some of our bigger dogs who have sadly not had any or much interest in our applications, so if you are thinking of getting another dog or could foster one of these dogs 🤞🏽
I promise you they will repay you in so much love & affection. The bigger the dog, the bigger the heart 💖

Please get in touch if you can set up a monthly sponsorship for our big pups or offer any a home 🏡

❤️And for National Dog Day, let’s shower our dogs at home & in Turkey with even more love today!❤️

Please use the dogs name as the reference when setting up any sponsorship 🐾
PAYMENT METHODS
🫶🏽Bank Transfer: Lloyds
Account Name: Animal Friends of Turkey (AFOT)
Sort code: 30-90-89
Account number: 37878068

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🫶🏽PayPal to [email protected] (payable to FRIENDS & FAMILY or PayPal take commission)

21/08/2024

Our two new rescues are finally safe from the dangers of life in the government shelter under the new law.. But we still need your help with their costs!
We want you to be a part of their story and want to ask you to donate and help pick their new names!
Our campaign to name the little tripawd girl is now live, please check out our Facebook groups for the campaign to donate and name this little girl!
The malnourished white boy will get his own campaign to find his new name soon ❤️
Thank you for helping us to help them!

07/08/2024

It's another dark day in Turkey..
In AFOT rescue partner Melez Dog Rescue's city of Aydin, the rounding up for street dogs has begun, and security camera footage has emerged of innocent, friendly, submissive dogs being pulled off the streets.
In Nigde, in central Turkey, where quite a number of our AFOT dogs come from, animal rescuers have found a mass grave of dogs killed by the municipality. Amongst the dead bodies were a tripod mother and her puppies, whom animal lovers had been feeding..
We are still working as hard as we can to get more of our dogs into good homes to free up space to rescue more! Please continue to share our posts to help us find more foster and forever homes!

06/08/2024

From the bottom of our hearts we’d like to thank everyone who has donated to our GoFundMe and any other way over the past three days. A TikTok video was posted by a lovely follower and she asked if we could link to it. As of right now, 7pm on Tuesday 6th August 2024 we are up by £500! In just 3 days!...

From the bottom of our hearts we’d like to thank everyone who has donated to our GoFundMe and any other way over the past three days. A TikTok video was posted by a lovely follower and she asked if…

06/08/2024

Please join us on TikTok and share the word…

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04/08/2024

🥂🍰Who fancies a tea party this summer 🍰🥂

You can host your very own tea party, have fun with friends, family & pets, whilst raising money for AFOT.
The money raised from this will go towards helping us rescue more dogs from Turkish death camps & off the streets. Which as the new law has now been signed it is crucial now more than ever we save as many dogs as we can with our sister charity Melez Dog Rescue from death camps!
So can you help…..

All you need to do is
💬Let me know you’d like to host a tea party
🗓️Pick your date between now & end of September
💌Invite your friends & family
👩🏾‍🍳Buy or bake some savoury & sweet treats
🥂Then simply have fun
📸 O & of course share/send us your photos so we can see all the fun

Comments below or private message me if you would like to join the fun.
We are looking for 30 hosts across England to participate & have fun 🥂🌟

23/07/2024

❤️🐶 MEET OLLIE - READY FOR HIS NEW UK FOREVER HOME

OLLIE – MALE
AGE – 2-3 YEARS (JULY 2024)
MEDIUM SIZED – 24kg

Ollie appeared out of the blue in Ortaca near Dalaman. He’d obviously been abandoned and dumped there as the majority are recognised street dogs so a new one is instantly recognisable, not just by the street dogs but by the locals too.

Both the street dogs and locals were not happy that this new dog was on the scene … the locals were cruel to him and witnesses saw stones been thrown at him trying to chase him away and he was also under attack from the local street dogs – a new dog on the territory did not go down well. After one very ferocious attack an animal lover saw Ollie injured and took him to the vets where they also kindly paid for him to be neutered.

Knowing there was no way Ollie could go back on the streets they asked our sanctuary warden Brenda for help and of course she didn’t hesitate. She took him to the AFOT sanctuary and asked us to help him.
Ollie is a full setter and absolutely striking as well as very intelligent. Understandably he has lost all trust in humans and is very fearful but absolutely adores Brenda and in time will learn to trust again.

Surprisingly, Ollie is dog friendly despite what he has been through and it’s a testament to his character. He’s adjusted well to sanctuary life and he’s now ready to find his forever family in the UK. To adopt go to:

https://rehome-a-rescue-dog.co.uk/home/our-dogs/setter-ollie-is-safe-at-last-looking-for-his-forever-home/

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OLLIE – MALE AGE – 2-3 YEARS (JULY 2024) MEDIUM SIZED – 24kg Ollie appeared out of the blue in Ortaca near Dalaman. He’d obviously been abandoned and dumped there as the majority …