Whanganui Adopt a Dog

27/11/2025

Check out this handsome young man.
Jack is crossing his paws hoping you will adopt him.
Can you help him achieve his life goal.

Jack Sparrow is a lovely big dog, quite stunning with his size and markings. He's about 2 years of age, friendly and well behaved but would benefit from on-going training, as all young large breeds can.
Jack would love a home where he gets all the love and attention such a good boy deserves, and where he has a dog friend or someone home for most of the day time, so he will need at least one of these in his new home. He is good with other dogs, and is used to children. Jack is not suitable for a home with cats.
Jack has been de-sexed, vaccinated, microchipped and registered and up to date with flea/worm treatments.

The first step if you are interested in adopting is to fill out an online adoption application which you can do here:
http://www.jotform.com/aranrescuenz/questionnaire

27/11/2025

Each year the council runs a competition to win a doggie gift bag. The draw is open to everyone who pays their dog registration on time.
There is also a prize for a refund of your dog registration if you switch to receiving your dog registration invoice via e-mail instead of post.

This year's winners are Brian and his cute wee poodle- Pippy

and Gene with his beautiful little foxie named Bebe 🥰

18/11/2025

This cutie has now gone home 💕

This poor lost cutie is now found,
currently being cared for at the pound,

Waiting patiently for an owner to come and collect,
looks well loved- no signs of neglect 🙂

So, please, if this is your cute wee pup,
Make sure you call us up.

Please Call the Animal Management team on (06)349-0001

Found in Whanganui

16/11/2025

Whose dog could this possibly be?
It's a lovely dog, as you can see,

With no microchip, it's hard to know,
who the owner is, which way do we go,

If you recognize this dog, or have any information at all,
or if this dog is yours, then please give us a call,

The Animal Management team (06)349-0001

Found in Whanganui

28/10/2025

This sweet girl is currently chilling in the pound,
waiting till her owner can be located and found,

With no microchip or ID that we can see,
who knows where her owner could possibly be,

We're hoping that someone knows who she is,
that they haven't got themselves so worried, that they're all in a tizz,

She's safe here with us, with a comfortable bed,
and while she's with us, she will be really well fed,

She was found out of town, up the Whanganui River road,
She was in the middle of the road, so lucky the driver slowed,

If this girl is yours, then please give us a call,
We're happy to help, with anything at all,

The Animal Management team (06)349-0001

15/10/2025

This was privately sent to us, while we have not confirmed for ourselves- it does not surprise us. There is dog fighting happening in the Manawatu without a doubt - most are amateur back yard set ups but there are also very complex setups within our region.

The ppl involved come from various walks of life with different employment, different backgrounds, various socio-economic brackets and who are different ages, genders and appearances ... And the hardest truth?
Many of the people involved are those you’d never expect — individuals who may be involved with organising, breeding, training, hosting, attending, or even betting.

All we can do is ask ppl to:
⚠️ Be careful, and listen to your gut (better to be safe than sorry).
👀 Be vigilant and report anything suspicious or out of place in your area.
🐾 Microchip your pets and register that microchip (please for the love of God, register the chip!).
🌳 Be aware of multiple dogs in bushland, outskirts of town, rural properties etc.
🚫 Don’t leave your dogs unattended at shops, in the back of cars, etc.
🏡 Bring pets inside if you go out so they’re not left alone in your yard and have them sleep inside at night.
🔒 Put locks on your gates
📢 And most important — If you see something, SAY SOMETHING!! 🚨🐶

Our pets rely on us to keep them safe - dogfighting is horrendous and violent and beyond inhumane.

And just so we are clear - Ppl who are involved in dog fighting belong in the same subhuman groups of rap!sts, pedoph!les, animal and child abusers/murderers.

14/10/2025

Who has lost this cutie pie?
She's only young and very shy,

she's comfortable here, at the pound,
until her owner can be found,

If you've lost this precious wee one, or know anything at all,
then please get in contact and give us a call :-)

Found in Whanganui Central.
Animal Management team -(06)349-0001

08/10/2025

No more applications for Daphne thanks, we have so many now 😊👍
Thank you all 🥰

UPDATE - WE HAVE MASSES OF APPLICATIONS FOR DAPHNE, thanks to all who sent in forms, we are going through them all.

Located in Whanganui. Beautiful Daphne is a 5 yr old chocolate labrador who needs a new family to love. Let's get Daphne out of the pound and into a loving home. Daphne is great with people and kids, but not with cats! So if you have cats it's a no, sorry. There is an adoption fee of $300 to help towards her desexing, vaccinations, registration etc. Please apply via the form in the link, or email [email protected] with any questions. Please do not PM. Thanks. PS We try to answer all emails and applications but if you do not hear back, please don't be offended, as all applications are appreciated. We will update here once Daphne has a home. http://www.jotform.com/aranrescuenz/questionnaire

06/10/2025

UPDATE: This lovely boy wasn't claimed, so is now named Maverick and is going on trial today 🥰

We have here, safe and sound,
a lovely pup, at the beach he was found,

We're pretty sure that he's been dumped,
but this does have us truly stumped,

he's such a lovely friendly chap,
it's hard to imagine someone would treat him like scrap :-(

We'd really love if an owner came forward,
just give us a call, it doesn't have to be awkward,

Please call the Animal management team,
home with his family, would be his dream :-)

Found at South Beach (06)349-0001

01/10/2025

We have a power outage at the pound, so unable to process any payments today 😩

25/09/2025