Forgotten Dogs Need Loving Homes

08/09/2025

** SEPTEMBER - APPEAL FOR FUNDS**
Thank you to everyone who pledged and have honoured a monthly amount, it really does make a difference.

Every day, countless dogs are left vulnerable, facing uncertain futures as rescues struggle to cope with limited resources. It’s a heartbreaking reality that calls for action—a collective effort to safeguard these animals and offer them the hope they deserve.

We know that everyone is facing difficult times with the cost-of-living hikes, that seem relentless.

The crisis is not just about numbers or resources; it’s about lives—each dog with its own story, its own potential for joy and companionship.

These animals rely on us, not just for survival, but for the chance to thrive, to be loved, and to find a forever home. It’s a moral imperative to stand together and address the pressing needs of rescues and pounds overwhelmed by the sheer scale of this challenge.

The number of dogs that are coming into the pound, has caused us to make some very tough decisions over the last year. The main one that we can no longer place dogs into emergency boarding under our name as it is a financial burden that we cannot take on.

However, more important than the funds is the fact that it is extremely hard to find a rescue space for a dog that is safe in emergency boarding and no matter how good the kennels are they are no substitute for being in a rescue and on a journey to a new life with rescue back up for life.

Our main cost now is for transport, which is currently running at between £750 and £1000 per month. It is important for people to know that we will always select the best rescue for the dog and not based on the rescues geographic position.

So once again, we are asking you to give a little something and we know we say this every time, but we have +35,000 members across our pages. A £1 pledge every month from 5% of these would enable us to continue and not have to worry or beg people for money.

To address this, we are launching a fundraising appeal for the month of September. Every contribution, no matter the size, will go directly toward ensuring these dogs can be transported safely to rescues that can provide them with the best possible chance at a new life. Whether it’s £1 or £5, your donation has the power to change the trajectory of a dog’s future.

The table below is the number of dogs that have come to us in the Pound since January 2025 until July 2025
January
In 42
Claimed 6
PTS 0
February
In 45
Claimed. 10
PTS 1
March
In 45
Claimed 11
PTS 0
April
In 50
Claimed. 8
PTS 1
May
In 41
Claimed. 8
PTS 2
June
In 29
Claimed. 8
PTS 1
July
In 36
Claimed. 2
PTS 1
*PTS due to failing temperament test or being typed and owner not found or willing to claim

Payment details are:
PayPal, the address is [email protected] via the friends and family option, please put a note on September Appeal.

We can now accept payments via a bank account, the details are:
Account Name: Jacobs Pound Dogs
Sort Code: 07-15-20
Account No: 54868831

Due to the two-step verification, you will get an error message saying that the details are not recognised and may not reach the account. Please ignore this and go ahead as we have tested it and it will go through.

Thank you from the Jacobs Team

09/12/2024

CHRISTMAS APPEAL FOR JACOBS POUNDIES’S

People who support us and our Poundies at Jacobs have been incredibly generous this year through pledges for specific dogs so that they go to their rescue with a piggy bank, monthly donations, selling items on eBay and donating the money and playing the weekly bonus ball. Not to mention transporting, sharing and cross posting the Poundies. I hope I haven’t missed anything.

We and the Poundies are eternally grateful for everyone’s efforts. However, it is coming up to Christmas and we would like to give each of the Poundies a little Christmas stocking.

So once again we asking for a donation towards us being able to buy these for the Poundies, we looked at all different ways of doing this but because we don’t know what dogs will be in the best way was for us to ask for donations and Sharon Strafford has offered to buy what is appropriate for each dog we have in, that will be in the Pound for Christmas.

Donations can be made via our PayPal which is:

[email protected] via the friends and family option, PLEASE MARK IT CHRISTMAS

Or via the bank account, you will need to message me, as I cannot see what a payment is for, the details are:

Account Name: Jacobs Pound Dogs
Sort Code: 07-15-20
Account No: 54868831

Due to the two-step verification, you will get an error message saying that the details are not recognised and may not reach the account. Please ignore this and go ahead as we have tested it, and it will go through.

THANK YOU FROM THE POUNDIES AND THE JACOBS TEAM

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11/08/2024

***AUGUST FUNDRAISING APPEAL ***

Thank you to those who have donated and honoured their monthly donations. The weeks are still just as crazy and as we move one Poundie out it feels like another two come in.

We have been incredibly fortunate with a donation that enabled us to clear out outstanding bills! However, with the number of dogs that are coming in we need to keep fundraising.

In the spirit of transparency, our balances are:

Bank Account: £50.85

PayPal Account: £199.31

Total funds as @11.08.2024 are £ 250.16

Our current bills are:

Kennel bill £ 300.00

Transport - estimated for August - £525.00

The Total Needed to keep us functioning £825.00

Minus funds as @11.08.2024 -£574.84

WE NEED TO RAISE £574.84

There is no easy way to say this if we do not raise £574.84, we cannot keep going and dogs will die. The Team (like most rescues/pound pullers) is on their knees and none of us want to stop but we cannot carry on without funds.

We know that times are tough for everyone but please consider even a £1 because every penny really does help. We know we say this every time we appeal but here goes again!

A £1 pledge every month from 5% of our +35,000 members of our pages would go a long way to keeping Jacobs Pound Dogs UK afloat and 10% pledges of these would enable us to continue and not have to worry or beg people for money each month.

Our featured dogs are Gunner, Stan & Bluebell (was Charles! Who turned out to be a girl not a boy) who are safe in rescue but would be dead by now without your support.

Donations can be made via:

PayPal, the address is [email protected] via the friends and family option otherwise we pay fees!

We can now accept payments via a bank account, the details are:

Account Name: Jacobs Pound Dogs

Sort Code: 07-15-20

Account No: 54868831

Due to the two-step verification, you will get an error message saying that the details are not recognised and may not reach the account. Please ignore this and go ahead as we have tested it, and it will go through.

THANK YOU FROM THE JACOBS TEAM

11/06/2024

***JUNE FUNDRAISING APPEAL – UPDATE 11th JUNE 2024***

Thank you to those who have donated and honoured their monthly donations. The last few days have been a little less crazy, hopefully this is not a sign of things waiting to explode!

In the spirit of transparency our balances are:

Bank Account: £3.04

PayPal Account: £198.98

Total funds as @11.06.2024 £202.02

Our current bills are:

Outstanding bills £ 472.02
Emergency kennel bills £ Clear at the moment
Transport - estimated for June £ 300.00 (based on the month so far)

Total Needed to keep us functioning £772.00

Minus funds as @11.06.2023 -£202.02

WE NEED TO RAISE £568.98

There is no easy way to say this if we don’t raise £568.98, we cannot keep going and dogs will die. The Team (like most rescues / pound pullers) is on their knees and none of us want to stop but we cannot carry on without funds. We also have our annual insurance due later this month which is £700!

We know that times are tough for everyone but please consider even a £1 because every penny really does help. We know we say this every time we appeal but here goes again!

A £1 pledge every month from 5% of our +35,000 members of our pages would go a long way to keeping Jacobs Pound Dogs UK afloat and 10% pledges of these would enable us to continue and not have to worry or beg people for money each month.

Our featured dog is Ruby (who we didn’t even have time to put up on the page) who is safe in rescue but would be dead by now without your support.

Donations can be made via:

PayPal, the address is [email protected] via the friends and family option otherwise we pay fees!

We can now accept payments via a bank account, the details are:
Account Name: Jacobs Pound Dogs
Sort Code: 07-15-20
Account No: 54868831

Due to the two-step verification, you will get an error message saying that the details are not recognised and may not reach the account. Please ignore this and go ahead as we have tested it and it will go through.

THANK YOU FROM THE JACOBS TEAM

05/06/2024

***JUNE FUNDRAISING APPEAL - UPDATE***
Thank you to those who have donated and honoured their monthly donations. This week has been (especially) crazy trying to get dogs out of the pound, which of course means lots of transport costs. Fuel this week alone since the start of the month has already been +£250.
In the spirit of transparency, our balances are:
Bank Account: £174.53
PayPal Account: £416.22
Total funds as @05.06.2024 £590.75
Our current bills are:
Outstanding bills £ 612.20
Emergency kennel bills £ 600.00
Transport - estimated for June £ 750.00 (based on the first week of the month)
The Total Needed to keep us functioning £1962.20
Minus funds as @05.06.2023 -£590.75
WE NEED TO RAISE £1371.45
There is no easy way to say this if we don’t raise £1371.45, we cannot keep going and dogs will die. The Team (like most rescues/pound pullers) is on their knees and none of us want to stop but we cannot carry on without funds.
We know that times are tough for everyone but please consider even a £1 because every penny really does help. We know we say this every time we appeal but here goes again!
A £1 pledge every month from 5% of our +35,000 members of our pages would go a long way to keeping Jacobs Pound Dogs UK afloat and 10% pledges of these would enable us to continue and not have to worry or beg people for money each month.
Our featured dogs are three who are safe in rescue but would be dead by now without your support. They are Marvin, now Hank, Poppy and Barry.
Donations can be made via:
PayPal, the address is [email protected] via the friends and family option otherwise we pay fees!
We can now accept payments via a bank account, the details are:
Account Name: Jacobs Pound Dogs
Sort Code: 07-15-20
Account No: 54868831
Due to the two-step verification, you will get an error message saying that the details are not recognised and may not reach the account. Please ignore this and go ahead as we have tested it and it will go through.
THANK YOU FROM THE JACOBS TEAM

30/05/2024

***JUNE FUNDRAISING APPEAL***
The Jacobs team would like to thank those who have set up a monthly donation and those who have donated to each of our recent appeals and GoFundMe’s together with those who play our weekly bonus ball and those who support our auctions.
A big shout out to the rescues that despite being full, somehow manage to squeeze another Poundie in to save their lives and to the transporters who regularly drop everything to get a Poundie to safety.
Unfortunately, due to the number of dogs coming into the pound, we will appeal each month until our debts are paid and we no longer need emergency boarding kennels. As it stands today 30th May our financial situation is:

Outstanding bills £ 849
Emergency kennel bills £ 600
Transport - estimated for June £ 400

Total needed for June 2024 £1865.00

The last appeal launched at the end of April raised £1567.14 thank you from the team.

Once again, we are asking you to give a little something and we know we say this every time, but we have +35,000 members across our pages. A £1 pledge every month from 5% would go a long way to keeping Jacobs Pound Dogs UK afloat and 10% pledges would enable us to continue and not have to worry or beg people for money each month.

Our featured dogs for June are, Maggie – was Walter…Specsavers visit needed! Marvin on his way to emergency boarding it was that or PTS! A delighted Rory who has already gone to a foster home and Nellie has her paws well under her foster home's table.

Donations can be made via:
PayPal, the address is [email protected] via the friends and family option

We can now accept payments via a bank account, the details are:
Account Name: Jacobs Pound Dogs
Sort Code: 07-15-20
Account No: 54868831
Due to the two-step verification, you will get an error message saying that the details are not recognised and may not reach the account. Please ignore this and go ahead as we have tested it and it will go through.
THANK YOU FROM THE JACOBS TEAM

02/05/2024

Thank you to everyone that has donated to our April Appeal. The total raised so far is £1099.14, so we still have £1314.00 to raise to clear our vet bills, pay April's kennel fees and have enough left to cover transport for May.
We say this every appeal but.... we only need 1314 of our members to donate a £1 and we will be safe for May and clear of debts.
Once again thank you to everyone who has donated and set up monthly standing orders. Can you please keep sharing?
Thank you from the Jacobs Team and the Poundies.

01/05/2024

Thank you to everyone who has donated and shared our post. Update later today on how our latest fundraising is going 🤞🤞

30/04/2024

**URGENT APPEAL FOR FUNDS**

Thank you to everyone who donated in March and pledged a monthly amount. There is no easy way to say this, but we are about to run out of money. In the spirit of transparency, our PayPal balance is £58.90, and the bank is £15.00.

We owe £725 for vet’s bills, our kennel bills (these have reduced as dogs have gone to rescue) are £700 and we need £1000 to cover our transport costs for May. We need a total of £2413.14 to continue to run Jacobs Pound Dogs for the next month. Without it we are going to have to stop helping the Poundies, this is not a scare tactic it is the harsh truth.

We know that every rescue is in the same position, and we are grateful to the transporters who don’t claim fuel, to the rescues that cover the transport costs and to everyone who supports us.

To stop helping the Poundies is not what any of us want but this is the situation we find ourselves in. Once again, we are asking you to give a little something and we know we say this every time, but we have +35,000 members across our pages. A £1 pledge every month from 10% of these would enable us to continue and not have to worry or beg people for money each month.

Our featured dogs are Bubbles on her freedom ride, and Max arriving at his rescue. Without your support, these dogs would not be alive.

Payment details are:

PayPal, the address is [email protected] via the friends and family option, please put a note on April Appeal.

We can now accept payments via a bank account, the details are:
Account Name: Jacobs Pound Dogs
Sort Code: 07-15-20
Account No: 54868831

Due to the two-step verification, you will get an error message saying that the details are not recognised and may not reach the account. Please ignore this and go ahead as we have tested it and it will go through.

Thank you from the Jacobs Team

07/04/2024

****MARCH APPEAL UPDATE**** 7th April2024

Thank you to everyone who has already donated and pledged a monthly amount. So far, we have raised £1057.00 which means we still need £978.00 to clear our remaining outstanding bills we know it is a big ask but the hard truth is without funds, we cannot carry on helping these Poundies.

So far, we have 6 people who have pledged monthly donations. This will help but our emergency kennel bills are running at £900 a month (this has reduced from £1200) our transport costs are around +£1000 a month, without any vaccinations, spays, neutering or unforeseen medical bills.

We are begging you to pledge (if you haven’t done so already) £1 a month, we only need 978 members to pledge for the March appeal and our outstanding bills will be cleared.

Now we have a bank account we can also accept standing orders. A £1 per month from 10% of members of each page on each page would give us £3535 to continue helping the Poundies, meaning we can place Poundies into Emergency Boarding rather than let them die.

Payment details are:

PayPal, the address is [email protected] via the friends and family option, please put a note on March Appeal.

We can now accept payments via a bank account, the details are:
Account Name: Jacobs Pound Dogs
Sort Code: 07-15-20
Account No: 54868831

Due to the two-step verification, you will get an error message saying that the details are not recognised and may not reach the account. Please ignore this and go ahead as we have tested it and it will go through.

02/04/2024

****BEYOND URGENT APPEAL**** UPDATE 2nd April2024

Thank you to everyone that has already donated and pledged a monthly amount. I have thanked all of those that have donated via PayPal but cannot individually thank those that have donated via the bank account.

So far, we have raised £1057.00 which means we still need £978.00 to clear all of our outstanding bills by the end of this week, at the very latest. I know it is a big ask but the hard truth is without funds, we cannot carry on helping these Poundies.

The featured dogs are Kelcy, Star and Chloe all of whom are doing amazingly well, and we couldn't have done it without you.

Now we have a bank account we can also accept standing orders a £1 per month from each page would give us £! I know that some of you belong to all of our pages so if only 10% donated £1 per month we would have £3535 to continue helping the Poundies. So far we have 6 people who have pledged monthly donations.

Payment details are:

PayPal, the address is [email protected] via the friends and family option, please put a note March Appeal.

We can now accept payments via a bank account, the details are:
Account Name: Jacobs Pound Dogs
Sort Code: 07-15-20
Account No: 54868831

Due to the two-step verification, you will get an error message saying that the details are not recognised and may not reach the account. Please ignore this and go ahead as we have tested it and it will go through.

01/04/2024

****BEYOND URGENT APPEAL**** UPDATE 1st April2024
Thank you to everyone who has already donated and pledged a monthly amount. I have thanked all of those who have donated via PayPal but cannot individually thank those who have donated via the bank account.
So far, we have raised £805.00 which means we still need £1230 to clear all of our outstanding bills by the end of this week, at the very latest. I know it is a big ask and with the number of members we have on each of the pages a donation of the price of a coffee will set us up for March and April.
Now we have a bank account we can also accept standing orders a £1 per month from each page would give us £! I know that some of you belong to all of our pages so if only 10% donated £1 per month we would have £3535 to continue helping the Poundies.
Payment details are:
PayPal, the address is [email protected] via the friends and family option, please put a note on March Appeal.
We can now accept payments via a bank account, the details are:
Account Name: Jacobs Pound Dogs
Sort Code: 07-15-20
Account No: 54868831
Due to the two-step verification, you will get an error message saying that the details are not recognised and may not reach the account. Please ignore this and go ahead as we have tested it and it will go through.
WHY ARE WE APPEALING YET AGAIN?
Because the hard truth is without funds we cannot carry on helping these Poundies.