Rustplaas Dog Shelter NPC

12/02/2025

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We'd love to hear your opinion!

11/02/2025

Do you support Rustplaas Dog Shelter and the work we do? 💛
We would love it if you left us a review on Google: https://bit.ly/ReviewRustplaasOnGoogle

06/02/2025

Important notice for all supporters and potential donators! ⚠️

30/01/2025

Please help if you're able to 🙏🐶🦴

29/01/2025

Paws on the ground, tails in the air
Dogs running wild without a care
Rustplaas is home, they’ve found a place
A second chance, a warm embrace

Eyes full of joy, no longer afraid
Dreams of the past now start to fade
Chasing the sun in fields of green
Living a life they've never seen

Barking with glee, they leap and bound
Freedom in every sight and sound
Old dogs, new tricks, a whole new view
Every day is bright, the skies so blue

Whiskers twitching with delight
Sniffing adventures, morning till night
Healing hearts they come alive
At Rustplaas they truly thrive

Once forgotten, now they're found
Happiness in every hound
Companions all they've made it through
Now they dance in the morning dew

22/01/2025

We’d love to hear your thoughts about Rustplaas Dog Shelter! Please leave us your feedback here: https://forms.gle/iSRL3LJtD2u3mnPB7

16/01/2025

We now have a website. 🌐

Visit https://rustplaasdogshelter.framer.website to read more about us.

Rustplaas serves as a sanctuary - a safe haven for stray, injured, and abused dogs that have nowhere else to go. We are located in Mkhondo (Piet Retief), Mpumalanga.

16/01/2025

Your contribution will help us feed the injured, abused and abandoned dogs that now call Rustplaas home.
We thank you sincerely for your help! 🐶🦴🐾

03/01/2025

Baie honger baba hondjies.

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'n Besige dag vir ons Rustplaas volunteers wat hierdie 4 baba hondjies vandag gehelp red het. Hulle was bietjie gebad, gevoer en pensies gevryf. Ons soek nog na die ma en sal uitkyk vir haar in die komende dae. Maar intussen gaan ons die hondjies met die bottel moet voer elke paar ure. 🍼🐶
Enige donasies welkom vir Puppy melk of hulp om hulle te help grootmaak, of vaste puppy kos vir die toekoms. 🙏 Dan as hulle oud genoeg is sal ons goeie huise vir hulle moet vind.

DONASIES:
Rustplaas Dog Shelter
Absa Spaar Rekening
Rek nr.: 9203 1507 34
Tak kode: 632005
Verwysing: Puppies

03/01/2025

'n Besige dag vir ons Rustplaas volunteers wat hierdie 4 baba hondjies vandag gehelp red het. Hulle was bietjie gebad, gevoer en pensies gevryf. Ons soek nog na die ma en sal uitkyk vir haar in die komende dae. Maar intussen gaan ons die hondjies met die bottel moet voer elke paar ure. 🍼🐶
Enige donasies welkom vir Puppy melk of hulp om hulle te help grootmaak, of vaste puppy kos vir die toekoms. 🙏 Dan as hulle oud genoeg is sal ons goeie huise vir hulle moet vind.

DONASIES:
Rustplaas Dog Shelter
Absa Spaar Rekening
Rek nr.: 9203 1507 34
Tak kode: 632005
Verwysing: Puppies

19/11/2024

Is Your Dog Scared Of Thunderstorms & Fireworks? 🐕⛈🧨🎆
Get your dog a calming supplement.

30/09/2024

Hondsdolheid / Rabies / Ama-Rabi

Verpligte gratis entig van honde en katte
Compulsory free vaccination of dogs and cats
Ukugoma kwamahala okuphoqelekile kwezinja nama ikati

12/09/2024

I STILL NEEDED MY MOM - THE CONSEQUENCES OF TAKING PUPS TOO YOUNG
The early life experiences of pups are so vitally important and extend through to adulthood, influencing physical, emotional, mental and social development.
There are still so many “breeders” that allow pups to be taken away at 6 weeks. Uninformed people just accept this “tradition” without question and are often unprepared for the fall out this may cause. Just because a pup may no longer depend on mom for food, doesn’t mean they are ready to leave the security of their family unit and are ready to cope emotionally in a new home. A 6-week-old pup is still reliant on mom and littermates to learn appropriate play behaviour, impulse control, tolerance to frustration, bite inhibition, self-confidence and develop social skills that will help them become well-adjusted adults.
Scott and Fuller’s influential 1965 book about the social development of dogs recommended that 6 to 8 weeks was the best time to remove a pup from mom and littermates. The “ideal time” in this context was the best time for the human’s benefit and not the dogs (usually financial benefit). Thankfully, through science-based evidence, we have learnt so much about dog behaviour and development since then and our focus has changed to what is best for the dog, not the person. Research shows that waiting until a pup is at least 8 weeks is far less likely to result in any emotional trauma and resulting behavioural challenges.
We live in a broken world where having to care for or rescue pups much younger than 8 weeks is often unavoidable due to various circumstances. In these cases, we do the best we can for them. This post is not about this kind of situation, it’s about spreading knowledge, creating understanding and encouraging people not to support breeders that allow their pups to leave before at least 8 weeks.

21/12/2023