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St Francis Dogs Home in Newquay

St Francis Dogs Home is a dog rescue and rehoming centre for dogs and puppies who are in need of their forever home.
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Our Dogs

See our current dogs looking for a new loving forever home.

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Fostering

Help provide support for dogs who need a second chance.

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About Us

Welcome to
St. Francis Dogs Home

St Francis Dogs Home is a dog rescue and rehoming centre for dogs and puppies who are in need of their forever home. In the absence of their own loving family, the team at St Francis nurture and love each animal and strive to find each one a new and loving family. Rehoming dogs is the ultimate aim and our success rate is high.

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One of the best ways to help rescue dogs is to make a donation

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Our Dogs

Dogs Looking for a Forever Home

We have plenty of dogs in our care who need a new, loving home. Find out more about them here!
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Dexter

Border Collie
  • 3 Years 0 Months
  • Male

Rubble

British Bulldog
  • 2 Years 6 Months
  • Male

TOBY

Shih Tzu
  • 5 Years 1 Months
  • Male

Cobi

Labrador X Rotweiller
  • 1 Years 11 Months
  • Male

Jack

Border Terrier
  • 2 Years 0 Months
  • Male

Just some of the companies who support us

Our Services

What We Do

The rescue sector has changed massively since the Coronavirus pandemic, creating a huge impact on dogs, and their owners, whether it’s through the lack of socialisation from the many lockdowns, or behavioural issues, including separation anxiety, from having become used to owners working from home. We recognised that more tailored support and help was needed to ensure we can find dogs the correct and best forever home and we launched our fostering model in November 2022. We work with trained and experienced fosterers to look after, and rehabilitate, its rescue dogs in their home until they are ready for rehoming, through using dedicated experts and behaviourists.

Find out more about fostering with St Francis on our dedicated Fostering page.

Fostering

Our Fostering Scheme

Housing dogs in foster homes offers so many advantages over kennels.  It provides them with regular companionship which is an essential part of rehabilitation.

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Paddocks

Secure Dog Paddocks

Rent exclusive use of one of our three secure dog paddocks in Porth, Newquay. Providing a safe, private place for you to exercise, walk or train your dog/s.

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St. Francis Dogs Home

6 days ago

St. Francis Dogs Home
LONGER TERM FOSTER NEEDEDWe are seeking a longer term fosterer for this Goldie.Please read the post fully before applying.He is a 2 year old golden retriever who we are not ready to rehome on a permanent basis just yet. We are happy to discuss this during a conversation.He is a very good boy and loved by us all here at the rescue. He is house trained. Can be left up to 4 hours but does enjoy being with people so we would be looking for someone retired or who works from home a good deal of the time. His first couple of years have not been without stresses so we are specifically looking for a home who can commit to a longer term.He is on some medications so we would need someone who is happy to give him his meds although he does take them easily.He can walk nicely on a lead but being only 2, there are some things that are just too exciting and he may suddenly decide he wants to go in a different direction so someone that is strong enough not to be caught off guard. His training is coming along well in this area, but it’s not perfect yet. He doesn’t require endless walks so a couple of nice medium sized walks a day is sufficient. He is not a hiker.He enjoys a grassy garden to sit out in when the sun shines and he does like to be off lead in the garden or a secure paddock.NO CATS and the only dog in the home. Whilst he generally gets on with most dogs, we need to keep his stress levels low at the moment and we can’t risk there being tension in the home if they don’t get along.CHILDREN OVER 12 as he has not been used to living with children, or even better, a child free home.He is quite a sedate boy most of the time but, as we say, he is only young so can have his moments.He is a golden retriever so, as per breed, he can be stubborn but with the right response, he usually gives in.He sleeps well all night, although the first few nights he might whine if left on his own. He usually settles but is happier if you are ok with him sleeping near you.He does require a trip to hydrotherapy in Newquay once a month and he is under our vet in Newquay so someone closer to us would be ideal unless you are happy to travel.He travels ok in the car although he does need a bribe to get him in😂All in all, he is our lovely boy but we are being quite specific in the home we choose for him as we really don’t want him to be subject to any further stress or home changes so please only apply if you are prepared and in a position to give him what he needs.If you would like to apply to foster please complete the form via this link and someone will be in contact with youstfrancisnewquay.org.uk/foster-application-form/ ... See MoreSee Less

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St. Francis Dogs Home

7 days ago

St. Francis Dogs Home
Our beautiful girl Kira doing some exercises for the body and mind 🐾🖤 being young she needs an active home that will put time into training her. As you can see, she loves it! See her profile here: stfrancisnewquay.org.uk/dog/kira/ ... See MoreSee Less

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St. Francis Dogs Home

1 week ago

St. Francis Dogs Home
WEEKEND VOLUNTEERS (If you are applying, please read the whole post and don’t forget to include a contact number 🙏🙏🙏🙏)Having opened our brand new kennels in January of this year, we are now recruiting our core volunteers who will be key to the welfare and development of the dogs in our care.Initially, our focus is on establishing a good weekend team, after that, we will move to building our weekday teams. Volunteers in our core teams will need to be over 18 years.The weekends will be broken down into 4 hour shifts: 9am - 1pm and 1pm - 5pm. If you want to do a whole day, then we welcome you.The work is hands-on with the dogs, from feeding, housekeeping, off-site and on-site walks, training and enrichment.We treat all of our volunteers as staff, meaning you will be key to our team. You will be fully insured, valued and trained. What we ask in return, is that you are reliable, take working with our dogs seriously and turn up for your shifts as planned. Without reliability and commitment, it will be the dogs who suffer and other members of the team will be put under pressure and the dogs will miss out on their exercise and training.Volunteering at St Francis is great if you are passionate about helping to give dogs their second chance, looking for a change of career, or to gain additional experience in dog handling, training, behaviour and welfare.If you are genuinely interested in joining our team then please drop me a message to mail@stfrancisnewquay.org.uk giving your name, address, contact number and a few lines about why you want to volunteer. Once we receive this, we will give you a call for a chat and to arrange your induction appointment.We look forward to welcoming you to the St Francis team. The charity can provide the structure and experience but it takes the community to get these dogs to the life they deserve. We cannot do this on our own.Thank you 🙏🙏🙏 ... See MoreSee Less

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St. Francis Dogs Home

1 week ago

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A few of our beautiful pooches dipping their toebeans on this sunny day 🌞 🐾 Find out more about them here: stfrancisnewquay.org.uk/our-dogs/ ... See MoreSee Less

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St. Francis Dogs Home

2 weeks ago

St. Francis Dogs Home
SEEKING A DOG LOVING GROUNDWORK COMPANYWe want to create a path from our car park (where I am standing to take the photo) to the paddocks which is in the top right hand corner of the picture.If you are able to give us a quote to create this (as cheaply as possible, obviously) we would love to hear from you.Please drop us a message on here or email mail@stfrancisnewquay.org.ukThank you 🙏 ... See MoreSee Less

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St. Francis Dogs Home is in Wales.

2 weeks ago

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