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Helping dogs in need

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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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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Kip

Labrador X GSD
  • 1 Years 0 Months
  • Male

Bella

Schnauzer X Poodle
  • 1 Years 3 Months
  • Female
  • Reserved

Buddy

Cockapoo
  • 3 Years 0 Months
  • Male

Klaus

German Shepherd Dog (Alsatian)
  • 4 Years 11 Months
  • Male

Pickles

Boxer Cross
  • 5 Years 5 Months
  • Female

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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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4 days ago

St. Francis Dogs Home
🐾 Our Beautiful Puppies are Looking for Their Forever Homes 🐾 *PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION BELOW BEFORE APPLYING (WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM WITHIN CORNWALL) The time has come for our beautiful Queenie's puppies to carry on to their next chapter in life. The little ones are currently 8 weeks old (3 boys and 2 girls). They will not be leaving us until they are at least 10 weeks old, giving them more time to grow, learn and prepare for their next chapter. ❤️They are Border Terrier (sire) x French Bulldog (dam), and they are already showing plenty of those wonderful terrier traits! They are curious, playful, adventurous and absolutely love exploring their surroundings. 🐶🌿Despite having a hard start in life, these puppies are very sweet, affectionate and well socialised. They deserve nothing less than a beautiful future with families who will love them unconditionally and give them the time and commitment they need to thrive.🏡 What sort of home are we looking for?We are particularly looking for active, committed homes that understand and enjoy terrier-type traits. These pups would love a life filled with walks, exploring, enrichment, play and adventures!They will need families who are prepared to continue their training and help them grow into happy, confident adult dogs.As with any young puppy, their new families will need to be prepared for:🐾 House training🐾 Learning to settle and be left alone gradually🐾 Ongoing socialisation🐾 Basic training and boundaries🐾 Lots of patience, consistency and positive reinforcementThey will need somebody at home for most of the day to help with house training and basic training. We would ideally like their future homes to have a lifestyle where the dogs will not routinely be left alone for more than around 3 hours once they are adults.❓What their breed could mean:Border Terrier dad: Border Terriers are intelligent, active and tenacious, and often enjoy having a job to do — whether that's exploring on walks, learning new things, playing games or using their noses.French Bulldog mom: Frenchies are well known for being very sociable little characters who enjoy being part of family life and having plenty of companionship. They can also be lively and playful. These pups are therefore likely to be fun, affectionate, curious and full of personality, but prospective adopters should be prepared for an active little dog who will need training, enrichment, boundaries and plenty of opportunities to explore.They may have a terrier's natural instinct to investigate, chase or dig, so a secure garden and sensible management will be important. They will also need owners who enjoy getting out and about and who are happy to keep their minds busy as well as their bodies.Because they are a crossbreed, each puppy will develop their own individual personality and may inherit characteristics from either breed to different degrees. We can't predict exactly what each puppy will be or look like as an adult, but we're already seeing plenty of curiosity, playfulness and that wonderful spirit in them. These aren't puppies looking for somewhere simply because they're cute — they are looking for people who are ready to make a long-term commitment and give them the life they deserve. ❤️They have so much potential and already have such lovely personalities. We want to see them grow up to be happy, loved and cherished members of their families, enjoying all the fun, exploration and adventures that life has to offer. 🌿🐾If you think you could offer one of these special puppies the loving and committed forever home they deserve, please fill in the rehoming form below, and PLEASE STATE 'FOR QUEENIES PUPS'stfrancisnewquay.org.uk/adopt-a-dog-form/ ...

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St. Francis Dogs Home

6 days ago

St. Francis Dogs Home
WE ARE CURRENTLY RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS TO JOIN OUR KENNEL TEAMIf you enjoy working with, helping to train and rehabilitate the dogs in our care, then you could be who we need.We are looking for people who:Are fit and mobileAble to work without constant supervisionAre able to commit to at least one session per week (sessions are 8.30 or 9.00am to 12.30 or 1.00pm and 1.00pm to 5.00pm)We offer full initial and ongoing trainingOUR NEXT INDUCTION SEMINARS WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY 17th OCTOBER and WEDNESDAY 28th OCTOBERTo get booked in please complete the Volunteer Application via this link and an email will be sent to you with a link to our online booking systemstfrancisnewquay.org.uk/volunteering/ ...

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7 days ago

St. Francis Dogs Home
Holywell Bay Dog Show and Fun Day 2026 ☀️ 🐶 We had the most wonderful day yesterday at the first ever dog show at Holywell Beach Bar. Our day was packed with beautiful dogs, delicious hot dogs, sunshine and amazing people. Huge thanks to Bella from Salty Dogs Cornwall for being the driving force behind making yesterday the success it was. Thank you to all the Beach Bar team, Pets In The Wild, Huggo Cornwall, Imagine Outdoors Together CIC, our brilliant volunteers and all of you who came to support the event. We have more thank you posts to come, once the photos are ready from the incredibly talented Phil Girdlestone Dog Photography, and we’ll reveal the grand total later in the week 💙 We would be lost without our community of supporters. Together, we’re all making a difference, one dog at a time 🐶 💙 ...

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1 week ago

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Did someone say Hotdogs on the beach?? 🌭The amazing team at Holywell Bay Beach Bar have come up with a menu of tasty wieners, especially for the Fun Dog Show tomorrow (3rd of October) that is raising funds for the dogs in our care. You don't have to take part in the dog show to get involved tomorrow, simply popping down for a delicious hot dog can be your way of supporting our amazing charity - we hope to see you there! For more event details, follow the link: fb.me/e/7qEZ9JJrr ...

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