Dog breeding is mainly commercial nowadays. Terrier pups come cheap and sold like bars of soap indiscriminately from every free ad paper or website. Terriers need a special find of home, sadly for them, so often bought for their looks or on a whim. They often start moving from home to home within months. Terriers need to be highly socialized and managed as they can't take the stress of being top dog. Sharp teeth and claws; busy scampish ways and yes hardest dogs to train. You can't train the terrier out of a terrier. If a terrier gets into the wrong family they become a disappointment; an annoyance; labeled agressive or trusted beyond their capabilities. Terriers get lost, killed on the road or put to sleep for being a terrier!

We ask you to complete our homing questionnaire, informing us of key factors in a dog; your stage of prep. and suitability for this breed type. Terriers are lively 'working' individuals with strong personalities and willful characters. They begin to calm down after ten and still full of character until they die life expectancy 16!

Our terriers are waiting and ready. If you're not ready, don't submit our questionnaire. Use the time to prepare 'your mind set'. Go out of your way to meet terriers and talk to their owners about the restrictions terriers can impose on their lives. If your terrier has recently passed away re-acquaint yourselves with what a young terrier is about; it may come as a shock! Make your garden terrier proof- 6' wooden panel fencing and high solid gates are ideal. We do not home our terriers in with unneutered dogs for many, many reasons. So neuter and vac. existing dogs, gain landlord permission in writing where appropriate. Then you will be ready for the homecheck.

Ready? Acquaint yourself with the website we have a lot of information here. Complete our homing questionnaire in detail, attaching photo's of your garden as this gives a clear idea of their boundaries and 'free running' space. Read each dog's details factually, go beyond the picture. Bring realism in with your preferred choice. Realism is key to owning a terrier! Save the completed form as a word doc. and email it to mail:lynne@terrierrescue.co.uk 

Follow this up with a phone call over the next few days so we can chat through issues. As our dogs are all over the UK, in various situations, the procedure varies from dog to dog.

Some terriers are homed directly home to home. Their adoption donation helps to pay the kennel fees of others less fortunate. We operate as a rescue on the strength of people's generosity. We have no paid staff and don't claim our expenses. All donations go to pay our vet and kennel bills.

So you are offering a terrier your home… thank you!