DogsBlog.com
{{Short description|UK dog rescue website}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|leader_name = Kim Bruce
Ryan O'Meara
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DogsBlog.com is a UK dog rescue website founded by Ryan O'Meara and Kim Bruce, and set up by K9 Media Ltd.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2008/jun/06/elevatorpitchdogsblogdoesi|title=Dogsblog does internet cute - with a purpose |work=guardian.co.uk |accessdate=30 May 2010 |location=London |first=Jemima |last=Kiss |date=2008-06-06}} It was launched in January 2007,{{cite web|url=http://www.dogworld.co.uk/News/23-dogsblog|title=DogsBlog to the Rescue|date=5 June 2008|publisher=Dog World|accessdate=30 May 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005120215/http://www.dogworld.co.uk/News/23-dogsblog|archivedate=5 October 2011}} and has since found new homes for over 21,000 dogs via the website which provides a free service for 212 different rescue shelters.{{cite web |url=http://www.butcherspetcare.com/butchers/news/full.html?news_id=64&referer=%2Fbutchers%2Fnews%2Findex.html |title=UK's National Dog Adoption Website DogsBlog.com Announces Partnership With Butcher's Pet Care |date=22 January 2010|publisher=Butcher's Pet Care |accessdate=30 May 2010 |archive-date=28 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828235748/http://www.butcherspetcare.com/butchers/news/full.html?news_id=64&referer=%2Fbutchers%2Fnews%2Findex.html |url-status=dead}}
Achievements
Ben, an 8 year old Shih Tzu, was the 2,000th dog rehomed via the website in May 2008. 3,000 dogs were resettled in new homes by November 2008 with a success rate of 75%; for every 100 dogs listed on the website, 75 were rehomed. Also during this period it had seen a big growth in web traffic, with a 334.98% increase in visitor traffic during the year.{{cite web |url=http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/1191/dog-rescue-website-passes-3000th-rehomed-dog-landmark/ |title=Dog Rescue Website Passes 3,000th Rehomed Dog Landmark |date=2008-11-05 |publisher=K9 Magazine |accessdate=2009-12-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091226194659/http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/1191/dog-rescue-website-passes-3000th-rehomed-dog-landmark/ |archivedate=2009-12-26 }}
The 4,000 milestone was announced on 14 March 2009{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} with both the 4,000th and 4,001st dogs, named Charlie and Millie, two German Shepherd cross Collie puppies. It was also announced at the same time that since its foundation, DogsBlog.com had relieved the animal welfare industry in the UK of more than £9,490,000 of financial strain.{{cite web |url=http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/1928/dog-adoption-website-passes-9m-mark-as-4000th-dog-is-rehomed/ |title=Dog Adoption Website Passes £9m Mark as 4,000th Dog is Rehomed |date=2009-02-16 |publisher=K9 Magazine |accessdate=2009-12-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904171811/http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/1928/dog-adoption-website-passes-9m-mark-as-4000th-dog-is-rehomed/ |archivedate=2010-09-04 }}
The 6,000th dog adopted via the website was Ruby, an English Bull Terrier cross Staffordshire Bull Terrier in August 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/3713/dog-adoption-website-hits-6000th-rehomed-dog/ |title=Dog Adoption Website Hits 6000th Rehomed Dog |date=2009-08-24 |publisher=K9 Magazine |accessdate=2009-12-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828195354/http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/3713/dog-adoption-website-hits-6000th-rehomed-dog/ |archivedate=2009-08-28 }} The website has worked with the national media in the United Kingdom to change the public opinion of dogs in rescue centres.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}
Campaign
DogsBlog.com ran the UK's first National Dog Adoption Month in August 2008.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-26 |title=What To Do with a Dog with High Energy Spurts |url=https://www.oodlelife.com/what-to-do-with-a-dog-with-high-energy-spurts/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |language=en-US}} Kim Bruce from DogsBlog.com said "The campaign aims to completely dispel the myth that rescue dogs need pity or sympathy or that dogs in shelters are somehow there due to problems in their makeup, physical or emotional."{{cite web|url=http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/Could-you-love-the-Blackberry.4394668.jp|title=Could you love the Blackberry Farm dogs nobody wants?|last=Dowdeswell|first=Anna|date=15 August 2008|publisher=Aylesbury Today|accessdate=30 May 2010|archive-date=20 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120162629/http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/Could-you-love-the-Blackberry.4394668.jp|url-status=dead}} A 227% increase in dog adoptions was noted during the month.{{cite web |url=http://www.dogadoptionmonth.co.uk/astonishing-227-rise-in-dog-adoptions-in-national-dog-adoption-month/ |title=Astonishing 227% Rise in Dog Adoptions in National Dog Adoption Month |author= |date=2008-09-04 |work=National Dog Adoption Month |publisher= |accessdate=2009-12-12}}
Affiliations
DogsBlog.com is affiliated with more than 212 different partner charities and rescue organisations across the UK. Notable partners include Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, The Mayhew Animal Home, various Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals centres, The Blue Cross, Dogs Trust, and a wide range of local and breed specific rescue societies.{{cite web |url=http://www.dfordog.co.uk/events_2007_dogsblog.htm|title=Resource for Dog Adoption and Rescue |publisher=D for Dog |accessdate=30 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307190437/http://www.dfordog.co.uk/events_2007_dogsblog.htm |archivedate=7 March 2012}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.DogsBlog.com DogsBlog.com Website]
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