The
Oldies Club is a dog rescue, run solely by volunteers, that specialises
in rescuing and rehoming older dogs - aged 7 years plus. The Oldies
Club first came into existence in the Spring of 2005, and in March
2007 the Oldies Club proudly became Registered Charity number
1118246.
They
do not have kennels or a central base as, rather than placing the
dogs in kennels, they prefer to care for them in a normal home environment.
The Oldies Club therefore use foster homes.
The foster homes are spread around the country and each of them
has been carefully checked. Before we place a dog in a foster home,
they try, as far as possible, to ensure that they know the likes,
dislikes and needs of the dog to ensure the foster home is one it
will be happy in.
Once
an oldie has been assessed in its foster home and been vet-checked,
The Oldies Club advertise it on their website Dogs in Oldies
Club Care page, for permanent rehoming. Some oldies arrive
in poor condition, or they become very ill whilst in their
care; these poor old souls remain in a loving Oldies Club
foster home permanently and they become Sponsor Dogs.
Dogs
come into their care from a variety of situations, many
of them very urgent as the oldie has nowhere else to go
and is therefore at risk. |
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Feebee (Sponsor dog) |
Dogs often come to The Oldies Club because their elderly owner has
had to go into sheltered accommodation where dogs are not allowed.
Sometimes the dog’s owner has died and there is no-one that
can take care of their beloved dog, and sometimes the owner’s
circumstances have changed and the owner simply can no longer give
their dog the care it needs.
About The Oldies Club Website
An important part of the ethos of the Oldies Club is that as well
as working hard to help their own oldies, they also aim to help
older dogs who find themselves in other rescues. So, as well as
advertising their own dogs for re-homing, they also offer a free
service to other rescues of advertising their older dogs on The
Oldies Club website.
The
Oldies Club have a number of dedicated web team volunteers
who aim to write interesting, informative website entries
from the information provided by rescues.
The
Oldies Club’s own dogs are advertised alongside other
rescues’ dogs on their Adopt an Oldie and Overlooked
Oldies pages. The Oldies Club cannot deal with enquiries
about dogs that are in the care of other rescues, so you
need to check the contact details at the bottom of a dog’s
website entry. If you just want to see the dogs that are
in the care of the Oldies Club, these are the Dogs in Oldies
Club care. |
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Ernie (now rehomed) |
The Oldies Club History
The Oldies Club rescue grew from an initial idea on an internet
dog chat forum by a group of people who felt great empathy with
the plight of elderly dogs that find themselves homeless.
The initial inspiration behind the idea was a 13-year-old collie
they called Ted. Ted was blind in one eye and was terrified in the
noisy, stark pound environment. He had to stay in kennels as a stray
for 7 days but when no owner came forward to claim him, steps were
taken to get Ted into a domestic situation immediately. Once in
a foster home Ted thrived, the skinny dull-coated nervous boy became
a healthy, active and rejuvenated character and became a star of
the internet.
To find out more about The Oldies Club and to view the dogs looking
for homes visit www.oldies.org.uk |
