00:00Hi, I'm James Connolly, I'm a reporter at the Yorkshire Evening Post and I'm here at
00:05the Dogs Trust Rehoming Centre in Leeds to meet some of the residents.
00:10With less than 10 weeks to go until Christmas, Dogs Trust Leeds is on a mission to find the
00:14dogs in its care the one Christmas gift they all want, a home for life.
00:19Dogs Trust Leeds is currently home to 87 dogs and the charity wants to find homes for as
00:23many of them as possible ahead of the festive season.
00:27One of those dogs hoping for a new home this year is Rory.
00:31Okay well this is Rory, he's a four year old lurcher, he's been with us now for a few months,
00:37he arrived when he'd been found as a stray so we don't really know anything about his
00:40history but what we do know is that he's a lovely dog, he's full of fun, he loves training,
00:46he loves his food, he's really friendly and we know that he's going to do really well
00:52with adopters who like to have fun days out with their dogs.
00:56He can be a little bit reactive but he's been working on that as well so the training
01:00team have been introducing him to some dogs, he's started to do really well with that but
01:05in a nice sort of predictable home we know that he'll do really well.
01:08Hiya, so this is Rolo, he's an 18 month old crossbreed, he arrived with us in July of
01:182023 as a four month old stray, he'd been found tied to a tree with two broken back
01:23legs so he came in with us and then went straight to the vet to get his legs fixed
01:28and then straight into a foster home so he could recover and then he came back into kennels
01:32in around November time and he's been with us ever since so he's still only about 18
01:37months old and as you can see he's a big lad so he's absolutely full of beans, raring to
01:43go but he is super clever, he loves learning new things and he's super foodie, he's looking
01:49for an adult only home so as much as he looks big and tough he's actually a very sensitive
01:54thing, over, over, yes good girl, and, yes good girl.
02:04So this is Rainbow, she's four years old, she's a Jack Russell and Chihuahua cross but
02:09don't be fooled she's not a handbag dog, she likes training, she likes to be kept busy,
02:14she's really smart, she's not one for just snuggling on the sofa so her perfect owners
02:19are going to be people who want to do loads of fun training with her, yes you are.
02:23So we have a wide variety of dogs, we have small, large, different ages, different breeds,
02:29they're all desperate for their forever home so we are very much looking forward to welcoming
02:33people and trying to find them their lovely homes.
02:36So it can widely vary for every dog that comes in, some might be with us just a few weeks,
02:40for others it might be a few months and for some that little bit longer but they do stay
02:43in our care until we make sure we find that right home for them.
02:46Are there concerns about people adopting as presents maybe around Christmas?
02:50Yeah, there is always because, you know, as our slogan says, a dog is for life not just
02:55for Christmas so we need to ensure that when they're going into their homes that it is
03:00something that's really being considered, that they're in a position to be able to provide
03:04that lifetime care for the dog whether that be financial, with the vet costs involved
03:09or the time that's needed to train that dog and settle it into a home so yes we want to
03:13make sure that anyone who's thinking of adopting a dog has really put that time and consideration
03:19into it and committing for a lifetime.
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