The Journey Home
From Rescue Puppy to Forever Home: Nala’s Journey
Finding a new home for Nala, a mixed power breed, wasn’t going to be easy.
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71 stories from the BarkingMad network.
Minimum Standards Project
Minimum Standards: A Roadmap, Not a Rulebook
The Minimum Standards are not intended to become another checklist for shelters to complete, or another organisation telling them what they are doing wrong.
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Minimum Standards Project
🐾 SHELTER MINIMUM STANDARDS — WHERE ARE WE NOW, AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? 🐾
We’ve listened. We’ve travelled. We’ve consulted. We’ve worked with more than 200 shelters across South Africa. Now we need YOU to read, comment and help us take the final steps. 💙🧡
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The Journey Home
Charlie’s Journey Home: Finding His Way to the Right Family
Sometimes, finding the right home takes a little longer than we hoped. Charlie was rescued from an abusive home and taken in by a kind-hearted foster family who gave him the safety and care he desperately needed.
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Let Your Love for Animals Live On: Leave a Gift to BarkingMad in Your Will
None of us knows exactly what the future holds. Having a valid will allows you to make your wishes known and gives you greater control over what happens to your estate. It can also help you make provision for the people, causes and animals that matter to you.
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The Journey Home
Diesel’s Journey Home: A Senior Dog’s Second Chance
Diesel had all the odds stacked against him: a large, black mixed breed, already 12 years old. In rescue, these factors can lead to longer waits for adoption, valuable time that Diesel did not have.
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The Journey Home
When Finding a Home Feels Impossible, Until It Isn’t: The Story of Kuba & Shadow
What happens when two dogs arrive together, but only one seems to be wanted? Kuba and Shadow arrived at Dogtown needing the same thing: a new home. But when the enquiries started coming in, it was Kuba who caught everyone’s attention. Shadow was left waiting.
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Hashbrown’s Journey Home: Why We Never Give Up
He waited for three years. He was returned twice, and spent much of his journey waiting for someone to truly love him. BarkingMad’s team refused to give up on him, and eventually, their efforts to find him a loving home paid off.In April 2023, six-year-old Hashbrown (Labrador/...
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The Journey Home
The Right Home Is Worth Waiting For: Stitch & Lola’s Journey Home
For mother-and-daughter Toy Pomeranians Stitch (8) and Lola (7), finding a new home meant facing a difficult change. When their owner lost everything, the two dogs were placed into foster care. Knowing how important it was for them to remain together, their owner made the incredibly difficult decision to rehome them, hoping they could find the stable, loving forever home they deserved.
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Speaking Up for Those Who Cannot: Natalie & Nicole’s Rescue Story
This Women’s Month, we celebrate the story of two dogs whose lives were changed for the better when Barking Mad’s founder, Tracy McQuarrie, refused to look away. With compassion and determination, Tracy acted when Natalie and Nicole needed someone speaking up for them, setting...
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Not Without My Dog
When Housing Restrictions Separate Families: Mila's Story | Not Without My Dog
Every day, families face difficult choices when housing restrictions make it impossible to keep all of their pets. Barking Mad's Not Without My Dog initiative exists because no family should have to make that choice. Mila's owner faced exactly that situation when moving meant she could only take one of her two dogs with her.
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