Helping abandoned dogs to find permanent loving homes

Once Loved Dog Rescue was set up to help provide care, shelter and permanent homes for unwanted homepageand abandoned dogs. Our work is mainly rescuing and rehoming ex pound dogs. We are run entirely voluntarily. The areas we cover are primarily Devon and  Somerset. The rescue is based in Sidmouth, Devon, between Exeter and Honiton.  As we are a small rescue, we like to keep homes as local as possible for home checking purposes. We will, however, consider rehoming to other areas.

Foster carers are urgently needed. Please click HERE to read more. If you think you can help by offering foster care to a homeless dog, please email cathy@oncelovedrescue.org.uk for an application form.

Donations are also always needed for vaccinations and vet treatment etc. The rescue is self-funded and receives no other financial help.

Donations will help us to cover costs as follows:

  • Vet treatment
  • Neutering/speying – All un-neutered/un-speyed dogs are speyed before they are rehomed.
  • Vaccinations – Dogs that come into our care are vaccinated immediately.
  • Emergency Boarding Fees – We do not have our own kennels, this means that some dogs (particularly those that come to us from a pound) are required to be placed into emergency boarding kennels for assessment, before they can be rehomed. They are also required to have a kennel cough vaccination in addition to usual vaccinations. Please consider making a donation. Thank you.


Rehoming -  If  you would like to offer one of our dogs a home, please contact us for a pre-adoption application form Email: cathy@oncelovedrescue.org.uk or telephone 07847 297058

All prospective homes will be required to have a pre-adoption home check and post home checks. You will also be required to sign an adoption agreement.

All dogs are neutered/speyed, vaccinated, micro-chipped, wormed and de-flead before they are placed into new homes.

Adoption Fee -  We ask for an adoption fee of a minimum of £130, maximum £150. This fee enables us to help more dogs in need.

Funds for emergency boarding fees urgently needed! We neuter, vaccinate and rehome all dogs, but we need help urgently with emergency boarding fees, as all our dogs have come from pounds and need to be placed into boarding kennels in order to be vaccinated and assessed before rehoming. If anyone can help, please consider making a donation either via paypal, address: donations@oncelovedrescue.org.uk or if you would prefer to make a donation directly to the boarding kennels, please email cathy@oncelovedrescue.org.uk Anyone who makes a donation will receive regular updates, plus will receive proof of payment to the boarding kennels (if donation is made via paypal) Please help us to save one of these lovely dogs! Thank you.

Please see our sister site, Pound Dog Rescue Link for details of other dogs in urgent need of rescue spaces.