October 26 2008
Rochdale Dog Rescue
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Rochdale Dog Rescue has been in existence for many years, but only in its current form since 2005. Read how the rescue began, and how the love of 2 special dogs helped its development into the valuable resource it is today.
Pat Crabtree established the rescue in 1975 when she began helping unwanted dogs in the Rochdale area. These dogs were either in foster homes or their own homes needing new owners, and Pat began by placing advertisements in the local papers. Over time this developed, with more dogs being helped in this way.
In 1993 Coryn Shields lost her own dog (Sam the Boxer) to cancer, and when she felt ready to rehome a rescue dog she answered one of Pat’s adverts. Two year old Bruno was suggested as a suitable match, and an introduction followed; it was love at first sight. A special bond was formed and Bruno became Coryn’s new companion.
Having seen the good that Pat was doing Coryn offered to help if she could ever be of use.
Little did Coryn know that just a few hours later she would be driving around in the dead of night hunting for a missing dog with Pat, and another new friendship was born. Thanks to Bruno bringing them together Pat and Coryn worked together for two years, developing Rochdale Dog Rescue and rehoming more dogs in Rochdale and the surrounding areas, and in 1994 Coryn added to her family with Zara, a bitch who’d come into rescue heavily pregnant having been found as a stray.
In 1995 Pat moved out of the area, and Coryn took over the day to day management of rehoming.
As time went on, Coryn was contacted on occasions by a local Dog Warden, asking for help to save a dog in the pound who had run out of time. Although this was not a regular part of the work of Rochdale Dog Rescue, Coryn realised that there was a whole group of dogs whose plight she had previously been unaware of, and between 2004 and 2005 she began to develop a relationship with this particular pound.
In March 2005 a formal link with the pound was formed, and Rochdale Dog Rescue began to offer help for all of the dogs reaching the end of their 7 days.
The team developed too, with new volunteers joining Coryn to take on other roles. In January 2006 the website became live and Rochdale Dog Rescue in its current form was born.
They desperately need help. Please visit the website and see how you can help them.