New Year? New Home? Great opportunity

Our January edition (out in December) will be an adoption special. For the first time in our history we'll be opening up many of our pages to free adverts for dogs looking for homes. Here's an example of the sort of thing we'll be including...

Milly

I’ve been waiting for 18 months, but I've never given up hope. People keep picking the dogs on either side of me here, but you'll come for me soon - I know you will. I’m very lucky to be safe, but I’ve so much love to give - seems such a waste to be stuck in the waiting room of life. I was sleeping in a car - I didn’t know any better and I had 10 pups. I lost my ‘home’ the next time I came into season. I loved my people and lived with children and cats - I even slept on my master’s bed when I got the chance. I’d prefer to be the only dog, although I used to live with many others.

 
Name of dog: Milly

Type of dog and size if not obvious: Staffie

Approx age: (in years) 4

Sex: Female

Neutered? Yes

Housetrained: Yes

With other dogs? Probably prefer to be the only dog

With cats? Was brought up around them

Good with young children: Possibly

Good with older children: Yes

Location (County): Surrey

Contact details: http://rescueremedies.myfastforum.org/ftopic3035-0-asc-165.php

Or phone:  020 8274 0471

Foster or forever home? Either

If you know of a dog that needs a new home here's what you need to send to me:

1. A good photo (ideally 300dpi and remember a picture is worth a thousand words, so take one that is in focus! And send as an attachment - not embedded in a document)
2. Name of dog:
3. Type of dog and size if not obvious:
4. Approx age: (in years)
5. Sex:
6. Neutered?
7. Housetrained?
8. With other dogs?
9. With cats?
10. Good with young children?
11. Good with older children?
12. Location (County):
13. Contact details: (Web and phone)
14. Foster or forever home? 

 
Plus 100 words written in first person (ie as if the dog is looking for a new owner) - something that makes people think of this dog as an individual. Don't over sell - just make the dog seem real.

Please include a web and phone contact as not all of our readers are Internet savy.

Email your words and pictues to beverley@dogstodaymagazine.co.uk
and put ADOPT ME in the subject line so I don't lose them.

We will include as many dogs looking for homes as possible, those coming with the correct word count and good photos will be chosen first above those with incomplete information, so please try to follow the instructions!

And yes - this is FREE!

Please do spread this opportunity far and wide. If you volunteer in a rescue kennels and you know a dog that you think deserves this opportunity please do offer to complete this on behalf of the kennels, that's how we heard about Milly and how this idea came about!