Money helps. Hands help more.
We run on 41 foster families and a small army of volunteers. Two hours a month is genuinely useful; a spare room changes an animal's whole life.
Fostering
Fostering means taking an animal home for a few weeks — a litter that needs to grow, a dog recovering from surgery, a shy cat who shuts down in kennels. You give them a couch and a routine; we cover food, vet care and advice, and we take them back for adoption days.
It's the single most useful thing an animal lover with a spare room can do. Every animal in a foster home frees up a kennel for the next emergency.
Warning from our fosters: you will fall in love. 'Foster fails' — fosters who adopt their charge — are our favourite kind of failure.
Apply to foster
Volunteering
Whatever you're good at, we can use it. The regulars will tell you: kennel mornings are the best therapy there is, and you'll never drink better coffee than the stuff from our broken urn.
- Dog walking and kennel enrichment — weekday mornings or weekends
- Kitten cuddling and socialising (yes, it's a real job, and yes, there's a waiting list)
- Adoption day setup, driving and handling
- Home checks in your own suburb
- Photography for the animals' profiles
- Maintenance: fixing kennels, painting, plumbing odd jobs
Apply to volunteer
The wishlist
Clearing out the garage? These are the things we never have enough of. Drop them at the kennels during opening hours or at any event.
Dry dog and puppy food
We feed around 60 dogs a day. Any brand, any size bag — it all gets eaten by Friday.
Kitten formula and wet food
Bottle babies arrive all spring. Formula is our single most expensive consumable.
Blankets, towels and old duvets
Highveld winters are brutal in a kennel. Worn is fine; washed is wonderful.
Vet supplies
Bandages, saline, syringes, tick and flea treatment, dewormer — ask us what's short this month.
Collars, leads and harnesses
Every adopted dog leaves wearing one, so we never have enough.
Cement, fencing and paint
There's always a kennel to fix. Half-used tins and off-cuts are welcome.