Last year Dogs Trust Rehoming Centre in Leeds found new homes for 1,255 dogs.
In the majority of cases these animals would have been put to sleep if Dogs Trust hadn't
stepped in.
Young puppy Nicky was brought in by the dog warden ten days ago after a family found her
roaming the streets.
Canine Carer Anna has been looking after Nicky since she arrived
Nicky's doing really well.
She settled in straight away.
It's like she's always been here.
She was seen by the vet more or less straight away and she was given a full bill of health.
She's eating well.
She's in with a kennel mate at the minute, Miss Piggy, and they're playing constantly.
They're teaching each other how to behave and how to interact with each other and things.
How can you not fall in love with her?
She's gorgeous.
Nicky is a German Shepherd crossbreed which means that this lively pup will grow up into
a very big dog.
Large dogs are usually harder to home but the good news is that Nicky already has a
new owner.
Aaron Barker has been looking for a dog ever since his old one passed away...
Basically I lost our dog, which we had for 16 years, a few weeks back, and it just ain't
the same any more.
Devastated.
Like, it still hurts to say it now.
It really does hurt.
You just - I need a dog in my life.
Just not right without.
I do a lot of mountain biking, and a lot of people don't want to ride with me, so a dog,
it's just perfect just to run behind and like, come home to in an evening as well.
Aaron thinks he's found the perfect dog in Nicky who he's now renamed Zeke.
I can't really put into words what it is about it.
It's one of these feelings where you come to a dog and you can go through hundreds and
just not click with them, but with Nicky, I went up to her and as soon as she looked
at me that were it.
Like, head over heels and like, I'll just take her straight home.
She's just such a fantastic dog, like, smart, intelligent and definitely lively.
So I thought, yeah, grab her whilst I can.
As Zeke prepares to start her new life with Aaron- the staff continue to care for all
the dogs who aren't so fortunate.
Joy has been working as a Canine Carer at Dogs Trust for twelve years.
She says it can be particularly difficult finding homes for elderly dogs.
Some dogs here at this centre have been here for nearly all of their life and that can
be up to 12-13 years.
But the staff love them, they have at least two walks a day, they're very well looked
after, and it is just a shame really that they've never been able to find a home.
But they will be with Dogs Trust as long as they're alive.
Two very old dogs have been recently rescued - Judy who's twenty and Tanya who's eleven.
Their elderly owner is suffering from dementia and has had to go into care.
The vet is going to check the dogs over.
So when did she come in, Joy?
On Saturday.
The daughter brought them in.
Been very loved and cared for.
Well, they don't look in bad form at all.
I think it's just if you could do, just look, they seem to have very bad fleas.
Okay, let's have a look.
Although the oldest dog Judy is reputed to be twenty - vet John Wannop isn't convinced
I think 20 - it's difficult to say.
She's in remarkably good form for a 20 year old dog.
I think there's perhaps been a little bit of poetic licence there.
But she's an elderly dog.
She might be 20, but it'd be the first 20 year old I've seen, I think, in that fit condition
anyway.
The dogs have obviously been well loved over the years but both are suffering from a bad
case of fleas
The younger dog, Tanya, the white dog, shows quite obvious signs of rash.
She's sore on her back and on her belly, and a lot of it, I think is secondary damage just
through scratching.
If she's had fleas, then the older dog will have had fleas as well.
Tanya is prescribed antibiotics to help clear up the secondary infection.
Then the two dogs will return to their kennels in the hope that someone somewhere will be
kind enough to offer two very old dogs a new home.
In the next episode - Dogs Trust save a little Terrier called Izzy
Nobody had homed her, nobody had claimed her, and if we didn't take her she would have been
put to sleep.
And how is Kev settling into his new home?
Walking, he loves going out.
Walks for hours and hours and hours.
For a little dog, I've never known never known it.