Cause 4 Paws Dog Rescue

26/06/2026

🐾 An Update on the Future of Cause 4 Paws Dog Rescue 🐾

After a lot of careful consideration, research, and looking fully into the realities of running a rescue, I have made a definitive decision about how I want to move forward.

Anyone who works in rescue knows the constant, heartbreaking pull to save more and more dogs. It is incredibly hard to say "no" when the need out there is so overwhelming. However, I want Cause 4 Paws to stand out by being different. Instead of trying to do everything, I am choosing to focus deeply on doing what is right for the few in my care.

To ensure the absolute highest standard of support, I have decided to keep Cause 4 Paws as a small-scale, private rescue. I won’t be seeking foster homes and will therefore be operating entirely as a solo rescue with no external staff or volunteers.

I will personally handle all of the fostering in my dedicated kennel facility, along with every bit of the rehabilitation and rehoming.

While operating on this scale means I won't be able to rescue a large volume of dogs at once, it allows me to champion quality care over quantity.

I am taking sole responsibility for every single dog's journey, ensuring they receive the intensive, one-on-one emotional and behavioral support they need to decompress and truly thrive after arriving from overseas or in the uk.

By keeping things small, tightly controlled, and deeply personal, I can guarantee that every dog that passes through my gates gets 100% of my time, dedication, and heart before finding their perfect forever family.

Thank you all so much for your continued encouragement and support as this next chapter officially begins. The dogs are, and always will be, the priority! 🐕❤️

26/06/2026

My own 2 UK dogs that are struggling the heat the most stayed in my air conditioned kennels for their own good, last night, both settled.

25/06/2026

That is the absolute truth of dog & owners bond and real love. ❤️

It’s easy to love them when they’re perfect, cute puppies sleeping at your feet. But the true bond is forged in the trenches—cleaning up the accidents, staying up all night when they're sick, rearranging your entire life to keep them safe, and honoring them even more as their muzzles turn grey and their steps slow down. They don't switch off their loyalty when things get tough, and they deserve the exact same unconditional loyalty be and respect from us.

They give us their whole hearts for their whole lives, no conditions attached. It's a heavy responsibility, but there's truly nothing better.

Now stop 🛑 walking your dog in the heat and go put a fur coat 🧥on and get back out there you 🤬🤬

24/06/2026

Penfold is trying out the Foster Kennels at HQ

24/06/2026

‼️Information all dogs can get heatstroke 🔥🔥

Someone actually said today “how do you think dogs cope in other countries” 🙄🙄🙄

While a dog in Spain or Turkey isn't magically immune to heatstroke, they do have a couple of distinct physiological and behavioral advantages over a typical dog living in a cooler climate like the UK.

Here is how "hot country" dogs actually cope:

1. Biological Acclimatization (The "Undercoat" Factor)
Dogs can physically acclimate to higher temperatures over time, but it takes weeks or even months of gradual exposure.

The Coat: Dogs living in permanently warm climates don’t grow the same dense, heavy winter undercoats that dogs in cooler regions do. Even double-coated breeds in hotter climates naturally maintain a much thinner undercoat year-round to allow better air circulation.

The Blood Vessels: Over a few weeks of consistent heat exposure, a dog's body naturally adapts by slightly adjusting its blood volume and how quickly blood vessels dilate to push heat toward the skin's surface.

A dog in a hot country is physically prepared for 30°C+ weather. A UK dog hit with a sudden summer heatwave is caught completely off guard.
2. Breed Evolution

Many dogs native to hot regions have evolved specific physical traits designed to shed heat efficiently:

They often have longer snouts, which gives them more surface area inside their nasal passages to cool down the air they inhale before it hits their lungs.
They tend to have longer legs (keeping their bellies further away from the radiating heat of the ground) and larger ears packed with blood vessels to radiate heat away from the body.

If you take a flat-faced breed (like a Pug or French Bulldog) or a heavy Arctic breed (like a Husky) to a hot country, they will struggle immensely, no matter how long they live there.

⚠️ The Bottom Line: Ultimately common sense to all the stupid people applies, and if you have foreign and uk dogs like me, the foreign dogs coats etc have adjusted to UK climate so NO they can still die of heatstroke, as can any dog no matter where they live.

24/06/2026

I’ve come in the kennels with the little man it’s so comfortable at 16 degrees, he seems to be struggling the most with this heat, maybe because of the amount of medication he is on for his neurological problems, epilepsy etc

I am actually going to leave him and Teddy in here for a few hours each day for the next few days while in this heatwave for there own comfort, both my UK dogs & Stampy was panting around the house most of yesterday and it’s reaching at least 30 degrees in the house

24/06/2026

It’s ideal testing the efficiency of the kennels air conditioning in this heatwave as with global warming this is something which is becoming increasingly common

A cool 15 degrees 🥶

23/06/2026

Don’t tell anyone 🤫 but I thought I would sneak down and try the kennel bed and it’s very comfortable actually, as is the air con 😴😴😴😴

23/06/2026

22/06/2026

One year old beautiful female lurcher.
Named Foxy.
She is only 21tts
She is quite a whipetty looking gal.
A gorgeous red colour.
Very settled, good on the lead.
Currently in kennels in Ireland 🇮🇪
All the information we have is in the profile.
She wouldn’t be cat 🐈‍⬛ friendly.
www.norfolkgreyhoundrescue.co.uk
☎️ 07470 931 758