Boycie’s Bridge Dog Rescue

26/10/2025

25/10/2025

Its spooky season and the Boycies gang are getting all the toasty coats out and fluffy blankets, ready for the cold months ahead.

Some of the dogs have been getting involved with pumpkin picking and carving….and we know there will be more photos to come of Halloween fancy dress and not long until the Christmas photos come in!

Here’s some photos for you…and if you have any of your dogs, please do post in the comments.

Also for those that don’t know already, pumpkin is great for dogs with upset tummy’s and has other benefits too!

🎃Pumpkin:
Vitamins: Rich in vitamins A, C, and E, which support a healthy immune system, vision, skin, and coat.
Minerals: Contains potassium, iron, and other nutrients that contribute to overall health.
Antioxidants: Boosts the immune system and helps fight cell damage.
Weight management and hydration
Promotes fullness: Pumpkin is low in calories but high in fiber, which helps a dog feel full and can aid in weight control.
Increases water intake: Its high water content can help keep your dog hydrated.

🐾Important considerations
Use plain pumpkin: Only use plain, canned pumpkin or cooked fresh pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling, which contains sugars and spices that are harmful to dogs.

🎃🎃🧙👻💀

25/10/2025

What a difference just a few days makes. Fosterers really are the best of people x

22/10/2025

So, a bitter sweet post today, as our lovely Bryn has headed off to his new home!
This boy is full of character and although there are some issues with boisterous behaviour still to iron out, he’s a fantastic dog for his age and his previous life. He’s been a pleasure to foster at BBHQ, he’s made us laugh so much and will be missed by us all.

But that’s what fostering is all about, keeping them safe, comfortable, happy and loved, until they find their family.

Sally and Rob have had Bull breeds before, so are experienced and can offer Bryn the full attention and training he needs to be perfect!
He’s going to have a great life and we can’t wait for all the updates to come.

Thank you to Sally and Rob for opening your hearts to another rescue, he’s a lucky boy ❤️

Be good a good boy and enjoy your new life Bryndaloo!❤️

22/10/2025

We know you like updates of our long term fosters, and especially Toffee, who has had a bit of a roller coaster ride over the last couple of months…losing her first foster Dad and having to move to a new foster, then losing her best pal of 16 years, Podge the collie.
Then Toffee made it quite clear that although she loved her new foster Bob dearly, she just didn’t want any other dogs but Podge around her, and unfortunately made Bobs own boy Chester feel anxious, so needed to move again!

None of which is ideal for a 16 year old dog who’s already had a stroke…but thankfully, she’s found her spot with Laura and Jason and has really settled in well.

She’s been there a couple of weeks now, and she is loving all the attention she’s getting, not having to share her people with another dog is definitely suiting her!
She’s enjoying gentle strolls, pub visits and lots of fuss and love.

Laura has said she has them ‘wrapped around her little finger’ and she gets what she wants, when she wants!! 🤣

She’s a spoilt old lady, a princess and a Diva..just as it should be!

We are so pleased for her and we know you will be too ❤️❤️

21/10/2025

**Not for rehoming yet**
Today we welcomed this little lady into the Boycie's family. As you can see she was in a bit of a mess but thanks to our lovely Joanna Nixon and Michelle at Paw patrol pet services she got a much needed groom then off into foster to be assessed with Boycie's boy Hewi the shi tzu and his mum and dad Dee and Phil who have settled her in calmly and gently.
Appointments are booked for her vaccinations and full vet check and spay at Island Veterinary Centre - Stafford & Stone and she is getting all the love and attention to start the journey of her new life.
Thank to you all our supporters we kitted out this little love with everything the fosterers needed and for the first time she has a soft bed, warm blanket, new collar, harness ,lead and food. Everything you donate we can use so that she can start to feel like the princess she is.
As always our biggest thanks go to our fosterers who go above and beyond and welcome to the family little lady ❤️ (name to be decided but we're not letting Annemarie choose!)

20/10/2025

4 years ago we agreed to take in an extremely poorly puppy, we had a wonderful family who had fostered for us before and they agreed to give Doug the love and care he needed, not knowing how long he had due to his heart problems, its an incredibly brave and selfless thing to do,to pour you heart into a dog that may not live very long and to risk breaking yours in the process - but that's what they did.
Thanks to your donations and fundraising we had heart scans, treatment at our wonderful vets Island Veterinary Centre - Stafford & Stone and Doug was started on medication.
4 years later this little lad is still going strong, he's stubborn and a bit of a stinky trumper but he loves his humans and is a happy and loyal boy paying back all their love tenfold.
We have the best fosterers and we’re so grateful for every single one of them and to you, our supporters who help dogs like Doug. THANK YOU.

20/10/2025

Old dogs don't die; they can't. They've merely run up ahead; they're waiting for us just out of sight. Close your eyes late at night and you may smell his musky odor, or perhaps hear his snuffle from the next room. Pay attention and you may feel his nose on your hand or the back of your calf. When your final day comes, you can go on to meet him; he's never left you and never will, and when you close your eyes for the last time, you'll open them again to be met with his Bright eyes and wagging tail.

Old dogs don't die, at least, not those dogs who take the biggest chunks of our hearts with them when they leave us. Those dogs are inextricably part of our souls, and they go with us wherever we are. Though we may not see them, we know they're there because our heart is still beating; we still breathe, and those of us who have been truly touched by a good dog know our lives really started the day we met them.

Magnificent dogs don't die. They shepherd our dreams and only allow the good ones through the gates of our consciousness. They watch over us much as they did in life, and that moment when we step just barely outside of death or disaster, it's because they moved our feet or they stopped short in front of us as they did in life.

You see, a good dog is something only given to a few people. They are a gift from the universe and, though they're with us only a short time, they never really leave us. They are loyalty and love perfected, and once we are graced with that sort of love we can never lose it. We merely lose sight of it for a time, and that is our fault; for how can love like that ever go away?

It can't. It can't, and it never will. For these brave souls trade their hearts for ours, and they beat together beyond sickness, beyond death. They are ours, and we are theirs, for every sunrise and every sunset, until the sun blazes its last and we once again join the stars.

By Leigh Curtis,

20/10/2025

Two more long term foster dogs you support here, Ivy and Daisy.
It’s so important to us to know that we can provide for dogs that either through illness, age or behaviour, would be highly unlikely to find an adoptive home.

Ivy has some medical issues and Daisy is the grand old age of 11…which for a Bulldog, is quite good going!
We were hoping to find Daisy a long term foster home that’s quieter than here at BBHQ, where she could have all the individual attention…but sadly, we’ve not managed to. However, she’s really happy here and has made some firm friends, especially Ivy, who she snuggles up to every night ❤️

With your generous donations and constant support, we are able to take dogs in that would otherwise likely lose their lives or languish in kennels for years.

We thank you for making it possible for us to continue with our rescue ❤️