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Gables Dogs & Cats Home Gables Dogs & Cats Home is a noneuthanasia rescue and rehoming centre that has been helping the region’s unwanted and abandoned dogs and cats since 1907. The charity takes in and cares for up to 1000 dogs and cats every year and either rehomes them, or re-unites them with their owners if they are lost. On a daily basis the Gables team cares for around 80 dogs and over 100 cats. The majority of the animals they help are unwanted pets, given up by their owners for numerous reasons. They take in unclaimed stray dogs from local councils, and stray and lost cats found wandering the streets - some in a very poor condition and in desperate need of help. They also take animals from the RSPCA that have sadly been neglected and abused by their owners or injured in road traffic accidents. Gables provides a temporary boarding service for local councils, taking care of dogs and cats for people in difficult situations,
until their owners are in a position to reclaim them. Sometimes they are signed over to the charity’s care once it is established that the owner is unable to provide for them anymore. Most of the animals in their care are rehomed within a few weeks but some dogs and cats stay much longer than others. This can be due to them having a disability that requires specialist care, or due to their appearance, or just a case of them being overlooked, but more commonly it is because they have specialised behavioural needs that many people don’t have the time or experience to cope with. Some dogs and cats have not been socialised when they are young, so they develop defensive and inappropriate behaviours towards strangers and other animals. Others have experienced trauma, neglect or abuse in their past, which has knocked their confidence with people. It can take a long time to gain the trust of these animals to be able to
rehabilitate them so they can start to enjoy life and look for a new home. Gables believes that there is a special someone out there for every dog and cat, it is just a case of finding them. A healthy animal is never put to sleep and the team never gives up hope of finding them a new loving home, no matter how long it takes or how much it costs! Gables rehomes animals all over Devon, Somerset, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. All their animals
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