Travel:  following the initial rehoming request, make contact with the dog’s owner and arrange to collect or receive the dog  into the care of the Charity to ensure the dog has a safe and secure environment.

Provision of a safe environment: by means of care within a secure and safe foster home or kennel location. Where possible, we will also undertake a direct rehome.

Rehabilitation: to work with the dogs in our care to enable them to recover their trust in people and to become able to adapt to their new lifestyle, this may include training or other specific areas of support.

Veterinary care: including but not limited to veterinary checks, medication as required, neutering, veterinary advice as required.

Rehoming: undertake home checks to ensure the suitability of the adopter; travel to the home with the dog to assess the Adopters suitability; undertake a Meet & Greet with all family members and other dogs in the home at a secure field or at a kennel location. The rehoming process may take more than one visit, the dogs are able to be returned to the Charity if the rehoming doesn’t go according to plan. We also provide details of a local trainer who can help with any issues the adopter may find during the settling in period. If the dog is particularly challenging, we pay for the services of a trainer to help and to give a better chance of the Adopter being able to keep the dog in the home.

Fundraising: through dog shows, events, auctions, number boards, scratch cards, merchandise sales, raffles, One Lottery in order to raise awareness of the Rescue and to raise funds to cover running costs. Some of our members also donate on a monthly basis by standing order.

Public Benefit: by educating the public about the needs and correct and responsible behaviours towards the Dobermann breed, we assist adopting families as well as the families who surrender their dogs into our care.

We also help Dobermann owners who get in contact with us if they are struggling with behaviours by putting them in touch with trainers local to them.

We provide a resource to support families who need advice and guidance in relation to elements of training for their Dobermann, there is a dedicated section on our Facebook Rehoming Group covering this.  We provide a Dog Assessment to all potential Adopters prior to them having a Meet & Greet with the dog, on the Assessment we include the information on the Rehoming Request as well as what we have learned about the dog whilst in our care.

Wherever possible, our Trustees will visit families and their dogs in their home to try to help and see if the dog can stay in the current home rather than being surrendered to Rescue. We have had some success in this area which has been a win-win for the family and their dog.

We also provide support/information and in certain circumstances we will pay for the first visit of a Trainer to a home even though the dog isn’t a Lincs dog. We have taken the view that it is better for all concerned to keep the dog in the home if the family will commit to working with the Trainer to provide the structure the dog needs and also to work on unwanted behaviours the dog may have learned through lack of structure.

If a family is in crisis financially we have made the decision to help the family and provide food for their dog to help keep the dog in the home.