Rescue centres across South Yorkshire need your help.
They are looking for forever homes for these 16 dogs right now.
Clyde, a Staffordshire Bulldog puppy, is seven weeks old and a certified heart breaker.
Somehow, this adorable pint-sized pup has sadly found himself in a rescue centre at such a young age - but charity Helping Yorkshire Poundies says he is “a little superstar already who is confident, happy, playful and everything you’d expect from a bull breed”.
Don’t let him steal your heart just yet - our gallery below has 15 other sweet dogs in South Yorkshire who deserve a home too.
Each of the pictures below comes with a link to their adoption page with Helping Yorkshire Poundies and Thornberry Animal Sanctuary - could you offer any of them a home?
5. Big brindle Brian - 'big, daft, soft'
"Big brindle Brian is a real character (in the best way!). If you love big, daft, soft brindles, then look no further than our Bri! He is 7 yrs old and is possibly Staffy x Rottweiler, or Mastiff and is a very handsome boy with the best smile! To give an idea of his size – he weighs 34kg. Brian has so much personality and has also clearly had lots of training before – he knows lots of commands, and even sits at the kerb to wait to cross the road! He is immaculately clean in his kennel, so we are confident that he’s fully housetrained. Brian walks well on lead and loves to get out for a walk. He does bark at dogs if they’re too close, but we believe this to be over excitement/frustration. He needs some sensible management around other dogs, and will need to be the only pet in the home. Brian is just one of those dogs that you can’t not love – he really deserves a home and we know how much joy he will bring to his new family." - https://helpingyorkshirepoundies.co.uk/large/brian-2/ | Helping Yorkshire Poundies
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6. Orion the handsome crossbreed - a lovely pup to be around
"Orion is 1 yr old old and is a very handsome medium sized Crossbreed looking for a person to do life with! Despite a terrible start to life, he adores people and is incredibly resilient. He’s very affectionate, playful (loves his toys!), snuggly and just a lovely pup to be around. He was rescued from a terrible living environment and near starvation and has thankfully made a great recovery and is in great health and is now up to a healthy weight (18kg). Orion can be introduced to dogs, and could live with a large breed female dog, but has become reactive to unknown dogs on lead. He LOVES travelling in the car! He can get upset if he is crated and left alone otherwise though, and thinks he’s missing out on fun (FOMO!) so this will need work and he is not suitable to be left for long periods currently, but we do not believe this to be true seperation anxiety and that once in a good routine he will be able to be left as he does settle after his initial frustration. He desperately needs to find an experienced home who can give him plenty of structure and continued training. He would enjoy an active lifestyle, but he is not hugely high energy and is actually quite a relaxed personality type, not highly strung and settles great in the home. He’s an amazing boy right at the start of his life with so much potential and the world at his paws and desperately deserves to find a family who can give him the very best life." - https://helpingyorkshirepoundies.co.uk/male/orion/ | HYP
7. Big beautiful Marnie, a softie who deserves the world
"Marnie is amazing – she LOVES everyone she meets! She is a 6 yr old American Bulldog and an absolute big softie who greets everyone with the wiggliest bum! Marnie needs a home (or foster) with a family who have large breed experience just because she’s a big girl, so has strength behind her if she does pull on lead, but she mostly walks very well on lead and listens well to asking her to slow up if she’s getting a bit excited, but when she does pull to something excited, she will need someone confident and capable of handling her. Marnie is fully housetrained, is very quiet and settled when she’s left on her own, and doesn’t chew, so we think she’ll be happy being left on her own for a few hours with no issues at all. She also travels well – what a good girl!! Marnie will be best suited to a pet free home at the moment. Marnie has sadly had her ears ‘cropped’ at some point in her past – this makes her appearance much harsher than the reality of what she is really like and we really hope people can see past this and see her for the loving big softie that she really is. Please note: Marnie is NOT a banned breed (XL Bully), and we have official paperwork to support this. She’s just an all round amazing girl who deserves the absolute world from now on." - https://helpingyorkshirepoundies.co.uk/large/marnie/ | Helping Yorkshire Poundies
8. Patsy the "gorgeous" bully - a chunky but very chilled out and easy going girl
"Patsy is a gorgeous medium/large sized bully breed – around 33kg, so is quite a chunky girl but is very chilled out and easy going. We do not know her exact age, but estimate her to be around 4 yrs old. Patsy needs a calm/quiet household – she is such a good girl who is very easy and undemanding around the house – she just needs a calm, confident person to understand her. She walks nicely on lead and is very low energy, so just needs a couple of shorter walks per day. Patsy is ‘OK’ with other dogs around similar size to her, and has shared a home with a male dog previously, but we think she will do best as the only dog. She is a definite no to cats! Patsy is clean in the house, is absolutely fine to be left alone for a few hours. She can get easily over excited for eg with visitors, and needs clear boundaries and structure to keep her nice and calm. She thrives on a good routine. She will need a home with direct access to a private secure garden that she can sunbathe in to her hearts content and lounge around chomping on her beloved tennis balls! Patsy will be a dream for the right home – she has tons of character and really deserves to find her forever home with someone who ideally has Bully experience (or larger breed savvy) who will give her life after clearly having such a rubbish start to life. As is common with Bully breeds, Patsy does have very sensitive skin and is prone to ear infections and skin flare ups, which needs maintenance, the right diet (grain free fish based food seems best for her), and she currently takes Apoquel." - https://helpingyorkshirepoundies.co.uk/large/patsy/ | Helping Yorkshire Poundies