Who We Are
Aims and Work
Our philosophy
The Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home is a registered charity (Charity No SC006914) run by its Committee of Management and is a member of the Association of Dogs and Cats Homes. We are one of the few independent homes in Scotland taking in many hundreds of stray and unwanted dogs and cats every year.
Stray animals come to us via the police, local authority dog wardens, SSPCA Inspectors and members of the public. The Home has an excellent record of returning lost or stray animals to their rightful owners and also for finding suitable new homes for those animals whose owners no longer want them or are unable to keep them for whatever reason. Contrary to common belief, the Home does not destroy dogs or cats unless there is a compelling need to do so, e.g. incurable illness, extreme old age or very serious temperament faults.
The dogs and cats are housed in modern, purpose-built kennels and catteries and every care and attention is taken, particularly with regard to the health and comfort of the animals. We have a very loyal, caring and well-trained staff who offer the animals as much care and attention as they can. The Home is also fortunate to have the services of Edinburgh University’s Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies to provide ongoing care, treatment and advice with the best of facilities.
In order to try to tackle the problem of stray and unwanted animals, the Home has a very successful and popular neutering policy. We will help to subsidise the future cost of spaying or neutering of any animal re-homed by us. Currently this amounts to £25 for a dog and £15 for a cat.
To support the work of caring for stray and unwanted dogs and cats, the Home also provides boarding facilities to a very high standard, with under floor heating in the kennels and warm air heating in the catteries. Many of our boarders come back time after time and are well known to our staff who welcome them back regularly for their annual holidays.
Although administration costs are kept to the absolute minimum, it takes a great deal of money each year to care for animals and support from the public is essential. So please help us to help the animals!