The Lancashire Heeler Club
The Lancashire Heeler Club Breed Rescue is run by Mrs. Enid Lord
from Preston, Lancashire who has been managing the Lancashire Heeler rescue programme for 20 years. Dogs need re-homing for a variety of reasons, often where owners can no longer look after them due to moving into sheltered accommodation or due to illness. An experienced breeder of the Lancashire Heeler for many years, Enid fully understands the unique temperament these dogs have and spends some time herself helping the dogs to adjust and settle.
Great care is taken to fit a Lancashire Heeler's temperament and circumstances to potential owners and homes so that the best outcome is achieved for all concerned.
Due to health reasons, Enid is temporarily unable to co-ordinate the Club rescue scheme, so all enquiries should be addressed to the Chairman Sarah Whybrow
Telephone: 0790 990 1410 or
email Sarah Whybrow
Here are regular updates on the Lancashire Heeler Breed Rescue.
Lancashire Heeler Breed Rescue- June 27th 2009
There are currently 2 young heelers looking for homes. If you you can help please contact the Chairman Sarah Whybrow
Telephone: 0790 990 1410 or
email Sarah Whybrow
Lancashire Heeler Breed Rescue- April 27th 2009
I currently have several older dogs that need homes - not suitable for homes with children or grandchildren.
Recent successes include several dogs being rehomed including one little girl that we have had operated on for bladder stones and is now in a loving foster home.
Lancashire Heeler Rescue Diary - 11th March 2009
Another house pet needs a home. A 3 year old again due to owner's demise. Quiet house dog needs loving home. He is not used to a car, but has had a few trips out and is settling better. He just needs a similar home. Used to a lady owner.
Lancashire Heeler Breed Rescue - 27th February 2009
Due to a bereavement I have just been notified of 2 bitches aged 6 and 8, both spayed. One is on special food for a short while. Both need to be homed together. A neighbour has telephoned in. The family want to put them down. Thankfully the neighbour has offered to foster for me for a short time.
I also still have a 3 year old dog.
Can you Help? - October 2008 - Rescue Diary
A quick update this month. In terms of the Heelers I have rehomed a dog who was very jealous of his siblings and is now well settled in his new home.
Lucia Dunlop has very generously donated £200 to the Lancashire Heeler Breed Rescue. Many thanks to Lucia.
Can you Help? - September 2008 - Rescue Diary
Latest news - Lucky has now found a home on a farm in Wales, to be a house pet with 2 boys for company.
George has gone to look after a lady of a good age but help is available with a friend who has one of my dogs.
Homed another male in Scotland. He went up on the train, my sister took him.
Also homed another 3 yr old male who was fighting with his brother, he has gone to Barrow to a doggy family and they run a dog grooming business.
Available is a 6yr old male who is being homed as he no longer likes the 3 year old grandchild
Enid
Can you Help? - July 2008 - Rescue Diary
4th July
We are still desperately seeking a home for Lucky and George to be homed together.
Both are fit and well. George is 11 but in Heeler terms this is not old. People tend to telephone and say what age of a dog they would like. Rehoming from rescue, unfortunately, does not work like this.
We need genuine owners who will give a good home to these dogs .
Enid
Can you Help? - June 2008 - Rescue Diary
24th June
This weekend I have homed Gizmo.
A retired lady living on her own with a large well fenced garden. He will resume his role of sleeping in the bed and being a much loved companion. When he first came in he was very shy and very upset, but he has been with me for a month and in this time he has accepted the situation and has come out of his shell to be quite jolly.
It was great to see him jump in the car with a big smile on his face!!!
Enid
21st June
I have homed Molly, one of the 3 that came in together.
I have tried to get homes for all 3 but they have been in for 7 weeks so I am afraid they will have to go separately after all.
I have someone coming to see the other dogs today wiith a view to taking one. Also we have a 3 year old male, needing to go as an only dog or with a female. He is castrated and is quite shy till he knows you .
11th June
We still have the 3 needing homes, and now another 10 year old lovely dog and through no fault of his own needs a new home.
May 2008
10th May
Well here is some news. I have 4 dogs in. The 3 previously on the web page didn't appear, the man never got back to me .
I had a phone call this morning from a vet nurse to say she had 3 Lancashire Heelers coming in to be put down, so I was on a mercy mission to get them.
They have come in with tee shirts with their names on, coats, harnesses and Christmas suits.
I have spoken to the owner, a divorce is confusing him but they are lovely dogs and we would like a home for them together.
I have also homed Gizmo, a 10 year old Lancashire Heeler. He was quite upset but has gone to live with 2 JR's, lively but very sweet so hopefully he will settle.
All for now I hope
Enid
Latest Progress
Morrison's at Preston has donated dog food through to The Lancashire Heeler Club Breed rescue via collections in association with the Pedigree Chum adopt a dog scheme. We are extremely grateful for this support from both Morrison's and Pedigree.
Visit the Pedigree Adoption site for more information on how you can support this initiative.
News from Enid - July 2007
Since March this year the following dogs have been re-homed:
"Drift", a 2 year old castrated male has been re-homed in Derbyshire.
"Scooby" was with us for a few days, was castrated and microchipped . A little 'tetchy' for his first home, I was convinced he would be fine but needed an experienced Heeler owner. He has been placed with a lady who already has a rescue bitch and a puppy from me previously and has now settled very well in his new home.
'Dixie' came in during May and has settled very well with a retired schoolteacher in the North of the country.
Henry has just come in but I have a home lined up for him with a couple retiring to Scotland.
I have also just been notified of a 9 month old dog and will be looking for a suitable home for him as soon as possible.
Success Stories
Max
I am a very privileged owner of one of Enid Lords rescue dogs. 
He is a handsome, strong minded little fellow with an endless source of amusing tricks which never fail to amuse and entertain us.
As a college nurse, part of my remit is to teach health promotion to students with learning difficulties. Max joins in these sessions with relish, charging through the college grounds with the lads and lassies smiling happily and wagging his tail non- stop. He can either act 9 weeks old or 90 years old depending what mood he's in.
If he doesn’t want to get out of bed which is very rare! He pretends to be asleep!
The post- man thought he was a German shepherd with the racket he makes when the mail arrives. He is the best sulker I have ever seen if nobody wants to go for a walk!
I have told him he will have to go to anger management classes if he keeps drawing hiself up to his full height and shouting at red setters and boxers when we are out. He loves to go clay pigeon shooting with us, and has been known to startle the odd pheasant out of the hedgerows on his travels.
He enjoys coming to crown green bowling with me because he gets spoilt rotten by the other bowlers. Max is four years old now and was originally a christmas present from my son. The pictures show him as a puppy and today.
I cant remember what life was like without the little feller because he took over ours.
Enid does a sterling job of rescuing and rehoming these dogs, and I would recommend Lancashire Heelers to anyone who can manage a little dog with the heart of a lion and thinks its human!
Just be warned - they steal your heart!
Angela Emmington
George
George was rescued last summer. He and his new owner are very happy, George has a heeler friend to play with every day and has become so well known in the village that several people have asked about his background and are seriously thinking of rescuing a dog themselves.
Mrs Lord was so helpful and has made an old lady and her new dog very happy.
Thank you Gabrielle Thomson ( - also the happy owner of Foxtyme Lady Hamilton who is known as Mini at home)
Gabrielle Thomson
Bracken
I'd like to thank Mrs Lord for all the work that she does for Heeler Rescue and how she helped us.
We have had Heelers since 1990 and lost Arthur in February 2006, after a number of complicated illnesses. I found Mrs Lord number completely by accident via a US web page. Our little Heeler bitch was missing her mate and Mrs Lord made it possible for us to give Bracken a home.
Bracken had been living in Newcastle and needed to be rehomed for a number of reasons, not least that he wasn't very fond of little children.
We picked Bracken up in Preston on 9 April 2006. He was very quiet in his travelling box on the back seat as we brought him home to Essex.
He fitted in immediately, a bit bossy with the little bitch but they have sorted it all out. We contacted his previous owner and have maintained regular contact and become good telephone friends, finding that we had quite a lot in common, and hope to meet in the coming months.
I've attached some pictures of Bracken during his first few days with us to show how quickly he settled in and one of his yesterday in the snow.
He is very amusing and has some eandearing ways and expressions. He likes watching television when not out in the garden chasing birds and playing with his mate. He and my son are now also great mates.
Thank you Mrs Lord for all your hard work.
Jackie Foulkes and Bracken
Jake
Jake is sadly no longer with us but fondly remembered.
