Urgent Appeal for Oliver!

Thanks very much for your kind donations to support Oliver. We need more to be able to pay for the dog hotel where he is now. We will need to arrange for his full blood tests to be done which in addition to his hotel fees will cost EUR 300.

Please help us help him. Watch the video to the left of Oliver when he was a stray, and think for a moment what he has endured, and remember 1 year to a human is 7 years to a dog!

It’s a small window on the world of these poor dogs before they are rescued. I could see immediately why my own dogs hate the rain so much…

Click here to find out more!


So why adopt an SOS Italian Setter?

With between 10 to 20 thousand puppies officially recorded every year, Italian breeders register more Setters than the rest of the world put together. Without any doubt, Setters are the Italian hunters’ preferred choice. Unfortunately, a huge proportion of these dogs end up, abandoned as strays or in grim pounds. Others are killed in accidents, or deliberately. There are places in Italy where dogs’ lives count for very little..!

SOS Italian Setters rescue these dogs from the highways and byways of Southern Italy, from public pounds with thousands of dogs incarcerated in small enclosures, and directly from hunters who don’t want them anymore. We help them recover with excellent veterinary care and begin a new life in a home where they will be cherished.

Setters make wonderful family pets as they are one of the gentlest and loving dogs of all.

Be prepared for pawprints on your heart! 

SOS Italian Setters is a non-profit making organisation. We need you, our dogs need you more importantly! Please donate – every little really does make a difference.

If you would like to register your interest in one of our dogs please fill in the form on our contact page or email Chiara (chiara@sositaliansetters.org.uk).