The  Bark Angels

are COMING!

We've already talked to more than 20,000 dog owners

We believe in carefully matching people and dogs. There are so many choices and if you're looking online you're very vulnerable.

Be very careful.

If you look into the eyes of a pup  - no matter how obviously terrible the seller - you may find it almost impossible to walk away.

The scammers have built huge fortunes on the public's kind heart ruling their head.

You'll soon be able to book a one-to-one session with a Bark Angel - think of them as your personal Furry Dogmother!

These independent experts can answer any burning questions and help you draw up a logical shortlist of possible dogs and point you in the right direction.

There are so very many beautiful dogs out there - but we'd probably not pick our life partner on looks alone.

Together we will look realistically at your life and each dog's needs. If it's not the right time to add a dog, we'd say. We'll be your guide in the confusing dog world and point you towards the most ethical breeders and great rescues.


We've asked thousands of dog owners what it's really like to live with their type of dog. How much exercise and grooming they do and what health issues they've experienced and if they could have been avoided.

Check out these  breed reports  - we've got  100s more in the pipeline.

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Border Terrier Report Min Pinscher Report Mini Labradoodle Report Chihuahua Report

What's a Bark Angel?

Someone who wants to help every dog  live a happy, healthy life as a loved family member.

Dogs deserve this. 

A Bark Angel may have one or more dog-specific skills, but at their core dogs always come before profit and personal gain. 

Bark Angels will guide people to morally correct choices that lead to vastly superior outcomes for dog and owner.

A better way.

Fall in love without a heavy heart. Be part of your ethically bred pup's journey. 
  • Celebrate the pregnancy scan
  • Really get to know mum (and dad) and stay in touch with your dog's siblings.
  • Enjoy learning at special pre-natal classes so you can be the best dog parent.
  • Have a lifetime of help and advice.
Some pups have been to prep school as their breeder is a skilled puppy trainer. We help you find them. Much easier than starting from scratch with an already damaged puppy farmed dog.

Bark Angels get to know you and match you with the right dog (be that puppy or rescue dog).

The Bark Angel's aim is to make doing the right thing so attractive that no one ever bothers to get it wrong again.

It could be this generation that finally ends breeding slavery and the pet theft that goes hand in hand with it.


Learn more

How can I help?

Can you help make and shape the Bark Angel?

What's a dog expert?

We're already talking to lots of excellent organisations with high standards  - The Groomer's Spotlight for example.


We will be working with organisations with amazing members  and logical and fair minimum standards - dog people that the public may not easily find thanks to the peculiar way search engines work.


The Bark Angel will amplify existing good work. Unite, work together for the love of dog.

Do click the button below if you are a  interested in becoming a new owner advisor  and email beverley@thebarkangel.co.uk if your company or organisation  is interested in working with the Bark Angel in any way.

I want to help

Looking for our first Bark Angels - do please get involved!

Go on, be an angel!

The Bark Angel needs breed experts who can really explain what it's like to live with their type of dog.


We also will need people with a broad knowledge of lots of breeds to help guide pet parents who really don't know where to start when it comes to finding a dog that fits their lifestyle and the dog skills.

You may have in the past been one of our Dial-a-Dog advisors or subsequently a Perfect Pup person.

Very often people who have spent some time doing  rescue work are great at being an advisor  as they really want to stop people making mistakes instead of trying to fix things afterwards!

Maybe you're already a dog professional and this is something you can start to do in your spare time?


Who invented this?

The person who founded The Bark Angel is Beverley Cuddy, the Editor of Dogs Today magazine. (There's a load of free copies of the magazine in the Library if you want to have a look!) 

She has spent all her life trying to give the dog a voice. To stop our best friends being unwitting collateral damage in the honourable desire for people to add a family dog to their lives. She came to the conclusion  (after trying pretty much everything else!) that the only way to end puppy farming - and all the misery that goes with it - is to make it much easier to add a dog ethically! 

Home-reared, healthy, well bred pups are so much easier to housetrain and are much more likely to quickly become the centre of someone's world, never ending up unwanted in rescue.  We will celebrate breeders who provide both a safety net and a runway.   
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Looking for great breeders

Do you already do everything possible to raise happy, healthy pups? 

Are you totally discerning about who can have them? Do they come with a lifetime of aftercare? 

Then please click the button. You sound like you are probably Bark Angel material!

Maybe you're contemplating having a litter and would be interested in knowing how to be the very best breeder you can be. How and where to learn to teach the pups things like housetraining and being unafraid of fireworks? 

Maybe you want to find out about health testing and how to do things the best way possible?

Maybe you're already brilliant and you didn't realise anyone else was out there, you've been quietly breeding on a small scale for years and have generations of thankful dog owners. 

Help us make good breeding the only way the next generation arrive on this planet!  

We aim for this to be a free service for both breeders and puppy buyers.
Great breeder? Click

What's It all about?  

 
We want to change the way people get dogs, make it less of a gamble.

IMAGINE 
If the public were at least as picky about the provenance of pups as they are about eggs?

DREAM
More of the mums are loved and live a very full happy life.
More pups given the very best start.
Where pups spend their first eight weeks learning to be really good pet dogs.
And pet buyers learn how to get it right at pre-natal classes.
More pups quickly settling in their fully prepped new homes.

Precious pups going from a loving family to another. 
Pups with both a safety net and a runway.
Where new pet parents are supported and helped to succeed.

A world where doggie provenance starts to matter.

A world where the real dog experts are visible and valued.

LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN!

FAST FORWARD
Puppy farmers lose market share and start growing vegetables.
People no longer bother to smuggle sickly pups into the UK as the public won't buy them.  
The market for stolen dogs dries up - no one is buying breeding slaves anymore.
Rescue isn't struggling, just like in countries where puppy farming was never  'a thing'.

DREAM BIGGER 
A meritocracy in our dog world.
Those who evolve, study and train are respected. 
It's easy to find all the really good dog people where you live.

 A dog trainer who hasn't just watched a Cesar Milan boxset.
A dog groomer who has trained, is experienced, who really loves dogs.

A rescue that is really innovative and perhaps trains every dog before they rehome them.
A breed specific rescue for those who may be ready for giving another dog a home, too.

In time, help picking the food that is both good for the dog and good value.
How to find out about pet insurance before you need to claim and it's too late.

Imagine all the good people and businesses uniting to signpost each other? 

Let's make the Bark Angels wings infinitely wide! 
Make getting it right for the dogs so much better than getting it wrong.

Why not be one of the first to push this snowball?
How cool to tell your great grandchildren you helped make this.
Their dogs will definitely thank you!

Together we can get rid of breeding slavery and much of the pet theft that goes with it - in our lifetime.

It's a lot to take in, isn't it?

I keep trying to come up with a better way to explain the concept - my best one so far is 

The Bark Angel - All the good dog people unite to save dogs from those who choose to exploit them. Breeding slavery and pet theft ends. Only good dog trainers and groomers prosper.  Every good dog becomes a Bark Angel and their club helps less fortunate dogs.



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