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a fabulous Pointer living his very best life in Hampshire and helping make retirement positive, rewarding and busy.…

In October 2025, we at Pointers in Need were called to assist Lady, a beautiful pointer girl residing…

Did you make a New Year Resolution ….? To get fit(ter)?To get a (PT) Personal Trainer)?Join a gym?Get…

Crufts 2026 was a huge success again. The team all met up the evening before for drinks and…

Do you have a knack for marketing and a heart for Pointers? Pointers In Need is looking for…

Meet Tango, the English Pointer rescue who was once abandoned and forgotten in the hills of Andalusia, Spain,…

Our Happy Story this month is a very happy, Happy Story. It’s about a Spanish boy called Jerry,…

When Claire, Pointers In Need CEO, told ‘the team’ about Sissy she prefaced her remarks with ‘Sorry. But…

As the magical time of the year approaches we thank all our wonderful adopters, fosters, donators and followers.…

In the early part of 2025, war raged in Lebanon. Airspace was closed. Flights ceased. The future looked…

So, have you ever made a decision that has affected your whole life and continues to do so?…

When we respond to an enquiry to Pointers In Need, usually triggered by our Website or FB pages,…

“I first saw Conor on the Pointers In Need Facebook page last year and thought how gorgeous he…

A beautiful liver-and-white Pointer about a year old, Sammie’s journey has been nothing short of remarkable. Rescued from…

From Spain and Cyprus, via Claire at Pointers In Need and Debs, a fabulous Foster mum, Floki and…

We have now got two super double kennels, here in Athens. We aquired the kennels a few months…

Pointers In Need ….. just a name, but it means we do our best to assist whenever, and…

This was the Facebook post, in August 2024, which started Giannis’s journey from the wildfires of a Greek summer…

…from the streets of Spain to a Canicross Champion! It takes love, dedication and infinite understanding …. From…

We, Pointers In Need attended Crufts 2025.We had our usual ringside stand which proved perfectly positive.Our dedicated volunteers,…

…and the generosity of a wonderful (failed!) fosterer. Rescuing dogs can can be a bittersweet affair. It relies…

Ruby’s Perfect Life A festive photo of an Orange and White Pointer, about three years old. Called Domo,…

As Pointers in Need moves into its 9th year, pointers have been rescued or rehomed, a look back…

As another year closes and a new one begins, here at Pointers In Need all we wish for…

Older News

Sun 1st February

An Unusual Pack – Three Dogs, Two Cats and a Rabbit!

Mon 2nd March

WE NEED A VOLUNTEER FUNDRAISING HERO! And now we have Royal Academy star, Media Supremo and Custard Cream Connoisseur… Tango!

Thu 19th March

Fri 3rd April

Sporting Heroes

Fri 17th April

With thanks from Lady and the team

Displaying items from 1 February 2026 to 30 April 2026

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