Unofficial Tasman Pound Dogs Website

This website is to help the Tasman District Council (TDC) Dog Pound in Richmond find homes for their dogs. It is not an official website and photos and comments are from walking the dogs twice a week since 2013 as volunteers. The Tasman Pound dogs are usually dogs off the streets, abuse cases or surrendered dogs. Given that TDC covers everywhere from Richmond to Farewell Spit to Murchison to St Arnauds many are lost hunting dogs or failed farm dogs, few cute and cuddlies are brought into the Pound. And for most dogs life has never been so good as when they arrive at the TDC Pound - food, shelter, underfloor heating, walks and playtime.

All these dogs need help, some of them haven't had much of a chance in life, others end up at the Pound because of changes in their owners lifestyles. Often the dogs are just that bit cleverer than the normal family dog, they could be dogs that get themselves into trouble by going investigating things and they're the kind of dogs we love!

Certain breeds and even certain colours have a difficult time, they can be gentle, loving, caring but still no-one wants them. This page helps these dogs find homes.

The video shows only a random sample of the dogs rehomed from the Pound between 2013 and 2015,but you can see what great dogs they are, just as good and we think better than any purebred dog!