Dogs’ Refuge Home: Shenton Park shelter to receive major upgrade after $2m Lotterywest grant

In good news for orphaned dogs, the Dogs’ Refuge Home in Shenton Park is getting a facelift thanks to a $2.3 million Lotterywest grant.

Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley made the announcement on Saturday, saying the refuge would be transformed by new works set to begin in the coming months.

It will include an upgraded “adoption meeting yard and lounge”, enabling prospective owners to meet dogs in a home-like environment, a new puppy education and adoption centre with birthing rooms, community engagement spaces, and decompression kennels offering a quiet, safe environment for reactive and anxious dogs.

“Dogs’ Refuge Home volunteers and staff do an amazing job caring for and rehoming rescued and surrendered dogs and puppies,” Ms Beazley said.

“The team currently cares for more than 1500 dogs each year, with demand continuing to rise as more dogs are surrendered or rescued due to cost-of-living challenges.

“This significant grant is going to give these dogs the best chance of finding their forever homes.”

Dogs’ Refuge Home general manager Robyn Slater said the new works would not have been possible without the funding injection.

“We operate at an enormous loss every year so projects like this would simply not be possible without the support of Lotterywest, or those who generously remember us in their wills,” she said.

“We are overjoyed to be able to improve our home for both the dogs and the community of dog lovers that volunteer here every single day, come rain or shine.”