Television vet to shine a light on life at Birmingham Dogs Home

A CELEBRITY vet who features on This Morning and hosts a popular YouTube show will be helping to focus attention on Birmingham Dogs Home.

Dr Scott Miller, a regular face on the popular breakfast show who also has more than 114,000 subscribers to his Rescue Vet channel, has been named at the home’s celebrity ambassador for the year.

He will be supporting the West Midlands-based charity to help raise awareness of the work it does and the thousands of dogs it rehomes each year.

Despite rescuing more than 2,000 animals a year, Birmingham Dogs Home receives no government funding and relies solely on the generosity of donors.

It costs the charity £6,000 a day just to keep the doors open.

Dr Scott Miller with Mango

Dr Miller will be working with the charity to help promote its events and share the word about the dogs in its care, whilst also supporting the charity’s educational messages around responsible pet ownership.

Rachel Frost, the home’s events and community fundraising manager, said: “We are delighted that Scott has chosen to support our charity.

“He already does so much for rescue centres up and down the country, we just know he’s the perfect fit for Birmingham Dogs Home too. 

“Most of the dogs in our care are strays, through no fault of their own, facing a future filled with uncertainty.

“While finding them loving new homes is at the heart of what we do, it’s equally important that we give them the comfort, care, and the support they deserve while they wait.

“That’s why we’re so grateful to have Dr Scott’s support in raising awareness of Birmingham Dogs Home and the vital work we do across the West Midlands.”

Dr Miller said: “It’s an overwhelming time for rescue centres, with more and more animals being abandoned post-Covid and due to the cost-of-living crisis.

“They need our help more than ever. Therefore, I’m delighted to be working with Birmingham Dogs Home and am looking forward to helping raise the profile of this superb yet vital charity in any way I can.”

Birmingham Dogs Home is one of the UK’s oldest and best-known animal charities, providing care since 1892. You can find out more about its dogs, sponsor a kennel, or donate to the charity, via the website: https://birminghamdogshome.org.uk/

The charity is currently running its Big Bed Appeal, hoping to bring much-needed orthopaedic beds into each of its 230 kennels in Solihull and Wolverhampton. You can find out more about the appeal here: https://birminghamdogshome.org.uk/big-bed-appeal/