Santa Paws: Ring teams up with Dogs Trust to offer free festive treat to foster pups this Christmas

While Christmas is often a time of joy, some furry friends face a season of uncertainty, without the comfort of a forever home. This December, Ring has teamed up with the UK’s largest dog welfare charity Dogs Trust to deliver a well-deserved Christmas treat to dogs across the UK who will be spending the festive season in a foster home, whilst they wait for their forever home.

Last year, Dogs Trust’s Home from Home fostering scheme, which relies on volunteers to provide a temporary home, cared for 3,585 dogs. This Christmas, over 1,600 dogs currently in Dogs Trust’s care are still in need of a forever home. To help bring foster carers and their pups some much needed festive cheer, home security company, Ring, has launched its new ‘Christmas Treataway’ service, exclusively for the foster carers in Dogs Trust’s Home from Home scheme.

The limited edition service returns after this summer’s sell-out range, and will be delivered straight to foster carers’ doors. The free package includes a hound-friendly three-course Christmas tasting dinner with guidance on how to safely introduce the food, a festive themed dog toy, and a Ring Indoor Camera to keep a close eye on four-legged guests when briefly out the house.

The new Christmas Treataway menu includes a dog-friendly roasted turkey crown, with turkey bone-broth gravy and roasted sweet potatoes. The all important sides also include pigs-in-blankets, sprouts, carrots and a Yorkshire Paw-ding. For dessert, foster pooches can enjoy their very own canine-safe Christmas pie, accompanied by a ‘Dogg-egg-nogg’.

The free Ring Indoor Camera each foster carer receives will help them keep an eye on their dog when they’ve briefly nipped out of the house for a bit of Christmas shopping or to see friends and family over the festive period. The device, which you can move around the house to suit you, means you can check in on your home from anywhere.

Abi Marshall, from Billericay, Essex, was among the first to try a Christmas Treataway with her foster dog Bella - the fourth dog she’s given a temporary happy place to, over the past year. Abi said: “Looking after dogs while they wait for their forever home has been a life-changing experience, and Bella is such a ball of energy and brings so much joy. It was great to give something back to her with Ring’s Christmas Treataway - she especially loved the Dog-Egg-Nog.”

Dave Ward, Managing Director EU & International at Ring said: “Christmas Treataways aren’t just about delivering festive goodies – it's about bringing joy and security to foster dogs and their carers during a time when it matters most. At Ring, we believe every member of the family deserves to feel safe and cared for, and that includes our furry friends in need of homes this holiday season."

Adam Clowes, Operations Director at Dogs Trust said: “Our foster carers are a very important part of Dogs Trust and the dog’s journey to their forever home, as they give us valuable insight into what dogs need most from their new family. We’re delighted Ring is giving our foster dogs an extra special treat this Christmas, and we hope it inspires more people to consider fostering.”

Dogs can be in foster homes for as little as a few days, to several weeks, where foster carers will provide them with lots of love and care, as they prepare them for a life in a forever home. Dogs Trust covers all the essential costs, and is always there to support foster carers with help and advice if they need it.

On Friday 13th December, Dogs Trust Home from Home foster carers in Basildon, Manchester, Cardiff, Kenilworth and Canterbury can order a free Christmas Treataway by visiting ring.com/treataways. In addition, Ring is donating some extra Christmas Treataways to Dogs Trust rehoming centres in Manchester, Cardiff and Kenilworth, bringing some much-needed festive cheer to dogs awaiting their new homes.

To help raise further awareness of fostering, Ring is hosting a doggy taster event for potential and current foster carers in London. Attendees can bring their pups and learn from the Dogs Trust team and current fellow foster carers on the basics of fostering, try a Treataway or enjoy a Christmas doggy photo booth. Attendees who donate to Dogs Trust can also take home a free Christmas Treataway for their own pup!

Christmas Treataways have been specially made to be tasty and safe for our four-legged friends, as it’s important for dogs to stick to dog-friendly food, avoid toxic ingredients and new food should be introduced gradually and in moderation.

To find out more about Christmas Treataways, guidance on dog nutrition, and how to get involved in fostering with Dogs Trust, visit www.ring.com/treataways.