Too Many Puppies

Has this project worked?

We've run the Too Many Puppies project for nine years now starting in September 2016. From this beginning until 30 July 2025 237 dogs have been desexed costing $55,081. We advertised the project in 2016 and 2017 on Facebook and a write up in the local newspaper. Since then the project has been running on a case by case basis.

We help rehome the dogs at the Tasman Pound and we set up this project because we were unable to rehome two dogs way back in 2015. For eight years our project was working and every eligible dog coming into the Tasman Pound was able to be rehomed. For the last 12 months though we're again having a lot of trouble finding homes for our dogs and this is due to the large number of dogs coming down from Auckland.

So many dogs in the Auckland Pound are euthanised each week, it's heart breaking. Too Many Puppies contributed $70,000 to Chained Dog Awareness now The Dog Rescue Project and they've told us 187 Females and 116 Males were desexed under the Too Many Puppies banner at a total cost of $84172.50. The dog problem in Auckland is so big though a lot more needs to be done to have any real effect and the problem seems to be growing.