Pilot

Pilot is jetsetting off to his new home after waiting three months at the Animal Welfare League QLD Pilot caught the eye of a TAFE student who’s class had dropped in to the Gold Coast Rehoming Centre for a tour as part of their studies in animal care. When she...

Bella & Boof

This (not so) little guy started out very shy and spent most of his first day with us in hiding. That was until he met his new ’sister’ Bella Brown Town the mini daschund. It was love at first sight. Their first encounter (and many since) involved lots of face licking...

Texy’s new BFF

My partner, Tim, and I had a very beautiful little furry child already but as much as we spent time with him, played & exercised him, when it came for us to leave for work or even just socially, our little one would become down & upset. He would spend his time...

Leo the Kelpie

I adopted a kelpie puppy one year ago from AWLQ Gold Coast. And he has made me smile and brought me joy everyday since. He’s so loving and loyal and clever. He likes to nuzzle into my neck with his nose for cuddles. And he’s got some serious frisbee skills. I love him...

Luke and Piper

We lost our dog Zach to cancer a number of years ago. It took about six months before we were ready for another one to take his place. My mother had been watching Luke, a wolfhound cross on the adoption website for a while and one day we took the step to meet him at...

Diesel the Cuddler

We adopted Diesel from the AWLQ Gold Coast Rehoming Centre. When we visited Diesel’s kennel, we were instantly drawn to his beautiful brown eyes – he looked so sad, sitting there all quiet and hopeful with all the other dogs around him barking trying to get our...