When Beryl Romano, Appeals Manager of the Birmingham Dogs Home asked us if we could produce a fund raising book, Jo and I thought long and hard about the subject. We decided, rather than producing a book about the Home, that we would create a patchwork quilt of dog life in the city over the years, thereby giving it as much variety as possible.

The Birmingham Dogs' Home itself, was founded in 1892 for "Lost and Starving Dogs" and based in New Canal Street. The funding comes from a wide variety of sources, such as slide shows, talks, boarding, donations and the selling of merchandise - including, of course, this book!