Sponsor Bobby and transform a deaf person's life

Sponsor this cute Cocker Spaniel from just £5 a month and you’ll receive a fantastic welcome pack, printed updates throughout his training journey, and exclusive Pupdates in our Puppy Pen blog. You will also be helping people to live well with hearing loss.

Sponsor Bobby from £5 a month

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Golden spaniel puppy with a donut soft dog toy in his mouth

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Golden spaniel in oversized hearing dogs jacket lying in the grass

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Golden spaniel puppy running towards the camera in the grass

Sponsor Bobby: A confident and joy-filled friend

Bobby’s here to brighten your day! This fluffy pup loves learning about the world around him alongside his favourite humans. With his pink-spotted nose, he’s got a knack for sniffing out excitement wherever he goes. One day, he’ll bring so much joy to a deaf person’s life.

When it comes to a Cocker Spaniel’s classic confidence, Bobby certainly fits the bill. New sights and sounds don’t faze this little pup. He also has no problem standing his ground, particularly if a cat dares to enter his garden! However, Bobby is really a floppy-eared friend at heart whose tail is constantly wagging.

At home, Bobby has no problem entertaining himself if his Volunteer Dog Trainers, Sue and Chris, have other tasks to tend to. “Bobby has his own toy box with a folding lid,” shared Sue. “He’s worked out that if he wants another toy, he can just open it and go in. But because he’s still little, his whole body ends up in the box!” No need to pick one toy, Bobby, when you can have them all!

With Bobby by your side, delight is around every corner. For this gorgeous, golden boy, the makings of a future hearing dog are already shining through.

Sponsor Bobby from £5 a month

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How your puppy sponsorship will help

You'll help a puppy become a life-changing hearing dog. They'll stop a deaf person feeling isolated and alone, and alert them to sounds they can't hear including the doorbell and the fire alarm.

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Sponsor for £5 a month

£5 a month could pay for lots of yummy treats and exciting toys to reward your clever puppy during their training.

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Sponsor for £8 a month

£8 a month could pay for fun puppy classes that help your pup on their journey to become a hearing dog.

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Sponsor for £12 a month

£12 a month could teach your puppy how to alert a deaf person to life-saving sounds, such as the smoke alarm.

Training progress: Bobby is a bright spark!

Bobby has begun to go to puppy classes with his Volunteer Dog Trainers and other hearing dog trainees. He’s very keen to learn and simply can’t wait to get involved! Outside of puppy class, he’s showing a natural talent for ‘recall’, which means coming back to his trainer when called. This is a fantastic core skill for Bobby to have from such a young age. It’s a great sign for his future training!

Will Bobby’s tail calm down as he grows? Will he ever befriend the neighbourhood cat? And which deaf person will he grow up to support? Sponsor Bobby today to find out!

Sponsor Bobby from £5 a month

1. How do I sponsor a puppy?

2. What do sponsors receive? How do they follow puppy’s progress?

All sponsors receive a fantastic welcome pack, which includes a certificate, car sticker and postcards of their puppy. You'll also receive a cuddly puppy toy, notepad and pen.

From then on, we send regular updates on how your puppy is doing, either printed or, if requested, by email. We publish training updates roughly every five to six months, depending on how quickly the puppy goes through training. On average, across the 18-24 months of a puppy’s training, this means four updates.

The updates show, through beautiful photos, how your puppy is getting on, with comments from the people involved with his or her training. The full set of updates goes right the way through training and then introduces you to the deaf person your puppy is helping on a daily basis (if they have given us permission to do so).

In between full updates, we also publish ‘Pupdates’ (see what we did there?) in the online Puppy Pen every two months, showing what a fun life your puppy is having as he or she learns about the world. When we do this, we also email our sponsors to tell them there’s a new Pupdate.

So, you'll see the progress you have made possible. You can also celebrate the outcome, when your puppy is partnered with a deaf person and helps them to live well with hearing loss.

3. Can I sponsor as a gift?

Yes! Sponsorship makes a great gift for both children and adults.

To do this, go to the sponsor page and choose ‘it’s a gift’ under ‘Who is this sponsorship for?’. You can also choose whether to have the welcome pack sent to you, or directly to the gift receiver.

It generally takes around 10 working days for welcome packs to be despatched. If you don’t manage to order in time but you want to be sure you have something on that special day, you can download our print-at-home certificate in one of two ways:

If you sponsored online, you will be emailed a link to download your sponsorship certificate as soon as your sponsorship is set up. If your email doesn’t arrive, then please check your junk/spam folder.

If you have sponsored via a manual form, then please phone us on 01844 340734 or email us at sponsorapuppy@hearingdogs.org.uk and we will email a certificate through.

4. What happens when my puppy graduates?

When the puppy’s training journey ends and he or she is matched with a deaf person, we transfer the sponsorship automatically to a new puppy if you paid by Direct Debit or a monthly PayPal donation. You can of course choose not to follow your new puppy and cancel your regular donation if you wish by contacting us. If you paid as a one-off, we ask if you’d like to sponsor another puppy.

We do this with a letter or email at the same time as your final update, in which you get to see the result of your support. We also show you lovely photos of the new puppy. It’s a very exciting time, as one journey ends and another begins!

5. Why do you have minimum amounts?

As a well-run charity we try to be as efficient and effective as possible in everything we do. However, there are certain limits below which we would simply lose money on each sponsorship. The amounts we ask for mean that, after costs are considered, sufficient money goes towards helping a sponsor puppy through its training and helping a deaf person live well with hearing loss.

Sponsor Bobby and transform a deaf person's life

Sponsor Bobby: A confident and joy-filled friend

How your puppy sponsorship will help

Sponsor for £5 a month

Sponsor for £8 a month

Sponsor for £12 a month

Training progress: Bobby is a bright spark!

General sponsorship FAQs

1. How do I sponsor a puppy?

2. What do sponsors receive? How do they follow puppy’s progress?

3. Can I sponsor as a gift?

4. What happens when my puppy graduates?

5. Why do you have minimum amounts?