TwitchyNoses is first and foremost a charity to support animal welfare, mostly dog rescue through neutering campaigns, re-homing and rehabilitation of dogs most in need. 

We started out in central rural Bulgaria, where founder, Rachel, lived for many years. However, following her move back to the UK in late 2020, TwitchyNoses is now more focused on helping dogs in Spain, where our partner charity, Silver Paws Sanctuary – La Cruz is based, with a particular interest in helping older dogs and Galgos and Podencos. 

However, we still support our good friend Candy who runs Little Angels Rescue Bulgaria in the far south of Bulgaria. 

Now our main base is a small holding in the north west of England, in the Lake District where Rachel lives with her 5 Bulgarian rescue dogs and her rescue chickens. 

The house and grounds have taken a lot of work and needed much renovation but things are slowly coming together. The dog play barn and pens will soon be renovated to provide space for emergency fostering and we hope to be able to re-roof and renovate other smaller barns to provide a space for wildlife short term rescue and rehabilitation. 

Rachel is a trustee for the local RSPCA branch and has on a number of occasions been called out to help with local wildlife rescue or aid. 

As TwitchyNoses now enters a new chapter, it is our hope and dream to be able to expand our reach and help organisations and small charities around the world. We are still figuring out the best way to do this, so if you have ideas please reach out.  Our email is [email protected]