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Victorian Bull Terrier Rescue Inc. is a not-for-profit organisation working to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome Bull Terriers. [email protected]

VBTR is a non-profit, volunteer run organisation in, but not exclusive to, Victoria Australia. We are dedicated to rescuing bull terriers left homeless for whatever reason. We strive to work with area shelters and other rescue and humane organisations to develop a network of supporters and volunteers in order to create a better world for homeless bully’s. We place dogs in loving, responsible, comm

itted permanent homes, following a comprehensive adoption/fostering process which includes taking considerable care in finding good matches and educating prospective adopters about the responsibilities and costs of bringing a bull terrier into their homes and lives. VBTR will continue to hold their famous Bully day outs and fundraising activities which includes auctions, raffles, functions. We welcome you to join us in helping to provide a better life for the Bully's in need. VBTR are always looking for help in fostering, transporting, house checks, donations and most importantly by spreading the word.

04/06/2026

💖Thankful Thursday💖 ~ a special shout out to our IGA Community Benefits Members

💰$53 has been paid to VBTR from Ritchies IGA Community Benefits program.

This payment represents 0.5% of purchases made by customers who have selected VBTR for the months of April/May 2026 ~ thank you wonderful people 🤩, every single cent helps us continue our work for vulnerable dogs who need us 🥹

This brings our 2026 total from Ritchies IGA Community Benefits program to $141.23

📲 To get involved; simply download the app or register your card online at www.ritchies.com.au/loyalty and help VBTR whilst you shop 🛒🥦🍇

♥️LIVE•LOVE•RESCUE♥️

*T&C’s apply see https://www.ritchies.com.au/ritchiescardterms

26/05/2026

💔 It is with great sadness and the heaviest of hearts, that we share with you that our sweet forever foster (and Grey Muzzler) Floki has crossed the rainbow bridge 🌈🪽

3 short years ago, cheeky boy Floki found his way into VBTR's care and into the loving arms of his wonderful forever foster parents Rob & Jess.
This is where Floki would live the bully dream as the centre of Rob & Jess’s world 🙌🏻

🌊☀️ A local beach dude, Floki loved his sandy beach walks and watching sunsets over the water.
He loved riding in the car, living a life of fun and adventure including many bush walks. Floki was always included in Rob & Jess’s active lifestyle 🚗🌳

Floki was known for his ‘witching hour’ where he would go crazy before or after dinner. He loved his food and would get very vocal if it was late 🤭

♥️ Darling Floki stole many hearts within our VBTR family, enjoying regular catch ups with his favourite people and bully gang of Missy, Sasha, Bruce and Daisy 🐾

We recently received the devastating news that our sweet Floki was diagnosed with Lymphoma in its latest stages 💔
Not knowing how long they had with their precious boy, Rob & Jess made sure he was extra spoiled and that he only knew love until the very end.

Last week, and just shy of his 11th birthday, Floki was given his wings 🪽🌈

Floki will be terribly missed by so many but most of all his doting family; Rob & Jess.
Through our tears and heartbreak, we at VBTR will be forever grateful that he was lucky to live 3 of the most amazing years being loved by them ♥️🐾

Please have them all in your thoughts as you take a moment to enjoy our special video tribute to Floki ♥️

🌈🐾🪽 Run free our darling Floki boy, rest easy now ~ 20.05.26 🌈🐾🪽

23/05/2026

💬💬 LET’S TALK ABOU LENNY

VBTR is blessed to have wonderful supporters, who facilitate meeting the needs - large and small - of all our dogs in care 💕 Recently, this has included the ability to send some on dedicated board and train programs. This has helped us to find wonderful forever homes for both Angus and Ginny, and now it’s LENNY’S turn.

LENNY, came to us with no history from a rural interstate pound. He has now been in care for 6 months and with the wonderful help of his foster carer, bully buddy and some expert advice, we’ve been able to learn a lot about him. LENNY is a sweet and cuddly boy who loves a walk and a warm bath 🛁 but he can be insecure and he has developed some negative behaviours that he uses to control situations that make him feel uncomfortable. Based on this, the team decided a board and train program would be the best option to set LENNY up for future success 💪

Fast forward 10 days into his training program and LENNY is getting glowing reviews. Known as the resident “sweetheart”, he is learning what is and isn’t acceptable behaviour, is responding to commands when being asked, is building confidence and LOVES being told when he is a good boy 🙌 LENNY is doing the work and readying himself to be a wonderful companion for the right person.

👉 SO here is where YOU come in. We have another amazing opportunity for someone to keep helping LENNY on his journey. We would dearly love for LENNY to go from board and train straight into his foster to forever home. Stability, consistency and continuity are really important for LENNY’s continued development, so his foster carer will continue to have VBTR’s support in training.

We are looking for a very special person:

✅ Must have a PET FREE home (no exceptions)

✅ Must be available for a 3hr handover to learn the “training language”. This is essential for LENNY’s further development.

✅ Someone committed to following through with ongoing training (full support of rescue whilst in foster care)

✅ Not a home where he will spend a lot of time alone.

✅ a single or adult only home in a quiet environment (no children)

✅ Committed to working with us to ensure LENNY continues to succeed

✅ VIC placement only.

If you are committed to working with this sweet boy and have a best friend for life, then please fill out the foster application in the comments below👇 and one of the team will be in touch.

07/05/2026

🐾🥶❄️ 𝑾𝑰𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑰𝑺 𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑮 ❄️🥶🐾

Keep your pooch warm on these freezing nights, with the most fashionable jarmies on the block!

💞 Hand made with love by our wonderful Margy; our 𝑽𝑩𝑻𝑹 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑱𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔 are double layered with warm, polar fleece!

A bargain from only $40, with 100% of money raised going directly to our VBTR dogs!

But hurry!! 😍Limited styles available.

➡️ TO ORDER

🔗 https://www.vbtrinc.com/shop

Size 🟰 measure your dog shoulder to base of tail in centimeters.
Add a note in the shopping cart to request message with available designs in ‘your’ size or email us [email protected]
We will reply to let you know what designs are available.

➡️ EXTRA POSTAGE for multiple Jarmies [our webshop order platform does not calculate this automatically]
*Please add to shopping cart $5 postage for two, and $10 for three pairs.

🔗 https://www.vbtrinc.com/product-page/additional-postage

🔗 https://www.vbtrinc.com/product-page/additional-postage-3-jarmies

* not just for bullies 😉🐩🐕🐕‍🦺
** send us a message if you get stuck, we are always happy to help!

📸 we’d LOVE to see some happy snaps of your dogs in Aunty Margy’s jarmies in the comments below ⬇️

06/05/2026

💚THANKFUL THURSDAY💚
Lyka Pet Food have done it again!!

This incredible 🇦🇺Australian operated business is supporting so many rescue organisations and we want to give them another HUGE shout out, for yet another mammoth donation of around 300kg worth of frozen food for our dogs in care!! 🥹

Every dollar we save on buying quality food is money towards critical vet bills 🙏🏼

From energy boosts to shiny coats and better breath, there are more benefits to be found in every Lyka bowl licked clean.
💚 Australian made
💚 Wholefood ingredients
💚 Custom meal sizes
💚 Vet approved
💚 Delivered to your door

🫶🏼 Because we partner with Lyka; your pooch can also benefit with 5️⃣0️⃣% off the cost of your first box AND 30% off the cost of your second, by using our unique link here 👉🏼 https://lyka.com.au/join/VBTR20

❣️A ginormous thank-you goes out to our wonderful volunteer Susan for the mammoth task of collecting this food and delivering for storage! Along with Brendan and Belinda for collecting from Susan.
❣️A special mention also goes to Caitlyn and Graeme at Lyka for helping Susan load up!
❣️PLUS!!! Naomi and family who heard we were in need of storing more food and immediately went out and purchased another chest freezer just to help us with the storage 🥹 ……how lucky we are to be surrounded by so many incredible people 🙏🏼💞🐾🐾

LIVE💚LOVE💚RESCUE

06/05/2026

🌟APRIL 2026🌟 update for our wonderful ♻️recycling Kings and Queens!

📣 What an incredible effort for just one month of recycling; you managed to raise a total of $416.50 😲 for Victorian Bull Terrier Rescue Inc. via Victoria's Container Deposit Scheme 👏🏼

This was done simply by exchanging eligible drink containers for 10 cents at refund points across the state!

Here is the breakdown:

🌟APRIL🌟
🗑️🥤$296 (North)
🗑️🥤$105.50 (East)
🗑️🥤$15 (West)

This brings our 2026 recycling total to $1,615.80
Thank you so much for all of your continued support and recycling efforts 🙏🏼

Keep up the great work everybully! 🤩

♻️LIVE • LOVE • RESCUE • RECYCLE♻️

29/04/2026

🙌🏻🐾💞 THANKFUL THURSDAY 💞🐾🙌🏻

🔊 Today’s special shout out is to all of our wonderful supporters who have set up regular donations straight into our bank account 🙏🏼

Even if it’s $1, $5 or $10 a week, fortnight or month; these contributions make such a ✨MASSIVE✨ difference to us being able to afford to get our dogs the very best veterinary care!
And considering just one dog can cost us thousands of dollars; YOU are a huge part of the reason that we can continue to do what we do in saving so many beautiful Bull Terriers! 🙏🏼🐾

Give yourself a shout out in the comments below so we can celebrate you all 🙌🏻💃🏼🕺🏼

🤩 If you would like to become one of our very special VBTR sponsors, you can do so using the below details;

Victorian Bull Terrier Rescue Inc.
BSB: 063 852
A/C: 1024 1347
Ref: regular donation

PayPal
[email protected]

LIVE 🐾 LOVE 🐾 RESCUE

**all donations of $2 or more are tax deductible 😉🤑

28/04/2026

🚨 URGENT 🚨 foster carers needed!

We currently have multiple dogs, looking for emergency care in experienced homes where they can decompress and receive veterinary care.

Without these foster carers we simply cannot take on any more dogs 🥺

🥺🙏🏼 We are desperate right now!

Our tiny team is exhausted, and we need safe, PET FREE homes to place these dogs, with confident and experienced handlers. (Please do not be offended if you are rejected because you have a lovely dog or cat already, there are many reasons for our ‘pet free’ requests)

☑️ We do have a very thorough application process to ensure that our dogs are placed in the best homes, to set them and their carers up for success.
After all; dogs often come into rescue because somewhere along the line they have been failed by humans, and it’s imperative that we don’t allow that to happen again 🥺

💗 We supply everything you will need; food, bedding, toys and so much more ~ we just need you to supply the love and keep them safe 🙏🏼❤️🐾

🐾🖤🐾🖤🐾🖤🐾🖤🐾🖤🐾🖤🐾🖤

If you have a safe, PET FREE home, are preferably home more often than not, and are experienced and confident with Bull Terriers, then please fill out our foster application form asap.
👉🏼 https://www.vbtrinc.com/forms

24/04/2026

COULD YOU BE THE HERO WE NEED? 💪💪

Darling boy Lenny has been in emergency care for 6 months now. His much loved and dedicated foster carer has taken wonderful care of him, but he needs to move to a long term foster carer or ideally, to his foster to forever home 🏡 .

Lenny may not have a classic Bull Terrier appearance, but this boy is larger than life - the quintessential Bull Terrier clown - a cheeky, playful, cuddly shadow. He loves his walks and adores his human 🥰

What Lenny needs right now is a quiet home with a dedicated and experienced carer who is home more often than not. Lenny can be suspicious of strangers and other dogs and he will need time and patience to settle into a new environment. VBTR will support Lenny's carers with training and veterinary treatment while in care, to help him overcome his mistrust.

OUR WHITE KNIGHT LOOKS LIKE THIS:

👉 a single or adult only home in a quiet environment (no children)
👉 no other pets in the home
👉 secure yard
👉 some one who can invest time and patience in helping Lenny to be his very best self
👉 a good communicator who can provide regular updates
👉 VIC placement only

Lenny can hold out no longer. Please, if you think you can open your home soon, be sure, be fast and complete a foster application here: https://www.vbtrinc.com/forms. Lenny's streetwise Hercules may be beyond our reach, please help share his profile far and wide.

** VBTR offers no apologies for the shameless Bonnie Tyler references

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