About Malamute Matters

Our story

It started with one dog

Malamute Matters began life as a Facebook group — owners of Alaskan Malamutes and other breeds, swapping photos and advice. Then one of our own needed help: a malamute called Alfie, facing costly surgery to save his eyesight.

We asked. Our members answered, and raised double what Alfie needed — enough to help him and two other sled dogs besides. That was the moment we understood what a group of determined dog people could actually do.

We became a registered charity in 2014. We started with malamutes, but it was obvious we could help far more dogs than that, so today we help all breeds, in the UK and overseas — because all dogs matter.

Every penny we raise helps the dogs that need us the most.

Where the money goes

Straight to the dogs

Fundraising isn't a nice-to-have for us — it's the whole job. We donate what we raise towards veterinary funding for dogs worldwide. Here's what that pays for.

• Urgent veterinary careEmergency surgery and treatment, where the size of the bill is the only thing standing between a dog and its chance.
• Palliative careKeeping a dog comfortable and out of pain when a cure isn't possible, so nobody has to choose on cost alone.
• General vet billsThe routine care that becomes unaffordable in a crisis — vaccinations, dentals and ongoing medication.
• Rescues under pressureDirect financial relief for rescues carrying more cases than their funds can stretch to.