Dogs are man's best friend. In fact, it goes deeper than that. The right canine can, on an individual level, be the personal best friend of its respective man, woman, or child owner, to the degree that challenges even the deepest of interpersonal human friendships. The media landscape is seemingly oversaturated with dog content. Countless movies and television programs utilize a dog for either comedic relief or some kind of treat for an audience that would otherwise be apathetic to a series. However, a few more recently released shows, instead of using a pupper as an on-screen afterthought, have chosen to highlight dogs for what they truly can be: lovable and essential family members.

Here's where The Dog House: UK comes mercifully bounding into the public eye. The series, which just dropped its third season, is set in the English countryside at a humble animal rescue facility, Wood Green. In each episode, prospective adopters, each with their own struggles, arrive at the rural rescue in the hopes of adopting an animal. The potential adoptees are the stars of the show, and the excellent Wood Green staff works diligently to partner the adopters with their dream pet.

As such, audiences should be begging for HBO Max to bring back The Dog House: UK to return for another season.

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Any television program that results in animals, either re-homed or rescued being adopted, is undeniably a net positive for society. The Dog House: UK definitely can count itself among those series. Every lovable dog featured during the runtime of a The Dog House: UK episode is available for adoption. The exception are those that have been picked up by the prospective owners who appear on the show.

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Over the past couple of years, there has been a massive influx of dogs who were, unfortunately, returned to shelters after having been adopted by individuals who were searching for a quick surge of stimulation during the Covid-19 pandemic, only to realize they were not up to the responsibility of animal ownership. This unfortunate mass return of rescue animals, while heartbreaking to animal lovers everywhere, has made the need for shows like The Dog House: UK, which highlights the need for animal adoption and encourages potential adopters everywhere to seek out local shelters, all the more pressing.

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Aside from the colorful cast of cherubic canines, there is another set of spectacular stars on The Dog House: UK: the fantastic staff of the show's resident rescue facility, Wood Green. There's a fun secretary who riffs with potential adopters as they take their first tentative steps into the rescue facilities' doors and a cast of competent caretakers who, along with their daily chores, from cleaning the numerous cages to feeding the hungry rescues, are tasked with pairing the adopters with their perfect animal friend.

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Individuals who work in rescue facilities are largely underpaid and often underappreciated. As such, it's incredibly refreshing to see their hard work featured on an international platform. At the end of the day, saving dogs is not all licks and scratches. It's dirty, and it can be heartbreaking. The staff at Wood Green should be commended, and their work to save dogs is nothing short of heroic.

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Oftentimes, it's not only the adorable adoptees on The Dog House: UK who are searching for a purpose. The individuals who step through the wide gate of the Wood Green rescue facility often have issues of their own, ranging from emotional struggles to physical disabilities.

It's almost cliche at this point to refer back to the oft-repeated slogan of animal adopters everywhere, "I didn't rescue them. They rescued me." However, The Dog House: UK shines new light on this tired saying. Instead of focusing on the rescue animals, aside from brief glimpses of their lives inside the cages provided to them by the Wood Green rescue facility, they are not presented as tragic figures. Rather, the series chooses to focus on the struggles of the adopters. The dogs are the real rescuers and not simply rescues.

The Dog House: UK is an undeniable delight. More importantly, it highlights the importance of animal adoption and the ways in which rescuing a dog can serve to better one's own life. In an era of unprecedented loneliness, coupled with the unfortunate truth that countless dogs, who had seemingly found their forever homes, have been returned to rescue facilities in recent years, a show that encourages adoption is all the more important. Even if they have to roll over and beg, audiences must do everything in their power to get The Dog House: UK back for another season.