RSPCA Basingstoke and Andover is desperately appealing for a foster or forever home for young dog Pepsi.

Pepsi, a one-year-old Lab Cross Collie, was adopted at four-months-old but had to be passed on to the RSPCA as she was too much for her owner.

She has had to stay in kennels since coming into the care of the branch in May as all suitable foster homes in the area were full.

The kennel environment makes her ‘boisterous and overexcited’ according to RSPCA Basingstoke and Andover volunteer Sarah Biro.

Sarah continued: “Pepsi is a good girl; she gets on well with other dogs. She is such a happy, loving, vivacious girl who can’t wait to find her forever, loving home."

Pepsi needs basic training which she can’t receive in a kennel.

Sarah has volunteered with the Basingstoke and Andover branch of the charity for 16 years, providing vital support and a foster home to animals in the area.

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The branch is run by a committee of volunteers and relies on public donations and fundraising to support its animal welfare activities.

These include animal re-homing, provision of limited financial assistance and the promotion of responsible pet ownership through emergency neutering and microchipping campaigns.

If you are unable to commit to rehoming an animal on a permanent basis, then fostering could be ideal.

A spokesperson for RSPCA Basingstoke and Andover said: "Fostering can be a highly rewarding experience which also enables us to provide our animals with a temporary loving home whilst we find them their new owner. We need foster homes for all sorts of reasons and lengths of time."

For more information on providing Pepsi, or any other animals with the home they need, please contact the RSPCA Basingstoke and Andover Branch via its website at rspca.org.uk/local/basingstoke-and-andover-branch.