In 2019 a group of volunteers held a fundraising event for a wonderful Shar Pei called Bruno. He had been at the hotel for many months and badly needed a Total Ear Canal Ablation (TECA) surgery on both ears. As Cardiff Dogs Home is council run, paying thousands of pounds of tax payers money for a dogs operation simply was not possible. Similarly, it was difficult to rehome Bruno as whoever adopted him would need to pay thousands for the surgery. As the wonderful staff at the home hate to see a dog suffer they asked some of the volunteers if we could fundraise to help him and so thanks to our Bruno, The Rescue Hotel was born.