Your $100 clean goes to rescue dogs.
Southside Dental Toowoomba opens on charity Saturdays. Our dentists and nurses give their time for free, and 100% of your $100 clean and fluoride goes to Promising Paws Dog Rescue.
- 100% to Promising Paws
- Our team volunteers
- Health funds welcome
About Promising Paws
- Since 2002Rescuing and rehoming dogs across the Lockyer Valley, Ipswich and Somerset
- 100%Run entirely by volunteers, from pens at the old shire pound and a network of foster homes
- No-killEvery dog is cared for until it finds a home, including dogs with behaviour challenges
- 482+Dogs adopted into new homes through PetRescue alone
- 1 in 6
of the 15,852 dogs the RSPCA took in during 2024–25 were put down. That’s 2,768 dogs, or more than 7 every day.
- Most
of those dogs were put down for severe behaviour problems such as aggression or anxiety (RSPCA, 2023–24). As a no-kill rescue, Promising Paws keeps caring for dogs like these.
- 1 in 5
dogs entering Australia’s pounds, shelters and rescues were put down in the last national count (2012–13): about 43,900 dogs, or 120 a day. Australia still has no national system tracking them.
- 364
dogs were put down in NSW council pounds in 2024–25 because they weren’t rehomed in time.
- 1 in 3
surrenders at RSPCA NSW are now because of housing or money pressures.
- $5,000
is what it can cost AWL Queensland to care for and rehome one dog. Its rescue intake has risen by almost 12,000 in five years.
At Promising Paws, every dog is cared for until it finds a home.
100% of your $100 clean helps keep them safe until they get there.
Sources: RSPCA Australia statistics 2024–25 and outcomes report 2023–24 · Chua, Rand & Morton (2017) · Getting 2 Zero · NSW pound data 2024–25 · AAP · Promising Paws on PetRescue
Who you're helping
Dogs at Promising Paws right now
These are the dogs waiting at the rescue today. When a dog finds a home, they leave the line-up.
Promising Paws is a volunteer-run dog rescue. Meet the dogs looking for homes on their SavourLife adoption page.
How it works
Three steps, about two minutes
Pick your Saturday
Choose a charity Saturday and a time. Coming as a family? Add everyone to one booking.
Read and sign
Read the booking terms and sign with your finger. We text you a confirmation straight away.
Come in and smile
Have your clean and fluoride and pay $100 at the chair. Every dollar goes to the rescue.
What's included
- A professional clean
- Fluoride treatment
- $100, all of it to Promising Paws
Clean and fluoride only. It isn’t a check-up, so for a check-up or any other treatment we recommend seeing your regular dentist.
Good to know
Is it a donation?
Your $100 pays for your clean, which is why you can claim it with your health fund. Every dollar is then donated to Promising Paws Dog Rescue. Because it’s a payment for a dental service, it isn’t tax deductible for you.
Paying
Nothing is charged when you book. You pay $100 a person at the chair on the day, by card.
Health funds
After your visit we text you an itemised receipt (and email it, if you give us your email) to claim with your health fund. The item numbers are 114 (scale and clean) and 121 (fluoride), so you can check with your fund what you'll get back.
Medical history
After you book, each person fills in a short medical history online (about 2 minutes each). The link is on your confirmation screen and in your text.
Booking for the family?
Add everyone to one booking. A parent or guardian books and signs for anyone under 18.
Need more than a clean?
Smiles for Paws is a clean and fluoride service only. It isn't a check-up, so we recommend a check-up with your regular dentist. If we spot something on the day, we'll let you know.
Can't make it?
Cancel at least 48 hours before with the link in your confirmation text, so someone else can have your time. Closer to the day, call us on 07 4635 1444.
Book a clean, help a dog find home.
Promising Paws is run by volunteers who rescue, care for and rehome dogs. Your $100 goes straight to their work.
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