Who We Are

DeathRowPets.net was developed by Paul and Kathryn Archer. We lived in Sydney for 18 years and more recently have moved to Hobart, TAS. we run our own sales consultancy business called PACE Australia. We live with our three rescue dogs - Muffin and Ian from DoggieRescue and Tia from Boxer Rescue.

When we first decided that we would like to have a dog we did what many people do, we decided we wanted a Boxer and we looked for a Boxer puppy in the Trading Post. We followed up an advertisement and bought Tiwi from a house in Blacktown for $275.00. We didn't see her parents or even any of her litter mates. We did get papers. Tiwi was our first dog and was loved very much. However she suffered from bad allergies, had two knee reconstructions, ulcerated eyes and sadly she succumbed to a severe brain disorder when she was only 8 years old.

All this made us start to find out and read more about dogs, their health problems, good and bad breeders and what is really happening out there. We became better educated all round! We decided that our next dog would be a Rescue one. Now we have three!

We have always been animal lovers and the horrifying situation in most Australian Pounds has made us determined to be more active about finding a solution to the thousands of cats and dogs killed every year.

DeathRowPets.net is a tool to get our voice heard so people understand what's going on and can help us to create positive change.

Ian was saved from Death Row by DoggieRescue, he is at the centre front in this photo, hoping for a new home... and then we came along and fell in love with him!