 A dog is for life, not just for Christmas. That's the message from Dogs Trust as they launch their pause for thought campaign. Last year, 756 people contacted the welfare charity within the first three months after Christmas to relinquish their dogs. With over 1,000 abandoned dogs coming through Dogs Trust doors each year, they cannot keep up with the numbers. Their campaign urges people to pause and consider the responsibility dog ownership entails. The charity has dotted oversize pause graffiti across Dublin City Centre and parks like this one in order to get people to think before they adopt. Normally it boils down to the fact that they just haven't got time or they didn't understand the commitment they were taking on. We'll often hear people say, oh, the dog got too big. There's not just a thing as a dog has gotten too big. A dog that hasn't been trained maybe seemed too big because he's bouncing up and knocking things over or that type of thing. But a well trained dog really doesn't matter what's always there because they're well trained. They're not going to be doing all the little things they're not supposed to do. Sometimes people bring them back because they just haven't got time for them. Maybe their work shift changed or they've had a break up in their relationship or their accommodation. There's so many different reasons. But a lot of the time it would boil down to just people just didn't understand what they were getting into in the first place. Dogs Trust Ireland has suspended adoption until the 3rd of January. Shawna Corn, DCTV News.