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| Is there a rescue dog out there for everyone? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: 15 Jan 2013, 11:26 (1,300 Views) | |
| slubbertje | 15 Jan 2013, 11:26 Post #1 |
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We have completed a pre-adoption form at the weekend for a rescue doglet. We know there is a lot of interest in the 2 puppies (brothers) so we are trying not to get our hopes up. We also know there are so many dogs in rescue but we seem to have so many 'things' against us, that we are not the easiest home to place a dog in. With this I mean, we have 4 cats and 1 collie but we don't drive ... and Annie (collie) is petrified of busses and trains so to go and meet a potential dog, proves very very hard. We also have an 11 year old daughter but on the plus sides (if you see the above as negative), I am home all day, we live near to the beach, lots of nature reserves etc. so plenty of lovely (muddy/wet) walks. So is there a rescue dog out there for everyone do you think? |
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| BunterJo | 15 Jan 2013, 15:24 Post #2 |
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I think so ![]() Sometimes the right one may be more difficult to find. Sometimes you may need to find the right rescue who will work with you. I can certainly see no reason why all my dogs will not be rescues
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| Jazzlet | 15 Jan 2013, 15:32 Post #3 |
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I think so, but I also think that finding the right rescue is as important as finding the right dog
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| jotel | 15 Jan 2013, 18:53 Post #4 |
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Heidi what you need is a rescue who has a foster you like quite near you! chances of that well... |
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| Rescuewoman | 15 Jan 2013, 20:01 Post #5 |
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I partly agree with this ... typical me being contrary. I have rehomed dogs from pounds which people would often say are not the right rescue, but they have worked out wonderfully. What depends on the right rescue very much depends on what you are able to deal with. |
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| Jazzlet | 15 Jan 2013, 22:50 Post #6 |
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I suppose I should have been more precise, I mean the right rescue for you,because the right rescue should be able to help you find the right dog for you.
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| Rescuewoman | 16 Jan 2013, 07:04 Post #7 |
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Ahh yes i those circumstances I agree
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| jackied | 16 Jan 2013, 08:07 Post #8 |
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I know of a dog in rescue that needs a home where she won't need to be driven places, she hates cars so much...
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| Nikirooshka | 16 Jan 2013, 10:49 Post #9 |
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I believe there's a dog for everyone And as Jackie says there are dogs who are better off in no-car homes - Phoebe is here because her last home depended on their car and she is severely phobic so it just wasn't viable. I'm still working on that issue but she needed somewhere it could be done at her pace - which possibly does mean she will never go in a car again. So there is a dog for every situation, it's just finding that dog
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| noodlecurlymum | 16 Jan 2013, 18:51 Post #10 |
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totally agree with you there but you're right it does depend on what you think you can cope with. I'll always look at the pounds first as I think its hopeless for lots of the poundies now , unf I think there's prob more dogs out there than good homes, I so so wish I worked less, had more money and could have more dogs. You will find one prob quicker than you expect too. |
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| Beaky | 16 Jan 2013, 19:23 Post #11 |
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I think there is BUT I can see why people get disheartened. We are on the look out for a brother or sister for Sasha. We're not overly fussy but we have a few essential boxes to tick. Will take on dogs with issues (although not severe dog or cat aggression) I have seen a few dogs who have looked like they will fit the bill...but they will not home to full time working homes. No exceptions. No taking into account it's only term time, the day is broken up and our whole social life revolves around dogs and all the extras they need. No working homes. No way. One dog sounded perfect and was in a home with a fosterer who works full time, no breaks, no issues - still they wouldn't even consider us. We're still looking - there are rescues who will home to us and we'd never be stupid enough to try to adopt a dog who was clearly not happy being left, but I can really see why people buy. |
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| noodlecurlymum | 17 Jan 2013, 12:12 Post #12 |
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Are you willing to take on a dog you know nothing about? If so you could ring your local dog warden and get one from the pound, they're always full of dogs, very few seem to be reclaimed by their owners. We got both curly and noodle this way but from diff ones. Some pounds are better than others and do try to run more like a rescue, others like the ones we went to will basically sell the dog to anyone, but at both places they did ask us loads of questions about us and our lifestyle, our experience with dogs etc and they don't lie about the dogs, they tell you what they do know about them, if anything.yes it is a risk but its dependant on how you feel about it and your circumstances and may be a way for you to get another dog. |
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| Paws | 17 Jan 2013, 12:50 Post #13 |
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I bet my quote goes weird Thats also what we did, we searched for a while wanting an oldie who was good with other dogs and happy to be left, similarly we didn't mind if he/she had other issues but I most definitely wanted a dog that was in foster and fully assessed, but in the end we got little MayDog who had been found as a stray and just done her time in the pound. Ok there was a few teething problems but thats to be expected wherever a dog comes from. Granted we took a risk, but she is a brilliant dog, and with a little training shes exactly what we wanted (well minus a few eccentricities, but all dogs have them!), and I would definitely consider a pound dog first now. |
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| Gemstone | 17 Jan 2013, 18:49 Post #14 |
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It's a tricky one . I was looking for a rescue collie when my son Daniel was three. I had a 16 year old Border Collie and a seven month old Cairn Terrier. I did not work and was home during the day. All the local rescues that I found said no to me because I had a child under the age of five and then I was homechecked by a collie rescue further away and while they approved me for a collie pup, they insisted that all of us travel to meet him including Hollie Collie who was far too old to spend six hours in the car so I declined their offer..... Over they years, she had accpeted every pet that I had brought home and had lived alongside two other collies until a few months before when they went to the bridge . I was on the point of buying a collie pup from a breeder and instead went and got a young collie, unassessed, from my local pound . I had tried and tried and tried but at that point, there might have been a rescue dog out there for me but not a rescue willing to let me have him .
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| noodlecurlymum | 18 Jan 2013, 09:41 Post #15 |
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personally i don't think its right for everyone (getting a poundie) i think it depends though on what you will put up with really, all our dogs have been unknowns so it didn't even occur to me to worry about getting one from the pound, well 2 now. even bob that we got from our vet, well the vet was a bit sly shall we say telling us bob was fully housetrained, well he certainly wasn't and saying he was really well behaved and quiet which he wasn't either! i'm not sure we'd take on an unassessed dog if we had small children but we don't so thats not an issue. |
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| Beaky | 18 Jan 2013, 17:25 Post #16 |
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I would not home from the pound as I do not support the way they home ![]() If a rescue was a no go, then it would be a good breeder as I know of quite a few of the type of dogs I like. I do sometimes think *some* rescues shoot themselves in the foot by having blanket policies. That said, I think things are changing and generally rescues are a lot more accommodating. The country is changing and I think rescues need to change with it. Yes, there are some dogs that cannot be homed into working homes, or those with children etc. But blanket policies should not exist. More women go back to work now after having children and so there aren't the stay at home all day circumstances there used to be. People are more active longer, so age should not be a barrier to a young dog (within reason). Circumstances can also change - that stay at home mum may go back to work, or those people with access to large grounds may downsize. Dogs are fantastically adaptable IME and do tend to cope with more than we give them credit for. |
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| noodlecurlymum | 18 Jan 2013, 18:42 Post #17 |
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I get what you're saying but most rescues get their dogs from the pound or at least they do in my area so I don't really make much comparison? I totally agree what you're saying about rescues and full time workers but we found when I explained my weird shift patterns and how dogs weren't actually left that much eg this wk, left weds/thurs 4 hrs, nearly 1 hr today, 3 hrs Tom then they changed and were very accomodating. Was purely by chance we found noodle in the pound, we'd been to dogs trust, 2 rspca's, 2 other pounds and had a home check and 2 visits to dogs in foster booked, by chance I rang this place and he had 2 terriers and there she was. Same with curly, had trawled net for months then told by work colleague about the pound, visited by chance and again found the perfect dog. Sometimes I think things just happen in a certain way. |
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| slubbertje | 19 Jan 2013, 21:51 Post #18 |
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and our search is over...pending homecheck So yes, even with obstacles of not driving, which was our biggest one, to have the dogs meet, we have found a fab rescue and foster mum!
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| Jazzlet | 19 Jan 2013, 22:28 Post #19 |
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. I was looking for a rescue collie when my son Daniel was three. I had a 16 year old Border Collie and a seven month old Cairn Terrier. I did not work and was home during the day. All the local rescues that I found said no to me because I had a child under the age of five and then I was homechecked by a collie rescue further away and while they approved me for a collie pup, they insisted that all of us travel to meet him including Hollie Collie who was far too old to spend six hours in the car so I declined their offer..... Over they years, she had accpeted every pet that I had brought home and had lived alongside two other collies until a few months before when they went to the bridge
. I was on the point of buying a collie pup from a breeder and instead went and got a young collie, unassessed, from my local pound
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