Adopting a dog home check ?

[Spirit2021]

My mother wants to get a dog because she spent a lot of time alone. The problem is my brother is 13 years old and is most of the dogs are adults only and we also have 2 pet birds. Is there any point in trying to adopt a dog should we go to a breeder. I don’t now would we pass a home check.

 

[millikins]

Most UK charities are very restrictive about small children but are more relaxed for over 12's.

 

[Thistle]

I home check for a charity, each dog is assessed as an individual, some are suitable for children (we don't allow under 5's) some teenagers, some adults only. It depends on the individual dog.

 

[Spirit2021]

Thanks everyone

 

[CrunchieBoi]

We've had numerous dogs from different rescues in the UK (even the "big" ones that folks on social media love to claim it's impossible to adopt from). We've never had an issue adopting dogs and that's despite not having an attached garden, living in a flat, having small animals/children in the house and so on.

What I would say is try to be open-minded (within reason obviously) about what type of dog you want to adopt. I volunteered in one of the big rescues and the number of people who picked out a totally unsuitable dog for their circumstances from the website then threw a tantrum when they were told as such was unreal. I suspect these people make up a significant number of the "Rescues make it impossible to adopt from them!!!" crowd on social media.

You might need to be patient and keep a close eye on the websites, submit a rehoming questionaire if you can and try to chat with the people at whatever rehoming centres are closest to you.

We went through all this last year when we lost our elderly dog in December 2019. Husband and I had just decided before lockdown that we wanted another dog in the flat and the Dogs Trust had around 5 between our two closest centres that would have suited us based on their write-up. We missed the day when they finally opened again after lockdown and all the dogs we'd had our eyes on were adopted quickly. We phoned in a few times about other dogs that were added to the site later on in May but missed out on them too. One day we got a phone call from the centre with the lovely news that they had a dog they think would suit us and did we want to proceed with a home check. Now we have our lovely wee westie lad, who has slotted right in to our household and hasn't been in a spot of bother since we adopted him.

I'm one of these grumpy buggers that can't be bothered with the work that comes with having a puppy so our dogs have always been second-hand. Much less stress for me and the dog that way.

 

[leflynn]

It will depend on the rescue you want to adopt from. I have volunteered for a greyhound rescue and we rehome to families with small children (successfully) as well as older children. No reason why it can't work with the right advice, support and dog. Other greyhound rescues in the same area refused them on the basis of them having children and its not something I agree with as it can work.