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Or just replying to that particular poster? Had I posted the same, am sure I wouldn’t have got the same reply.I'm Dun you seem, in your sarcasm, to have missed the point YCBM was making.
Ah, I was wondering when rescues would be dragged into this
They can't seem to do right for doing wrong, usually the complaint is that rescues are too restrictive, won't give dogs just because they'll be left for a few hours or that there aren't 6 ft fences or that there are children in the home...but the minute that something goes wrong or the adopter is a bit of a numpty, the rescue is pilloried.
No you don’t. There is no peripheral vision test for driving.
This is charming
XL Bully campaigner is left bloodied and bruised after being mauled
An XL Bully 'campaigner' who stood up for them and urged people to stop 'blaming the wrong end of the leash' has been mauled by one of the dogs after its owner set it on himwww.dailymail.co.uk
Thinking about it, I have had some breeds that I am sure others wouldn't want either. If I was considering getting, for instance, a rescue dog I would only probably turn down any sort of large bull type breed, a greyhound or a German Shepherd. The GS I had always wanted one from a child as a friend had a super one that was a great playmate for us kids, but after being attacked and bitten by one as an adult unfortunately I now fear them, but I do admire them from a very safe distance.
The problem is there are so many rescues, most of which are doing a good job but then you get the one's that aren't but that would be a whole other thread.Ah, I was wondering when rescues would be dragged into this
It's very rare - but not unheard of TBF - that a person fills in the application form and says I want a dog so I can intimidate people, won't train the dog, will let it run riot in public. Often, when you talk to them, you start to hear more than they realise they are telling you and home checks can be eye opening. Yes there's a 6ft fence but no gate to the main road. The applicant has mobility issues but want a young, active large breed dog even though they cannot walk more than a 100 meters and no, they don't have or plan to have a dog walker. They have preschool/primary age children that they forgot to mention or mind their under 5 yo grandchildren from 7.30 to 6 4 days a week. That is just some of the home checks that I have done - 1 person - in the last 6 months. In the case of the parents, they were conniving enough to hide the toys and make sure the kids were out but forgot one wedding picture on the wall and he got very aggressive when I asked if they were his children - eldest was 8, youngest was 3 and the dog they had applied for had no history with children so was advertised as adult home with a possibility of over 12s if they were dog savvy.
Some people lie, many more have an inflated opinion of their experience/abilities and what having any dog, let alone a rescue with an uncertain background is really like. That it won't be loves and roses to start with. Yes, it is really rewarding and satisfying to turn a dog round and having a rescue is a lot less house training and chewing and considerably cheaper than a puppy but nobody is saying that it's easy.
Many people feel entitled to have a dog with no consideration of the needs of an animal let alone whether they can make it work with their lifestyle.
Ah, I was wondering when rescues would be dragged into this
Many people feel entitled to have a dog with no consideration of the needs of an animal let alone whether they can make it work with their lifestyle.
The problem when people get rejected by UK rescues is that they can just get an Eastern European "rescue" with no checks to speak of, so long as they pay the fee.Ah, I was wondering when rescues would be dragged into this
It's very rare - but not unheard of TBF - that a person fills in the application form and says I want a dog so I can intimidate people, won't train the dog, will let it run riot in public. Often, when you talk to them, you start to hear more than they realise they are telling you and home checks can be eye opening. Yes there's a 6ft fence but no gate to the main road. The applicant has mobility issues but want a young, active large breed dog even though they cannot walk more than a 100 meters and no, they don't have or plan to have a dog walker. They have preschool/primary age children that they forgot to mention or mind their under 5 yo grandchildren from 7.30 to 6 4 days a week. That is just some of the home checks that I have done - 1 person - in the last 6 months. In the case of the parents, they were conniving enough to hide the toys and make sure the kids were out but forgot one wedding picture on the wall and he got very aggressive when I asked if they were his children - eldest was 8, youngest was 3 and the dog they had applied for had no history with children so was advertised as adult home with a possibility of over 12s if they were dog savvy.
Some people lie, many more have an inflated opinion of their experience/abilities and what having any dog, let alone a rescue with an uncertain background is really like. That it won't be loves and roses to start with. Yes, it is really rewarding and satisfying to turn a dog round and having a rescue is a lot less house training and chewing and considerably cheaper than a puppy but nobody is saying that it's easy.
Many people feel entitled to have a dog with no consideration of the needs of an animal let alone whether they can make it work with their lifestyle.
He is a dog that I don't trust an inch because he is so nervous. Another male, not good with other dogs, walked by his owners on a Julius harness that takes him a nano second to back out of and while I don't get aggressive vibes from him, is really lacking in manners and respect for personal space. There's another, still only 6 months old but his owners plan(ned?) to breed him with her very nice pedigree staffie (why???) bitches but he is also very nervy and a bit snappy with it. The other one I didn't have anything to do with so know nothing about her.
Because people don't realise they have to train them and puppies are actually hard work, adolescents more so and it's easy to just hand them over to a rescue. What would people do if rescues didn't exist I wonder, would they persevere or dump them in the woods.
I've seen a fair few bully x staff crosses advertised in the past year, and I reckon people breed them to get a pitbull type with more structure than they'd traditionally have. Whether they're knowingly trying to get a dog of pitbull type, or whether it's an aesthetic preference that they don't realise may end up breaking the law, I don't know, but the resulting dogs look to me like they'd measure in.
Nope
I have successfully used flexileads in a few different situations but it is beyond me why some people (not you CC!) think it is ok to have the dog at the lead's full length in busy areas, and/or have the lead extended when you are paying no attention to said dog. I think those owners are using it as a lazy substitute for recall training though, and like a lot of dog 'problems' discussed on this thread the actual problem is the owner.
If you have no idea what other thread I'm talking about then I can't see why assumed that I drive.
I too have field of vision tests yearly. You lose your licence if your total field of vision does not meet a threshold. You can meet the threshold with only one eye. If you don't meet the threshold, the loss can be anywhere in your field of vision. My FiL lost his licence because peripheral vision was all he had.
ETA I really don't need to see my right thigh or the right hand door pocket while looking at the road to be safe to drive
Anyone using that phrase about their dog should be automatically disqualified from dog ownership; it usually seems to be applied to the least trained/worst behaved dogs too.At least they didn’t put the word which makes me cringe, FURBABY !!!!