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Some time ago I started a thread in NL about what would happen to pets if i was in a position where I could no longer keep them.

Unfortunately I am now in that position :(

We have 4 dogs currently living outside (two smaller ones indoors) and they are going to have to go due to moving to a much smaller house surrounded by other houses and the landlord not being happy to accept them.

I have contacted the breed rescue, but they can't take them, they are full to bursting. I wouldn't take them to a general rescue and the ones round here are advising pts anyway as they are also full.

I have two Weimaraners needing rehoming, a dog and a bitch. Bitch is lovely, 6 years old, loves cuddles, is housetrained and gets on with other dogs and cats. Not good around ducks and hens. Male is 7, would need re-housetraining if he was to live indoors and can be a little 'quirky'. His behavour would be explained to new owners who would have to have experience of HPR breeds.

We also have our little rescue EBT cross, who is very loving, will play for hours but isn't good with other dogs.

Can anyone help at all, we have exhausted all possibilities locally.
 
Is that your breeding pair of Weims?

And, sorry if I do I recall you rescued him, and he has bitten in the past?
Honestly, and sorry to be blunt, but you will have problems rehoming a seven year old (pushing into old age) male large breed with his issues.
If Millie has come round then she might be a bit easier, being younger and smaller and she has only been with you a few months so should be a *bit* less of a wrench for her. If the Weim bitch has no issues then she will be easiest of all to get help for.

Hope you get sorted and someone on here can help - sorry it has come to this, especially after you rescued at least two of them yourself.
 
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Most landlords will be bought by a bit of cash ;) I offered a £1000 deposit (50% more than he was asking for) to guarantee I would leave the house as I left it. This was a landlord that stated no pets.
 
CaveCanem said:
Is that your breeding pair of Weims?

And, sorry if I do I recall you rescued him, and he has bitten in the past?
Honestly, and sorry to be blunt, but you will have problems rehoming a seven year old (pushing into old age) male large breed with his issues.
If Millie has come round then she might be a bit easier, being younger and smaller and she has only been with you a few months so should be a *bit* less of a wrench for her. If the Weim bitch has no issues then she will be easiest of all to get help for.
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Yes, you have said in the past that the male dog is not suitable for being rehomed :confused:

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=284569&highlight=rehome
 
As you said in your previous post, it does sound as if the Weim male isn't suitable for rehoming so maybe there is only one answer for him.:( Vizslak managed to find a rental property that would take her gang, so it is possible, so in your position I think that is the route I would take, would be very sad if the little EBT x had to be rehomed again.
 
Why do you have to rehome them all? surely a landlord will allow you to keep some of them and obs that would be the harder ones i.e unpredicatble male and the EBT x, and rehome the weim bitch if she is fine, Vizzy managed to hold onto her pack.

Why do they all live out at present?
 
MrsElle I see you are still around this evening, so bumping this, I hope you notice and get some more info about Cayla's very kind offer, I think we all know she finds all her donated/handed-over animals five-star homes.
 
Thank you all, just a quick reply from my iPod.

We have more dogs than the two weims and the ebt x.

We are taking our Staffy, JRT and elderly Ridgeback with us, as well as two cats and two hens. We feel our landlord is being more than accommodating letting us take them when he didn't really want pets there.

Puppy, Skye the poodle lodges with friends as a couple of our other dogs used to fight with her.
 
Well my offer stands, I prob have a home in mind for the weim girl if she is good with dogs as would be a home with a male dog, young couple who have sadly lost their bitch and companion to their dog, (a fantastic home) would also come back to me to board and be walked by OH as the dog is already walked by him.
Is the E.b.t x a girl?, I could also put her on the rehoming site if you have some nice piccies of her, I placed a young staff on recently and got a home lined up but the previous home backed out and kept him (not the best for the dog) but not much I could do about it so I may get interest with her quick if same person shows interest in him/her.

Areeither neutered? not that is makes a difference because they would be done b4 being rehomed, but would need to know if had recent season or jsut come out?

You are not far from us, you are only an hour to hour and a half away.
Let me know if this sounds like the what u would want for them?
 
MrsElle, again, I hope you find time to send a PM to Cayla, seeing as how you have 'exhausted' local possibilities as you say.

You asked for help for your dogs and one user has basically offered guaranteed good homes for two of them. I'd be biting her hand off, personally.

Whatever has been said in the past, I am sure you understand that feelings about breeding can often run high in this current climate and for the sake of your dogs I would let bygones be bygones, swallow my pride and get in touch.
There are plenty of people on this forum who have personal experience with Cayla and her rescue and who can vouch that she does the very, very best for every dog who comes through her doors.
 
i would find a house that did accept dogs....

i have a spaniel that when i move out... moves with me. id rather live at home for a few more months and find a landlord that will take a bigger deposit and my dog.....
 
I would find it very difficut, infact impossible to have to choose between my dogs. I don't envy you. Obviously i don't know your circumstances but is there no way you find a house where your dogs could be accepted. Otherwise, t sounds as though Cayla would be able to help with rehoming. Good luck
 
I would never move to somewhere which wouldnt accept my dogs - and having moved 5 times in the past 3 years, I know that lots of places exist :)

The only time I have had dogs rehomed is when I split from my ex husband, who was a complete w***** and would not take two of our four dogs :mad: Luckily GRWE took them for us and found them brilliant homes, but I will never forgive him for that :mad:

Cayla you have stepped up to the mark again - well done :):):)
 
I know i'm being blunt but I can't for the life of me understand why someone who doesn't own their own home collects all these animals. Renting is precarious and its obvious you may have had to move at some point knowing it would be difficult / impossible to find a new landlord willing to accept a zoo.

I just don't understand it.

I'd sleep in my car before I ever gave my animals away / PTS especially as some have already been rescued so now they have to be rescued from their rescuer:(
 
Must say I agree with LHS. I would live in a tent/caravan rather than have to get rid of any of my animals. I know everyone has different views/ reasons about rehoming animals.

Good luck in sorting out.
 
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I know i'm being blunt but I can't for the life of me understand why someone who doesn't own their own home collects all these animals. Renting is precarious and its obvious you may have had to move at some point knowing it would be difficult / impossible to find a new landlord willing to accept a zoo.

I just don't understand it.

I'd sleep in my car before I ever gave my animals away / PTS especially as some have already been rescued so now they have to be rescued from their rescuer:(
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Sometimes though, that is easier said than done. We don't know the reason behind why MrsElle is having to re-home her dogs. Maybe a little bit of sympathy would be more appropriate rather than condemnation.

MrsElle, I hope that you find homes for your dogs. I am sure that you haven't made the decision to re-home lightly. I would like to offer you lots of ((((hugs))). I am sure that this is tearing you apart.
 
I did own my own home. Unfortunately due to the recession I ended up renting in a rural area where I could have my boy and girls.

The time to be grown up and sensible has arrived and I have to acknowledge that I can't afford to live here any longer and am lucky that my brother has offered me one of his houses very cheap for as long as I want to live there. Unfortunatly three large and very vocal dogs, plus three smaller but no less vocal dogs living in a small house in a built up area is not a viable option.

Please don't condem until you have been in the situation I am in. It really doesn't help.

Luckily Cayla is doing all she can to help out, I can't thank her enough for that.

And for those who have offered hugs and good advice, thank you. It is much appreciated :D
 
Hmmm

Why did you have my last post removed then, the one outlining the real reason you are in this situation. Its all very well posting as if you are all sweetness and light but you are not some innocent bystander in this, your indiscriminate breeding got you into this mess. Oh but thats the bit you don't want anyone to know isn't it otherwise why get it removed.

Its always the animals who suffer through people like you with your pity me pity me attitude and people like Cayla have to pick up the pieces of your greed and stupidity. Hopefully by being honest and saying what most people are thinking
( judging by the number of supporting PM's I've had ) you'll learn a lesson.
 
Sadly when it comes to money people rarely learn lessons. Lucky there are rescues who can afford the space and money to help out but you don't see the people who make money from breeding putting in the donation tin very often. :(
 
Rescues are full to the brim I think but what choice do they have. They are run by animal lovers and can't stand by and do nothing.

I just wish people would be honest about their predicaments and not try and blame external factors like a recession. The only possible way a recession is to blame is that people are not spending money on puppies. Why not just put your hands up and say ok i've cocked up and need some help, not try and hide why things have gone bad because to me it is deceiving people into feeling sorry for them.

I know I sound really harsh but I find it so distressing on this forum sometimes reading what people are doing to the welfare of animals. I've taken on a rescue dog recently and there are thousands more like her, ex breeding bitches who are chucked out when they've served their purpose and puppies who aren't selling.

If anything stories like this should be told because the only good that can come from it is to deter anyone else who thinks a litter of puppies is the best way to make a few ££££'s.
 
LHS-I'm with you on that score-although my bugbear is cat breeders who sell on the queen after she has served her purpose.

I am currently in treading water with a kitten who was outcome of indiscriminate breeding and his future is somewhat up in the air.

However, no matter how this mess was made, whether MrsElles own doing or other I can't see how beating her with a shiitty stick is going to resolve the problem. There are dogs to think of here. Lets help with that first before we hold the postmortem and inquest.

Sadly MrsElle the person I spoke to regarding the female weim has had her situation change and her male weim has become ill and so offering a home is no longer viable.
Sorry.
 
I'm with you LHS, I volunteer for rescues and have worked for charities and it's always the same story. People expect rescues to just pick up the pieces. Literally 30 minutes ago I had a phone call from someone with a 2 year old lab, locked outside all it's life now the 'kids are bored of it' and can it be taken to a rescue. Yes I have a space but who's paying for the transport costs? Absolutely no regard for what expense monetary, physically or more importantly mentally this has on the volunteers. These people I just know in a few weeks will go out and buy another puppy, guaranteed but what can you do? Do you say no and the dog ends up god only knows where?

I agree if people were honest and admitted they'd messed up and LEARNT from their mistakes then I'd be more forgiving but sometimes I honestly think they believe their own stories and they think they had no responsiblity or accountability for their actions.
 
I have no idea what anyone is talking about about having this thread edited - I certainly haven't.

People who have no idea about me, my life or my dogs have no right to throw stones.

If I was such an awful person I would be having my 12 year old Ridgeback put to sleep/rehomed. Or my Staffy - we know how popular they are and how few of them there are in rescue don't we (!) Or perhaps I should have the JRT who was dumped on me put in kennels - I can guarantee she would be dead within a month. As it is, those three (spayed) bitches are coming with me -can't make a penny out of them, but hey ho.

I made the decision based on space and need. It will break my heart to lose my Weims, especially Freya who I have had since she was 8 weeks old.

There really are some wicked, heartless people on here who are seemingly perfect and have no idea what living in the real world is like. I have hung on, sold everything I own that is sellable (you think I am joking - come look at my house) to stay in this house and keep my pets.

Did you also read my post in SB the other day? To kick someone when they are so close to the edge is just plain evil. I pity you.

I will give Cayla my email address so she contact me directly.

The witches of HHO have managed to bully someone else off the forum - well done.
 
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