Do rescue centres really want to rehome?

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For 4 days I have emailed, phoned and messaged several rescue centres, with a view to getting a friend for Flodden. And not one have responded. I accept they have their rehoming criteria but unless they speak / respond to me I cannot say what I want and what I can offer. I have spoken to 1 who actually answered their phone and they would rehome a neutered bitch with me, because Flodden is entire, but have nothing suitable at the moment. I have decided sod it. I will buy a pup, i have tried to rescue, but if they will not respond then what can I do, I cannot abide ignorance or rudeness and failing to even acknowledge a mail, text or call is ignorant. I can accept they are busy, aren't we all, but to not respond at all is unprofessional.

So if anyone knows of a whippet / lurcher bitch 23 inches max, under 2 years old can you let me know. Loving and experienced home, with loads of walks and training.
 
give the rescues a chance this is one of the busiest times of the year with the holidays so many dogs get dumped when people have the kids home or when they want to go on hols. Most are volunteers so maybe working or have their own commitments. Give them another go am sure someone will have a lovely dog for you.
 
Where in the country are you? RSPCA Gonsal Farm at Shrewsbury have various lurchery types in at the moment including (I think, if she hasn't gone yet) a very pretty saluki lurcher pup.

I also had no luck with generic local rescues and RSPCA, Dogs Trust et al. wouldn't even homecheck me (no garden). Ended up having a fantastic experience with Siberian Husky Welfare and the impression I get is that the breed specific rescues are often 100% better to deal with and more realistic with their expectations - most will rehome country wide, it doesn't matter where the dog is if it's the right one for you, some hapless volunteer will drive it 200 miles to get to you.
 
blackcob said:
I also had no luck with generic local rescues and RSPCA, Dogs Trust et al. wouldn't even homecheck me (no garden). Ended up having a fantastic experience with Siberian Husky Welfare and the impression I get is that the breed specific rescues are often 100% better to deal with and more realistic with their expectations - most will rehome country wide, it doesn't matter where the dog is if it's the right one for you, some hapless volunteer will drive it 200 miles to get to you.
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You are right about the distance. I have two just arrived from Wales - moving on to Lincolnshire tomorrow.
 
the breed rescues are pretty good a peek on the KC website for any chosen breed will give you a list of contacts.... as one of those hapless volunteers nothing better than seeing a dog happy in its new home so if you do remember to send photos and a little update :D
 
Four days really isn't very long if you are including Saturday and Sunday in that. Many rescue homes have volunteers manning the enquiries so give them a while to get back to you.
 
I have tried breed specific rescue, no response from the whippet people, and no bedlingtons in rescue :) which is brilliant for bedlingtons, but not good for me. Happy with a little lurcher, but not available there locally well i have tried EGLR
 
In 3 days I have rehomed 7 dogs:eek: 1 lab,1 greyhound, 1 shih-tzu and 4 dacshunds:D and I actually did home checks 1 day and dropped them off to their homes the very next day (how is that for service) ;)not arrived home beofre 8pm each day, as also squeezed FREE behavioural visits and home checking inbetween doing all the rescue dogs (as my grandad is in intensive care) so mam in no fit state to see to dogs aswell as seeing to my own and working my night shifts (so if I was one you contacted) this would be my reasons for not yet returning ya call:p But it was not, cos I just checked my email:p:p

We do have a lurcher pup of 10 months, been starved and/tormented but she is a whippet x grey x bull so maybe not for you if you want a specific lurcher type, we do have a visitor due to see her.
I also have a whippet x saluki boy 12 months.
I dont mind a dog being entire but if I take a bitch or a dog out to new home and the resident entire dog is humping and pestering said neutered bitch the whole time then its a NO, otherwise I am more than happy to rehome into a home with an entire dog. I just rehomed a neutered daxi with an entire male and as they said (he wont bother her) he did not, but he is booked for neuter anyways but I did let her go once i saw with my own eyes he did indeed not pester her.
We dont rhome to far though that maybe be our difficult hurdle, I have had far to much hastle with far away rehomes.

Have you tried lurcher link?
 
cayla, it was definitely not you :) :) and floddy has no idea what humping is, he has always lived with neutered bitches. and is actually brilliant with my friends unneutered labs when they are in season. Never really bothers them at all. i am in devon, so i know you are not an option for me, or you can be sure I would have contacted you :) I am sure loads of rescues are busy, but not to bother with email, text or calls since Wed last week seems beyond belief.

I will try lurcher link again, and post a wanted, see if that works for me
 
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You are right about the distance. I have two just arrived from Wales - moving on to Lincolnshire tomorrow.
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If you ever need anything moving through Shropshire feel free to give me a shout on here, I do transport runs and homechecks for SHWA. :)

Ricoh did six hours in the back of a dog van to get to us last year, location wasn't ever a consideration, we were offered the choice of two possibly suitable dogs at opposite ends of the country. Foster space is at such a premium right now that dogs are regularly being shifted 100+ miles just to go into foster homes.
 
I have the local council kennels on facebook and they are complaining that they are full up. When we went to look last year we went to the kennels. Selected a couple of dogs that we would like to rehome and left our details. IMO we are pretty good candidates. Parents have both owned larger breeds before (GSDs and GSD x), we have a mid sized back garden. There is ALWAYS someone at home, mum doesn't work and doesn't go shopping until we're all in. My sister is 15, we live close to a local park. I've had a fair amount of experience with dogs through groomers and boarding kennels.
Kennels didn't even get back to us. I rang them a week after they said they would contact us and they said that we did not fit the criteria!
So we went and bought a pup from a preloved ad for £50.
 
Just to add, we didn't want to rehome several dogs, just one but we weren't picky. We wanted to give a dog a good home so we selected a few so the kennels could choose which they thought was most suitable :)
 
I know the feeling! I registered to become both a foster home and to adopt a rescue pony via the RSCPA 5 weeks ago - still nothing! I wouldn't mind but they always have appeals on about the high cost of them helping horses and how desperate they are for homes :confused: Found a lovely companion pony in need of a new home now anyway so no worries rscpa :rolleyes:

Have a look on preloved, seems to be a lot of dogs in need of new homes on there right now, I think its something to do with the recession.
Also, try Scruples Whippet Rescue on facebook, if you search for Whippet rescues on there quite a few nationwide ones come up :)

Good luck :D
 
I have two rescue girls.

I also found rescues ignored my calls etc etc and eventually I found a rescue in kent that was excellent. I am in Hants so a little bit of a shame I couldn't support local charities but hey ho.

I appreciate that rescue staff are busy but the best thing they can do for any dog is to get them into forever homes and to ignore potential owners is silly IMO.

The courtesy of a return phonecall shouldn't be too much to ask.
 
I found the rescue I got Barney from really helpful! Wasn't expecting them to have any suitable dogs in but they did, went to see him the next day, home check a week later and he moved in just after that :) and I was looking for a cat safe greyhound! :p
 
I have never called a rescue but then that's maybe because have normall gone to the Dogs Trust (as very local) or Blue Cross or other largish rescues in the area. I'll have only rung up to see when they are open but otherwise I find it best to visit in person. I personally would feel that rescues are very busy and probably get loads of calls every day as well as emails so i imagine they may not respond all the time.

There is a 'lurcher' at Dogs Trust Ilfracombe but maybe too big? Looks staffie type x to me too!

http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/rehoming/daisy1076795.aspx

I always find it best to speak to these rescues in person though.

What about Rosebud?!

http://scrupleswhippetrescue.co.uk/category/dogs-looking-for-homes/
 
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Agree, it's only been four days and all the rescues round here are at breaking point.

Even buying a puppy, a *good* breeder would want to take longer than four days from initial contact to suss you out, IMO, rather than letting you just rock up one day and buy a pup.

Hope you get sorted one way or another.
 
Not a question of being 'sussed out' they are not responding to calls, emails or messages. A decent breeder answers their phone. Or calls you back. So far no response, that makes it about 5 working days plus a weekend. I know they are at breaking point, thats probably cos they are not rehoming as not calling anyone back! I want to help, I want to rehome! I will now go to a breeder and buy. It goes against the grain. I would prefer to rescue, but I need a friend for Flodden ASAP, and not responding makes it impossible for me to do that.
 
Don't be harsh on the Rescues it does take time and they are not a business they are picking up the pieces of the "efficient" businesses/breeders who do answer and punt out dogs at sharp speed. Please think months not minutes and give a Rescue Dog a chance, there is one out there who will fit your home, it's just might take a little longer than a trip to Tesco to find him/her.
 
I worked at Dogs Trust on a weekend for a little while, the priority was answering the phone when on reception.

These are bigger rescue centres and I guess there are quite a few smaller ones without as many resources.

But the bigger ones it depends how they are managed and how many helpers they have.

I do think it's about priorities looking after the dogs or admin work which includes food orders, booking animals in to the vets, medication etc etc.

Don't give up
 
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