chriscrogul
Well-Known Member
Does anybody know who I could contact to rehome my fox terrier? It's a very difficult decision that I have made. He was found abandoned, tied to some railings at about 6 months old. A lady found him and homed him for a couple of weeks but he was too boisterous for her. A friend of mine, who is a vet nurse took him to rehome. She microchipped, vacc'd and neutered him at which point I had him, when he was about 9 months old. All I ask of a dog is that have reasonable recall, not attack anyone or my other dogs, and to a certain point are house trained (but accept dogs do have accidents).
Harry fitted in really well with my other dogs, considering he'd had two known homes before mine (and I know nothing of his history before he was abandoned). His house training has been a bit slow, but our old lurcher (pts at the grand old age of 19 last Saturday) was incontinent, so not setting the best of examples! Up until a few weeks ago, he would come with the others (a JRT and Saluki/Greyhound, who both have good recall). I don't take them for walks as such, they come to the yard every morning for an hour's runabout while I'm doing the horses. Now he's grown in confidence he just takes off on his own, won't come when called, and when he saunters back I can't catch him, I have to bribe him into the car with biscuits! I know its lack of training, but I havn't the time to do so, but then my lifestyle's not changed at all and I havn't had this problem with my other two. Its not that he runs off and disappears, he does "check in" from time to time, but his "checking in times" don't coincide with my leaving to go to work times!
He will chase cats, rabbits and foxes, will chase the horses when I'm turning out and though we've never met any I'm sure he'd chase sheep too! He's a really smart looking dog, tri-coloured with a "Kevin Keegan perm"!
Hope not too many people are going to slate me for not keeping him, but my friend had tried for several weeks to find him a home with no takers, and I feel I tried, but failed.
Harry fitted in really well with my other dogs, considering he'd had two known homes before mine (and I know nothing of his history before he was abandoned). His house training has been a bit slow, but our old lurcher (pts at the grand old age of 19 last Saturday) was incontinent, so not setting the best of examples! Up until a few weeks ago, he would come with the others (a JRT and Saluki/Greyhound, who both have good recall). I don't take them for walks as such, they come to the yard every morning for an hour's runabout while I'm doing the horses. Now he's grown in confidence he just takes off on his own, won't come when called, and when he saunters back I can't catch him, I have to bribe him into the car with biscuits! I know its lack of training, but I havn't the time to do so, but then my lifestyle's not changed at all and I havn't had this problem with my other two. Its not that he runs off and disappears, he does "check in" from time to time, but his "checking in times" don't coincide with my leaving to go to work times!
He will chase cats, rabbits and foxes, will chase the horses when I'm turning out and though we've never met any I'm sure he'd chase sheep too! He's a really smart looking dog, tri-coloured with a "Kevin Keegan perm"!
Hope not too many people are going to slate me for not keeping him, but my friend had tried for several weeks to find him a home with no takers, and I feel I tried, but failed.