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I have finally plucked up the courage to adopt a doglet to keep my little beasty company. Quite excited now as i have finally found a lovely little cutie to come and live with us.
Now, the home check is booked but i'm not the tidest person in the world.. My bedroom and spare room look like they have been hit by NATO strike. everywhere else is absoluty fine.... when somene checks the house do they go upstairs? or are they just interested in the front of house, where they eat and the garden? should i just start tidying up now?

Oh the stress!
 
dappyness said:
I have finally plucked up the courage to adopt a doglet to keep my little beasty company. Quite excited now as i have finally found a lovely little cutie to come and live with us.
Now, the home check is booked but i'm not the tidest person in the world.. My bedroom and spare room look like they have been hit by NATO strike. everywhere else is absoluty fine.... when someone checks the house do they go upstairs? or are they just interested in the front of house, where they eat and the garden? should i just start tidying up now?

Oh the stress!
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When we adopted our dog from the Dogs Trust they were more interested that the garden was secure and where the dog would sleep didn't really look round the inside of the house and certainly didn't ask to go upstairs, so I wouldn't worry.
 
Well I only have very limited experience (2 home checks from 2 different organisations) neither were interested in going upstairs, to be honest the 'home check' bit of it was really a garden check, the rest was so they got to meet me properly (as well as my JRT Millie) and talk to me about rehoming etc.

I did personally blitz my entire house - good opportunity! - however they arent there to check you've made your bed etc. but to meet you and check you will be a suitable owner
 
Thank you!
*sigh of relief*

This is a small rescue centre and I'm expecting them to come in and have a cup of tea or something. We are going to take both dogs out for a walk to let them meet each other on neutral ground.
 
I do homechecks and have never asked to look in bedrooms etc. Most important is your approach to owning a dog etc. A cup of tea is always welcome though.;)
 
Nope- just bothered about our fencing really! oh and a coffee- she had just got back from "up north" collecting yet another unwanted staff.

We actually got to take dex home before we were home checked!!
 
Our homechecker just wandered through lounge to kitchen had a brief chat and she peered out the window at the garden, I even offered her a brolly for the rain, because you can't actually see all the boundaries from that viewpoint. I'd also blitzed the house which wasn't necessary really, but i don't like visitors with an untidy house, although if i'd thought about it i'd of realised that many people don't allow their dogs upstairs anyway but on the upside i got to enjoy the house being tidy for a while.
 
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Thanks guys

It did give me an excuse to blitz the house. It was all just superficial mess.. It obviously shows that i spend too much time out with the doglet and horse and not enough time claning

Home check tomorrow!

Fingers crossed
 
Bless ya....that made me chuckle:D no bedroom checking as suggested, make sure that garden is clean clean clean and secure:)
Go luck and dont forget the the piccies of the new arrival and your doggy please:)
 
Dobermann Welfare just wanted to know where they would sleep, what rooms they would have access to and they wanted to see the garden. They gave me a few suggestion regards the garden and suggested a sign on the garden gate to say dogs running loose. All this was over a cup of tea, the lady was really friendly and even sent me a hand made Xmas card, she is coming over again this summer for another cup of tea.:D
 
Guildford staffie rescue checked downstairs and again, more interested in checking that my garden fencing was secure. I had met my potential new dog with them previously when he and my staffie bitch were introduced on neutral ground. They also gave me loads of good advice about integrating my 2 and seperation.

I did go a little OTT at first though. It was 8 months before I would actually leave the pair of them alone together!
 
Well, I had a homecheck this afternoon and she never went beyond the living room - I feel justified in my decision to not clean the bathroom. :p

I don't have a garden so she was more interested in what we do and where we walk, she brought her own dog and we went for a walk instead of the usual garden inspection and she quizzed me while we were out. It's a breed-specific rescue so their priorities are slightly different though, every other rescue I've tried have been wholly concerned with the garden and probably wouldn't mind a jot what your house looks like. :)
 
Just to keep you updated....

Downstairs clean and very tidy -looks like Aggie and Kim have been around (how clean is your house)

Upstairs still looks like an American Air strike! - bit of a mess...

But.... I will now have Alfie living with me

http://www.scrupleswhippetrescue.co.uk/default.asp?textpage=rehoming

Scroll down he is alf way down the page..

The foster parents were very nice indeed. They came around with two of their whippys to keep Alfie company in the car and it was whipity chaos! We went across the road for a lovely walk on the village island and they went insane -Fantastic.
Tortoise and Alfie hit it off straight away and played very well together.

Alfie will be coming to live with us next week as he is having his coconuts removed tomorrow. bless him!
 
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