irish pounds

[Aru]

Does anyone know if you can adopt a dog from an irish pound?
i was just looking at the pts statistics for a project and i couldnt figure out why they were so high if rehoming is an option

Limerick was 100%pts

 

[buzzles]

Some pounds do offer rehoming services. They either run a santuary/rehoming centre beside the pound or else there are animal shelters who take dogs from the pound to rehome them if they havn't been claimed. Unfortunately though there are just too many dogs to rehome them all and the amount of dogs pts over here is shocking. The dogs are kept in pounds for 5 working days, if they are not claimed by their owners by then, they are either euthanised or signed over to a rehoming service, who unfortunately are limited by the amount of dogs they can rehome. They do tend to try and take ones which will be easily rehomed, ie younger, friendlier types. They're also pretty strict about certain breeds and won't usually take the likes of pit bulls, rottweilers etc.

I am ashamed to say I think we have the highest rate of euthanising stray dogs in europe atm (or close to it). The problem is people don't neuter their dogs, let them roam and then the dogs just keep breeding, producing more non descript mongrels who no one really wants. There's also a big problem of puppy farming here, some of the cases and conditions are horrific, yet people still buy a dog off them. All my dogs (bar one) are rescues. There are centres out there but they are charities which struggle for funding and they do the best they can. The solution is to get people to neuter their dogs and if they are thinking of getting a dog to get one from a rehoming centre, but that's easier said than done.

 

[Oneofthepack]

Lots of dogs come here for rehoming and are spread about UK rescues. Many Tears take a lot and so do Dogsfriends and the NAWT. You can adopt direct from them too. They send a van over that drops off at points along the M4 and you can arrange to meet your dog at a point but it's usually at 3am! Or you can get a ferry across and collect one if you're really dedicated. I spoke to Limerick Animal Rescue about this some time ago and they were quite helpful.

 

[_Acolyte_]

I have just adopted a dog from an Irish pound

Flick was a starvation case when the pound took her in, then Greyhound Rescue West of England offered to re-home her over here and I had her within 4 days of her arriving in England. She is SO sweet

 

[GinaB]

I know in Carryduff in Northern Ireland then rehome after a 7 day period (they hope the owners will have turned up by then) although not sure how long they keep them before PTS.

 

[Oneofthepack]

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I have just adopted a dog from an Irish pound

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Of course! Forgot about Flick

 

[moocow]

Hi, I posted abou a dog from an irish pound not that long ago, I found this dog in work, well she found me really, and I brought her up to the pound as there is one local to my work. the dog had a fantastic nature, was a young dog, had been neutered, micro chipped and had some stitches in her paw so obviously had vet treatment recently before I had found her. I rang a few days later just to see how she was getting on. they had contected the owners from the chip and even though they obviosuly had been looking after her (the neutering, the chip, and the stitches) they didn't want to pay the 90 euro fine to get her back. I took her back out of the pound and managed to get a scantuary to take her. They were sending a group pf dogs for rehoming through the dogs trust in the UK and off she went to her new home. They were able to take her cos I brought her to the vet and got her vaccinated, wormed and checked over so she went in the next shipment.

I couldn't take her as I am in rented acommodation and she was very energetic. Also I don't have the time to put into her, She had a fab temperment but she was completely untrained and had so much energy. Was not trained to the lead or socialised. She was so eager to please though.She was a kind of a lab x collie. I wonder where she ended up but it hopefully was a better option than been PTS.

I got her out with literally about 10 min to spare. the horrible part was, when I went to collect her, they brought me in to the kennels and they took out this other dog first. I said that wasn't the dog, and they just grabbed him by the scruff and shoved him back into the kennel. they were all on death row and I will always have the look of that dogs face on my mind as he looked up at me with these big brown eyes. he was next to be put down. Suzie, (i named her) hopefully went to a good home in the UK with someone that was prepared to take her in and put the time into her. I am sure she would have made the most perfect pet for the right home.

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