Digger123
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For all the brilliant work she has done rehoming these dogs
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LETS ALL BE UPSTANDING FOR CAYLA...............
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CorvusCorax
Deary me...
**stands up and applauds again**
Oh Cayla, I think you owe me some bloody hand cream!!!
Oh Cayla, I think you owe me some bloody hand cream!!!
FinnishLapphund
There's no cow on the ice
May the Force be with you 2010.
Patches
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There's no denying CAYLA and her mam are doing a wonderful job with the rescue and rehoming service they provide.
Well done.
Same for all the rescues up and down the country. You're all doing a grand job. CAYLA, your posts have really opened my eyes up to the possibility of rescue dogs. I had very wrongly assumed they were all cross breeds or larger breeds that wouldn't appeal to me anyway. I could happily have rehomed many from your recent picture posts.
It's too late for this time, as we have Harvey now, but I promise I will not overlook a recue in the future.
Well done.
Same for all the rescues up and down the country. You're all doing a grand job. CAYLA, your posts have really opened my eyes up to the possibility of rescue dogs. I had very wrongly assumed they were all cross breeds or larger breeds that wouldn't appeal to me anyway. I could happily have rehomed many from your recent picture posts.
It's too late for this time, as we have Harvey now, but I promise I will not overlook a recue in the future.
CorvusCorax
Deary me...
I think Patches, you have just illustrated, as well as the rehoming issue, Cayla's posts here have done another wonderful job - re-educating and informing people about the kinds of dogs that end up in rescue and why and hopefully these threads have busted a lot of myths and assumptions.
Even if people haven't posted or even looked in here before, I would like to think that some, hopefully A LOT of minds have been changed, thanks to these wonderful posts.
Even if people haven't posted or even looked in here before, I would like to think that some, hopefully A LOT of minds have been changed, thanks to these wonderful posts.
kibob
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clapclapclapclapclapclap - well done to Cayla, Caylas' mam and all involved. What a fantastic job you all do
Have loved seeing the pics over the last few days. Seeing them all together like that has made me realise just how many dogs out there need help,, and how lucky so many are to have ended up with you. Good on 'ya 'gal,, you're a star
Slinkyunicorn
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and her mam!!
Does this mean we have to be nice to her now??
Ranyhyn
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Yey Cayla!!!
Patches
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I think Patches, you have just illustrated, as well as the rehoming issue, Cayla's posts here have done another wonderful job - re-educating and informing people about the kinds of dogs that end up in rescue and why and hopefully these threads have busted a lot of myths and assumptions.
Even if people haven't posted or even looked in here before, I would like to think that some, hopefully A LOT of minds have been changed, thanks to these wonderful posts.
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I feel quite shallow, in many ways, but I have specific "wants" when I think about a dog to own. I love ALL dogs (well maybe not those skinned crested things) but there are many dogs I wouldn't want to own personally.
I was shocked by the Spaniels, Labradors, Collies and many more that have come through CAYLA's doors this year. Stunned infact. CAYLA's reply to my initial comments did make alot of sense, but I'm still stunned.
I'll be honest, I've always wondered if alot of cross bred pups are bought and then don't turn out to be as "attractive" as the owners thought they might be when they were a pup...hence them getting discarded.
My eyes are firmly opened. I will enjoy having Harvey as a youngster, but I'm quite sure now that I would look around a rescue centre next time, or search for specific breed rescue sites, before I look for a pup.
Thanks CAYLA, as CaveCanem says - you have educated and enlightened me.
I think Patches, you have just illustrated, as well as the rehoming issue, Cayla's posts here have done another wonderful job - re-educating and informing people about the kinds of dogs that end up in rescue and why and hopefully these threads have busted a lot of myths and assumptions.
Even if people haven't posted or even looked in here before, I would like to think that some, hopefully A LOT of minds have been changed, thanks to these wonderful posts.
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I feel quite shallow, in many ways, but I have specific "wants" when I think about a dog to own. I love ALL dogs (well maybe not those skinned crested things) but there are many dogs I wouldn't want to own personally.
I was shocked by the Spaniels, Labradors, Collies and many more that have come through CAYLA's doors this year. Stunned infact. CAYLA's reply to my initial comments did make alot of sense, but I'm still stunned.
I'll be honest, I've always wondered if alot of cross bred pups are bought and then don't turn out to be as "attractive" as the owners thought they might be when they were a pup...hence them getting discarded.
My eyes are firmly opened. I will enjoy having Harvey as a youngster, but I'm quite sure now that I would look around a rescue centre next time, or search for specific breed rescue sites, before I look for a pup.
Thanks CAYLA, as CaveCanem says - you have educated and enlightened me.
CorvusCorax
Deary me...
Not shallow at all, I don't think I will ever have a dog that is not a German Shepherd. But we are never going to run out of them and I think it will be a cold day in hell before we go for a baby puppy again.
I wasn't specifically talking about you in my post, by the way, more talking about perhaps people who lurk or rarely venture out of other areas of the forum.
It is easy to say 'rescues are not full of x-breeds and old dogs and dogs with issues, but when you have the concrete evidence in front of you, it means so much more than words!
Another issue is the people going for 'cool' looking dogs - as I mentioned in another post, dogs which are striking to look at and draw comment are invariably working/high drive breeds which once they reach adolescence, need so much more than a bimble around the block and a leg-stretch in the garden and become a handful as a result (see husky breeds, akitas, white/blue/liver GSDs
dobes, dallies, Weimys etc etc etc)
I wasn't specifically talking about you in my post, by the way, more talking about perhaps people who lurk or rarely venture out of other areas of the forum.
It is easy to say 'rescues are not full of x-breeds and old dogs and dogs with issues, but when you have the concrete evidence in front of you, it means so much more than words!
Another issue is the people going for 'cool' looking dogs - as I mentioned in another post, dogs which are striking to look at and draw comment are invariably working/high drive breeds which once they reach adolescence, need so much more than a bimble around the block and a leg-stretch in the garden and become a handful as a result (see husky breeds, akitas, white/blue/liver GSDs
Bearsmum
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A very well done from me too, it is a fantastic achievement to have re-homed so many especially in this current financial climate.
I have a feeling another hound will be joining our household this year following the loss of our Lab. We currently have a resuced Cocker and I have been very tempted to have the pedigree dog of choice this time, rather than someone elses cast off - but posts like Caylas make me realise just how many wonderful dogs there are out there, and I don't think anyone could give more enjoyment than LB - even if she is as mad as cheese!
JDX
I have a feeling another hound will be joining our household this year following the loss of our Lab. We currently have a resuced Cocker and I have been very tempted to have the pedigree dog of choice this time, rather than someone elses cast off - but posts like Caylas make me realise just how many wonderful dogs there are out there, and I don't think anyone could give more enjoyment than LB - even if she is as mad as cheese!
JDX
Slinkyunicorn
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I have a feeling another hound will be joining our household this year following the loss of our Lab. We currently have a resuced Cocker and I have been very tempted to have the pedigree dog of choice this time, rather than someone elses cast off - but posts like Caylas make me realise just how many wonderful dogs there are out there, and I don't think anyone could give more enjoyment than LB - even if she is as mad as cheese!
JDX
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You can always go to the breed rescues ie The Labrador Trust - i got Max from them this year - was a £650 field trials puppy that was hardly being walked due to a divorce and work commitments but no ill treatment. They try and rehome from home to home and match your needs ie other dogs etc All the breeds sadly have a rescue - so you can still be breed specific and rescue.
I have a feeling another hound will be joining our household this year following the loss of our Lab. We currently have a resuced Cocker and I have been very tempted to have the pedigree dog of choice this time, rather than someone elses cast off - but posts like Caylas make me realise just how many wonderful dogs there are out there, and I don't think anyone could give more enjoyment than LB - even if she is as mad as cheese!
JDX
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You can always go to the breed rescues ie The Labrador Trust - i got Max from them this year - was a £650 field trials puppy that was hardly being walked due to a divorce and work commitments but no ill treatment. They try and rehome from home to home and match your needs ie other dogs etc All the breeds sadly have a rescue - so you can still be breed specific and rescue.
Patches
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Totally agree with you. Border Collies seem to be another which frequently end up in "pet homes". I would adore another Collie, just not sure I'd want one in the house....seeing the muck they get into when fetching the cows.
Bess, our collie, is a working dog....Harvey is a pet. I'm hoping they get along, of course, but Bess doesn't have it in her to be a pet. She'd be a nightmare (and probably have already been taken to a rescue centre) if someone was trying to keep her a pet in the home, with just a garden to mooch in.
Totally understand your argument. For me, it would have to be a Springer or a Cocker, possibly a Labrador or a Collie cross. Nothing else ticks my boxes either....although I might be swayed when visiting a rescue centre. As much as I genuinely adore GSD's, with four children in the house I find them a little too big....and too much hair!
A friend of ours tried to rescue a dog though, and was told they don't like rehoming to farms due to the machinery and general lack of secure fencing. Is this correct? I have a securely fenced garden, away from the farm yard. Access to any "green areas" for walking is largely fenced in the way our farm is. I struggle to see how being on a farm should be seen as anything other than a bonus for most dogs!
Also, wanted to add, you're right. If I have already had my perception changed, it stands to reason that many other people out there will also feel the same as me right now.
Bess, our collie, is a working dog....Harvey is a pet. I'm hoping they get along, of course, but Bess doesn't have it in her to be a pet. She'd be a nightmare (and probably have already been taken to a rescue centre) if someone was trying to keep her a pet in the home, with just a garden to mooch in.
Totally understand your argument. For me, it would have to be a Springer or a Cocker, possibly a Labrador or a Collie cross. Nothing else ticks my boxes either....although I might be swayed when visiting a rescue centre. As much as I genuinely adore GSD's, with four children in the house I find them a little too big....and too much hair!
A friend of ours tried to rescue a dog though, and was told they don't like rehoming to farms due to the machinery and general lack of secure fencing. Is this correct? I have a securely fenced garden, away from the farm yard. Access to any "green areas" for walking is largely fenced in the way our farm is. I struggle to see how being on a farm should be seen as anything other than a bonus for most dogs!
Also, wanted to add, you're right. If I have already had my perception changed, it stands to reason that many other people out there will also feel the same as me right now.
Slinkyunicorn
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Patches I think it depends on the rescue. When The Labrador Trust came to do my home check (I live on a farm) they just wanted to see the garden was secure - basically they turned up and sat in the garden declared it 'labrador heaven' and then started going through suitable dogs! Outside my garden the farm has hedges etc the only fences that are 'secure' are the sheeps fields but they are the minority as the rest are arable.
prosefullstop
Well-Known Member
You do an incredible job, Cala. There are many one-man-band rescues in NYC, and I know first hand the heartbreak they face and difficult conditions they have to consider.
Way in the future, once our digs are bigger, I suspect I will go for one of these breeds that demands hard exercise. I run thirty miles a week, hike at the weekends, and would gladly be out in all weathers at top speed (unlike the Stella beast
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Way in the future, once our digs are bigger, I suspect I will go for one of these breeds that demands hard exercise. I run thirty miles a week, hike at the weekends, and would gladly be out in all weathers at top speed (unlike the Stella beast
FinnishLapphund
There's no cow on the ice
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I think Patches, you have just illustrated, as well as the rehoming issue, Cayla's posts here have done another wonderful job - re-educating and informing people about the kinds of dogs that end up in rescue and why and hopefully these threads have busted a lot of myths and assumptions.
Even if people haven't posted or even looked in here before, I would like to think that some, hopefully A LOT of minds have been changed, thanks to these wonderful posts.
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I feel quite shallow, in many ways, but I have specific "wants" when I think about a dog to own. I love ALL dogs (well maybe not those skinned crested things) but there are many dogs I wouldn't want to own personally.
I was shocked by the Spaniels, Labradors, Collies and many more that have come through CAYLA's doors this year. Stunned in fact. CAYLA's reply to my initial comments did make a lot of sense, but I'm still stunned.
I'll be honest, I've always wondered if a lot of cross bred pups are bought and then don't turn out to be as "attractive" as the owners thought they might be when they were a pup...hence them getting discarded.
My eyes are firmly opened. I will enjoy having Harvey as a youngster, <font color="purple">but I'm quite sure now that I would look around a rescue centre next time, or search for specific breed rescue sites,</font> before I look for a pup.
Thanks CAYLA, as CaveCanem says - you have educated and enlightened me.
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I for one have not doubted that sensible and/or purebred dogs could end up in rescues but I still have my specific requirements and I don't feel shallow by admitting them, I know what suits me and does my research before deciding for a breed (the exception being a mongrel, I was young and believed that environment and correct training could fix everything and learned the hardest way possible that I was wrong).
Anyhow I want to show my dogs, I want to be able to check up the parents and grand parents, I've bought all my dogs except the mongrel with the thought of a possible breeding future and first and last, I do enjoy the puppy time.
However years ago when one of "my" breeders got a Buhund bitch back, at about 1 years of age, we went to look at her but didn't feel she was meant for us, instead she went to the next person on that breeders potential buyers list. So I'm not completely against the thought of getting an adult dog and <font color="purple">I hope that when you think about getting a new dog in the future Patches, that you don't' forget to include the responsible breeders (in case they are not included in the breed rescue sites), that does take back their puppies/dogs without passing their problem over to the rescues, on your list over possible places to get a new dog from. </font>
At last, I know the title told us to stand but I would also like to include some bowing... To Cayla
[ QUOTE ]
I think Patches, you have just illustrated, as well as the rehoming issue, Cayla's posts here have done another wonderful job - re-educating and informing people about the kinds of dogs that end up in rescue and why and hopefully these threads have busted a lot of myths and assumptions.
Even if people haven't posted or even looked in here before, I would like to think that some, hopefully A LOT of minds have been changed, thanks to these wonderful posts.
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I feel quite shallow, in many ways, but I have specific "wants" when I think about a dog to own. I love ALL dogs (well maybe not those skinned crested things) but there are many dogs I wouldn't want to own personally.
I was shocked by the Spaniels, Labradors, Collies and many more that have come through CAYLA's doors this year. Stunned in fact. CAYLA's reply to my initial comments did make a lot of sense, but I'm still stunned.
I'll be honest, I've always wondered if a lot of cross bred pups are bought and then don't turn out to be as "attractive" as the owners thought they might be when they were a pup...hence them getting discarded.
My eyes are firmly opened. I will enjoy having Harvey as a youngster, <font color="purple">but I'm quite sure now that I would look around a rescue centre next time, or search for specific breed rescue sites,</font> before I look for a pup.
Thanks CAYLA, as CaveCanem says - you have educated and enlightened me.
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I for one have not doubted that sensible and/or purebred dogs could end up in rescues but I still have my specific requirements and I don't feel shallow by admitting them, I know what suits me and does my research before deciding for a breed (the exception being a mongrel, I was young and believed that environment and correct training could fix everything and learned the hardest way possible that I was wrong).
Anyhow I want to show my dogs, I want to be able to check up the parents and grand parents, I've bought all my dogs except the mongrel with the thought of a possible breeding future and first and last, I do enjoy the puppy time.
However years ago when one of "my" breeders got a Buhund bitch back, at about 1 years of age, we went to look at her but didn't feel she was meant for us, instead she went to the next person on that breeders potential buyers list. So I'm not completely against the thought of getting an adult dog and <font color="purple">I hope that when you think about getting a new dog in the future Patches, that you don't' forget to include the responsible breeders (in case they are not included in the breed rescue sites), that does take back their puppies/dogs without passing their problem over to the rescues, on your list over possible places to get a new dog from. </font>
At last, I know the title told us to stand but I would also like to include some bowing... To Cayla
CorvusCorax
Deary me...
Patches I had a discussion with MM about this as I felt that, from the website, GSD rescue were a bit stringent in their policies but it was explained that these are blanket regulations to put off, say, a person who just wanted a guard dog or a status symbol, and each case is actually taken by its' merit.
CorvusCorax
Deary me...
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I hope that when you think about getting a new dog in the future Patches, that you don't' forget to include the responsible breeders (in case they are not included in the breed rescue sites), that does take back their puppies/dogs without passing their problem over to the rescues, on your list over possible places to get a new dog from. [ QUOTE ]
Just to note Finny, as I have mentioned before, our last three have been from breeders, that just haven't made the grade for showing and that is what I will do again as well as looking for rescues.
Interestingly friends of ours have just brought back a fab young working male with amazing bloodlines from the continent, who was bought as a gift and got somewhat forgotten and had been left in kennels as the result of a messy break-up.
Some of the rescue dogs I see posted on websites and which I have met in person, are no doubt from working lines somewhere along the line, as their colour patterns are quite unique to the dogs from the Czech republic and former DDR, which were imported as working/service dogs.
Sorry to go OT!!!!
I hope that when you think about getting a new dog in the future Patches, that you don't' forget to include the responsible breeders (in case they are not included in the breed rescue sites), that does take back their puppies/dogs without passing their problem over to the rescues, on your list over possible places to get a new dog from. [ QUOTE ]
Just to note Finny, as I have mentioned before, our last three have been from breeders, that just haven't made the grade for showing and that is what I will do again as well as looking for rescues.
Interestingly friends of ours have just brought back a fab young working male with amazing bloodlines from the continent, who was bought as a gift and got somewhat forgotten and had been left in kennels as the result of a messy break-up.
Some of the rescue dogs I see posted on websites and which I have met in person, are no doubt from working lines somewhere along the line, as their colour patterns are quite unique to the dogs from the Czech republic and former DDR, which were imported as working/service dogs.
Sorry to go OT!!!!
prosefullstop
Well-Known Member
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I hope that when you think about getting a new dog in the future Patches, that you don't' forget to include the responsible breeders (in case they are not included in the breed rescue sites), that does take back their puppies/dogs without passing their problem over to the rescues, on your list over possible places to get a new dog from. [ QUOTE ]
Just to note Finny, as I have mentioned before, our last three have been from breeders, that just haven't made the grade for showing and that is what I will do again as well as looking for rescues.
Interestingly friends of ours have just brought back a fab young working male with amazing bloodlines from the continent, who was bought as a gift and got somewhat forgotten and had been left in kennels as the result of a messy break-up.
Some of the rescue dogs I see posted on websites and which I have met in person, are no doubt from working lines somewhere along the line, as their colour patterns are quite unique to the dogs from the Czech republic and former DDR, which were imported as working/service dogs.
Sorry to go OT!!!!
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Yep. I must get a picture of the GSD that goes to our local dog park. She is a retired police dog from Slovenia. I've no idea how, at age six, she ended up in rescue in the US.
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I hope that when you think about getting a new dog in the future Patches, that you don't' forget to include the responsible breeders (in case they are not included in the breed rescue sites), that does take back their puppies/dogs without passing their problem over to the rescues, on your list over possible places to get a new dog from. [ QUOTE ]
Just to note Finny, as I have mentioned before, our last three have been from breeders, that just haven't made the grade for showing and that is what I will do again as well as looking for rescues.
Interestingly friends of ours have just brought back a fab young working male with amazing bloodlines from the continent, who was bought as a gift and got somewhat forgotten and had been left in kennels as the result of a messy break-up.
Some of the rescue dogs I see posted on websites and which I have met in person, are no doubt from working lines somewhere along the line, as their colour patterns are quite unique to the dogs from the Czech republic and former DDR, which were imported as working/service dogs.
Sorry to go OT!!!!
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Yep. I must get a picture of the GSD that goes to our local dog park. She is a retired police dog from Slovenia. I've no idea how, at age six, she ended up in rescue in the US.
CorvusCorax
Deary me...
Please do, I would love to see her
I'm a sucker for those very dark/black sables and bi-colours.
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I'm a sucker for those very dark/black sables and bi-colours.
Sorry I made everything all quoted, I don't know how to change it
FestiveSpirit
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Oh c'mon everyone Cayla knows how amazing she is, she will have problems fitting her head through a doorway now
Well done Cayla - and your mam - you are incredible people and I have nothing but admiration for the work you do xx
Well done Cayla - and your mam - you are incredible people and I have nothing but admiration for the work you do xx
Booboos
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Well done Cayla!!!!
They all look like lovely dogs and it's great they have new homes!
FinnishLapphund
There's no cow on the ice
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Please do, I would love to see her
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Please do, I would love to see her
I'm a sucker for those very dark/black sables and bi-colours.
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Galupy
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Well done again Cayla *applauds*
Until the three rescues I have now, I've had puppies from private homes/breeders. I wouldn't go back to that now unless it was a puppy from a rescue or shelter. A couple of mine have quirks that are likely the result of their previous lives, but that is what makes them the great dogs they are too.
Until the three rescues I have now, I've had puppies from private homes/breeders. I wouldn't go back to that now unless it was a puppy from a rescue or shelter. A couple of mine have quirks that are likely the result of their previous lives, but that is what makes them the great dogs they are too.
dingle12
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God her head is going to be sooooooooooo big
you will never shut her up now
But really Cayla you and your mum do a fab job and one day i hope i can help you out as you know what i am looking for. ( Terrier type v young ) xxxxxx
But really Cayla you and your mum do a fab job and one day i hope i can help you out as you know what i am looking for. ( Terrier type v young ) xxxxxx
MurphysMinder
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I need an "I am not worthy" smiley! Totally agree with everyone else re Cayla and her mums work.
No one should feel guilty though for choosing a puppy as long as it is done with research, and a responsible breeder is found. If it wasn't for the good breeders the back yard lot would have a monopoly and I hate to think the state the dog world would be in. Not getting at Cayla in any way in saying this, I am sure she understands what I mean.
Patches, re rescues not rehoming to farms, they do have some crazy rules I agree. A neghbours mum has always had westies, lives on an 8 acres small holding. When she lost her last dog she tried to get one from Westie rescue but they wouldn't let her have one because the land wasn't fully fenced . The garden was secure for when a dog was settling in but apparently that wasn't enough
No one should feel guilty though for choosing a puppy as long as it is done with research, and a responsible breeder is found. If it wasn't for the good breeders the back yard lot would have a monopoly and I hate to think the state the dog world would be in. Not getting at Cayla in any way in saying this, I am sure she understands what I mean.
Patches, re rescues not rehoming to farms, they do have some crazy rules I agree. A neghbours mum has always had westies, lives on an 8 acres small holding. When she lost her last dog she tried to get one from Westie rescue but they wouldn't let her have one because the land wasn't fully fenced . The garden was secure for when a dog was settling in but apparently that wasn't enough
Wasrandyra
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Agree, she has helped me see sense with my dogs in the past and she does a job very few could do, I really think she is a dogs best friend a bit like dogs are meant to be ours.
Keep up the good work, you are a superstar xxxxx
Keep up the good work, you are a superstar xxxxx
Patches
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That's what I've heard MM, exactly what I've heard in fact.
I find it strange, seeing as most people walks their dogs off leads over footpaths on farmland (oooo don't get me started on that one!) or other "common" land which also don't have secure fencing.
I would be quite upset if what we could offer a dog here wasn't deemed as safe or suitable. I think with 250 acres of fields to play in, we could offer any dog (well one that recalled lol) a fabulous life.
I find it strange, seeing as most people walks their dogs off leads over footpaths on farmland (oooo don't get me started on that one!) or other "common" land which also don't have secure fencing.
I would be quite upset if what we could offer a dog here wasn't deemed as safe or suitable. I think with 250 acres of fields to play in, we could offer any dog (well one that recalled lol) a fabulous life.
Zoobie
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ohhhh I'm rubbish with words but well done Cayla xxx
Spudlet
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GROUP HUG FOR CAYLA AND HER MAM!
