laura_nash
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https://www.theguardian.com/science...ts-why-lockdown-owners-are-full-of-pet-regret
Sadly nothing terribly surprising...
Sadly nothing terribly surprising...
Lockdown owners "pet regret" article
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Clodagh
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Mmm.
Trouble is these dogs won’t be very rehomeable.
Trouble is these dogs won’t be very rehomeable.
Esmae
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Saw a whippet pup on fb. 9 weeks old being rehomed already! Bit of digging showed person getting rid says. "gone to nice home, now I can get my home back to normal" I mean what do people really expect. Poor wee chap. Hope he is settled now. Human beings are so stupid at times and not improving via evolution either imo. This article just goes to show what anyone with any sense could see coming. Sad it really is.
SAujla
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I'd expect the breeder to take the puppy back at 9 weeks, maybe they don't know or aren't interested in taking the puppy back. As a new owner I did find the puppy stage hard but not crazy difficult, if you aren't prepared for some tough days with a puppy then you are too stupid to have one.
Karran
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When I was looking for a new friend for Mrs Spaniel I saw a 10 week old gorgeous WCS on preloved for a new home as they "didn't anticipate how much work he would be." It took all my effort to sit on my hands and not swoop in and take him.
splashgirl45
Lurcher lover
sadly, its not surprising...i have owned dogs for over 50 years and still find having a puppy is like a full time job and its hard work, luckily i am retired and put the work in , so have a well adjusted puppy who is now very easy... why are these people so surprised when they take on a baby animal that it messes in the house and chews things if not watched all of the time...the rescues have let a lot of their dogs go to first time owners during lockdown so why are they surprised that they need help or want to give the dogs away....
Antw23uk
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'the most regretted pet was a rabbit' ... obviously, its a rabbit, lol!
Griffin
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Don't hate on the bunnies, they are so badly treated by so many people. They have all the best bits of cats and dogs in a vegan version
I am sadly not surprised by anything in the article, there are going to be so many hard to re-home young dogs in rescues. I think what worries me more though are the ones that don't get handed in to rescues but just get resold or passed on.
smolmaus
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I hate hate hate the attitude that small animals like rabbits, hamsters, gpigs are "starter pets" or they're less important than a cat or a dog. Makes my blood boil. Often they end up being MORE work because people do not have the correct care information and its harder to find help when things go wrong.
Griffin
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Me too, small pets are just as valuable as larger ones. Mine are a joy to live with and if you care for them properly, you realise just what little characters they are. I can honestly say that my pair of rabbits cost me more per month than my dogs did.
Meowy Catkin
Meow!
They have all the best bits of cats and dogs in a vegan version
They aren't vegan, they are herbivores. I don't know why people conflate the two but they are not the same thing.
HelenBack
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I really think the rescues have done themselves no favours here. They let the animals go to first time owners and admitted that they expected lots of them to come back once everybody returned to work, and yet I know several experienced dog owners who couldn't get a look in, presumably because some of them were older folk. I know there's always a risk if you rehome an animal with an older person that the animal might outlive its owner,but at least it will likely have several years in a stable home where the owners are around most of the time rather than being a dead cert for being sent back as soon as the pandemic is over.
More generally I think the pandemic hasn't done a lot of pets many favours. My dog is a nervous rescue and lockdown and not seeing many other people for so long has really set him back. That combined with the amount of bad mannered dogs and owners we meet when out walking is making things quite challenging at times, to the extent that I am beginning to wonder whether a bit of professional help would be quite useful now ?.
splashgirl45
Lurcher lover
funny you should say that about rescues as i am an older person who does walk my dogs for 1 to 2 hours daily but i couldnt get any of the dogs i applied for. after 3 months constantly searching and trying i gave up and bought a puppy... yes i could die
, but i could live as well and as i am a responsible person i have made sure that my dogs would be cared for by my sister who is 15 years younger than me just in case.... my friend who is the same age as me has also tried and one rescue told her they do not rehome to people who are over working age...how stupid is that!!!!! so she has now bought a puppy and has a daughter who will have her dogs if she dies...so once again a rescue dog is stuck in kennels...madnessWidgeon
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Oi!
I love mine. Problem is people think they are easy but actually they're quite a lot like tiny horses. Prey animals who don't want cuddles and colic if they're upset too much.
HelenBack
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funny you should say that about rescues as i am an older person who does walk my dogs for 1 to 2 hours daily but i couldnt get any of the dogs i applied for. after 3 months constantly searching and trying i gave up and bought a puppy... yes i could die
My parents have had the same issue. Dog owners for over 50 years, including previous rescues with various issues. They're in their early 70s but fit and active, walk their dogs for a couple of hours a day, take them on nice trips to nice places, and generally provide a high standard of care including the best vet treatment whenever necessary. They lost their previous dog last year and tried several rescues but weren't even considered. They even looked at older dogs, both as a way of trying to mitigate for their own age and to offer a home to a dog that might be less desirable, but still they had no luck.
Both my brother and I could take on their dog if anything happened to them but to be honest they can offer a dog a much better home and life than either of us can and any dog would be lucky to have them. The whole thing is stupid and short sighted in my view.
Griffin
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Don't worry, I know rabbits are herbivores but the alliteration of "vegan version" was too good to miss.
You would hope that rescues would consider older people for long term fostering if they won't consider them for rehoming. It might help more dogs get out of unsuitable situations.
splashgirl45
Lurcher lover
this time i wanted a younger dog, about 4 years old and had no joy but 5 years ago i wanted an older dog as my collie was 10 so i said anything not too big between 8 and 10 and again i didnt get a look in and i was 70 then and much fitter as i was still riding and had my horse on d.i.y., i tried for 4 months that time and then flounced off and bought a puppy.. as i already had a dog i didnt want one from abroad as i was concerned about disease being passed to my dog..and i felt there were plenty of dogs here that needed homes...
honetpot
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I have been looking for a dog for months. We haven't got a six foot high fence, and we have cats, and just about every rescue want your garden fenced like a gulag, and most available not cat tested, or no cats. In fact, the list of reasons why they can not rehome gets longer, and we would probably be 'too old'.
I have only ever bought a dog once, and although I would rather rehome, I may have to buy a puppy, and there are lots of older puppies now for sale. The trouble is they want to recoup the extortionate amount they paid for it, and while I may take on a problem dog for a token amount, but I am not paying hundreds for something that is going to have problems. Young puppies are coming down in price, I think the market is just about saturated, which still leaves all these older puppies who have problems, they have lost the cute factor, and they are going to be really difficult to find a home for.
My rottisX I got at ten months, she has always been such a good girl, a bit like Nana in Peter Pan, old before her time, great at cat washing, the old cat needs to have his ears licked out, but she seems to have aged more since my other dog died.
If you want a lurcher, cocker, pug, terrier, collie, foreign guard dog X, there are loads of them, what annoys me is most of these are not suitable for the average housing estate home.
I have only ever bought a dog once, and although I would rather rehome, I may have to buy a puppy, and there are lots of older puppies now for sale. The trouble is they want to recoup the extortionate amount they paid for it, and while I may take on a problem dog for a token amount, but I am not paying hundreds for something that is going to have problems. Young puppies are coming down in price, I think the market is just about saturated, which still leaves all these older puppies who have problems, they have lost the cute factor, and they are going to be really difficult to find a home for.
My rottisX I got at ten months, she has always been such a good girl, a bit like Nana in Peter Pan, old before her time, great at cat washing, the old cat needs to have his ears licked out, but she seems to have aged more since my other dog died.
If you want a lurcher, cocker, pug, terrier, collie, foreign guard dog X, there are loads of them, what annoys me is most of these are not suitable for the average housing estate home.
Antw23uk
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Was just teasing about the rabbit It breaks my heart that these furries are so badly suited to most people and yet are promoted as great first pets when they require a lot of effort to keep them happy.
It breaks my heart that these furries are so badly suited to most people and yet are promoted as great first pets when they require a lot of effort to keep them happy.
Now that I have had a bit of a health reprieve I would like another dog to replace the one I lost last year. I am wondering if I could foster a dog till its rehomed, but some of the rescues want long term fostering ( dont know what they call long term) so probably wouldnt consider me. I feel quite bereft actually with only one pet at the moment !
Identityincrisis
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I saw a 9 month old 'beloved' dog for sale, last week, due to change in work commitments. So, in other words, they were WFH and now have been called back in, i was furious on behalf of the poor little dog
HelenBack
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And yet many of the rescue centres said from the outset they knew this would happen and still allowed the dogs to go to those homes where people were only temporarily WFH
Widgeon
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Was just teasing about the rabbit
Oh I know, don't worry
Yes it's a shame isn't it. If I had all the money I would have a sort of immense rabbit barn with runs extending off it. Like an American barn stable setup but for rabbits. I would be a mad rabbit lady.Redders
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This is also my dream! If you ever make it a reality, I am moving in with you!Oh I know, don't worry
Santa’s Irish draught
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To be honest I would blame the rescues for not background checking people 2 rescue horses where sold on after lockdown these horses where meant to be a forever loan.
smolmaus
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You would be amazed the lies people tell in order to do this and it happens a lot. I think I've posted before about one case I know of with someone telling our rescue centre the pony had died suddenly, presenting a recently dug grave and then the pony turning up at a dealers. Or one other case with a different local rescue, the pony being in the newspaper when it won a show apparently post-mortem. The kind of people who do these things are very practised liars and it takes a lot more resources than most rescue centres have to do full background checks on people.
On the other hand if a rescue refuses to rehome to someone they get slagged off on social media for not wanting animals to have homes. Hard to win.