Meeting a rescue dog tonight!

[ester]

Excellent

 

[TheOldTrout]

She sounds gorgeous, fingers crossed you can give her a home.

 

[silv]

Sounds fabulous, I hope you end up with her. I am fostering a pointer x at the moment and he is wonderful and far from being mad. I foster many dogs and mainly they are not difficult dogs with issues, so do not be put off.

 

[Nicnac]

How exciting. Fingers crossed all goes well.

 

[Morwenna]

She sounds lovely. My sister has a rescue GSP and she is just the sweetest dog. She was offered to my sister when she phoned the rescue before she even went live on their website (sister had previous conversations with the rescue about her experience and had already had a virtual home check) as she was not coping with being in kennels at all.

 

[ArklePig]

Off to see her again this evening. I sent through my virtual preliminary home check yesterday and in typical ArklePig fashion I got a bit awkward and ended up narrating my house and garden like a bad episode of Location, Location, Location. I made Mr AP stand next to the fences to demonstrate their height.

Just out of curiousity, and I think i know the answer to this, where do we stand on changing a dog's name? If I get her, I will keep it if it's definitely much better for her but it's not a name I ever would have chosen.

 

[skinnydipper]

Just out of curiousity, and I think i know the answer to this, where do we stand on changing a dog's name? If I get her, I will keep it if it's definitely much better for her but it's not a name I ever would have chosen.

Change it to what you prefer, she won't mind

She sounds a sweetheart. I hope your second meeting goes well.

 

[Clodagh]

Off to see her again this evening. I sent through my virtual preliminary home check yesterday and in typical ArklePig fashion I got a bit awkward and ended up narrating my house and garden like a bad episode of Location, Location, Location. I made Mr AP stand next to the fences to demonstrate their height.

Just out of curiousity, and I think i know the answer to this, where do we stand on changing a dog's name? If I get her, I will keep it if it's definitely much better for her but it's not a name I ever would have chosen.

I changed Red’s. One bag of treat s and 20 repetitions we were sorted. I don’t think they worry to much about names.

 

[Roxylola]

Oh how exciting
My hound once recalled beautifully to oi sh1tbag! After ignoring various Lolas.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

We changed the brown one's name, although her new name sort of rhymes with her old one. She has answered to her new name and treats, all along.
It is just possible that she is part pointer, too. High energy!

 

[Clodagh]

Oh how exciting
My hound once recalled beautifully to oi sh1tbag! After ignoring various Lolas.

Mine all think FW is a perfectly acceptable substitute name.

 

[Roxylola]

Mine all think FW is a perfectly acceptable substitute name.

If you get the tone right my spaniel will come to anything, you just have to sound super excited to see her ?

 

[MrsMozartleto]

All my dogs come to a variety of names . We have one word/name that they all come to if they hear me yell it. Very useful for getting all the beasties in at once.

 

[SashaBabe]

Sasha was originally called Sindy, but I didn't think it suited her. She was 10 months old when we got her from a Rescue Centre and it took no time at all for her to get used to her new name.

 

[Mrs. Jingle]

Both mine came as named three year olds. Jem is now known affectionally as 'Sniff' and responds better to that than her given name. Jessie is either Whiskers or You Little Rascal (through gritted teeth) She responds to both. ?

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

Beau had loads of names and came to any of them. Zak was mostly puss cat. I think it’s your voice they respond to.

 

[daffy44]

I've also changed dogs names (apart from all the random multiple names most animals end up with!) takes no time at all, and the dog never seems to even begin to care.

 

[Bradsmum]

Hope the second visit was successful. Did they give you any feedback on your virtual prelim home check?

 

[ArklePig]

We're still in love with her @Bradsmum . I don't want to say much else as we are so so close and I'm nervous something will go wrong, but you will all be the first to know if/when she comes home.

 

[Bradsmum]

Sounds promising, will have everything crossed for you.

 

[Barton Bounty]

Yayyyy @ArklePig finally some good news ?

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

We're still in love with her @Bradsmum . I don't want to say much else as we are so so close and I'm nervous something will go wrong, but you will all be the first to know if/when she comes home.

Fingers crossed!

 

[ArklePig]

Thank you all for your patience lol.

This is Fodhla (pronounced Foal-ah).

Named after my granddad's Irish Water Spaniel when I was a kid, who was in turn named after an Irish goddess.

 

[Nicnac]

Oh she's gorgeous. Lucky girl landing on her feet with you. Hope she loves the piggies.

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

Thank you all for your patience lol.

This is Fodhla (pronounced Foal-ah).

Named after my granddad's Irish Water Spaniel when I was a kid, who was in turn named after an Irish goddess.

My OH was like ‘Oh, a springer something’. ? Did you say pointer x? Goddess, indeed, she looks fabulous! ?

 

[smolmaus]

I love it :3 I'm so happy for you all ???

 

[ArklePig]

My OH was like ‘Oh, a springer something’. ? Did you say pointer x? Goddess, indeed, she looks fabulous! ?

We think she's a springer x pointer but mum was a pointer apparently.

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

We think she's a springer x pointer but mum was a pointer apparently.

She’s gorgeous. When is she coming home?

 

[Mrs. Jingle]

She is beautiful and love her name, it truly suits her.?

 

[ArklePig]

She’s gorgeous. When is she coming home?

She's home! We had our visit and home check etc earlier today and got her this evening.