Question for rescue people

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I have been looking at some rescue sites with the thought of taking on a rescue next year. Now, we are an active outdoor family, I have two children (3yo and 6mo), I am at home full time and have been involved with various GSDs for 10 years (through work). I'm interested in training, have a good sized house and garden (private, not council or housing association)and another dog at home.

So will my children be a limiting factor? So many places say they will only rehome to children over 5/10/12yo, I have very strict rules about how my children interact with the dogs. My 3yo is already very good, he knows how to tell when the dog has had enough and can already practice basic commands. I strongly believe that it's the parents responsibility that the dog and child respect each other.

Any thoughts?

(might not be a ble to wait till next year, have seen a beautiful 6yo GSD girl at Jerry Greens......
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I sometimes think that the rescue centres don't necessarily need to know the whole truth if you know what you are doing. Sometimes it is very hard to find a suitable dog that fits all of their criteria for rehoming with you - so maybe tell a white lie about age of your kids - they will be ten one day after all.
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Any good home is better than a kennel imo.

Unless they are doing a home check?
 
I have fostered for my local rescue - There are general rules of thumb that the rescues work to mainly to sift out time wasters. Mainly because a lot of the dogs have been dumped once and so they want to make sure that the dogs go to a home for life

When I had people come to my home to visit a dog that I had in foster I would go on gut instinct about the people. I would make the decision on if I thought that they could offer a suitable home for the dog I had at the time.

Don't be put off by what you read on the websites - call and speak to them.
 
Hi there - also be aware if you are going for a rescue GSDor similar large dog, rescue centres are often right to be super cautious, especially where children are concerned.

I say this as someone who grew up with GSDs, I live and breathe this breed and could never be without one, but you cannot be too careful where children are concerned - if one doesn't know the full history of the dog or how it has been affected by kennel life, I can understand when rescue centres want to heavily vet people who want such a dog.
 
Most dog centres do a home check before even being allowed to put your name down as a maybe for a dog, at te RPPCA children must be over 5 for all dogs and some they must be over 8/12 as you say. They will certainly not let you have a puppy. We nearly didn't get our current rescue dog because we have visiting children (prob only once a month) that were under 5!
 
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Erm, thanks (i think?!)!!
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Most rescues, will indeed turn you down, as they have a strict , no under 5 age or something like that policy, we however go on the individual, if I was to come and visit u in your home, and u described to me, what u have in your post, I would have no problem giving u the option to adopt a Gsd from our rescue, if there was a dog in question, that would suit your type of home environment, for instance, at present, we have a short coated white gsd, that would be ideal for your sitution, we know alot of his back ground and he has been in a home with young children.
So, from our prospective, we would go by, the home visit and the dog in question.
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I foster dogs for a rescue and do homechecks / dog assessments for several others. The ages of your children would be a limiting factor in that the rescue would need to be absolutely certain the dog is child friendly. It does not, however, rule you out completely
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. Some rescues do have a blanket ruling about kids under a certain age (often 5), but I know of many rescues that will judge each case on it's merits and take care to match the dog to the right home.

www.dogpages.org.uk have details of many smaller, independent rescues. The forums are full of dogs needing homes, giving their descriptions, photos and what sort of a home would be suitable. All the rescues that post on Dogpages will carry out homechecks and give back up for the life of the dog. They are also often foster based, rather than kennel based, so the dogs will have been assessed better. many of the foster homes also have children.

Hope it all goes well, and thank you for considering a rescue dog
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At the risk of sounding over fussy, I don't think I could take in a dog at this time of year, excited kids and lots of visiting family don't make for a smooth introduction to family life... I'm thinking of the dog and of giving it the best possible start, it would be a shame to overwhelm it at such a crucial stage. But rest assured I will definatly be looking after the New Year, CALA will probably be my first port of call!! Thanks for the reassurance guys!
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Also, just wanted to say that this is THE friendliest and most sensible dog forum I have ever been on, no airs and graces for you lot and I'm glad to be here!!
 
The rescue I got mine from has the same sorts of rules re: children (and cats etc since they deal with sighthounds) but also seemed much more flexible with regard to individual dogs. They test as much as possible, some of their fosters have young children and they seemed to have a pretty good read on what dogs would fit what circumstances.

Since you obviously know what you're up to and have experience with your kids and dogs I suspect a good rescue would be pleased to consider rehoming the right dog with you.

Being sensible seems to be the most sought after criteria in a new home!
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At the risk of sounding over fussy, I don't think I could take in a dog at this time of year, excited kids and lots of visiting family don't make for a smooth introduction to family life... I'm thinking of the dog and of giving it the best possible start, it would be a shame to overwhelm it at such a crucial stage. But rest assured I will definatly be looking after the New Year, CALA will probably be my first port of call!! Thanks for the reassurance guys!
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Also, just wanted to say that this is THE friendliest and most sensible dog forum I have ever been on, no airs and graces for you lot and I'm glad to be here!!

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Very sensible, re waiting till after Xmas, we also stop rehoming from now till the end of Jan.
But seriously, u are a great candidate for a dog.
 
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