paddy555
Well-Known Member
If you read some of the posts on this thread you will see mention of escaped Rommie rescue dogs and that they are not easy to catch. For dogs at that moment of their travels that is very very true. So you are proposing to take such dogs out of their cages and out of the vehicle to toilet probably on the basis that some, all or many have not been trained to get out of the family car on a lead and to have a pee then I think you have a beyond total misunderstanding of these rescue dogs.
Looking at my own 2 dogs the male very very friendly would have loved the break, would have spent his time playing with the handler but he most certainly would not have had a pee or anything else. My little bitch would have been horrified at the idea and having a pee would have been the last thing on her mind.
To take dogs out of the transport would have involved every single dog have both a slip lead and harness put on and being double leaded for safety. The time that would have taken for a very unsuccessful attempt at toileting may well have taken up to 2 hours. Multiply that by several stops and the adverse effect for the dogs would have been many more hours sitting on the transport and for what purpose? The dogs would have had to be taken out one by one. You couldn't take 2 street dogs out and expect them to think about toileting. Their minds would be on other things.
We are not looking for excuses. The reason for not taking them out is exactly the same as on the plane. It is for their own safety. I appreciate that you may not have experience in this area so I do understand your concerns however suggesting excuses are being made when you lack experience and seem to have no regard for safety is not really on.
Turning now to your first para. Are you insinuating that I am lying about the journey time? please say if that is what you think. I always appreciate accuracy in comments.
I am not claiming anything about journey time I am simply stating the facts as they happened. I was told the journey would start at around 7pm and to tune in shortly after. (FB group set up for it for the rescues and owners) We were each sent a pic by the rescue of our own dog in it's cage. The drive was underway by then. After about an hour they got footage for us showing all the dogs and the GPS set up. We also had a commentary from one of the staff telling us what was happening, discussing individual dogs if we raised questions and giving timing details. So I have no doubt we were looking at 7pm start time. So that was the beginning.
The first dogs were delivered in the London area around 6pm or so on the Thurs. eve, We were each given ETA times. I watched the dogs being delivered as that was interesting to see how each reacted and get an insight into rommie dogs. There are a lot of comments on here about these dogs but I wonder how many are actually based on watching the new dogs interact with their owners and watching them in their new homes.. There were lots of pics etc as people showed off their new dog in the house, usually involving the settee. Strange the liking of these street dogs for such a level of comfort as the cosy settee. My own dogs arrived on Fri evening at about 6pm
Those were the timings, that is what happened. I have no idea what the timings were, should have been or could have been in your opinion. That is what happened in reality. If you disagree with that then please come on the forum and openly call me a liar and prove that I am wrong.
The vans/buses were owned by one of the rescues. There were many rescues involved in this particular journey. They were kitted out for the dogs. They were not a commercial transport company. They were pretty high and I think from memory had 2 rows of cages above each other. (that is from memory)
Just out of interest Paddy, feel free to ignore, how much are the extra blood tests costing? I have no idea of costs for stuff like that and presumably any treatment needed if something pops up wouldn't be covered under insurance as it's a pre existing condition?