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CorvusCorax

CorvusCorax

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One of the rescues I support is full, already, and is turning away three to four dogs every day (not through choice, they are even keeping dogs in the toilet) and best of all, there is a new trend towards people bringing dogs which are clearly their own pets, pretending they are strays :(

I just don't know how anyone can take a dog to a rescue centre, hand over the lead, and walk away :(

(I do expect a flaming for my last statement, but if you must rehome, please do it from your own home!!!)
 
Breaks my heart (mind you I'm glad at least one person did, the reason is taking up half the sofa as I type):(
 
I am so with you!
We went from less than half full before Christmas (thats 100 kennels and over 50 foster homes full) to almost full on new years day. our list of 200 or so foster homes are all full and i would say that 50% are puppies.
 
Spudlet said:
Breaks my heart (mind you I'm glad at least one person did, the reason is taking up half the sofa as I type):(
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Ditto, although I'm doubly mad that her previous owner didn't even have the guts to try and explain himself to a rescue centre (or, more likely, wanted to try and make some money back on his 'mistakes'). :(

I had a good blub about leaving her at the vets for essential medical treatment for all of a couple of hours, I know I'm a big soft get but these people must be heartless.
 
Spudlet said:
Breaks my heart (mind you I'm glad at least one person did, the reason is taking up half the sofa as I type):(
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Ditto. Many years ago,whilst waiting for a friend to choose a cat at the local RSPCA. A dog arrived and was put (shaking) in a kennel. Seeing the dog, I suddenly said, 'Thats my dog !'. Incredible moment, knew this dog was meant for me. Rang OH who thought I had gone mad and but gave the OK.
His owner was still filling in the forms as I was filling the forms to have him. The man was 6' 4'' and crying. he had to move out of his house to a flat and couldn't take his dog.
Sometimes life deals people a hefty blow and good people have to make tough decisions in the face of a crisis.
That dog became the love of my life and because of him, I went on to have several rescues.
 
I get you CC, I can not let a dog go to the fecking dog warden that I have clapped eyes on , and see it go to the pound/canine hell hole let alone one that I have cared for and had live with me, I just think maybe im the odd one out":confused: or ignorance is bliss!!
We get gulit tripped all the time and blamed for our lack of space when we ask folk to be patient whilst we try and find the dog a home frm their own hom "oh, hell no we canot possibly do that" :mad:
 
CaveCanem said:
there is a new trend towards people bringing dogs which are clearly their own pets, pretending they are strays :(
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I'm afraid it's not a new trend, that's been happening for years........

It's so depressing, everywhere is at saturation point, not just dogs but cats, rabbits, ferrets, no one seems to think to go to a rescue for a small fury..... So they just sit there in care....
 
CaveCanem said:
One of the rescues I support is full, already, and is turning away three to four dogs every day (not through choice, they are even keeping dogs in the toilet) and best of all, there is a new trend towards people bringing dogs which are clearly their own pets, pretending they are strays :(

I just don't know how anyone can take a dog to a rescue centre, hand over the lead, and walk away :(

(I do expect a flaming for my last statement, but if you must rehome, please do it from your own home!!!)
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Isn't it just heartbreaking :( :(

I look at my girls lying next to me and the thought of being without them actually terrifies me. How people can treat living animals like throw away possessions is completely beyond me :( :(
 
There are many dogs sat in the pound today, and by visiitng them it just reminds you just how terrifying an experience it is for these dogs. And the ones who shiver at the back of their kennels, then launch forward in barking frenzies aren't likely to get rehomed either :(
 
When my OH and I split up we had to rehome our wolfhounds and it broke my heart, but I was moving into a flat and worked long hours full time and he wouldnt keep them. I went through the breed rescue and we waited until a home that would take them together was found, they went to a lovely farm home with experienced owners that had been approved by the breed club. I suppose people use the rescues because they think homes will be approved, and others will just see them as a dumping ground!
 
lizzie_liz said:
Sadly situations in life for people change which makes it not possible for someone to keep their pet anymore. It is better they go to a rescue centre than being dumped.
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Oh god yes, I understand that sometimes rehoming is the best or only option for people. But to walk into a rescue with your dog and just hand it over (or pass it off as a stray) I will never understand.
 
Or rehome from home or through foster or breed club as hch says...my mother had to have one PTS when my father left because he was too much to cope with and the alternative was, as mentioned before, him being chained up on a yard as a guard dog or going on to hurt someone after being passed on.

I really didn't mean to come across holier than thou, not at all, we have moved dogs on, in fact the bitch I have now, I doubt will grow old with us, but they stay here until a 5* home, preferably one where we can stay in contact, comes along.

I appreciate that cannot be the case for everyone, but it is no coincidence that just after Christmas, the rescues are full...not everyone has fallen on hard times, it's more unwanted puppies, older dogs which puppies have replaced and in a few cases, dumpings because people can't be bothered with vet's bills :(
 
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CC my mum had her GSD PTS when I was a baby because she was going for my dad whenever he went near me and she had 10 million health problems (mum rekons she was allergic to fresh air) as well as being very 'quirky'.

My dad told me that my mum cried for months and everyone assumed she had the 'baby blues' but that he thought she would have rather given me up than tessa!
 
CaveCanem said:
I really didn't mean to come across holier than thou, (
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No, you didn't CC. You come across as very fair really. My post was probably triggered by the memory of this great big guy crying as he handed over his wonderful dog.
There are people who are totally irresponsible with their dogs, dumping them off when its inconvenient to keep them.

I had to rehome my son's young staffy once as she attacked another of my bitches. Sending her to a rehoming centre was not an option, but Staff rescue were really helpful, they loaned me an extra big crate so I could swop the dogs around when the house was busy while they tried to find her a new home. She did get a very lovely home with some friends of ours and we were able to keep in touch and see that she was well cared for. Broke our hearts to lose her, but it had to be done.
 
littlemisslauren said:
CC my mum had her GSD PTS when I was a baby because she was going for my dad whenever he went near me and she had 10 million health problems (mum rekons she was allergic to fresh air) as well as being very 'quirky'.

My dad told me that my mum cried for months and everyone assumed she had the 'baby blues' but that he thought she would have rather given me up than tessa!
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When I had my daughter I had to stay in hospital with her for a week as she was quite early . I missed my special GSD bitch so much I would happily have left the baby in hospital and gone home to my dog :o I did in fact get my OH to bring the dog to the hospital so I could go and see her in the car park.

I agree with you re parting with dogs CC, I have rehomed a couple of dogs in the past which didn't make the grade for the show ring (pressure from my then OH, once he had gone I kept all the no hopers :p), and wept buckets when they went, even though I had found lovely homes for them and knew I would be in regular contact. I could never just hand over a dog and walk away.
 
We've been full since before Xmas but with the kindness of our fosters who've added to their numbers we're just about managing. People bringing in 'strays' isn't new, it's always taken tongue in cheek cos you can guarantee the geniune people who find strays ALWAYS keep in contact to see what's happened to the dogs and those that pretend walk away without a second thought. You can pick them out instantly...won't look you in the eye!! I listen to the BS, nod and smile and inside want to rip their hearts out cos they obviously don't need them.


Oh and breath. :D
 
i know im going to get completely shot down for this, but if i could no longer care for our dogs, i would do all i could to rehome them and if I couldnt find them homes then id more than likely have them put to sleep.
it may sound horrific and heartless (and trust me the thought chills me to the bones, my dogs are family, in fact i like them alot more than the majority of humans i meet) but i think id owe it to them, no way would it be fair to dump them on an already struggling rehoming centre where more likely they would go out of their minds (all very hyper working dogs) and that isnt fair.

i know for a fact 3 of them wouldnt cope without us, full stop and i think it would be way way kinder on them.
 
I am sure that they are full but why are my local ones so unhelpful when you ring to offer a dog a home. I am after a GSD if possible under 12 months and good with cats as I have 3. I know that it is difficult with rescue centres to know the answer to the cats. All I want to do is help a dog. Still looking and our dog/puppy will be out there somewhere.
 
dwteam said:
I am sure that they are full but why are my local ones so unhelpful when you ring to offer a dog a home. I am after a GSD if possible under 12 months and good with cats as I have 3. I know that it is difficult with rescue centres to know the answer to the cats. All I want to do is help a dog. Still looking and our dog/puppy will be out there somewhere.
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Ive felt like that in the past. I took an ex to find a dog and yes his requirements were a little specific, he wanted a youngish staff, preferably a bitch that was good with other dogs as he already had a staffy at home, but the woman at the counter was like ''you can go have a look, but you cant just pick and choose, this isnt a shop'' in a really nasty snappy tone, i dont think he was being unreasonable, just sensible. theres no point him rehoming a totally incompatible dog only to return it weeks later is there???

if i were the type to make on the spot judgements id never have gone back to another rehoming centre again, she was that horrible!
 
I am with you all here - I don't know how people do it, I could never give our family dogs up. I actually get upset about a particular dog I saw at dogs trust when we went to get our moset recenand he was about 3yo i think and just curled up in his bed giving that look of "leave me alone", it just so reminded me of our current dog - intelligent and independent. Sadly we couldn't have him as he was a he so wouldn't have been accepted by our dog. I kept checking on him and sadly 4 years or so later he is still there. I guess thankfully for him he is at the dogs trust, he is no longer able to be viewed so you can only sponsor him but from the pics of him he seems to be having fun!

I still feel sad though as for some reason he got to me, he just looked cool and one of those nuts that once cracked I imagine would have been a fab, fun dog. I have my own house now, no dog as I work full time but i am dying to get a dog when i can do and I will always go to a rescue for one.
 
As we are all dog lovers on this forum, I do agree how heartless it appears but better the dog goes to a rescue than being released miles from home to fend for itself or worse!!
 
Yes fine that it's better it goes to a resuce BUT the problem is that rescues are full so cant take dogs in and from the sounds of it some people are taking dogs into the dog warden etc claiming they are strays when they may in fact not be and they actually own the dog. The sad thing is unless a rescue that doesn't put down their dogs comes and takes these dogs they are essentially on death row at many of these pounds. That's what upsets me the fact that soo many healthy dogs are put down because homes cannot be found yet people still continue breeding and breeding and selling to whoever will pay!
 
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