#sophiefromromania

When it became light we took the poor trembling creature out into the garden to familiarise her with the London air before setting off to the park, But she dived under a table and hid among the flowerpots until we hauled her out and put a lead on her. She then dug her heels in and refused to move
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I knew it, they expected to be able to drop a lead on this dog on day one and resume the daily park walks. Actual definition of being sold a pup.

Still blocked so relying on you guys for updates without increasing my blood pressure by seeing it every day.
 
blackcob said:
I knew it, they expected to be able to drop a lead on this dog on day one and resume the daily park walks. Actual definition of being sold a pup

blackcob said:
I knew it, they expected to be able to drop a lead on this dog on day one and resume the daily park walks. Actual definition of being sold a pup.

Still blocked so relying on you guys for updates without increasing my blood pressure by seeing it every day.
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That was at the beginning. But I think she is improving now. They will get there in time I am sure, even if she's never a confident dog.
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Still blocked so relying on you guys for updates without increasing my blood pressure by seeing it every day.
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What I don’t understand about people is they decide they must have a so called rescue but with the foreign ones they are basically buying a dog from a stranger which to me is no different to buying off freeads etc especially when they are getting a puppy. Why not buy one here and see the parents and they would get an idea of temperament , much less stressful for the people and their new dog.. it seems that if you don’t “rescue” these days you are not as good as they are..
 
Totally agree @splashgirl45
Also I find it worrying when people can't get a dog from a rescue in their area (not saying they don't deserve a dog, some rescues are very difficult), why would you get one that's guaranteed to come with more issues than your average rescue?? Just buy a responsibly bred puppy who has a good shot at turning into the dog you want? No one is going to judge anyone for that, it's literally how most people get a dog.
 
What quality of life can many of these dogs ever have? When will we accept that PTS is not the worst thing that can happen to a dog. Sorry, but I am not a big fan of these ‘rescues’ as in many cases people just seem to be moving a dog from one miserable life to a different miserable life, albeit perhaps with better food.
 
I agree petalpoos, love your name ?, it’s about time foreign rescue imports were banned and the time and energy put into humane PTS for the very old, or blind or paralysed dogs and a neutering program put in place in those countries . It seem they think that any life must be saved without considering the quality of that life. Maybe us horsey people think more about the quality of life for our animals and less about what we would like. I definitely would like all of my dogs and horses to still be here and it killed me to have to make those decisions but I know that every time it was right for them..
 
blackcob said:
I knew it, they expected to be able to drop a lead on this dog on day one and resume the daily park walks. Actual definition of being sold a pup.

Still blocked so relying on you guys for updates without increasing my blood pressure by seeing it every day.
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it amazes me that poor dog hasn’t bitten anyone !
 
The whole saga, which I try to avoid on Twitter makes me mad, you add extra swear words if you like.
We took on a dog before Christmas, that had not been socialised, its 18mnths old and had no idea how to live in a home, and had dreadful separation anxiety, but the good thing was we already have two placid dogs, and we are a settled old fogey home with routine, When it came it was completely shut down, but hadn't had the extra stress of long distance travel, now it's just about a normal dog, of about 6mths.
The saga has been going on for too long, and it needs someone who knows what they are doing, not well intentioned but incompetent care.
 
I have a big problem with foreign import rescue. I have a facebook friend who's always posting about them, the often fall through and often escape and make a run for it and I have a job sitting on my hands!

I've probably posted about it on here before but a friend of mine adopted a foreign dog a couple of years ago, it was all I could do not to give her a bleddy good telling off! It not as if she needed a dog, she had four of five already! This dog was ancient, had a deformed jaw (don't know whether it had been broken at some point or it had been born like that) and was obviously traumatised. When we visited, it barked constantly for about half an hour and then again when anyone laughed or raised their voice.

When we visited again, my friend had learnt a good trick, if she covered the dog completely with a fleece blanket, it would stay quiet.

She said when she sent the rescue a video of the dog, they seemed to be surprised that she was able to touch it yet they hadn't mentioned that this had been a problem beforehand.

Anyway, before she'd had the dog six months, she was woken in the night by howling, came down to find the dog fitting with blood coming from both ends.

This dog should have been PTS in Romania, not put through the ordeal of travelling and a new home. Hopefully my friend won't fall for this again.

As for being turned down by UK rescues, it's fairly easy to rehome dogs privately, every dog I've had as an adult has been such a dog, someone else's cast off and I've not paid a penny for any of them.
 
stormox said:
That was at the beginning, I believe she is slowly improving.
I wish them all the best.
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I really and sincerely do as well. My frustration is that this situation should never have arisen in the first place and I'm disappointed for all involved, dog and humans alike, because they deserved better. Again in the piece linked above it's clear that their last dog had a role as a sort of therapy dog lite and performed this admirably, and while I've no doubt Sophie will improve lots with time and patience the chances of her ever being able to fill that kind of niche are slim. If anything she's been a cause of stress and uncertainty rather than a reliever of it.

Anecdote time - not long after I started out in dogs there was a bit of a thing for having a Romanian rescue dog in some circles. I can think of several people in one club alone who got one at around the same time, presumably from the same rescue, and saw lots more 'Rommie dogs' being socialised out on the agility circuit. Not a single one of those dogs ever came to anything, agility-wise - they might train, a bit, and I can think of one who did compete in slightly painful fashion but the majority could not cope with the ring environment and would shut down under pressure. That was long enough ago that most of those dogs will be majorly getting on in years or no longer with us; I don't believe a single one of those people has had another foreign rescue since. I could be wrong but you tend to see the same people out and about over the years. These were experienced handlers, proper dog people, throwing as much knowledge and skill and yes, heaps of love on these dogs as they had, to no avail.

MurphysMinder said:
it amazes me that poor dog hasn’t bitten anyone !
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She is a saint!
 
YorksG said:
I disagree, I think the business of foreign "rescue" needs stopping altogether, shipping these animals about should not be happening imo, it rarely benefits the animals imo
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I think foreign rescue absolutely needs reining in as we have enough of our own to deal with. I have to disagree that it rarely benefits the animal though. My family have both a rescue from Cyprus and one from Romania. Both had some initial problems but they have turned into fantastic family pets. Likewise, a chap down our local field has a Romanian rescue who has come on well and is also a well balanced, confident and happy dog.

To add, I am in absolute agreement that this particular dog should never have been brought here and was clearly not a good candidate.
 
Jenko109 said:
I wouldnt know. They arent my dogs and have been in the country maybe seven years now.
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Canine brucellosis is an infectious and zoonotic disease.

Infected dogs can remain asymptomatic and still shed B.canis.

Asymptomatic dogs can remain well with no health issues or they may become very unwell.

Without testing you (one) would not know if an asymptomatic dog was infected.
 
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skinnydipper said:
Canine brucellosis is an infectious and zoonotic disease.

Infected dogs can remain asymptomatic and still shed B.canis.

Asymptomatic dogs can remain well with no health issues or they may become very unwell.

Without testing you (one) would not know if an asymptomatic dog was infected.
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Okay ?‍♀️ As I said, these are not my dogs. I'm not sure what you are wanting me to say or do here.
 
I would think the suggestion would be maybe they should be tested as CB can cause owners to be quite ill , as was publicised a while ago when a lady was fostering a foreign dog and she was infected and so were her dogs and they were all put down
 
They arent my dogs.

The vet they use is particularly well respected, albeit very blunt and not a particularly good people person and I trust that if there was anything necessary then she will have insisted upon it.

She lectured me some years ago (rightly so) for taking on a puppy who wasnt microchipped, will not accept customers with dogs with cropped ears (unless from a UK rescue) as is strongly against the loopholes in the law, does a lot of non profit veterinary work with rescue cases etc.

Regardless, they arent my dogs and it really isnt my place.
 
Oh good grief… “she’s back behind the sofa - hopefully just a minor setback and while our granddaughter is staying it makes life a bit more relaxed”
 
That... Sounds like they're happy she's behind the sofa so they don't have to bother/be bothered by her while there's a kid there? Someone please telling me I'm reading that wrong. FOR FECK SAKE.

From how it was reported at the beginning and the small amount I'd seen I thought oh, these poor people have ended up with a dog that's worse than they thought but they're trying.

Now I just think they're stupid eejits who only care about coming across as saints with the poor ickle broken doggy.
 
I don't really know why they went to the effort of getting a rescue when the acquiring of a dog seems to have been entirely about their (the humans) needs rather than the needs of the dog. Buying a well socialised puppy (of a family-friendly breed) would have been a much better choice for them.

I do worry that far too many people now get a rescue dog because of what they think it says about them (and what they can post on SM), rather than because they want to help and know that they can meet the dog's needs. Unfortunately I think that there was also a cohort of owners who turned to rescues as the cheap option when puppy prices exploded during the pandemic.

Money and social status/bragging rights are not reasons to acquire a rescue dog who may need intensive input to provide them with a happy, healthy and safe future. They aren't reasons to acquire any dog (or other animal), but there is a far greater chance of disaster if the dog is a foreign feral with all the associated baggage.

Why can't some people spend their time and money on an inanimate object instead?!
 
I don't see it the way most of you do. I totally agree that Romanian rescue isn't great when the dogs arrive so traumatised and there are plenty of dogs needing homes in this country but right or wrong, she's here now so I do find the slow but steady progress she's making and the patience they're showing heartwarming. I also think it's a great education for others about how difficult it can be to take in any rescue especially a foreign one. I would never have taken one on anyway but seeing how much work she's taking would make anybody think twice.
 
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