Rehoming a dog - seemingly impossible
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Petrus1983 said:
Rebew said:
One of the problems is that rescue centres seem so unwilling to rehome dogs once they have taken them in.
We have an 8 year old Beagle and would love to take in a rescue Beagle because we could give another dog a great home however we also have two boys (6 and 4) and it seems that rescue centres are unwilling to rehome a dog to a family with younger children, even though our boys have grown up around dogs.
Our situation is bad enough but I was speaking to a family friend yesterday who has owned German Shepherds for 20 years. They are wealthy and have no children or other dogs at the moment but all of the rescues that they contacted were unwilling to rehome with them for the pettiest of reasons.
It seems that once a dog has gone into a rescue centre it is very hard for them to find their way out again.
I wasn't allowed to adopt a dog because I don't have a garden - I explained my circumstances and it was still a firm no. We have an 8 year old Beagle and would love to take in a rescue Beagle because we could give another dog a great home however we also have two boys (6 and 4) and it seems that rescue centres are unwilling to rehome a dog to a family with younger children, even though our boys have grown up around dogs.
Our situation is bad enough but I was speaking to a family friend yesterday who has owned German Shepherds for 20 years. They are wealthy and have no children or other dogs at the moment but all of the rescues that they contacted were unwilling to rehome with them for the pettiest of reasons.
It seems that once a dog has gone into a rescue centre it is very hard for them to find their way out again.
Rh14n said:
I echo this. Our old Springer Spaniel died 3 weeks ago and following a holiday next month we would like to adopt another dog. Unfortunately, our garden is not totally secure (and would be difficult to make so). Despite the road being very quiet, used mainly by pedestrians and we are just a 3 minute walk to great riverside walks, rescues will not consider us despite us being a retired couple, no visiting children, take our dogs everywhere we can when we're not home. I noticed that Spaniel Aid have recently relaxed their 'secure garden' requirements for Fosterers recently so I submitted an application last week ... awaiting their response.
Can you not just bang up some netting or the like?We added a 2ft extension using chicken wire (could also use green mesh) and roofing batterns.
vaud said:
Try local town/village facebook groups?
You need to be REALLY careful if handing over a dog for rehoming to a random person you know nothing about. Sadly there are elements in society who respond to such adverts and collect the dogs, which are then used as bait for "training" fighting dogs. OP is already aware.dunkind said:
A chap I knew wanted rid of his dog so tied it to a lamppost a few streets down from where he lived. No identification on it, his thinking was that some sad sucker would see the dog and take it in. Sure enough within a couple of hours the dog had gone.
If I'd seen that I'd have happily done the same to him. What makes someone think that is OK?
It's always been an issue but it is a little more crazy post pandemic. The whole process is tough, even trying to foster/adopt as we have, so sometimes a little patience is also needed.
There are generally loads of these places thought, big ones like RSPCA, Battersea but there are loads and loads of local groups in most areas, especially if it's a doggy type area.
Also in my experience no decent places will outright refuse a dog if you go there, without at least finding a place you can take it.
Dogs Trust are one of our clients and in all honesty we adopted from there and they are slammed but everyone is lovely and they will help. As they're so big they do have a 'process', but it doesn't take that long. Fill in their rehoming form online and they'll have spoken to you and have options for you within a week or so.
There are generally loads of these places thought, big ones like RSPCA, Battersea but there are loads and loads of local groups in most areas, especially if it's a doggy type area.
Also in my experience no decent places will outright refuse a dog if you go there, without at least finding a place you can take it.
Dogs Trust are one of our clients and in all honesty we adopted from there and they are slammed but everyone is lovely and they will help. As they're so big they do have a 'process', but it doesn't take that long. Fill in their rehoming form online and they'll have spoken to you and have options for you within a week or so.
-Cappo- said:
vaud said:
Try local town/village facebook groups?
You need to be REALLY careful if handing over a dog for rehoming to a random person you know nothing about. Sadly there are elements in society who respond to such adverts and collect the dogs, which are then used as bait for "training" fighting dogs. OP is already aware.vaud said:
-Cappo- said:
vaud said:
Try local town/village facebook groups?
You need to be REALLY careful if handing over a dog for rehoming to a random person you know nothing about. Sadly there are elements in society who respond to such adverts and collect the dogs, which are then used as bait for "training" fighting dogs. OP is already aware.Jordie Barretts sock said:
Any news?
Sadly not yet. I've approached two local rescues and am awaiting response, and a good friend has asked me for more info about the dog which I'll discuss with him but not really sure he can take it.I know this is unethical in the extreme but I'm starting to wonder whether the only way to save him would be to "abandon" him at a rescue which has a no-kill policy? I can't really quite believe I'm even saying that but that would at least save him? Not really an option for someone to "find" him as a stray and hand over to the dog warden, because he quite likely then would end up on a 7-day list or similar.
@JBS, I'll message you now.
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