Doing the unthinkable.
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Gents.
We are in the dreadful position of having to re home our two dogs. One is a Spaniel cross and the other is a wire haired Daschund and they are both inseparable friends who play and play together. For this reason we want them to stay together in their new home as they would without doubt pine for each other if they were separated, particularly the Spaniel who absolutely loves the little fella. My wife is getting very tearful at the prospect of them going and is not willing to take them to the SPA or similar where we would just hand them over without knowing where they end up from there. Can anyone help or make any suggestions?
Russ.
We are in the dreadful position of having to re home our two dogs. One is a Spaniel cross and the other is a wire haired Daschund and they are both inseparable friends who play and play together. For this reason we want them to stay together in their new home as they would without doubt pine for each other if they were separated, particularly the Spaniel who absolutely loves the little fella. My wife is getting very tearful at the prospect of them going and is not willing to take them to the SPA or similar where we would just hand them over without knowing where they end up from there. Can anyone help or make any suggestions?
Russ.
Such a sad post, our hearts go out to you guys.
We are dog nuts! My wife used to breed German Shepherds, very beautiful and intelligent dogs. For years she was able to keep the hip scores around, or more often below, 10 but as the sloping back became fashionable so that rose and eventually it was a struggle to keep below 20. We spent a couple of years looking for a new dog and b
h to establish a new blood line but the bh turned out to have an umbilical hernia and the dog, from one of the UKs 'best' breeders, was epileptic although we didn't discover that until he was two. His breeder admitted she knew epilepsy was in the line! During all this I was at war with the Kennel Club who were encouraging ever more bizarre deformities and adjusting breed standards to suit, their tame geneticist, who was meant to be protecting dog health did nothing. Commercial dog breeding stinks!
We loved our two GSDs to the end, the dog had to be put down when he was six years old but the bh made thirteen, we bred from neither. Now we have a rescued Border Collie / English Pointer cross, found wandering having been abandoned by his English owners. He is the most delightful hound, wonderful with children and full of fun.
I grew up with Daschunds and think they are just the best small dogs on the planet so when I read your post, well we had the conversation but realistically it's not possible for us. We do wish you every success in finding the pair of them a new home. Keep us posted
We are dog nuts! My wife used to breed German Shepherds, very beautiful and intelligent dogs. For years she was able to keep the hip scores around, or more often below, 10 but as the sloping back became fashionable so that rose and eventually it was a struggle to keep below 20. We spent a couple of years looking for a new dog and b
h to establish a new blood line but the bh turned out to have an umbilical hernia and the dog, from one of the UKs 'best' breeders, was epileptic although we didn't discover that until he was two. His breeder admitted she knew epilepsy was in the line! During all this I was at war with the Kennel Club who were encouraging ever more bizarre deformities and adjusting breed standards to suit, their tame geneticist, who was meant to be protecting dog health did nothing. Commercial dog breeding stinks!We loved our two GSDs to the end, the dog had to be put down when he was six years old but the b
h made thirteen, we bred from neither. Now we have a rescued Border Collie / English Pointer cross, found wandering having been abandoned by his English owners. He is the most delightful hound, wonderful with children and full of fun. I grew up with Daschunds and think they are just the best small dogs on the planet so when I read your post, well we had the conversation but realistically it's not possible for us. We do wish you every success in finding the pair of them a new home. Keep us posted
Hope you found a solution Russ.It's a horrible situation. We've been in a similar-ish situation twice before and all I can recommend is that you use all the possible networks (and then ask them to use theirs) to put the word out to see if there's someone out there who will welcome them both. Good luck. Whatever happens be assured that you will have done the best for them both.
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