Joe
pfm Member
Joe,
That's because the term 'dog' refers to the species, not just the gender.
No ! really ?
Joe,
That's because the term 'dog' refers to the species, not just the gender.
You failed to get it across because of the poor post. Is English your second language? If so my apologies.
No ! really ?
Rescue dogs are good.
Manic puppy hood is gone and you're giving an old soldier a home
Some may cost that much, but not all do.Pedigrees are 1500 to 2000 I understand, expensive poop
Some may cost that much, but not all do.
We went to a few places - the Dogs Trust, SSPCA and the Edinburgh Cat and Dog home. All had dogs needing rehomed (and the Dogs Trust had a lot) however the dogs they had were the ones that were difficult to rehome - with quite a lot of them having been unsuccessfully rehomed several times. They do get dogs that are easier to place but there are so many people wanting those that they place them pretty much straight away.
We originally thought we'd be close to the perfect re-homers:
- We have no pets
- Decent sized detached house with a decent sized, secure (6ft+ fence) garden
- No kids at home
- As my wife has given up working we have an adult at home full-time (and I also might give up work - again - soon)
- Both fit and active
- Live on the edge of Pentland Hills which is dog-walking Nirvana
- Not fussy about size or breed - other than wanting an active dog that we could take on hillwalks and the like
- Fairly affluent so no issue with the cost of keeping a dog
Having been to several places that weren't willing to place a dog with us due to our lack of experience we had resigned ourselves to getting a puppy (seemed to be £600-1000 for one from a decent breeder in our area) but one of the other homing places, Any Dog 'il Do, had a candidate dog. There were lots of others interested but we made the top of the list because they wanted to place the dog with someone with an active lifestyle. Also as he's more of a rehoming dog rather than a rescue dog (i.e. no sign he's been abused - in fact he seems reasonably well looked after and is pretty well trained) our lack of experience wasn't as big a problem.
So far he seems to be settling in well - fingers crossed.
What sort of problems do these other dogs have ?
Lack of experience must apply to so many. Thought Dogs Trust helped out on that.
I tried to get a spaniel from the Scottish Springer Rescue. When I told them that I'd never had a spaniel before they appeared a bit reticent to let me have one.
After several months of missing out on dogs I eventually got a wee cocker from Gran Canaria. It turned out she was owned by a drag queen who'd kept her locked up in a back room. It took a while to get her licked into shape but now she's a little cracker. For someone who'd known what they were doing (not me) she would have made a cracking wee gun dog.