We lost our elderly dog a few months ago and we are missing him badly. We have started to think about our next dog and although we are in no rush, it will be wonderful to have one in the family again.
We had our previous dog from a puppy, and this time, for a number of reasons, we would like to rescue.
I would be grateful to hear from others their experiences of getting a rescue dog. I think it is likely that we will go for an adult as opposed to a puppy. It would be good to hear the positives and the negatives, your experience in settling a rescue dog, teething problems, what the support from the rescue was like, what should you expect in that regard, what makes a good rescue centre etc etc.
I follow a couple of the local branches of the 'big' rescues on FB and it seems there is often, for example, behaviourists attached to them who could maybe help if you had problems after rescuing- is this usually the case? I also know someone who adopted a dog from a much smaller , local rescue, and there was no real way to access longer-term support.
I know of course that everyone will have an individual experience and an individual dog, but in the same way that there is a 'right' way to go about buying a puppy, I want to make sure we are looking out for the right sort of rescue place and have a realistic idea of what to expect.
Thank you!
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Sleepyhouse · 29/05/2017 08:54
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