Dog needs to go.

[Rehoming]

I'm posting on behalf of a friend. Friend is vulnerable and can be taken advantage of.

So she took a dog on from a friend. He told her it was good with kids family dog etc. Has been trained by a specialist?? He said if Any problems hes happy to take the dog back.

Dog was ok for few days seemed OK with her child who's 5 years old. But he child was sitting on the floor with a blanket dog sat on the blanket her child pulled the blanket and the dog went for the child . Child is not hurt.

At first the dog was ok to walk no pulling or anything but all of a sudden its started pulling and barking at people. Don't understand why the dog was ok for a few days then suddenly started pulling/barking.

So because of the above she asked him to take the dog back. As she can't risk her child. And he is refusing to take the dog. What can friend do ? The dog is microchipped to him.

Just to add . Yes she was a prat for getting the dog yes it was the wrong thing to do . Yes she should have looked deeper into it. But she can't change that now .

Just need to know what she can do . We are thinking RSPCA but would they actually take the dog?

Dogs are often on 'best behaviour ' for a week or two in a new home. After that different behaviour can emerge.
She can contact rescues and ask for them to take the dog as a surrender. If they have space they may take it and assess its suitability for rehoming.
Returning to a feckless owner might not be in the dogs best interest anyway.

If it's microchipped to him, take it to the vets or pet rescue place and say you've found a dog and they will give it him back.

They will scan for the owner

Try RSPCA, Dogs Trust and local rescues.

You'll have a job though absolutely everywhere is full, try phoning the vets see if they can suggest something, they often know of really amazing people who can help especially if there's a child involved

Good luck

Would it be worth calling the council dog warden?

That's probably true. But she can't risk her child being hurt in the mean time.

That would be a really crap thing to do. Chances are it will end up being euthanised. It could be that the behavioural issues were always there. There’s also a chance that the dog is absolutely distraught at losing its home and owner and is acting out. I find it unusual that it was walking nicely on the lead etc, but within a few days is behaving badly and pulling. Does your friend have much experience with dogs? What breed is it? Does she have a clue about training dogs? There could be a good reason why it’s behaviour has deteriorated so much within the few days she’s had it

Anonymous handover to dog warden. Not worth the risk to your child.

How does that work ?

Yes, ours would scan for a chip

Try contracting Dogs Trust.

Everything you say is true. But she can't risk her child.

If they contact him he could just say he gave it to her ?

At which point she claims complete ignorance, says she's never heard of him and doesn't have a dog.

The dog is legally his. Chipped in his name. He can take it back or surrender it to them, his choice.

You take it to the rescue or vets, not her and just say you found it running loose.

They scan the chip, call him, he says dog is hers, they call her, she claims no knowledge, wrong number or whatever. Legally that dog is his.

Maybe threaten original owner with dog warden?
Give him x time to collect and say if he doesn't she is calling dog warden to say found a stray, with no collar. They can scan and trace back to him and he will end up with dog back plus a fine for having no name tag and collar?
Whether she actually goes through with that or not is up to her but threat might work .

I was thinking simlar. But need to be sure she would say something along them lines.

Our council dog warden would scan for a chip, contact the owner and if they then said they’d got rid of the dog & wouldn’t take it back they would first try to find it a rescue place, and if not then follow whatever procedure they have after that.

I think in your friend’s case I’d call the council dog warden and be honest about the situation. They won’t judge your friend, and they will try to get the original owner to take responsibility.

Oh God, it’s an American Bulldog isn’t it? I’d do what others have suggested, take it to the vets and feign ignorance.

Take it to nearest dog rescue charity as a stray.

The hard part of taking it to rescue centre is we have no form of transport and no one to ask. So it has to be either a pick up situation or walkable.

Take it back to his home and tie it up outside? I'm assuming the friendship is not likely to survive.

Most rescue centres are run by charities and don’t often have funds to collect. It is also very unlikely that a rescue centre would accept a dog described as a stray.

The council dog warden has responsibility for dealing with strays.

You could try speaking to your local RSPCA. They just might accept the dog on the grounds that it’s previous owner was so irresponsible to give the dog away to a clearly unsuitable home, and intervene to stop it going back to him. He may be willing to sign the dog over to them.

The poor dog is in a worse situation than before as for whatever reason it has now gone for a child.

He lives about an hours drive away. There's no transport to get it there . I'm not even sure if she knows the address.

This 100% original owner is a CF