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I think it is too hard to rehome an animal

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SuperHans · 02/03/2011 22:20

I bought a puppy a few months ago and I really love him - he was the right choice for us. He cost £100.

He was vacc's and I will pay to have him castrated soon.

He has been such a success that I have been looking into getting him a companion. I would like to help a dog and rescue them but they want stupid amounts of money and loads of home vists.

I am just put off, and it is a shame because I could easily home another dog and give him a good life.

I think I will just buy another puppy I am afraid.

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SuperHans · 03/03/2011 00:28

Yes, you are all right, it's not the money that gets me, it's the waiting.

I now it's nt a shop but I want to see a dog I love, make a connection, walk him and then go.

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BaroqueAroundTheClock · 03/03/2011 00:28

SuperHans - it breaks my heart to look at the local CPL and see more cats needed rehoming - but (aside from my cat strongly preferring to be an "only") I can't afford another.

Thankfully I know there are other rehomers out there who can afford to rehome those cats right now - and maybe my time will come round again in the future

ilovesooty · 03/03/2011 00:29

I still think, no matter what you say, that I have love to give and my finances will change. And one dog is happy, I will leave it at that but it breaks my heart to see the adverts.

No matter what the knowledeable people on here say.

And hard luck for an animal if it gets really poorly while you're getting financially secure.

issey6cats · 03/03/2011 00:29

waves over morley way off to bed now as up early for work in the morning so goodnight all and everyone in rescues keep up the good work the animals appreciate all that is done for them

BooyFuckingHoo · 03/03/2011 00:30

do you understand why the waiting has to happen? do you understand why there are homechecks?

Vallhala · 03/03/2011 00:30

"I only went for a look and came out with a dog."

:o

I did that 7 years ago - went to a rescue when they had a fete, with the intention of amusing the DDs and putting a few pennies the rescue's way. I met Max, a black Lab X there.

A few weeks later Max came home with me! :)

Amazingly I spoke to the rescue owner a couple of weeks ago about a dog I was trying to find a space for. I hadn't spoken to her for years prior to that.

I mentioned I'd adopted a black Lab x called Max from her many years before... and I got, "Oh! You're the lady with the two girls, one blonde one red... you'd not long before adopting him had cancer, I'm so glad you're alright now!"

How's that for a memory!

ilovesooty · 03/03/2011 00:30

Night issey

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SuperHans · 03/03/2011 00:34

BooFuckingHoo - of course I understand why.

But do you understand that is why there are so many dogs in rescue - perhaps 2/3 of them could be happy. Although apparently they are happy in kennels and don't need rehomed?

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fifi25 · 03/03/2011 00:36

I wont go again val, its breaks my heart, just been having a look on the long benton site and its full of staffies as usual.

I wish i hadnt come out with the dog. I always think about it and wonder where it ended up

My daughter thinks he pulls santas sleigh with the reindeers and santa pinched him out the garden, shes nearly 10 and still believes it.

BooyFuckingHoo · 03/03/2011 00:39

no, there are so many dogs in rescue because feckless selfish bastards don't consider the commitment they are taking on when they buy a puppy for their dcs or because stupid people get dogs on a whim when they cant afford them so have to give them up six months later, or even worse, cant afford to get them neutered and allow them to create more puppies that will end up in rescue, or worse! the procedures a decent rescue goes through before rehoming is not the reason dogs are in rescue, it is the reason so many of the dogs they rehome are rescued succesfully, because they can be sure teh people tehy rehome with are financially and practically able to look after the dog properly, instead of behaving like petulant children and stomping their feet because they "want a doggy and they want it now"

sorry for my spelling. i am fucking furious.

Vallhala · 03/03/2011 00:42

Hans, you are speaking of Rescue Remedies.

So, of the three "rescues" you've mentioned, you have had contact with only two. One of those is a POUND anyway, and not a rescue per se.

Two of these establishments homecheck ONCE. Mayhew, you say, required two visits. This is very unusual fro rescue unless there is a good reason for it - say, to check that a fence has been secured etc.

They all require less for a vaccinated, chipped, neutered/spayed, assessed, wormed and de-flead, vet checked dog than it will have cost you to merely buy and neuter your UNASSESSED, unsupported dog from your backyard breeder and yet you have the nerve to try and give readers the wrong impression of rescue by alleging that we demand unacceptably high adoption fees and demand "loads of home visits".

You are very, very unreasonable indeed.

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SuperHans · 03/03/2011 00:47

BooFuckingHoo - I can stump up £150 and so can anyone - it doesn't prove anything at all. The richest person can decide they are not going to pay thousands for their dog's health - maybe they don't love it enough.

So - all the advert saying "Ernie is desperate for a forever home" means is "Ernie is desperate for a home that has £150 to adopt him".

You are not doing Ernie any favours - cash strapped people love their dogs too.

If you think pet ownership comes down only to vet bills then they might as well all be PTS now.

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Vallhala · 03/03/2011 00:47

And what's more, if you don't, after having had it explained to you by more than just me, understand that dogs in rescue need DECENT, CAPABLE homes so that the dogs waiting in pounds and idiots homes who will otherwise be put to sleep for want of somewhere to go can take the place vacated by the rescue dog which has moved on to a DECENT CARING home, you are as thick as two short planks as well as unreasonable.

Goodnight.

BooyFuckingHoo · 03/03/2011 00:48

if you really can't justify paying £150 for a dog then you wont be able to justify all the other costs you will incurr throughout it's life. how can you not see the connection here??

Vallhala · 03/03/2011 00:49

Oh - before I go to bed, to advocate that dogs are PTS (funny that you should know the expression despite being as thick as shit about rescue, isn't it troll ?), to suit your argument is fucking sick.

BooyFuckingHoo · 03/03/2011 00:50

out of interest hans, how come you can't see fit to pay £150 for a rescue dog but yet are willing to pay well over that for a puppy?

ilovesooty · 03/03/2011 00:52

You paid £100 for your puppy farm dog, and still have to find the money for neutering and insuring (which you haven't done yet).

And if you're incapable of understanding the points put to you I'd be inclined to agree with Valhalla - you are thick as well as unreasonable.

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SuperHans · 03/03/2011 00:52

Val - with Maynew - I drove there and wanted to see a 10 year old dog. I then drove to the foster carer's home with my friend and my kids and walked with the foster carer and the dog. We liked him a lot and paid a deposit, we had a home visit. I don't know if you live in London but driving across it is awful if you don't know where you are going.

Anyway, I took a day off work and the kids took a day off school to meet the home visitor. She came, was happy that we were scruffy. But the dog was gone.

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SuperHans · 03/03/2011 00:54

Dog was not a puppy farm dog, he was a friend's dog's puppy.

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ilovesooty · 03/03/2011 00:54

The kids took a day off school????

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SuperHans · 03/03/2011 00:55

I am not a troll. Nor am I Norweigan.

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ilovesooty · 03/03/2011 00:55

"Dog was not a puppy farm dog, he was a friend's dog's puppy."

Not much difference in terms of responsible acquisition/ownership.

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SuperHans · 03/03/2011 00:56

Yes, I took the kids to meet the dog, and I took them out of school. To see if we all liked him, why not?

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ilovesooty · 03/03/2011 00:57

You're not familiar with the term "unauthorised absence from school" then?

BooyFuckingHoo · 03/03/2011 00:58

hans, why is it that you can justify spending more than £150 for a puppy but not for a rescue dog?