Bosnian dog rescue charity

[Beanbateman]

Anyone heard of DNV animal rescue charity? Based in Bosnia. Any experiences? Is it trust worthy? Asking for a fee of £400 to transport dog and pay for various other expenses.

Should be illegal - money laundering charities breeding unpredictable dogs to flog to gullible folk - ban it!

It cost me £600 to have a puppy transported to the UK by road from another Eastern European country.

Since leaving ckdown the dog rescues in the uk are struggling. Why not help them?

There appear to be some bots on this thread.

Do not pay for a Bosnian dog to be imported to the UK for you. It is not in the dog's best interests to go through that traumatic experience and there are thousands of dogs awaiting rescue in british animal sanctuaries. You as an individual have the capacity to rescue one dog. The number of unrescued dogs remaining in the world after that will be the same no matter what you do. However, "rescuing" from overseas instead of from a local sanctuary actually increases the total amount of animal suffering rather than reducing it.

Wow, a lot of people commenting on this when they have zero experience of what they’re talking about!

I have a Bosnian rescue dog, not through DNV but a similar charity. I wouldn’t worry about the website being in English - we are their target audience.

Anyone who is interested in adopting a dog will know exactly why people end up getting one from abroad - British rescues tend to have such ridiculous standards that they would rather a dog live in a little bell for the rest of its life than in an imperfect home!

some dogs from abroad may be problematic but many in the UK are too! I know many rescues and none have any serious behavioural issues - they’re maybe a little more independent and make their own decisions because that’s what they’ve always done! So training takes more effort! But they’re all delightful. Feel free to DM if you have questions!

Please do not import more dogs into this country! Uk shelters are overflowing with unwanted dogs, Gumtree and I expect Facebook are swarming with thousands of dogs either unwanted or for sale.

Block the ads, think about something else. How about fostering puppies for guide dogs?

If they were legit they'd let you met them. Why would they not want you to go to Bosnia to see their amazing centre and how the dogs are trained and cared for? Are they a registered charity in Bosnia?
Chances are they just kidnap a feral dog off the streets, bung it in a crate and guess what, no fucking refunds?!
I'd say it sounds absolutely off the scale dodgy.

Chances are it's legitimate.
I brought mine over from Spain from a rescue group on Facebook.

Just be aware that if you need to register with a UK vet you'll have to pay for a Brucella test before they'll see the dog, even though the dog will have had one in Bosnia.

Lets just say its NOT a scam and you send £400 and a dog does turn up as promised - you have no idea if that dog is suitable for you and if its not what then?
You would be crazy to even consider this

Usually because the people who run rescues abroad are often British.

You don't get to meet the dog beforehand.

I've adopted from Spain and you get to meet the dog when it arrives in the van.

Please do not encourage these charities and their problem dogs.

Because the criteria is often ridiculous to adopt a UK dog.

You have to get a brucellosis test in the UK anyway if you want vet treatment.

And they aren't cheap with the added prospect of heartbreak if it's positive. Better to at least only import dogs with a negative in country test rather than inflict pot luck on the adopter.

UK rescues often turn down people with children and/or other animals. Also they are obsessed with 6ft fences.

They often try to stipulate where you can walk the dog - away from people, men, cars etc.

They also expect the whole household to make multiple trips to the rescue centre.

Actually with big dogs it is something to consider because it can hurt their hips, especially in their later years and they're too heavy to carry up and down stairs so it can become an issue.

My dog hasn’t been tested and it’s never been mentioned by his vet.

We got our dog from DNV 4 years ago - at that time they were partnered with a UK rescue but I don’t know if that’s still the case. We had videos of him, he had all of his vaccinations and health screening, access to a behaviourist for advice and a network of previous adopters. We had to have a home visit before we were allowed to adopt where they checked our home and garden, and interviewed us about our experience with dogs, home and work arrangements etc. It certainly felt as thorough as I’d expect from a purely UK based charity. All we paid was for the costs of the vaccines and medical checks, passport and transport.

it was possible to meet the dogs first once they had travelled to the UK in either the UK rescue facility or some of the dogs were fostered in homes.

We tried to adopt a dog in the UK first but none of the rescues would allow us to because of very strict criteria about working hours and because we have 2 children. In actual fact when we went to dogs trust for example, all of the dogs they had had behavioural issues and very strict criteria about living arrangements (eg some couldn’t live with men, some couldn’t cope with visitors etc).

I would always go for a UK rescue first but I wouldn’t rule out an overseas one especially if they do their due diligence.

happy to answer any questions.

Oi!

I've had several "mangy old bags of bones" from Spain as you call them.

A Brittany, GSP and a cocker spaniel plus some crossbreeds. None had mange or any diseases at all.

But you still need a brucellosis test in the UK regardless of already having a negative test.

Was your dog imported before 2020? If so you don't need one. If after then you're just lucky.

But there is a reduced chance of it being positive leading to heartbreak.
2 scenarios:

1. import dogs with no test. Chance of UK test being positive will he around the same as in source country.
2. test before import and only import dogs negative at that stage. Chance of UK being positive will be much reduced below source country. Less risk to UK residents and less heartbreak.

Nope, 2023.