Desperate - Mum Has Let Us Down Re: Dog Sitting

[LetThereBeCupcakes]

Some of you may remember my thread a couple of weeks ago about adopting an ex-puppy farm breeder. When we were considering adopting her, we told the rehoming centre that we had a 2 week holiday (our honeymoon) in February ? my mum and step dad had offered to house sit for us. The home-checker met them and all was fine, no problems, everybody happy. They felt that we were such a good match for the dog in every other way that the 2 week break, though not ideal, shouldn't stop us adopting her.

We adopted the dog, and less than a week later my mother has just texted ?dog is too hard ? don?t feel we can look after in Feb. Sorry.? I?m in bits ? the dog has been very badly treated in her 4 year life so yes, she is hard work. But it?s been less than a week and she?s come on in leaps and bounds already. My mum met her twice before we decided to adopt so knew the situation. I feel I have nowhere to turn ? she?d fall apart in kennels, and it wouldn?t be fair on our other dog. I have no friends that aren?t at work all day.

It would break my heart but is our only option to give her up? Please help ? I?ll consider pretty much anything at this point.

Cupcakes

Where do you live ? There are lots of dog sitting people round here .

What area do you live in, It should be easy to find someone to dog sit, you have plenty of time, I'm not sure I quite understand your panic?

I'm in Wiltshire - we're looking online but don't know if they'd be willing to take on a dog with her problems. I can only find dog walkers and small animal sitters so far.

Will the rehousing centre take her back for the 2weeks?

WhereTheWildThingsWere - My panic is because we've only just adopted her and she's spent her whole life being very badly treated - she's terrified of everybody and everything and is very hard work at the moment. My mum was going to stay at the house as she would have had plenty of time for our dog to get to know her. The fact that my mother is refusing to look after her for two weeks should indicate just how difficult she is right now, although I hope she'll be a lot better in 7 weeks time.
scurry - I hadn't thought of that. Thank you - I will call them. They may appreciate the extra cash.

There are other options to giving her up - ask rehoming centre if they can help, it would make sense for them to have her for 2 weeks rather than have dog back to be rehomed, although unsettling for dog so dog sitter would be better. Or last resort, cancel the honeymoon. Not being harsh, that's what I'd do rather than give dog up, prepared to be shot down in flames.

Toughasoldboots - I don't blame you. When I stop panicking I'm sure I'll be pretty livid too. I'll try the vet as well, thank you.

tropical - I would sooner cancel the honeymoon too. My husband to be does not see this as an option. I could put my foot down I guess - I don't think he'd go without me.

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound harsh, but I think you will have plenty of options and have plenty of time so I don't think you need to panic or think for a minute you will need to get rid of her

I do understand she has problems but I think you will find most good dog boarders are very experienced dog people and would be more than capable of coping with the challenges she may present, plus I am sure she will be a totally different dog by then.

I would offer to help but am sadly far to far away.

Which side of Wiltshire are you? North, south east or west?

Where the wild things are: You didn't sound harsh. I know I am prone to panic. I think it's just because I felt we'd made such good progress over these last few weeks and this has come so out of the blue - just yesterday Mum was saying how well doggie is doing. I've had a lot of negative comments from people about adopting her so I think I'm a probably a bit sensitive about the whole thing. Add christmas and wedding stress into the mix and I'm amazed I can string a sentance together, to be honest!
Daisy - North
Thunder - No idea why the sudden change of mind. She just sent me a text saying she didn't think she could cope. My first thought was to ring her and beg, but I wondered if it was a bit risky? She might agree now but let me down again closer to the time.
I have found a company that looks possible - they do dog training as well as house sitting - but don't cover my area. I've sent them an email anyway in the hope that they will help out if I pay extra costs.
I'm trying not to panic. Honest I am!

Your local Council will have a register of approved home boarders, which could well be an option. She'd be in a domestic environment usually with very experienced owners, fully insured, many are trained, CRB etc.

If she came from a rescue, have a chat with them, as they may well have a foster home who would be willing to help out for this period.

It might be worth having a chat with your mum to see what the problem is specifically. Maybe she could try doing a weekend to see how she gets on and take it from there?

Thanks Scuttle - all good ideas. I'm feeling a bit calmer now, thank you all for your ideas and suggestions. Just seems to be one thing after another sometimes!

Cupcakes Have you looked into home boarding? www.happypaws.co.uk/ they have home boarding. Everyone is fully check first. I know it's in Berkshire, but i'm sure they have something like this in Wiltshire.

What about a boarding kennel? Haven't read the whole thread so sorry if this has already been asked.