Which rescue.... bearing in mind we have a v young child?

[legallyblond]

This cropped up on another thread I started, so I thought I would ask the question specifically...

We are (I hope!) getting a dog in the next few months when we move into our new house. We had been thinking of a rescue dog from Many Tears. We're first time owners, but grew up with dogs. DH is a stay at home dad, and will be for a while, so we thought the time would be right. Only "issue" (well, I don't think it is!) is that DD is only 16/17 months (and we're likely to have more children, fingers crossed!), although she is pretty dog savvy and currently lives with my parents' dog (we're living there for 5 months)...

On my other thread, I was offered some advice re avoiding re MT - apparently they charge for post-adoption behavioural advice etc.

Any thoughts on Many Tears?

What other rescue or rehoming organisations might be suitable? (near-ish Devon!)
Thanks! ... sorry for being such a lurker here even though we don't actually have a dog!!

SDTG Mia looks wonderful

Thank-you, kilmuir - she's settling in really well so far and I can't imagine the family without her now.

I went to Many Tears at the weekend. The dogs are well kept and the volunteers are wonderful. The member of staff we talked to, though, said that we may as well not bother to fill in an adoption form because they have so many people coming to the centre that do meet all of their strict adoption requirements that they don't even advise people who don't - for however small a reason. I don't know what to make of it to be honest. I'd ring them first before going and ask if your children could be an issue.

Thanks so much everyone! I really appreciate all the feedback.

Provided whoever we adopt from is ok with DD being so little, I don't think we have any other "issues": DH is home (or doing things that dogs can do too!) all day, apart from the odd hour or so for shopping/DD's swimming etc; we have a secure back garden and a house with utility etc so the dog could have it's own space; DH is more than happy to do at least one good walk a day (and we back onto fields); plenty of opportunity for socialising with my parents' dog, who would be around every couple of days...

It is so lovely to hear all your success stories!

I suspect we will end up looking, once we're ready, at GRWE and Many Tears and see if any dog seems like the right match and, if not, we'll just wait, as it has to be right (more for the dog than for us!). Am v tempted by the fact that greyhounds have accessories though!!! I am v shallow, I know......

Thanks so much again, this is all such helpful stuff

Would definitely go for somewhere where a dog has been fostered before, particularly if you are looking at a greyhound. If they have come straight off the track, you have no idea whether they will make a good pet so some insight into this would be useful.

Totally Goosey - that was a priority for us originally.