rehome my pooches

[twinmummy132]

hello ladies im new to mumsnet a few of my friends are on here and told me this was a good place for advice.my problem is i have two dogs a staffie and a alsation x both lovely gentle dogs the only thing is i have to get rid of them as my flat is too small for me two dogs and two 15 month old babies i am at my wits end trying to find them somewhere to go plus my landlord has said that i cant have them i have tried everywhere i know that takes dogs but most of them are full or not any for at least 6 months i need a soultion asap.please help me many thanx.

I firmly believe the answer lies with strict restrictions on breeding and the sale of live animals, with serious fines if your caught breaking the laws on breeding, selling or buying from non approved breeders.

8 is senior for a GSD too :(

sorry, not helpful but am sad for the dogs at this stage of their lives

i do feel like i was bein spoken to like scum if u go through the posts throughly then maybe u will see what has actully been written yes i have been given good advice and some very good sites to look at but it seems to me that when some1 needs help ppl seem to jump on their high horse and tell ppl how wrong they are for doing what they need to do and making them feel worse about that situation. i have explained about y my ll cant let them stay

if it was a case of they only have a few more years left to live and bein able to keep them then as i said b4 i wouldnt be on here seekin help and advice which is what i thought this forum was 4.

i am already paying through the roof for rent and am in no postion to pay any extra ontop of rent. yes i am on the register for social housing but as i have a roof over my head i am not in priorty need so may not be housed for at least 10 years

im also very sad @ mightynice and its not easy

I just hope you find a good solution for all of you. This is really sad. :(

Twin, this forum is renowned for being very outspoken (a nest of vipers is how its described i think in some parts of the media) and very blunt. So most of the postors here are used to being told very bluntly xy and z. You grow thicker skin after a while and you take the advice for how it is intended, blunt and too the point but genuine and concern filled.

Do a google search for Scallywags rescue in kent, they are very good and the woman will move heaven and earth to rehome your dogs if she possibly can. If she doesn't she will have contacts closer to you.

I feel for you OP I really do.

Is there any way you could make a deal with your landlord that you will put them up for rehoming through a rescue, but that they will have to stay with you until a new home can be found? That way you've shown willing to your landlord, and also you may be much more successful finding a rescue to represent your dogs if they don't have to find them a foster placement in the meantime? It may be that your dogs don't actually ever get rehomed but if you can show your landlord that they are on a rescue website it looks like you are trying, if you see what I mean?

I reckon delaying tactics might work - the landlord will know that if you stop cooperating and become a problem tenant then it will take him potentially a year - 18 months to take you through the corts and get you out, and he could lose money. Better if he and you can come to an agreement from his point of view and yours.

Are you not getting housing benefit? If the landlord changes the rental agreement to a higher amount hb should cover the difference?

ive spoken to my ll and told him i am tryin to rehome and he is tryin to be understandin because of my situation but know he wants them out asap. @bob yh i was warned about it and i do have a very thick skin i just dont think that some of the comments were nessacary coz on the one hand they were giving advice and on the other slagging me off which is'nt gonna help this situation.
@cleanin yes i get housing benefit but the rent is higher than the lha in my area so i have to pay a shortfall everymonth

Is there any way that moving a little bit further out might get you cheaper rent?

id need a pretty hefty deposit.

Really it's the fault of a system where tenants rights have been eroded to the point of being non-existent by successive governments who have more interest in the housing market continuing to forever increase in value than whether normal people can manage happy lives with meaningful choices

So true. We tried to rent a detached house with a garden, but they said no dogs. A place in the country that said no dogs. We finally ended up buying a place so we could have our dog with is while my dh was working here.

And the places we were looking to rent weren't cheap either, and we were willing to pay a larger deposit. It is shocking that ll can discriminate and say no to people who have pets. as far as I know, in France this is illegal. maybe all of you who are giving the OP a hard time, can actually use your energies more constructively to lobby your MP to change tenancy laws and strengthen tenant rights regarding pets?

OP, feel really sorry for you. I think if at this point if it means your dogs are pts vs. spending last w years in a stressful refuge environment, I know what my choice would be. Hope it doesn't come to that and you find a home for the pair.

People have given good advice about rescue options etc, so I won't repeat it. But I don't think it can be said too often that there are just not enough homes out there even for all the young healthy dogs and puppies that need them, and certainly not for dogs of those ages and breeds. If you can't/won't find a way to keep them with you, the most likely outcome is they will be killed, or at best spend their last years in a kennel.

Sorry if it's an unhelpful comment, but so many people seem to have completely unrealistic about 'rehoming' as though they can click their fingers and the dog will be happily installed in a new loving home. It doesn't work like that, except for the tiny, lucky minority. Even if a rescue can find a space for your dogs, they're likely to have a long waiting list and not be able to take them immediately, so you will have to come to some other arrangement in the short-term at least.

I assume it's no use you trying to contact the breeders you bought them from?

OP, the Blue Cross have a rehoming program where the dogs are directly moved from your home to their new families, so they don't have to spend time in a shelter. Maybe something that might be easier on your dogs?

Also, to some of the posters, you are way out of line. Abusive/snide comments are not acceptable just because you 'care' so much. The OP came for advice on rehoming places, not for comments on her life decisions or accommodation options.

Flatbread, if you don't like any of the posts, then report them.

Have they always been yours and yours alone? If you've had them since puppyhood did they ever live at your parents or your ex-partners? Can't either of them take the dogs again, at least until you can get re-housed?

OP my heart goes out to you.

I can only imagine that you didn't intend to end up SP to twins with 2 much loved pets you need to rehome.

No practical advice - just good luck.

Just re-reading. Why is the garden safe for your dogs to be in there, largely unsupervised but not safe for your sons to be there with you? If it is unsafe why do residents want to use it in the summer?

I'd be looking into who is in charge of maintaining the garden (tennents or LL? It will be in your contract) if it's the tennents you need to arrange a residents meeting and make arrangements to sort the garden. If it's the LL you need to be complaining. Or you could try and sort it out yourself. The more your LL views you as valuable tennent the more chance you have of being able to keep your dogs.

Contact Shelter today and see what help, if any, they are able to offer.

If I was you I'd just tell the LL I was doing my best to rehome them and leave it at that, whilst making sure my dogs did not bother the neighbours in anyway

*absolutely.

Im sorry flatbread but i fail to see where scuttle was offensive. the OP has been really defensive on this thread because she has been given frank advice.

I personally think that the dogs would be better off rehomed, its a totally untenable situation - two high energy dogs in a small flat with toddlers. Regardles of if the LL wants rid tbh.

As to the practicalities of whether rehoming is realistic in this instance, i dont think this is going to end well.

'I think you are fat and judgemental' that's a fair assesment of me to be honest

Not sure about Scuttle. I've never met her person. She is luverly online though.

Although I would argue that it is the dogs who are in a vunerable spot. Not the OP.

I've rented with dogs before. It's not easy. No-one said it was. It is do-able and it's the best chance that these dogs have.

Something like this might help tip the balance in your favour OP

Also, im sorry, but this is not a Tenants rights issue - this is about two dogs living in inappropriate accomodation. I feel v sorry for the OP btw