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rehome my pooches

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twinmummy132 · 02/04/2012 17:31

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.

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TheMonster · 03/04/2012 15:33

We've had a couple of dogs from Last Chance too! We got a Staff when I was 12 (a long time ago!), when they kept all the dogs in one big pound together. Then when DP and I first got together we got a lovely old staff from there. Well, she was lovely to us and DS but a killer to anything else that moved.

One of our current dogs is from Battersea. He was 18 months old when I got him, and he's a staff cross. He had been kept outside by a chap who wanted to fight him and the poor thing had been beaten mercilessly.

He has severe behaviour problems and is brain damaged. When I got him he had never been inside a house and he was an absolute nightmare. He arrived at Battersea with head split open from the beatings.

He's still a nightmare, at 8 years old, but he's my nightmare and I love him.

Flatbread · 03/04/2012 15:37

Hiya OP, me again. I hope you don't mind, but I called a couple if places to see if any rescue could help. The dogs trust in London said they were full. But the dogs trust in Darlington said that they have space, and could take your dog, if suitable (they know the age and breed) the lady was very helpful and said that they can home older dogs that age, so keep your spirits up! But you would need to have an interview with the manager and take your dog there for them to make the assessment. She also recommended trying a specific staffie breed rescue close to your location, as that would make things easier for you.

If you are finding it difficult around the London area, it might be a possibility to consider rescues up north, as people generally have more space to keep dogs.

Flatbread · 03/04/2012 15:42

Eeoyre, that is terrible! How can anyone treat an animal that badly Sad

You must be amazing with dogs to be able to handle that kind of trauma.

TheMonster · 03/04/2012 15:48

I went there to get a dog and the lady who worked there remembered me from my previous visit and she asked to me look at him. I wanted another old staff but his craziness kind of appealled! He still drives me bonkers - he is currently trying to tempt the other dog into a game of idiots!

D0oinMeCleanin · 03/04/2012 15:49

Well if you're gonna go as far as the NE the lovely Pat at Save Our Strays will move heaven and earth to help you. However while they do their best to secure foster homes for their dogs, many are kept in private boarding kennels at the expense of the rescue, so donations towards their care would be welcome.

Do tell her that the daughter of the man who now has Freya has a Staffie shaped gap in front of her fire.

Greyhounds Galore are also worth contacting. They do help breeds other than Greys and Lurchers when they have the space and I happen to know they have a foster home opening up soon, that also may or may not have a staffie shaped gap in front of the fire Wink

Rescues in the North East are struggling desperately, the difference being it's Lurchers, Greys, whippets and terriers that we have the issues with, staffies are not as common up these parts as they are down south. That's not to say we don't have our fair share of them. We do. They are just not as sought after as dogs capable of racing or hare coursing Angry

None of these rescues are likely to have the time or funds to come to London. You'd have to find a way to get to them.

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twinmummy132 · 03/04/2012 18:58

thank u flatbread i drive so would be able to get up there ive spoken to a few in hastings and tonbridge as i know most places in london are full to the brim i will have a look and call dogs trust 2morro.

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Goawaybob · 03/04/2012 19:02

twin, just to say have a look at lord whiskey (linked in my previous post - they may be able to help and if you can drive they are in folkstone in kent) Good luck xx

BodyofEyore - such a sad story, honestly if i could get hold of some of these bastards who do this id tear them several new ones! cunts :(

fussbucket · 03/04/2012 19:24

Wishing you and your dogs atb twin. And please don't let this put you off coming to MN for other reasons in the future!

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twinmummy132 · 03/04/2012 19:59

thanx bob ive emailed them just waitin for reply and from a few of the others u mentioned hopefully noe of them will be able to help.

@fussbucket dont worry im not easily put off.

thank u all for advice and help i will keep u posted on the outcome.

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Goawaybob · 03/04/2012 20:28

No worries twin :-) I have to say i think you took your flaming really well, you know its a rite of passage don't you, on mumsnet. Seriously, it can feel like people are being horrible but it is just so easy to type what you really think and not stop to think how it makes a poster feel when there are just words on the page, i do it all the time. But then im a bitch in RL too Grin

Do keep us posted and if i think of any other ideas i'll let you know.

One thing, if you ring your local vets and ask, they should have a breed rescue directory.

Am sorry you are having to rehome your dogs, it must be a terrible wrench for you - but they will soon settle in and you are doing all the right things to find them somewhere decent. FWIW i think your landlord is a fuckwit

Jajas · 03/04/2012 21:04

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

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twinmummy132 · 03/04/2012 22:42

lol@bob im a bit of a bitch in rl 2 but then most women are so when u put them all together on a site like this then theres gona be hell.
every1 has a rite to their own opinion and yes sometimes they can be harsh i urge them to sometimes try and think b4 they type though as their are some ppl who arnt as thick skinned as me and may do more harm than gd.

thanx again

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JaxTellerIsMyFriend · 04/04/2012 08:02

twin although the harsh comments are on your thread, if you read through the doghouse threads then you will see that there are some seriously idiotic people who get dogs,cant be arsed with them struggle after a while and ask advice, ignore good advice given, come back, call an emergency and need to rehome their dog/s... then lo and behold a short time later they get another cutesy puppy and the cycle continues.

I'm not saying this is you, you have obviously had your dogs a long time and situations and circumstances change, so although not bitter 'we' are repeating the same stuff over and over and sometimes someone like you with a genuinely sad reason for rehoming gets the brunt of all the fuckwits who should never have gotten dogs in the first place. Sad

Please give Garbo a call. She will help you if she can.

Jajas · 04/04/2012 12:54

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CatPussWithACrownOfThorns · 05/04/2012 12:06

It's nice to see that the spirit of DogsBestFriend/Valhalla still wanders the threads of the Doghouse! Hmm

D0oinMeCleanin · 05/04/2012 12:16

Isn't it just CatPuss Smile

I think it's great that Op was given so many rescues she could contact. Thank goodness the rescue contacts didn't dwindle away with the departure of Val. Poor OP would have had no advise to be given.

How's things OP? Have you managed to find a rescue?

Do let us know if you haven't and we'll put our heads together and try and come up with some more.

CatPussWithACrownOfThorns · 05/04/2012 12:24

actually, I was being sarcastic! It would be nice to see someone in need posting here, without being ripped to shreds, called a numpty and generally verbally abused, before they actually get any useful advice.

D0oinMeCleanin · 05/04/2012 12:28

Of course. We shoud have stroked OPs hand and told her it would all be okay. That a nice, fluffy rescue will come along and take her dogs to a big farm where they will live happily ever after. Because that's how it really works.

Us nasty rescue folk just enjoy telling people that the fate of rescue dogs is not always nice, just because we like to see them cry. None of it's true.

CatPussWithACrownOfThorns · 05/04/2012 12:48

Don't be stupid. You don't have to fluffy. But, what's wrong with offering support and advice, rather than being rude. Or even making sure of all the circumstances before being abusive?

D0oinMeCleanin · 05/04/2012 12:51

No-one abused the OP. I did not say OP was a numpty. I said rescue was on it knees because of numpties who dump their dogs without a second glance. This is true. It is fact. I did not actually state whether I believed OP was one of these numpties.

The only abusive comments came from one of OPs supporters and have now been deleted.

Heswall · 05/04/2012 14:25

Can you imagine if we posted in the feeding section the realities as I see them of what happens to formula fed baby's ? That the struggling OP ought to change their lives and living arrangements to accommodate what I consider to be necessary to carry on breast feeding ? If an adult has made a decision about their family and their pets I'm generally of the opinion that they've considered all the options and made an informed choice and of they want advice about how to implement it then it's not for me to try and make them feel bad about it whether I agree or not.

RedwingWinter · 05/04/2012 16:46

You would think that, wouldn't you, but sadly it is often not the case. I am sure the OP has thought everything through carefully, so I am speaking generally here - but many people don't think it through. Sometimes if people knew more about dogs, they would be able to deal with the problem quite satisfactorily, or would know not to get a dog in the first place. Yes, there are heart-breaking cases where people end up, through no fault of their own, having to rehome a dog; but sadly there are also many cases where people get a dog and rehome very soon after its arrival because they hadn't thought it through properly, because it hadn't occurred to them that the dog might need training not to chase the chickens, or because they've decided they don't have the time to walk it each day after all, or because they didn't train it as a puppy and now it's growing up to be a handful.

I was heartened to see that the OP was given so many rescue contacts and hope that she will be able to come back and let us know that one of them was able to take the dogs.

Flatbread · 05/04/2012 16:58

I am glad that my comment calling some folks 'fat' has been deleted. It was meant to be illustrative of how something that can be called merely descriptive or factual, can actually be quite hurtful.

In the doghouse people make personally offensive comments, innuendoes and get away with it because others cover their back and the chorus is that it is just 'facts' and being 'helpful'.

Well, no. It isn't. It is unhelpful and patronising, at best. Vindictive and bullying at worst. And the excuse that it is because they 'care' for animals is no justification for being a twat.

CatPussWithACrownOfThorns · 05/04/2012 21:36

I can see both sides of the argument. Yes, you Doghouse people do a wonderful job with all your advice. BUT, Flatbread also has a point in her last post.
People don't think things through, they do get dogs when they shouldn't. They breed from them without the knowledge and experience they need. But they come here asking for help and advice. They get it, but after a thorough kicking. this OP got off quite lightly. But I can Guarantee that you can open any of the myriad of rehomed dog threads here, and the second, third fourth... Posts will be 'FGS, WTF did you get it for' or 'another numpty'!
Then, after they have had a thorough verbal beating, the advice they need is forthcoming.
Stop with the abuse, and give the advice. This would be a much nicer place. Let's face it, if you alienate the numpty, then they are highly unlikely to take your advice, aren't they!

JaxTellerIsMyFriend · 05/04/2012 21:53

The OP was given lots of advice at the start of her thread. If you worked or volunteered in rescue at all then you would be as exasperated as some of the posters on this thread.

There is no quick fix for rehoming a dog. There is NOT unlimited funds and places in rescue centres, or even a pound.

And yet people keep on keeping on back yard breeding, getting a cute puppy and then when it grows and needs Vet treatment or even god forbid eats too much food they want to get rid of it.