Why's it so difficult to find a dog to rehome?

[TheGirlWhoWrites]

Hello! Our gorgeous JRT passed away a few months back and we’re now feeling ready to get another dog. I'm desperate to rehome one! We can provide such a lovely life for a dog with me working from home and being here most of the time, a nice enclosed garden, regular walking holidays, great doggy support network for the times we can’t be there etc etc etc.

But it’s so so difficult. I’m often getting turned down as our daughter is just 3. And the dogs which are suitable for young families go so quickly.

Any recommendations before we find ourselves having no choice but to buy a pup from a (reputable well researched) breeder? I’m looking at smaller rehoming centres within a 60m radius, larger ones too. I have joined countless FB groups and am getting alerts. I'm checking sites like ManyTears. Maybe there are some I'm missing?!

Resideria this is what I did, purely by accident.

I'd been trying to find a dog in shelters for well over a year but it was impossible with two children. I wasn't keen on getting a puppy as my friend had recently bought a pedigree puppy from a supposedly reputable breeder who turned out to be a backyard breeder. The prices of puppies were ridiculous too.

I can't remember where I saw an advert looking for a home for an older bitch who was good with children. I applied and the lady who was looking for to regime her ran a charity rehoming days rescued from Bulgaria. Said bitch was already rehomed but we were offered a 4 month old male (after screening, home visits etc).

We got our boy 2.5 years ago and he is fabulous. He's fantastic with my DC and they adore him.

Good luck! 🐶

The lady who was looking to rehome her, not regime her, and ran a charity rehoming strays, not days.

Disclaimer: I'm not well

Our foster whippet is off to his new forever home tomorrow. His new family includes a small child.

We also adopted our own whippet and lurcher when ds2 was 2 years old and 3 years old, respectively. Our own two dogs came from the RSPCA and Dogs Trust, but our foster boy is from a smaller breed-specific rescue.

It is possible to adopt rescue dogs when you have small children, but sometimes you may have to look for a while to find the right dog. In the long-run though, given the dog will be with you for many years, waiting for the right dog will be well worth it!

Oh this reminds me - when we first applied for rescue dogs, we were turned down by Battersea and by dogs trust for a specific dog each time as they wanted it to go to w family.....

I had the same problem 4 years ago. One breed specific rescue was actually really rude as well when I chased up an enquiry months later and had even offered my time to an area where there wasn't a volunteer.
I ended up looking for a puppy. While I was doing good that a Google search brought me to a one year old dalmatian being removed by a family for health reasons. The lived 4 hours away and we chatted for a few weeks and I visited and eventually brought her home.
4 years later I am still waiting for a response to some of my enquiries to rescues.

Try sadies street dogs. They rehome dogs from Romania - normally they are in foster homes in UK first so you get a good idea of their personality before you commit. We have a fabulous bouncy cuddly mongrel puppy who has been with us 4 months now and is completely gorgeous! We had the same problem finding a dog in the UK - at home all day, secure garden, older child and..... nothing!

Definitely try Rescue Remedies, a good friend volunteered for them for years and has a lovely rescue staffie.
If you are in Yorkshire/North East Moorview Dog Rescue www.moor-viewrescue.co.uk they are a small but amazing rescue and have plenty of dogs needing homes

Ilovecaindingle whats your lovely lurcher like with cats ?

mayflowersanctuary.co.uk/pet/lexie/

LaGatta look at those ears !

Or two ?
pets4homes.co.uk/classifieds/1226892-baxter-bella-staffies-8-6years-bradford.html

This boy looks lovely too
www.pets4homes.co.uk/classifieds/1476910-george-staffordshire-bull-terrier-of-2yrs-bradford.html

I can recommended Silver Fox Rescue. My friend fosters for them, think most of their dogs come from Romania and they're always very quick at responding to enquiries.

Many Tears Animal Rescue currently has 20 JRT and JRT crosses that need homes, from puppy to 8 years.

They will home to families with children. They are in Wales but have dogs in foster all over the country and will move dogs to closer fosters if needed (we were in Oxford when we got our mutt)

www.manytearsrescue.org/dogslookingforhomes.php

www.pets4homes.co.uk/classifieds/1486663-lucy-dunroamin-k9-rescue-doncaster.html

Lucy !

LaGatta staffs are amazing.

Sorry for de-rail just keep seeing lovely little staffies for LaGatta

Frumpet do you know if those prices are normal for the area?

Just staff puppies in my area are usually at the150-200 mark. Wouldn't want George overlooked by someone being put out by the price

(Completely against backdoor breeding and I've always rescued the rescue prices are just lower my area)

Have you tried Border Terrier Welfare?

www.borderterrierwelfare.co.uk/

A border will bigger than a JRT but still very pick-up-able. Great little dogs who are great with families. I've seen lots of amazing adoptions through them as the charity often hangs out on a fb group I belong to.

Try halfway home rescue in Notts. They've got small dogs in and are fine with you having dc.

htwww.helpingyorkshirepoundies.co.uk/female/elsa-sweet-loving-staffy/

Last one , promise !

I would also recommend Rescue Remedies, my sister does short term fostering for them.

unborn they are all rescue dogs , so will have been chipped , vaccinated and neutered I think .

LaGetta it's might be worth ringing.

My two old boys were my ex-p's dogs. We split up and they were his dogs, I was heartbroken but nothing I could do.

A year later the horrible bastard moved in with a new partner and handed them over to the kennels. They were 14 and 10 dog aggressive and would of just been pts to save them the stress.

They weren't he handed them over Tuesday I went and got them out Wednesday. The kennels (it was stray aid at coxhoe) even said they would of never made it to the rehoming pages

It might be worth leaving your details I can't imagine it's an uncommon situation. People are horrible.

My boys got another two years with me. Honestly I'm welling up thinking about them. They were happy and loved.

frumpet my local kennels do too. It must just vary area to area (I'm in the north east)

Possibly Urban , I think the price to rehome a rescue is anything between 150-350 dependent on breed , that is what seems to be the going rate looking at rescues online .