Page 5 | Anyone any experience with wags n wet noses dog rescue?

BettySweaty · 2019-03-12T23:04:52+00:00

Just that really. We are supposed to be adopting a dog from them soon, but I've just seen a strange review of them on line. Granted the review is from one man, and all the other stuff about them had seemed fine, but its got me thinking... Anyone else had any dealings with them?

boxbird12 · 26/04/2024 07:14

@Msalty712 I’ve just had a look and unfortunately he’s not been rehomed yet.

No mention of food aggression, and can be rehomed with “larger” kids over 8!

Anyone any experience with wags n wet noses dog rescue?

ElsaLion · 26/04/2024 16:45

@Msalty712 Out of interest, were the 30+ photos they have for the dog taken by you or the previous owner? Wags n Wet Noses were recommended to us by a friend the orher day after seeing they were advertising a Lab x (our lovely black lab died aged 14 last year and we felt the time had come to find a new dog), but after reading your dreadful experience, I think we'll be avoiding them at all cosys!

Msalty712 · 27/04/2024 02:24

Yep, the post is completely misleading! Stating that he needs some positive training in lead work to add the 'finishing touches' is dangerous at worst and irresponsible at best. Wendy is WELL aware that Harry is food aggressive, that he plays extremely rough, is very destructive and is quite an anxious dog that almost definetely needs a patient and experienced adult home. Poor boy. I feel so sad and worried for him.
The photos she has used are mostly all mine! She didn't ask permission to use them, just uploaded and blocked me. They give off the impression that he is fine to be around children, when in reality, the image with the young boy is the first day he came home. He didn't actually start jumping up and nipping hard till day 2 I believe it was and food aggression I noticed a few days later. It was strange actually because my nephew in the photo has an autoimmune disease and pain in his legs and Harry never once jumped up and nipped or played rough with him like he did me and every other person in the house. It's as if he knew 🥺 Anyway, she even has videos of the food aggression. It is clear to me she isn't actually bothered about finding the right home for the dogs!
I've attached some pics of the bruises he gave me just jumping up and play biting.

ElsaLion · 27/04/2024 19:59

Msalty712 · 27/04/2024 02:24

Yep, the post is completely misleading! Stating that he needs some positive training in lead work to add the 'finishing touches' is dangerous at worst and irresponsible at best. Wendy is WELL aware that Harry is food aggressive, that he plays extremely rough, is very destructive and is quite an anxious dog that almost definetely needs a patient and experienced adult home. Poor boy. I feel so sad and worried for him.
The photos she has used are mostly all mine! She didn't ask permission to use them, just uploaded and blocked me. They give off the impression that he is fine to be around children, when in reality, the image with the young boy is the first day he came home. He didn't actually start jumping up and nipping hard till day 2 I believe it was and food aggression I noticed a few days later. It was strange actually because my nephew in the photo has an autoimmune disease and pain in his legs and Harry never once jumped up and nipped or played rough with him like he did me and every other person in the house. It's as if he knew 🥺 Anyway, she even has videos of the food aggression. It is clear to me she isn't actually bothered about finding the right home for the dogs!
I've attached some pics of the bruises he gave me just jumping up and play biting.

Oh no that's awful, I'm really that you were lied to and had such a terrible experience. It's unbelievable that despite your experiences, they are willing to lie and endanger future potential adopters. Will definitely be avoiding!

suggs21 · 04/05/2024 19:49

Hi Blanketenvy, did your dog arrive and was everything ok. My friends dog arrived and all is good, the dog is lovely and really friendly and happy. I just wondered how your own experience had gone this last week with the transport that came over ?

suggs21 · 04/05/2024 19:50

Blanketenvy · 21/04/2024 08:25

This thread has really stressed me out as I have a dog arriving in a week from them. Obviously my own fault for not doing enough research and taking things on face value but I am where I am now and really just hope it's ok.

How did your dog arrival go Blanketenvy ?

Blanketenvy · 04/05/2024 20:12

suggs21 · 04/05/2024 19:49

Hi Blanketenvy, did your dog arrive and was everything ok. My friends dog arrived and all is good, the dog is lovely and really friendly and happy. I just wondered how your own experience had gone this last week with the transport that came over ?

Yeah same, so far he's amazing- beyond what I could have hoped, but I know that's luck on my part and it sounds like peoples issues with the rescue arrive when things aren't going well with their dog, but I couldn't be happier and so glad for your friend too!

suggs21 · 04/05/2024 20:29

Good to hear. I think its nice when people come back to this thread comment positively if things have genuinely gone well too, not just bad experiences. I always feel sad when its just negative posts people make about anything, not just rescues, so its nice when peoples fears have been allayed and things turn out well. I hope that continues for you as it did for me.

Maggiemayismyname · 25/07/2024 17:25

I adopted a rescue dog from these not so truthful people. They told me the previous adopters had just changed their mind about adopting. The dog was lovely and all was going well until she bit me (unprovoked) from behind. I put this down to her being scared, the rescue’s advice was to carry on as normal. A few weeks later she bit a friend. I returned her to kennels who look after dogs on their behalf. Wags told me to give them all the details of the bites (which needed hospital treatment) so that they could WORK with the dog’s behaviour. 20 MINUTES later she was advertised on their site, saying was suitable for adoption with children over ten years old!!! Then they immediately blocked me from the site so I could not warn anyone else. Oh and then I managed to track down the previous owner they hadn’t ‘changed their mind’ the dog had bit their daughter.

Maggiemayismyname · 25/07/2024 17:52

Msalty712 · 16/04/2024 17:54

Hi,
I'm a first time poster and made an account just to add to this thread after my horrendous experience with this scam rescue!
I adopted a dog who was advertised as extensively tested with children, safe around young children, very playful and friendly, loving, only on the street 4 days so had no trauma etc. all sounded fab. It was my first experience with a rescue so I fell hook, line and sinker and had absolutely no reason to doubt their authenticity!
However, when the dog came he was the complete opposite. I raised my concerns to Wendy and her team as my dog was food aggressive, he gave me large yellow bruises up and down my arms due to how rough he play bites, he actually went to nip and lunge at me when I was close to him eating his dinner (I didn't go to take his bowl I was just stood close by, had no idea he was food aggressive). He was a VERY anxious dog, scared of outside noises, cars, bikes, he ripped the inside of my boot lining up on a short drive to the beach, constantly destructive in the house etc. Anyway, when I approached Wendy with my concerns as I was quite overwhelmed, I was completely gaslighted by her. She made out that I was unwilling to work on his training, tried to state he was not aggressive, that I expected a fully trained dog etc. Now let me make it clear, I did not expect a fully trained dog. I was willing to work on all of his behaviour issues and I spoke to a professional behaviourist. However, the food aggression was the factor that changed my mind, as I have young step children 2 and 6 and I specifically stated on the forms I won't risk aggression. I was more shocked at how she reacted to my concerns and how different the dog was to the initial description. The behaviourist made me aware that he is increasing dealing with calls for help from fraudulent operations such as this, that advertised family friendly dogs that are the complete opposite. They then deny, deny, deny. He said that food aggression is very difficult to remove and we could only ever manage it and advised me to send the dog back and demand a refund. I was completely heartbroken over this and did not make the decision lightly! I felt so, so sorry for the dog and I completely believe this rescue exploit these dogs and purposely sell them for a profit. Now, I understand his behaviour could of changed since his rescue due to trauma from travel, new environment etc and once I came to Wendy with the advice from the behaviourist and began to question her operation, she COMPLETELY changed her attitude. She started being extremely apologetic, said she would take the dog back and spend 2 months testing him in kennels, she said she would re-advertise him so he found the correct home with adults and the training he needs and that she would keep me fully updated on the process. She also said she would refund me as much as she could once rehomed but that it may be a lot less (around £250). At this point I honestly don't care about my money any more, I care about what she has done to my dog and how she exploits all of these other poor dogs!!
I tried to get my dog in another rescue as I still had doubts as to wether she would find him the correct home, but nobody would take him. She kept telling me how sorry she was that it didn't work out, and yet again, I fell for her lies like the idiot I am!
She collected my dog Sunday just gone and a family member has informed me that she has just re-advertised him for adoption straight away. The post is completely full of lies!! It does not mention AT ALL his food aggression. She has said that he could POTENTIALLY be rehomed with younger kids and is fine with children over 8! I am the only person who has spent longer than 2 weeks with this dog in the UK as he came straight to me from Romania and let me tell you he is NOT suitable around any children. I was in tears on multiple occasions with how hard his 'play biting' is and I have photos of the bruises up my arms to prove it. I have videos of him snarling and biting anything that comes close to him eating. I have videos of the damage he has done to my house and car. This poor, poor dog needs an experienced adult home and she is not looking for that for him. That makes it COMPLETELY clear she is not doing this for the dog - she is doing it for profit. I actually asked her about a post on this thread were the poster stated their dog bit a member of their family on the bum? And she told me that the adopter didn't mention the fact this man the dog bit on the bum had actually hit the dog. I imagine this was a load of lies! She had blocked me and everyone connected to me from her page, so I cannot warn people about the true nature of my dog and he will likely now go to a family home and be passed from pillar to post, or worse, bite or injure someone and risk being put down. This woman is disgusting. Think about it, she gets £650-£750 per dog, constantly asking for donations for food, Go Fund Me pages that raise hundreds, where is all of this money going? Why does she not have a CACS account but instead a personal account for all payment!? All questions I should of asked at the start, but as the behaviourist told me, I could not see the wood for the trees! My dog came over very underweight and they specifically told me AFTERWARDS that they were actually aware he was aggressive around food and had deeply engrained trauma! They don't inform you of this at all! They only put positive things on their posts that you want to hear and it's lies. The post she has put about my dog makes out he needs a few finishing touches and he will be this perfect family dog, she has made all of these untrue claims about him when she doesn't actually know the dog at all, he was in her kennels less than 24 hours and she posted him for adoption. I will be gathering as much evidence as possible and reporting her to as many places as I can. I have since found multiple sources online that hint at fraudulent activity going back years and screenshots of evidence they import the dogs illegally and falsify their paperwork.
And to all the people defending her and having good experiences, I am really glad that your dogs have turned out well and happy! The amount of dogs she imports, of course tbere is going to be success stories! But you haven't experienced the treatment from this so called 'rescue' once you have a problem with your dog. Because if or when you do (I really hope for yours and your dogs sake that you don't) she will gaslight, manipulate and block you!! And it's also the fact she is PURPOSELY misleading people as to the nature of the dogs. She has lied to me and blocked me and LIED about the nature of a dog just to get it adopted, now tell me how that is RESCUING him????

Omg this is what happened when I adopted a dog from them, they lied, tried to turn the blame on me because the dog was dangerous, they advertised it as gentle. They said they would work with the dog. I don’t think so they Re advertised the dog 20 minutes !!! after I returned it. Said the dog could be housed with children. It had bitten three people. Then they block you!

victimisednosorryvasectomised · 25/07/2024 21:46

I was reading through this thread randomly last week and then when another comment popped up on it today I was drawn to comment. It sort of made me smile in one way, but then thought rather than people giving their own positive and negative views of this rescue why dont they just join their conversation page and be part of the conversation and form their own opinion based on past adoptions and foster placements. I have applied to foster and will be following through on that, but its very easy to see the comments everyone is posting on the facebook page they have with over 11,000 members who have either adopted or fostered from them in the past, and I always think theres no better way to find out the truth by reading the genuine comments on their page of followers who have all had direct contact of some form with the rescue in the past. It stands to reason you would do your homework on any rescue before you foster or adopt and in this case, they have over 11,000 members who all comment and help each other with dog scenarios. Its really useful I think. It speaks volumes and I always think theres no better measure of any rescue or shop or product than asking the people who have already bought it, done it, fostered it, or adopted it. And theres rarely anything negative on there, believe me, I looked. So I always think its best to ask those who have gone before you, in great numbers, not small numbers. The number of negative commenters on this site is minimal, I counted about 10 in the comments, on mumsnet, the rest were positive or neutral. So I dont think 11,000 members on their own page can be wrong, do you ? Safety in numbers. And 11,000 is a huge huge number, no way could they make up 11,000 false profiles to post positive comments on the page. No way. Im always willing to give anyone the benefit of the doubt, but hey, thats just how I roll, I appreciate not everyone is the same as me. But I think its good to decide for yourself how you feel about rescues in general. The link to their page of past adopters and fosters is here for anyone who ma be interested. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2008820529405469 :)

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Msalty712 · 27/07/2024 00:42

Yeah sure @victimisednosorryvasectomised . Let's all join their page to find out the truth, when the ONLY comments you will find on it are positive, because all of the negative experience are BLOCKED and removed. The experiences of people who have already fostered or adopted and had an absolute horrendous experience and try to warn others and expose Wendy the liar and fraudster are present on this forum and others. These are JUST as valid as the people on their media pages and groups, but more likely to find the truth on forums because they only have control what is present on their social media accounts. So OF COURSE you won't find anything negative on there 🤣 Yet another failed attempt from Wendy or her minions to cover their disgusting operation. Bore off! Also, nobody is denying there aren't many positive experiences. I am sure there are many dogs out there who thankfully turn out okay. That does not discount the many testimonies of individuals who have experience the lies, manipulation, gaslighting and fraud of this organisation.

LShelly · 29/09/2024 11:04

Does anyone have a contact number for wagsnwetnoses ?

Lenie12 · 16/01/2025 13:59

Wags and wet nose are two different rescues.

debjane88 · 16/01/2025 19:32

My experience was positive then negative and I was treated badly by their ruler

82KJA · 19/08/2025 00:51

I fostered a girl, Ava 7 weeks ago, was told she was "a little shy"

She was terrified of men.

We worked with her and had contact with a potential forever home, but Wendy Feathers got wind of the fact she loved her crate and went full on psycho on me - Was a Friday night was peppered with emails all evening, they tried to get me on a video call with 3 others, then I received 2 voice notes, an hour apart and well, it was clear shed had a few glasses of red between the two! Was very intrusive and borderline psychotic in my opinion.

She told the potentials they weren't suitable and was very rude and unkind to them and blocked them.

Last week I get a call telling me shes being collected by the van today and she needs to be ready, again I voiced my concerns about men taking her and that being put back in the van would not be in her best interests but I was ignored.

I told them she was even scared of my adult son, I believe shes been at the hands of abuse from a man, but they wouldn't listen.

Two men show up tonight, one took her from me, she freaked and bit him, he grabbed her by the throat and slammed dunked her to the gravel - swear if Id not been there he would have battered her.

Message the group im told she must get in that van she "needs to move on"

She had wet and soiled in fear and they did not care.

I told them she deserved better and left the group as I was absolutely distraught, my son who was also on the group then got peppered with emails about me and how she only.thanked him for his hard work and actually blamed.me for the attack saying id put my emotions on her.

She's a vile woman and ill never foster from then again.

We knew Ava personally and despite what we said "shes our dog we know best"
I've just got to hope she's safe and that trauma hasn't undone the 7 weeks of progress we made before she got shoved back into a sterile cage that she spent 3 days in terrified

Katk75 · 22/02/2026 08:47

Any more up to date reviews on Wags and Wet noses dog rescue? In process of adopting a dog from them and now a little worried

Beffy598 · 02/03/2026 13:15

I foster for them and have found them to be an amazing rescue to work with. The dogs are brought straight to me, and they've all been as described any behaviour issues and their full history have been given to me. I'm on foster number 5 now and the team are nothing but supportive, giving guidance etc when needed.