Does anyone want to help me find us the ideal rescue dog ?

[frumpety]

We are looking for a dog. The home we can offer has an enclosed garden with 6ft fencing, someone around 95% of the time, everyone has previously lived with a dog. We have a cat and the youngest child is late primary age. Prefer a male dog and one that is people friendly. Can work on other issues if neccessary. If I was being picky I would prefer something short haired or shortish haired and medium/large sized. Live semi-rural so loads of great local walks. Age wise , not a puppy but other than that open to all ages

Yes. :)

Black retriever x rescue

I’d like a rescue dog too! A female, has to be good with cats. Have an enclosed garden and I like cuddly dogs - but not tiny ones! Been looking for a while now with no luck.
Good luck OP!

Cat has lived with a dog and has put up with a selection of dog visitors , doesn't run, might hiss, but generally ignores canines unless they stand on him

A staffie! Adorable and great with kids.

Another vote for a staffie!

@CheeryCherry how about a little SBT ? very cuddly and smiley, some can happily live with cats, I think there are a few little cuddly puddings in rescue who enjoy a snuggle and a blankie and won't eat cats

Ha ! crossposted with Rosedog and Fairydustandpixies

I do love staffys- definitely on my list!

Lurcher! Ours is amazing, very cuddly( thinks he's a cat), placid, lived with our cat, loves to walk - it's a joy to watch him run but he can cope with no walk too.
Try Evesham Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue or Greyhound Gap.

Where are you roughly @Cheerycherry ? Will keep my eyes peeled for you.

Ah @taptonaria27 I do love a long limbed beastie and the multitude of ways they fold themselves up on a sofa

I think there is an element of luck with rescues. We went to a rescue to see a lurcher puppy and came away with a 5yr old staffy cross, otherwise known as the perfect dog. She is now 12 and still awesome. We saw her displaying behaviour we knew would work with our situation (extreme patience with another dog and my dad's dog is a pain)

I know at the moment you can't just go to a rescue but you can phone them. Most local rescues would be delighted to help someone looking for a larger dog, especially if you'd consider a staffy. They know the dogs best and may be able to suggest dogs that would suit you.

A lovely lurcher would work for you. I foster for EGLR, and have two lurchers of my own and three cats (plus chickens). There aren't any cat friendly dogs in at the moment - but of course we haven't been taking anyone in apart from extreme emergencies during lockdown. You'd want to follow on FB to see dogs as they come in as the cat friendly ones go quickly (all dogs are in foster, and several of the fosterers have cats).

I’m in West Yorkshire but could travel anywhere in Yorkshire or even over to deepest darkest Manchester. I’m on every Facebook rescue site possible!

@Emmagen I am being a lazy mare and hoping rescue type people might read my post and think 'oh that big house destroying clumsy clutz that doesn't eat people or cats, sounds like the perfect match for Frumpety '

Will ring a few tomorrow and leave our details, although I am happy to travel for the right dog.

There are a lot of people getting dogs at the moment due to being home so there’s a lot of competition for dogs

Would you consider a Bosnian/Romanian rescue and imported dog there’s a scruffy dog rescue on Facebook that work that way

@CheeryCherry , have you looked at Woodhaven kennels ? they are lovely and then there is Moorview which is in North Yorkshire ? And Helping Yorkshire poundies ?

Yes I’m on the last one ..will find the other two. Thank you!

Thank you @CMOTDibbler will have a look on their site

I’m also looking for a rescue dog. I long for a dog. Preferably collie cross or retriever cross. Or just retriever. Needs to be okay with cats and house trained. It is SO hard to find a dog in rescue. I e been looking for ages. They all either hate cats, need to be homes with other dogs or have serious behavioural issues. Those that don’t just go before they’re out on the website. I don’t want a puppy. Why is it so hard to find what I’m looking for?

Contact your local rescues, fill in forms, have a chat. Don't rely on listings - a lot of rescues don't have time to keep those fully up to date and the highly-desirable cat-friendly child-friendly dogs are usually adopted so fast they don't even get a sniff on the websites.

Contact rescues, speak to them, some are doing video call interviews with remote-home checking instead of going into rescues as you would pre-pandemic times.

Dogs Trust bring dogs over from Ireland fruit they might have some (either currently or after lockdown) suitable dogs if you are near a centre? I think they move dogs between centres too.

If you're not opposed to rehoming from abroad there are some good rescues (and some not so good ones). If you want to PM me I'm happy to let you know the ones I've been monitoring and am now rehoming from (don't want to put on here as might be very outing)

There will be more dogs very soon. Dogs Trust haven't brought any from Ireland since lockdown. Heathlands, Valgrays, Black Retriever X and Border Collie Spot have been transporting in the last few weeks but there is a huge backlog of dogs here waiting to go to the UK.