I know a lot of you will judge me for this, but I am hoping at least some will have some advice... Sorry it's a long story.
We adopted a rescue dog from abroad - a local family was giving her up, they said it was because they had sudden sickness in the family and couldn't give her the attention, the rescue organisation that brought her to the UK said it was they were unwilling to put in the time to train her. They said she just had normal "puppy" issues and just needs training.
Her story is - she was found at about 3 months old on her own, brought to the UK to a foster and adopted by that family. Stayed with them for a month then we took her about 10 days ago. We visited her and loved her - she is a beautiful pup, friendly and sweet, and unfortunately any concerns I had when I met her I ignored - I just wanted another dog after I lost my old one few months ago.
Unfortunately as soon as we brought her home we realised we cannot manage her. She has masses of energy, she is not aggressive but extremely nippy. You can't put a lead on her, or a harness, or lift her paws to wipe etc. She is also getting quite big, I swear she grew since we took her in! We have a 5 year old, and it's just not a suitable dog for us - my daughter got bitten on the bum once - it was in play and not out of aggression, and it didn't pierce her skin just left two indentations.
The rescue place has advertised her for rehoming, but are calling us irresponsible, and telling us to "just grow up", that she's just a puppy that needs work. They have not seen this dog in 6 weeks, so not sure how can they know the issues. They still say on the ad that she is small in size! Whilst we appreciate we made a stupid decision, we feel she really needs to go, for everyone's sanity. I feel like the rescue place should be held responsible here too, as she should not have been rehomed with us - the young child and we also both work, albeit my other half from home. Which is another issue, as she howls when left alone and until we started using a crate she was thrashing the place. We can't bond with a dog that is either nipping us or howling...
She would suit somebody who is at home most of the time to play and train her. There is a local man who wanted to adopt her from us, but the rescue place turned him down and said they didn't feel he was the right match. He is about 70, retired and lives alone. They offered him a different dog, very similar to ours just a little older so not sure what the issue is. How can they say he was not right but decided that we are?
Trouble is the contract I signed says if we don't want or can't keep the dog we have to offer it back to the organisation to be rehomed, or to the kennels where they would wait to be rehomed (we would have to pay for that). I would hate to do that as I think kennels would be an awful place for her, but not sure what else we can do?! My partner wants to contact the Blue Cross...