No luck trying to get a rescue dog

[talpiog]

Can anyone recommend some dog rescues I can approach / advise me on where I am going wrong?

I have been unsuccessfully applying for rescue dogs for the last few months but getting nowhere - as in not even a response or to home check stage.

My circumstances are as follows:

• currently have one rescue dog Lakeland cross terrier (male, neutered), age 12. Rescued at 10 months. He had a lot of issues originally but we invested in time and training and he is fine now.
• used to have a rescue JRT who died a few months ago. Rescued her at age 3, she was almost 20 when she died.
• one child, yr 6
• I work from home all day, have a terrier proof large garden.
• walk x 3 times a day, I also run so am happy to take a high energy dog if needed as used to run (on lead / canicross not off lead) with my other dogs before they got old.
• broadly happy with any terrier / terrier cross, male or female up to age of 5ish (could go older and indeed have applied for dogs up to 7 so far).
• happy to work with any issues apart from biting due to having a child in house.
• can't take a dog that's currently abroad as need to do a meet with my existing rescue first

I genuinely thought I would have no issue finding a rescue dog to match with. But there must be something in what I'm writing above that is putting off rescues.

I am on websites and Facebook multiple times a day, applying within hours of seeing a new dog arrive. I'm only applying for dogs where it says they can live with other dog and children.

Can anyone help or recommend rescues?

I am based in south east but have been applying to any rescue that says they home across the UK, and would be happy to travel anywhere to meet the potential rescue.

I don't want to list the rescues I've applied to as don't want to make it personal. But it includes every large national rehoming centre.

I can see how people end up going to breeders but I really don't want to do that.

One dog is quite enough for anybody. You have a small child and work all day albeit from home. Obviously the rescue people don't think you should have a second dog. I agree.

Hope it goes well @talpiog , keep us posted .

wih respect you're making sweeping statements...precisely how many of those paticular dogs have you known?!

Where I live in north london there are absolutely tons of dogs around and I've met a fair few brought into UK from eastern Europe via establishd charities or otherwise. all those dogs are lovely and are much loved family pets. Balkan Underdogs, Niall Harbison, All dogs matter - who've rescued Vietnamese slaughterhouse dogs, to name but a few orgs. friend of mine has a lovely tripaw dog from Hungary.

Any dog from abroad or UK can unfortunately have a behavioural problem, what you're not realising is how adaptable dogs can be. Used to foster and it was incredible how some nervous miserable dogs changed dramatically with a bit of love, attention and exercise. They are incredibly resilient animals and it was great to see how they flourished in the end😊

I'm not sure many very tall, dog savvy almost 11 year olds would be happy as being described as a small child. Let's hope 'the rescue people' are a bit more sensible than you.

My daughter tried Many Tears, their reply was, "Why on Earth do you think we would adopt to you."
She adopted a dog with problems, mostly resource guarding which can be very serious, from a last chance rescue. He was 18 months old and she was his fourth home.

He stayed with me for one week when he was fairly new and I had to camp in the kitchen with him the whole time to contain him, as he was a nightmare.
Another time he stole something, took it to the hall guarding it and due to his location, had every room barred from me. I ended up climbing out of the window.

Two years on, he is an an absolute nutty delight. Really affectionate with no vices, well just one. He found a hedgehog and stood barking over it so his last toilet trip has to be on the lead now. Not much to ask when he gives so much back.

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great to hear this happy story !😊👍

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7 or 8 I think? Never met a foreign rescue that I would have in a family setting, and my DS is same age as the OPs.

The two I know well are owned by a childless farmer. She has done all the right things. The dogs remain nervous, flighty and frightened of strangers. They tolerate me now, will come over for a sniff, will sit for a treat, one will tolerate a stroke. The other would possibly snap so I don't.

My friend who had hers pts did similar. Dog was fine with family, not with strangers.

Not all dogs from abroad are like it but when you consider the background of rescued street dogs it is not surprising they come with additional baggage and should only be rehomed with full knowledge of the issues they may have.

There are many dogs in rescue without the associated baggage. Many dogs with baggage as well but specific behaviour issues involved with rehabilitating ex street dogs has its own specific challenges.

Rescue Remedies are brilliant 👏 used to volunteer for them, near Guildford

You sound like a perfect dog owner, OP. I see you have now had a reply from somewhere but, if that doesn't work out, take a look at Celia Cross Greyhound Trust, just outside Guildford. We got our much loved Lurcher from there.

Good luck op. This seems wild when there are so many dogs in need of a home. I hope you find yours!

many tears animal rescue - lots of x puppy farmed dogs and also pups

OPs opening post said her child was 6. As far as I saw.

@Viviennemary year six, not age 6. So 10 years old.
She works from home so is at home all day. Walks the dog three times a day and runs so plenty of exercise.
Has dealt with behavioural issues previously with her current dog so isn't inexperienced with issues.
I'd say you would be a great person to adopt a dog.

This terrier cross is in Wales but I think she looks lovely and the rescue seems sensible - you meet all their criteria:

www.westwalespoundies.org.uk/dogs/pandora

@PiggyPigalle I’m sorry you have that with Many Tears. We adopted our dog from them and they couldn’t have been nicer.

Our dog is Romanian and absolutely bombproof perfect. It’s not the case that all of them have issues. We got turned down by lots of well known rescues because we work (despite having a dog Walker and my mum lined up), and we were really fussy about what we wanted having had rescues before.

OP we’re in the south east and our lady came from A New Leash For Life rescue. There is a Facebook page/group. They bring all dogs into foster first so that they can be assessed and meets arranged. It’s not one of those awful rescues who just bring dogs from abroad on a van, deliver them straight to you and leave you to it.

Your dog is calendar worthy.

We also have an ex breeding girl from Many Tears, we adopted her a year ago. Our experience with Many Tears was a positive one, I put an application in on a Saturday and collected her the following Saturday taking our own dog to make sure they both got on. Most of their dogs require you to already have a dog which obviously you have. My friend has also adopted a similar dog. Many Tears are very busy, sometimes you just have to keep ringing until someone is free to answer. Good luck with your search.

I know you are excited but research that rescue. Proper ones do a physical home check. Because they see their job as matching the right dog with the right people - not just getting rid of one. Some rescues are less rescues and more dog trading operations.

Normally they should want to meet eveyone he household - the check they are all on board to get to g a rescue and know what's involved.

Especially if there are children under 16 - to make sure they are dog savvy and know e.g. to leave the dog well alone for a few days while it decompresses and gets used to a new home and routine.

Video home check would be a red flag for me - and I work in (volunteer) for a reputable small rescue and we take matching dogs and people very seriously. While we'd always take a dog back, we do everything in out power to make sure that doesn't happen.

Are they doing a neural meet with your resident dog ?

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Rescues are often mainly run by (insufficient) volunteers and the irony is, with everywhere full to capacity, they run out of time to process adopters. You can't have a dog with a bite history, nor a dog that isn't happy around other dogs, because of your situation.

Personally, if you like the way terriers think, I'd rather wait longer than go for which breeds they have a glut of. And I know it is hard and you start thinking of the practicalities of school holidays and would rather have one at a certain time etc But an extra few months waiting isn't much when you could have the right dog for 15+ years

A couple of previous posters have mentioned lurchers - I'd second (third?) that if your current one doesn't pan out, not least because you could go for a terrier cross.

We got our puppy from Last Chance Rescue in new Romney.
We met her on a Monday, home check 3 days later, collected her on the Saturday. Really lovely people there too.