How do you rehome dog urgently

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Everywhere says fill in form and wait but it's super urgent. I picked her up this week (rescued) but my kiddos are absolutely petrified of her. What the hell do I do?

Respectfully, did you give this any thought at all before jumping in? Were you just expecting the dog to fit in with zero transitional issues? Did you not realise your kids were scared of dogs beforehand? Just put some work in and train the kids and the dog

I hope against hope that this is a troll post.

If not, take the dog back to the foster home. They are part of this responsible chain of importing dogs. So they can help you with sorting this out.

Why not just shove it out the front door with a rucksack and tell it to go away? I mean, it’s not like you made a commitment and it’s only been a week…

It takes three months minimum for a dog to settle. You made a choice and a commitment to this dog, it’s not the dog’s fault you didn’t think it through. You must have known it was big. Therefore, logic would dictate, unless it was old that it was probably going to be boisterous. But you pressed ahead anyway. You must have heard horror stories about rescues, particularly foreign ones. But you pressed ahead anyway. You must have known most people wouldn’t give a dog to a young family (and if your kids are that scared in a week, I assume it’s young kids), but you thought you knew better and pressed on anyway. You must have known it’s not all sunshine and daisies but you pressed ahead anyway.

Obviously you keep the dog, tell your children that they (which I assume is true) and you wanted a dog and put some effort into training it and pet ownership. Dogs are not commodities to be traded away when things get a bit difficult. Poor dog.

Get a grip.

I hope this isn’t real but with a foreign dog a lot of rescues can be funny.

I would try [email protected] it’s for Earth Dragons International Rescue in Ashford Kent. My dog came from abroad and they use them for cases like this.

Personally I would look at getting a dog trainer first and getting some advice and methods in place. The dog will be decompressing particularly if it is new in the country and has flown or gone through the stress of travelling.

Does you rescue not have the ability to give you some tips on how to deal with dog to help it settle in? A trainer should be able to help though.

I don't know where you are in the south east but you could try contacting Wood Green Animal Charity which is just outside Cambridge

Poor, poor dog. She has been taken to a different country, doesn't understand what has happened or what is going on to live with strangers, including children, which many dogs are wary of.

I'd say you should separate the dog and kids and give her time to settle. If the kids are squealing and making a big deal of how scared they are, their reaction will make her more jumpy and scary. Give her her own, safe space and contact a behaviourist for advice on how to enable her to decompress and then work with her

If you really don't want to make this work by giving her time and space to settle and working with behaviourists then contact where you got her from for advice. But if they don't want to know, you will have to follow correct procedure for local rescues, even if that means keeping her until they get some space so you will have to make the situation safe by keeping your kids away from her in a different room if they really can't be safely around her

Your situation is an exact case of why some people should not be allowed to get dogs and why UK rescue centres are so strict. Dogs are living creatures not just something you get on a whim before you and your kids decide you suddenly can't be bothered and don't want them.

The dog is probably petrified and you have given it precisely no time to settle. Get a dog trainer in, work with them and your kids. You made a huge commitment, you owe it to the dog to at least give it a few months to find their feet and place in the family.

And this is why I detest humans.

How did you pass the vetting process to take in a rescue?! Where did you get the dog from?

Please don’t contact Salipets under any circumstances, check out Is Salipets a Rogue Rescue on Facebook

Yes I want to answer in good faith but find myself doing that on so many threads where it has to be a wind up, I must be gullible.

In good faith, some of this doesnt make sense, if the dog was fostered, that would hve been via a charity/rescue organisation and therefore the next step on from fostering is matching to a family/owner, so the children should have met the dog and OP been vetted, how did that go, or did it not go, who is the charity that the foster family were working for?

The dog needs to be returned from them

A lot of these “charities” are not legitimate and are just ways to bring in puppy farmed dogs from overseas into the UK. The “foster network” are just people being paid to have the dogs in their homes.

I really despair at the stupidity of some OPs in The Doghouse. Please just buy a large stuffed toy dog next time.

Surely there’s a rescue organisation behind the foster home? Not just some random person.

If anyone is reading this and thinking about getting a rescue from abroad, do your research! There are a few good rescues who rescue from abroad but they seem to be few and far between!

Phoenix rehoming is a good charity who do proper checks. Don’t just rehome the dog to some random on fb!

A good rescue would take the dog back.

You could try A New Leash For Life. They’re based Winchester kind of way but have fosters in lots of areas. They bring dogs from abroad, but do it properly and will always take a dog back if it’s not working out. They are really busy though so it may not be immediate.

I do wonder whether you’ve given it enough time. Rescues take months to fully settle in.

You can’t be serious! You have the settle the dog in give your children the chance to get used to her not just let her drop by and get rid of her straight away

Often groups that import dogs from overseas do very little (if any ) vetting of prospective new owners.
Often there is no after care etc.
Some try and charge you extra for rehousing an unsuitable rescue due to behavioural issues. They do a lot of emotional blackmail with owners.
Good rescues will have vet, behaviourist, trainers, vetting processes and after support.

@PeonyPatch most people who get rescues from overseas do it because there’s no vetting and they’ve been rejected by UK rescues for various valid reasons and breeders won’t sell to them.

I really feel for the dog 😢

Me too… that whole journey from over seas foster family another family and then it’s going to be somwehere else. All quite depressing

How old is she OP

@Teajenny7 and @LandSharksAnonymous This is really sad, and I feel there should be better regulation, but I’m not sure how unfortunately. It’s really not a fair way to treat a dog - it sounds like there was very little consideration for getting a rescue dog. They need stable homes where they can rest, play and relax. They’ve come from bad backgrounds. I certainly wouldn’t place one in a household with children.

agreed. I almost want it to go to a UK rescue charity who can look after it properly and ensure it goes to a suitable permanent home

Your best short term bet is to pay to kennel the dog until a rescue will take it. This is a very common scenario of imported dogs and people need to think very carefully before taking one on, any imported dog. They have endured traumas and are quite often breeds not on a scale we see here and make unsuitable pets.

I hope you can find a place for the dog but you will have to wait.

While some overseas rescues are very good (some of the breed specific ones, mostly) a lot of them seem completely shoddy and disorganised.

One couple I know, both with chronic health conditions which limited their physical acitivity, with two young DC (KS1 kind of ages), took on a huge young dog from Estonia or somewhere which looked like a flock guardian type. He was going to need very clued-on owners, plenty of exercise, and, at best, lots of supervision around the kids.

These people are not clued on about dogs, they would be unable to provide more exercise than a short toddle round the playing fields, and they hadn't the space to keep dog and DC apart.

The dog lasted with them about a month. Goodness knows where he ended up.

Net result? One very confused and unsettled dog into the UK's overloaded rescue system, two very naive but well-intentioned adults feeling like failures, and two upset kids.

Absolute idiocy on the part of the rescue, but the dog was off their books, so hey, all sunshine and roses from their POV.

The whole system needs proper regulation.