New thread category - Rescue Info

Can the different requirements of various rescue/re-homing centres be discussed here? I do not mean argued about, just discussed as in Centre A demands a 6' fenced garden, or Centre B demands someone home all day, or Centre C just being a "pay the money and take the dog"?

Sounds like a good idea then. It is not necessary to "name and shame" but too often [and I have to mention Dogsey here] people say they desperately want to rescue a this or that breed from this or that rescue centre, but are refused because maybe they live in an apartment, maybe they do not have a private garden, maybe their fence is 6" too low...

...that sort of thing.

And from what I read on Dogsey some rescue/re-homing centres refuse what would be wonderful owners and then I read in the general media that some rescue/re-homing centres permit totally unsuitable dogs to go to totally unsuitable homes.

I know for sure that no UK rescue centre would have ever let me rescue either Little One, who was a private in that "take her or nobody else will" knowing what will happen to the others, or even the rescue centre in town who just handed over Pereg upon the sight of my ID card and my signature. No money asked or accepted, and definitely no home check.

And let me plonk out on my crutches, tiny Pereg cuddled up to me, waiting for a taxi to turn up and take us home.

Yes Azz, I do think that a section such as this is a good idea. Details of personal experiences - or disappointments - can be nothing but good.

But I am not sure if naming and shaming the bad ones could be or should be allowed. I know what I think but then it is all up to you Azz. I can only offer my opinions.

Malka you could have a dog from my rescue home, we don't judge people on their disability, we would ask what size dog you were after & possible guide you to more suitable size if you wanted the dog as an assistant dog or just for companion dog.

We do allow OAP to adopt dogs, but we will discourage them from having a puppy or young boisterous dog.

Tina, with Little One it was a yard rescue. And even though it was a spur of the moment I knew that if I did not take her she would go with the other pups - just vanish quietly as they did with all the pups. With Pereg? Nobody asked anything about me. How disabled I was, what size of dog I wanted, whether I wanted an assistance dog or just a companion dog.

Nothing.

I had just heard that there was a street mother picked up with five puppies ready for adoption - the dog and pups had been fostered by the very few volunteers in town. Was sent this

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with a photo of the mother they had called "Beauty" and photos of the other pups - put on my leg braces, grabbed my crutches, telephoned for a taxi to come from town, collect me and take me to the shelter, plonked in and said "I have come for one of Beauty's puppies and when I was taken to where they were, pointed at Pereg and said "that one".

And she was just handed over to me.

No questions, nothing.

And I know for sure that your rescue would never have just handed over a 6 week old puppy like that.

I know someone, an experienced Poodle owner, who contacted a Poodle Rescue organization. They seemed to put every obstacle in her way - as if they didn't want to part with the dogs in their care - so in the end she went to a breeder. And the dog has an excellent home.

I can remember going to a Hospital Fete as a child and kittens were being carried around offered free to anyone who would take one. I pestered my mum and she let me have one. There were no questions asked - the kitten was just handed over. He was my first pet - the wonderful Timmy.

OMG no you not able to walk out on first visit with any dog, we would arrange a home visit, check garden is fence in, if you have on a garden if no garden then check area where dog would go toilet when first gets up in morning & last toilet before bed, not sure what else a home checker does, If pass home check, then checks are made with courts to see if you been convicted or taked to court for animal cruelty, whether you been banned at any time for keeping animals, if all clear we will make arrangements for you to visit home on several occasions - if no transport we will collect you, then we & you are happy with the dog of your choice we will make arrangements a for the dog to stay a week with you & if your happy & the dog is happy to stay, them all the paperwork is finalise & the dog is yours, we still do yearly visits & will help out with payments for any dogs medical conditions.

Having worked as a fosterer & home checker for GSD’s, I found it an eye opener and people are not always as they seem, what one thought would be ideal home turned out not to be and vice versa. I think a lot of Rescues nowadays have lost sight of what they were originally meant for. I realise that they want to be sure the dogs they are adopting out will be treated and cared for properly and go to the best possible homes but some are now going to extremes, on the other hand i also know of quite a few that does not ‘homecheck.

Ive also noticed that ‘so called’ rescues are popping up everywhere, No homechecks neutering policy or Backup given which to me questions their motives.

Far to many have ‘blanket polices’ and don’t take cases on individual bases, (experience of adopter ect:and sadly lots of dogs miss out on a loving home Recently a very good friend was looking for an ‘oldie’ GSD, she has lifetime experience with the breed been on club committees ect: yet was refused by many rescues because her fence was only 4ft high, had she been after a youngster I might have understood, after a year of trying she finally found a rescue who let her have an 10yr old.

Tina - I brought both Little One home from an unwanted local front yard.

And Pereg from a shelter where she was probably the only puppy rescued.

Little One lived happily until she went to sleep cuddled up to me one night and just woke up to say goodbye to me. She was not that old and she was not ill.

I actually care do not what your "rescue" says. Little One had a wonderful life and just went to sleep one night. Not old, not sick, but cuddled up to me.

And the puppy your "rescue" would never have let me have?

Tell my beloved Pereg that you would not have let me have her.

Look at her face and tell me that.

Oh, and tell me that "your" rescue would have done for her what I do for her and have done for the last five years.Because it is well known that "your" rescue is not what you say it is. Or rather is not.

We are not stupid Tina, even though you think we are.

We never put dogs to sleep just because they have medical conditions, we will help with all medical costs, we got couple at the moment with heart problems one of the dogs is 8 years old other is 3 years old, they are staying with a lovely foster mum & before she had the older dog Jim, she was fostering a dog with diabetes, who got rehomed 2 weeks after living with her foster mum, there are always people wanting to adopt dogs that have illnesses or 3 legs,

Don't varnish every rescue home with the same brush, we are a non kill home, we will take dogs from other rescue home that are on dead row
What we don't do is bring in dogs from aboard
The Rescue Home as been establish since 1990 & our aim is to make sure all dogs are matched with the correct family.
Yes we have refused people from adopting dogs on the grounds the dog was going to be left on its own for 8 to 10 hours every week day, out priority is & always will be the welfare of our dogs

This is the procedure for the majority of Rescues in UK .
First one has to fill out a questionnaire
Once that’s been checked you will be contacted for a homecheck.
Not all have same polices but this is a general guide
Prospective owners must be aged 21 or over
Won’t rehome if !!
you have children under 5yrs old (sometimes older ) if you work full time
if dog to be left for more than 4 hrs per day
if garden not enclosed with 6ft fence (height varies depending on breed
if you already have an un-neutered resident dog.
if you have no garden
if you live in flat.
Some require you to attend training classes !
Probably more but that’s the ones off top of my head.
Assuming one has ticked all the right boxes, some rescues match up which dog they think is most suited to you and your adoption can go ahead.

I accept that not being in the UK none of this really applies to me, but just look at this

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And look at this

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Both unwanted pups who would have been destroyed.

And tell me that I - a person who should never have been allowed to have puppy, should have ever have been permitted to have one in my life.

Sorry Vee - I am having major computer problems or rather major typing problems, so please excuse my mess up of posts.

Beautiful dogs, had they been in a UK rescue i doubt very much they would have been destroyed, whether you would have been allowed to adopt them ,i can't answer as each rescue is different.

But Little One was not in an any form of official rescue. Like the other puppies her dog mother and sister had, , litter after litter as they were outside dogs, either someone wanted them as I wanted Little One. or they just disappeared one day. Same as the two bitches disappeared some time.

I have no idea what happened to Pereg's mother or her siblings. I can only pray that they found forever homes and that if any was also epileptic that he or she was looked after as I look after my beloved Pereg.

But my vet, who does voluntary work for the shelter never had ay news about the other pups, so who knows.

But I can guarantee that no UK rescue would have ever let me rescue a puppy. But I do not think I did that bad with Little One and no-one can ever say that I do everything more than I can for Pereg.

Phoebes mum came from rescue, obv not spayed and my sil walked in without a dog and out with one. Never heard from or seen them since. My brother helps them rehome dogs with working potential and again they just hand him the dogs and never ask him anything about them after. He could be taking them for fighting or just killing them, they wouldnt know they have never asked. They dont even have his address just phone number and that he comes in a van that looks like a police van

Before being involved in rescue myself I simply phoned up a woman at a rescue centre about a Bullterrier who was going to be PTS because he was too wild wanting to kill anything that moved. Upon further investigation I found out he was locked in a flat for 2 years, living in his own filth obviously, without any socialisation and barely fed or watered...so, of course, he wasn't going to be in line for any canine good citizen awards. Six years later he's the least problematical of all my dogs, a right little pleasure to have but I do remember thinking "Wow! I've just walked in off the streets and they've given me this potentially lethal head-case" but I think the woman picked up on me being a legit EBT person with experience. Now working in rescue you definitely get a feel for some folks being suitable (whether or not there's a big fence on their property etc); unfortunately, we only get about 3 suitable local candidates a year, hence why ours go abroad to happy homes.