So, we want a dog.......

[motormadfrosty]

I grew up with a dog, a lhaso apso called gizmo (google them and you will know why...LOL). We lost her at the age of 14, she was a family member. Fast forward 6 years and we now feel ready for another.

Now this is a bit of a rant, so bear with me. We want another toy breed, non malting and good with kids dog. Scoured our local paper and saw pug pups for sale with no price, phoned the seller they were asking £1450 per pup

How about re-homing a dog I thought. We have 3 main dog homes in Cornwall. I phoned the first, they dismissed me straight away because I have a child. The second said they have non "suitable" and would NOT take my number but advised me to keep checking the website. The third said they might have a dog but it involved a 200 mile round trip to meet the foster career followed by a visit to my home followed by a £150 adoption fee.

What has happened to mongrels? People seem to randomly mix 2 breeds together, join there names and charge a fortune, e.g cocker spaniel and poodle pups are called cockerpoo's and cost £600+

Why are dog homes so anti homing? After calling ours, i came away feeling very negative about trying to do a good thing

So, if anyone in Cornwall knows of a small dog needing a home, let me know.

Rant over.

[Karma]

Can't help you with your quest but you are so right about these cross breeds now going for megabucks ???

I have a Border Terrier X Border Collie, he cost £25 as he was a farmyard 'mistake' lol!

God knows what they would call him now and charge for him ???

It is good that dog re-homers are careful about where the dogs go to but sometimes it does seem a bit OTT!

Perhaps if you drop the 'non shredding' requirement you'll get more choice?

obviouly I meant shedding but i thought I'd just leave my spelling mistake as a non shredding dog is always a good choice

[rosylea]

My daughter has just purchased a puppy from.....Facebook,yep,its the new Ebay!

[johnboy]

Know how feel mate, We recentley lost our whippet Bitch after having her company for 14 years, We said no more dogs as we were gutted 3 weeks on the house was dead without one so< I got a whippet bitch pup from hull 15 weeks old cost a lot of money her grandad won crufts some years ago, then went to Northern Ireland on hols and got another Bitch from a breeder we have known for 20 years, also cost a lot, Whippets are loving and very clean dogs, Hope you get something soon.

[Bluefish]

Dogs homes I think don't want to let them go, can't have one cos you have kids, cat's, other dogs, other pets, big enough garden, not high enough fence, you are male or female, the list is endless, that's why people buy them, so much easier. Have a look in the free papers/ loot etc

[motormadfrosty]

Aug 21, 2012 17:12:13 GMT @rosylea said:

My daughter has just purchased a puppy from.....Facebook,yep,its the new Ebay!

Don't "do" facebook....but wife does. Is there a classifieds?

Just noticed your from Stoke rosylea. I grew up in Kidsgorve, bought my first house in Knutton and my dad lives in Cross Heath. Bin up Hanley lately duck

[Karma]

It is a lovely thing to re-home an unwanted dog but if you have kids/other pets/etc etc and know what you're doing a puppy is often better as it can be brought up within the existing household and trained by you so you are therefore not inheriting other people's problems!

[matty198111]

We got roxy our staff as a rescue and she is brilliant little dog.
I remember people used o give cross breeds away but now they treat them like a fashion statement and its wrong, people with no knowledge of dogs what so ever cross breed any they feel will make them money and i dont think its right.

I know cross breeding has been going on for many years and thats how we got so many different dogs but to me it just seems wrong.
When we were looking for a new dog we went to a so called experienced breeder who said the pups were ready to go at nearly 5 weeks .
Then we decided to goto the kennels and there was a stunning staff in there who was gonna give birth very soon, so we went back after she had them and the adoption centre said at 8 weeks we can take one after the relevant checks etc.
We asked if they would keep her with mum for 3 months as i felt the extra time would benefit her, and as i said she is the most well behaved gentle dog ever

She is noisy when she sees people but she is only talking.
Now our labrodor was also rescued when he was 6 month old, the poor dog was beaten, burnt and forced to live in the garden ,, he was a total nutcase then and six years later on he still is but he is a right little character, even sits at the window all day until the kids get home from school.


Good luck with your search hope you find a dog that suits, i would advise anyone to get a well breed staff as there so loyal and loving but there not for everyone as they need good excersise


Mat

[Ellen]

These new mixed breed names are complete bollocks if you ask me....
People in the park ask me what type my pup is...
"a Labrador crossed with a German Shepherd"
"Oh so he's a shebrador?"
"no he's a mongrel"

When I was looking for my pup, I scoured online classifieds, hundreds and hundreds of dogs going for in excess of £700 a lot of haggling must go on behind the scenes, because there are far too many dogs on those sites for them all to be being sold at that price...
It is a recession after all.

I would have liked to have rehomed one, but I don't have a fenced garden so RSPCA etc wouldn't let me.
There is a local dogs home that lets you take a dog home no questions asked, but you can imagine the breeds and behaviours they have available.

In the end I found my pup on Pre-loved classifieds. Cost me £50, well a little more as he hadn't seen a vet or been vaccinated and I couldn't be happier with him. He's cute as a button and so smart

[motormadfrosty]

Aug 21, 2012 17:26:42 GMT Karma said:

It is a lovely thing to re-home an unwanted dog but if you have kids/other pets/etc etc and know what you're doing a puppy is often better as it can be brought up within the existing household and trained by you so you are therefore not inheriting other people's problems!

I agree karma but had visions of a little dog who was a companion to a elderly owner who may of passed or now be incapable of caring for it (which the first dogs home said they have a lot of) but they also said they have a lot of staffie types that "youths" have as a status symbols that have aggressive behavior breed into them. Poor dogs, who could provide a suitable home for those?

[matty198111]

Aug 21, 2012 17:36:16 GMT motormadfrosty said:

Aug 21, 2012 17:26:42 GMT Karma said:

It is a lovely thing to re-home an unwanted dog but if you have kids/other pets/etc etc and know what you're doing a puppy is often better as it can be brought up within the existing household and trained by you so you are therefore not inheriting other people's problems!

I agree karma but had visions of a little dog who was a companion to a elderly owner who may of passed or now be incapable of caring for it (which the first dogs home said they have a lot of) but they also said they have a lot of staffie types that "youths" have as a status symbols that have aggressive behavior breed into them. Poor dogs, who could provide a suitable home for those?

Yeah it really pxxxxs me of when i see some txxt with a staff trying to make it hard so he "looks" hard.

As i said in previous post my staff is so well behaved and trained, and often another dog will have ago and she will run to me and hide behind my legs.

Where i live there is alot of chavs with these status dogs, and ive had a few run ins with them over the past, funny though they think they look all matcho until someone who 6ft4 is stood infront of them and there dog is of taking a poop

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

If your lucky to get one from a dogs home and make a difference to it's life that would be great, so long as it's proven with kids, my sister was lucky, she had a border terrier cross as a pup from one and Meg is really beautiful

We have a GSD, he is a big softy and great but kids get on his nerves after a bit and he takes himself away, an Australian Shepherd, excellent with our grandkids, especially the two year old, a BC who couldn't care less and a Shih tzu who is the funniest dog you will ever meet, she plays a lot with the grandkids and adores them

[jayjay]

I agree with everything you say. We failed to pass checks at battersea. What a joke. I pay my x 200 quid a month gladly for dog care. And she puts in the same amount herself. (Walks and stuff like that), and yet we failed a check. Our dogs couldn't have better homes.
Remember if you do decide to adopt, the dogs may have some issues that may take time to address.
That said I personally would never go back to a dog breeder for a dog. Not when there are so many looking for homes. Dog breeders are all just businesses, being run like businesses. I appreciate some of those businesses are run better than dog homes, but, there are too many dogs in the country. Too many looking for homes spending there lives in kennels. Please dont give up on the rehoming of a dog though. Ultimately, you have choice but rehoming a dog really can bring great satisfaction. Best of luck and patients in your search.

[motormadfrosty]

Thanks jayjay.....well said

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

Have any of you been to the Dogs Trust homing places, the nearest to me is in Bridgend and its like a hotel compared to our local RSPCA, I couldn't believe how nice it was.