Auction to raise funds for death row dogs

hethmar

When I asked our vet to chip Ralph - OH said, how many 2.5 footed Parson Russells are likely to get lost. But as the vet said, he could be picked up and taken anywhere and then placed in a pound.

Bagpuss741

Thanks for the link to the auction I've just had a look and there are some things on there I will definately be bidding on.

hethmar

Things are still being added. I think bidding starts 10 Jan. I know a wonderful animal artist will be offering a portrait of your dog on there. This is her website. Beautiful portraits arent they.

http://www.sarahmoynihan.com/gallery.php

RacyRed

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

I wonder why the death of three cats caused by a dog has generated so much interest on another thread here, but the potential death of these dogs, caused by humans has generated so little?

Personally, I think we are a bit skewed in our thinking here - you can't really expect a dog to 'know' better, and dogs chasing cats is not new.

However, I think its really a shocker that humans are still killing dogs (and for no good reason - we dont eat them, these are not dangerous animals).

We are sentient fully thinking animals wth a moral framework and conciences - and yet still we accept this??

Why are we so outraged about these three cats death whilst being so complacent about the death of pound dogs, bred by humans and abandoned by humans??

A loved pet is killed by an animal. An unloved and unwanted pet is killed because of the actions of animals (of the human sort). There really isn't any difference in my view. Both are totally wrong.

Any news on lovely little Waffle?

hethmar

So far it looks like Waffels owners cant get their act together to collect her. If they havent turned up today she will be going to a rescue in Bedfordshire tomorrow. Poor little thing, 14 and let down by people.

LittleTinker

I dont think you can make comparisons between this thread and the other thread about the cats being killed....they are different scenarios altogether.

The lady who was responsible for the killer dog posted and she got many replies from animal lovers saying how irresponsible they think she has been by allowing her dog to kill other people pets not once, but 3 times. It was a thread that was bound to receive a lot of responce from many cat/animal lovers.

This thread highlights the plight of dogs in rescue or pounds. Most people are aware of this situation. Most people would like to see an end to dogs being abandoned and most people would like to see the owners of such dogs strung up!
But other than that, what can anyone do? I will write how disgusted I am that someone allowed their dog to kill a cat but writting how disgusted I am that so many dogs get abandoned isnt directed at anyone in particular so is just saying what most people feel anyway.

I hate to think of cats being killed by a dog.....and i hate to think of dogs on death row.....but what would you all like to see me do? Adopt 2 Staffies?

The other side of the coin is that the Pounds, RSPCA and rescue centres are not always reknowned for helping themselves.

I would gladly take in all manner of animals.....but the process is made so difficult and expensive. At the moment, there is a little dog who needs a new home in the rescue centre who I would love to love near where I am.
They want a home visit.....fine, no problem there, and then I need to visit the dog, then they bring the dog to visit me, then I have to go to the centre and spend a few hours with it......and after all that I have to part with a minimum of £140 donation (how is it a donation) agree to blah blah T&C's and promise to allow visitation of rescue staff at any time.

Why? Why is it made such a difficult, time consuming and expensive process?

Is anyone then surprised that people will get their animals as puppies, which are, for the most part, free or cheap?

I know they have to weedle out the bad owners....but they are also weedling out good ones too!!!

LittleTinker

I forgot to add....i would love to give a home to the little Jack Russell.

hethmar

Little Tantrum? He has a place at a rescue and apparently already potential parents

To be fair to the rescues - donations really dont cover the cost of the kennelling, food, neutering, innoculating and chipping. We get nothing for the dogs as we pass them on to approved rescue kennels.

We are left with the original cost of vet treatments, transportation and emergency kennelling.

Im not sure if you could get a pup for nothing nowdays? But those are probably the pups that end up in the pound 2 years later. If people cant afford to pay for a dog, then what hope they will be able to pay for its care/food/kennelling and vet expenses including neutering. Have to say it does surprise me that people will spend say £100 on a night out but baulk at paying something like that for a lifetime companion.

I do agree that some rescues are over the top, sticking to their written regulations as I have seen many a wrong owner/dog match and it does make me wonder sometimes if common sense should over rule regulations. However, the requirements you have listed dont seem too stringent to me. The dog has already been abandoned at least once, the rescue wants to make sure the home will be forever and that includes seeing that you and the dog get on ok and that the environment is safe for him. This is in your interest as well as the dogs. We have had dogs returned because they "pooed in the conservatory" (returned less than 24 hours later), or because, "they pulled too hard on a lead". You can see how unsettling this would be for a dog.

UKTigerlily

Before going to where I got my Dog I tried the RSPCA & was turned down as it's their policy to not rehome if you don't have a secure garden (Not sure if it has to be private also or not). I explained the Dog can still go out at anytime as we have a communal but not secure garden as such, it'd just have to be on a lead (I have a 30ft ish lunge line) & got the 'That's how Dogs run away & end up in rescue' lecture. How can it run away if on a long line!?

Then I got the 'You won't take it to the park if it needs to go at 3am' umm NO but there IS a garden right outside my door! Why would I need to take it to the park?

Thankfully the second place I tried accepted me & matched me to the perfect Dog

foreign_correspondent

UKTigerlily wrote: »

Thankfully the second place I tried accepted me & matched me to the perfect Dog

yep, but you persevered and were prepared to wait, even if it took weeks, rather than falling at the first hurdle!!

Little Tinker - £140 is cheap for a dog, bear in mind from almost all rescues it will be...
speyed £140 ish
vacced £30 ish
Microchiped £15 ish

and they will have fed, walked it and boarded it, in many cases for weeks or months. Rescues do not get grants to survive and I dont know how you think they could do their job if they gave the dogs away!!