I want a puppy - hubby doesn't.... can I change his mind? EDIT: HE HAS!!

consultant31

Lots of exceptionally good points on that looooong thread from Foreign Correspondent.

astonsmummy

Humphrey10 wrote: »

Every dog rescue won't let you get a puppy if you have children? Really?

Well I didnt go to every one in the country but the ones we tried didnt, even one thats linked to battersea dogs home.

myothercarisaferrari wrote: »

Have you just tried one rescue? Not all have the same rules regarding kids.

Why did you rehome your last dog?

whats this 20 questions?
I've bought the dog now so really it's all irrelivant, I didnt post on here to be grilled by the dog police????????

foreign_correspondent

believe me, it is not because rescues are mean, horrible people, just that it tends to be far harder to do a good job of managing a pup and young kids - despite what astonsmummy's cousin says, 99.9999% of pups will chew, wee, poo on your carpet, mouth and nip people, growl occasionally, destroy a few expensive things and need constant attention and training....

To do this, if it is just you and the dog is hard...

... but to deal with a puppy who has just had diarrhea on the carpet because the little one gave him a chocolate biscuit, whilst you have a crawling baby, who puts everything they can find in their mouth, and whose toys are all across the floor, whilst the toddler is clammering for your attention too is really hard...

of course, it is likely that you put the pup in its cage, whilst you sort out the mess... and see to the children - by which time the pup has had to toilet in the cage, and has now had a major set back in toilet training, as he has had to override his instinct to keep his bedding clean...

myothercarisaferrari

no its not 20 questions. Just a simple question as to why you rehomed your other dog?

MORPH3US

My girlfriend has moaned at me to let her have a dog for years... I keep saying no as its not fair to leave it at home all day while we are at work. Also we live away from friends and family and are rarely at home on weekends so obviously couldn't leave a dog but couldn't expect friends and family to let us bring it with us...

A couple of weeks back we looked after a friends dog (little jack russell) for 3 days... my girlfriend said to me at the end of those three days "I don't think I want a dog any more, they're too much hard work".....

And she didn't even pick the poo up or get bitten by the little fu**er :mad:

rachiee

myothercarisaferrari wrote: »

no its not 20 questions. Just a simple question as to why you rehomed your other dog?

Rehoming them isnt a crime.. I just rehomed my mums partners greyhound as we have cats? Does that make me bad??

mrcol1000

astonsmummy wrote: »

Well I didnt go to every one in the country but the ones we tried didnt, even one thats linked to battersea dogs home.

whats this 20 questions?
I've bought the dog now so really it's all irrelivant, I didnt post on here to be grilled by the dog police????????

I don't think its the dog police. I think there are alarm bells rining that you had one dog and you gave it away. I think your find that some people on these boards have a lot of dealings with stray dogs and rescue dogs and know what happens to those not lucky to find new homes.
The council I work wfor automatically puts Staffs that it picks up and can not find the owners for after 14 days to sleep. It also automatically puts Staffs that people don't want and ask the council to take to sleep automatically. Not because there is something wrong with these dogs or they are aggressive or they would not make the perfect pets. The simple fact is that there are so many of them that there are too many looking for homes as it is that no-one will take them so they are put to sleep and I know that this happens in a lot of areas not just here. So you can imagine the number of perfectly healthy and friendly Staff's that are put to sleep.
I am not telling you this to make you feel bad or anything like that. Just to put into context why other people may post what they do.
At the moment with so many homeless dogs buying from a breeder is very irresponsible. I am sure other people will tell you otherwise and try and justify their descision to get a dog from a breeder but the fact is that you can get pretty much any age dog any kind of breed from rescue homes. Really if you just want a pet then you can find the dog you want.
We got a 1 year old Rescue Staff who was fully house trained and just needed other stuff reminded to her and she was no trouble at all. Puppies are cute and adoreable but they are a lot of hard work. IF you had got a slightly older dog say 1+ from a rescue then someone else would have done all the hard work for you.

mrcol1000

rachiee wrote: »

Rehoming them isnt a crime.. I just rehomed my mums partners greyhound as we have cats? Does that make me bad??

No-one said it was. But if you had got another greyhound a year later then maybe people would think it was a bit unusual.

foreign_correspondent

what was the problem with your last staffie astonsmummy? - just wondering if it is anything you need to think about before your new pup arrives (training issues etc?)
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1031285

She looked to be a lovely little dog, and looked very at home with your son:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1041425&highlight=

Kimberley

rachiee wrote: »

Rehoming them isnt a crime.. I just rehomed my mums partners greyhound as we have cats? Does that make me bad??

I think they are asking why get rid of a dog only to buy another? You see at our rescue you get a lot of adult dogs being dumped in favour of a younger version. Out with the old and in with the new so to speak. I'm not saying that is the case with astonsmummy but it happens a lot.

I do not agree on anyone getting a dog after getting "rid" of one earlier. Questions spring to mind such as:

Why are you getting a puppy when you have just got "rid" of a dog?