What do you think?

suki1964

mrcol1000 wrote: »

So what exactly is your problem? People give their views. You give yours. End of story. If the majority of the people on a board sway one way. You don't need to get upset that you want to sway the other way.

Im not

I replied to a few of the posts you had replied to pointing out perhaps your generalisations were way of the mark - and you appeared to take it personally and appeared to go head to head with me trying to make me look small and nasty ( small I am - nasty Im not) So of course I will then reply back.

So perhaps a bit of your own advice - make your post - and move on - and dont take it so personally if someone doesn't agree

I certainly didnt make this personal

mrcol1000

suki1964 wrote: »

Im not

I replied to a few of the posts you had replied to pointing out perhaps your generalisations were way of the mark - and you appeared to take it personally and appeared to go head to head with me trying to make me look small and nasty ( small I am - nasty Im not) So of course I will then reply back.

So perhaps a bit of your own advice - make your post - and move on - and dont take it so personally if someone doesn't agree

I certainly didnt make this personal

I wasn't making anything personal. I was replying to your post.

suki1964

mrcol1000 wrote: »

I wasn't making anything personal. I was replying to your post.

So your posts to me implying I was making myself out to be something better then you? That I was boasting? That I appeared to be letting on that I knew more then i did?

Not personal?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Just to say Im away now and wont be on-line for the rest of the day so post away in confidence that I wont be here to reply

foreign_correspondent

mrcol1000 wrote: »

This might help anyone who works full time and wants to adopt a dog:

http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/information/faqs/#232668

That is a really useful and informative link - well worth a read - I think the chances are that a mature dog would be far better suited to your home than a youngster. For the right dog your situation could be brilliant - for the wrong dog it coud be unworkable. I think ideally, a laid back dog which is used to being left alone for a few hours would fit right in.

Of course some people do have pups and young dogs which cope whilst they are at work, and have no problems, but they are probably in the minority I think. However, understandably, they are the ones who tend to post and tell us whan they have been sucessful.

However, in reality, some dogs are problematic when the owners work, and people who own a young dog whilst working often face problems due to lack of contact and supervision with the dog. Eg the dog may not be properly housetrained, or may have seperation anxiety, and bark, or chews, etc etc...

However, I think the people who experience this are far less likely to post their experiences on an internet forum - probably because they know full well, in retrospect, that they were unwise - 'I got a pup whilst working, despite lots of people's advice not to, then I found I could not get it clean in the house, it barked and howled, and eventually, after complaints from the neighbours, I had to drop it off at the local shelter...' - you rarely see this sort of post, as it admits making a mistake, and invites criticism.

So many good family dogs are ending up in rescues at the moment, through no fault of their own, (as a result of financial circumstances), so it really is a good time to be looking at rescuing a dog.

You may find dogsblog worth looking at too -
www.dogsblog.com

If you scroll down the page, looking at the right hand side, you will see a blue bar, (just above the cartoon dog in a circle) which lets you click on 'search by criteria' - you can the select criteria such as 'house-trained' (which would probably be important in your scenario!) and view the dogs which match... I have just looked, there are some lovely dogs on there! On several it says 'can be left alone for 4 hours' in their profile too!

becks0723

Fire_Fox wrote: »

I may still get turned down by the Cats Protection (home visit Thursday :eek:) and if so I will probably bow to their better judgement.

I'm not sure that the CPL's judgement is actually the best tbh. They turned down my parents who have had cats from the CPL for the past 35 years simply because thier house does not have a cat flap.

I got turned down becuase of the distance between my house and the road .

Any

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

So many good family dogs are ending up in rescues at the moment, through no fault of their own, (as a result of financial circumstances), so it really is a good time to be looking at rescuing a dog.

You may find dogsblog worth looking at too -
www.dogsblog.com

If you scroll down the page, looking at the right hand side, you will see a blue bar, (just above the cartoon dog in a circle) which lets you click on 'search by criteria' - you can the select criteria such as 'house-trained' (which would probably be important in your scenario!) and view the dogs which match... I have just looked, there are some lovely dogs on there! On several it says 'can be left alone for 4 hours' in their profile too!

Thank you, this is brilliant website.
I haven't found one that says it can be left at home yet, but I need to have a proper look at the evening.

foreign_correspondent

on the 'house trained' page, Mikey, Laddie and Croy all say they are ok to be left for a while - I am sure lots of the others will be too, but the person writing the description may not have thought to mention it - some of the descriptions are quite brief, whilst others are more comprehensive.

Any

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

on the 'house trained' page, Mikey, Laddie and Croy all say they are ok to be left for a while - I am sure lots of the others will be too, but the person writing the description may not have thought to mention it - some of the descriptions are quite brief, whilst others are more comprehensive.

Mikey is very cute, I did look at him before but he chases cyclists... My OH is cyclist and would be probably taking the dog out with him!! That would be fun:rotfl:Well, to watch anyway.

foreign_correspondent

Any wrote: »

Mikey is very cute, I did look at him before but he chases cyclists... My OH is cyclist and would be probably taking the dog out with him!! That would be fun:rotfl:Well, to watch anyway.

haha... it can be worked on though! my mum's rescue dog (lurcher) chased cyslists like mad at first - being very fast she always caught them too!:D - and the faster they went the more she liked it!

We used to put her on lead whenever we saw a cyslist in the distance, but there were a few hairy moments when one appeared like the clappers out of nowhere, in the woods..

However, we kept distracting her, keeping her on lead, asking her to sit, giving her a treat, and waiting till cyclists went past... now a cyclist can whizz past and she never looks twice!

.. we are working on stopping her barking at horses now,:rolleyes: but we see more cyclists than horses, so its easier to train her off cyclists!

Keep an eye on dogsblog, it changes daily as new dogs come in, and dogs are rehomed. It is also likely that loads of dogs in rescue kennels are housetrained, but that staff may not be able to vouch for it as they have not been assessed in a home environment - however, they often have a good idea from whether they are clean in their kennel or not, so do ask at local rescues for their thoughts on specific dogs!

FakeIrish

We both work full time and I work from home once maybe twice a week. We have had a dog since it was a puppy and he's pretty content. We started off with a dog walker taking him out twice a day - she used to sit in the house with him when he was not fully vacinnated.

He now goes to a dog day care place when we are both at work. Great fun for him.

So, you can have dogs if you work - but obviously provisions need to be made that they are nbot left alone all the time. Check if there are any day care places in your area.

The village idiot