Rescue dog! Big let down!

Katie-Kat-Kins

supersaver66 wrote: »

disgusting post! I'm betting you work for a charity? :rolleyes:

To the OP the so called "charity" and I word that loosely should of also paid for your vet bills, I wouldnt stop until they did.

Appaulling.

No I don't work for a charity, but I have considered taking on a rescue animal, and I know that it is impossible to failsafe assess an animals character and be sure of how it will react in any given situation. That uncertainty is all part of owning animals. The charity have tried to find this animal a suitable home, it didn't work, why should they refund a voluntary donation?????

I don't know why you find my post so disgusting. It is correct, he didn't buy the dog so he won't be covered by the sale of goods act. If he decides to go to court he won't suceed for that reason, but if he wants to waste his money.................

Mistymaid

Apologies, somebody on the other thread did mention this one but it was a while later she decided to post.
You still would have a problem winning a court case though.

supersaver66

KatP wrote: »

No I don't work for a charity, but I have considered taking on a rescue animal, and I know that it is impossible to failsafe assess an animals character and be sure of how it will react in any given situation. ..

4 days later??? Couldnt of been assessed that well could it? Just because they are a charity doesnt mean they can get away with it!!

Their child could of been seriously hurt. I'm sure you would of felt the same! Why arent the charity prepared to refund the "donation", as the OP said they have made £350 or thereabouts on that dog?

jimmyjimsgin

ah first time i have used this site and one of the members suggested the other thread thats all. sorry.

Mistymaid wrote: »

Jimmysgin, you posted this in the consumer forum at 2.30 today and have had loads of responses - can I ask why you're re-posting at 4pm in another thread ????

MissMoneypenny

Have you home contents insurance and has it got Legal Cover with it? If you have, ring your insurers and ask for a claim form on the Legal Cover. If they take your case on, they will pay for a solicitor/barrister and take the case to court for you. All it will cost you is the cost of your insurance excess. You must get their written authority, before you appoint a solicitor.

IMO that is a very badly run dogs rescue home. Shame on Labradour Rescue. They should be taking a very close look at the person who they have assessing their rescues. Lab Rescue should be paying your vet bills!

Katie-Kat-Kins

supersaver66 wrote: »

4 days later??? Couldnt of been assessed that well could it? Just because they are a charity doesnt mean they can get away with it!!

Their child could of been seriously hurt. I'm sure you would of felt the same! Why arent the charity prepared to refund the "donation", as the OP said they have made £350 or thereabouts on that dog?

MAYBE this dog had been fine with all other animals and just had a one off personality clash with this particular dog. Just like humans they don't always get on.

How would you suggest that they go about ensuring that a dog which has a mind of its own never does anything unpredictable????? You can't.

The child could have been seriously hurt, but that is a risk you take when you allow any dog (or cat or rabbit or whatever for that matter) in to your home. No dog can ever be described as being 100% with children.

Animals have minds of their own and can behave unpredictably, no matter how well you assess them or think you know them you can't predict their every move, that is the beauty of owning an animal.

If you could proove that the assessment had been negligent, then you would in theory be able to recover your out of pocket expenses. However you would need to establish that they didn't follow the sort of proceedures that a prudent rehoming charity would follow and further that if they had done that they would have been able to detect that the animal was not suitable before rehoming.

jimmyjimsgin

Hi so disappointed to recieve your thread. The centre clearly did not do their best at finding a suitable dog for my family as the dog had major issues with other dogs and displayed this on day 4.
I realise I made a donation, it is not a fee however it is a set donation ordered by the charity, for this money I expected them to have thoroughly assessed any dog placed in our home given we have a child and another dog. Perhaps they should have been more honest and told us that they did not know enough on the dog and we would have respected that.

regards the charity taking the dog back and rehoming it at no further expense to myself, I cant believe you think that that is a wonderful thing to do. they allowed me to drive the dog back to the foster lady and the dog was rehomed and rehomed for a further £175 so the charity actually made money!they should have refunded us once they had resold the dog. If My comic relief nose broke I certainly wouldnt complain or seek a refund, Im afraid there is no comparison. This dog damaged my family dog, apart from my vet bills after the attack I originally paid £175 for the rescue dog and expected a dog that would suit our family.
If we had got a puppy from a breeder I would not have had the dog fight and attack that we suffered, I know enough about animal behavior to understand that. I did not return the dog because i simply didnt like it, I returned it as it was clearly unsafe in our family home, we would all be at risk and my own vet advised me to remove it from our home. he believes that the dog assessment was not thorough enough and the dog should never have been placed in a family home.
I am not tight at all, I am disgusted at the charitys behavior and attitude to this situation that is all and I do firmly believe that a refund would have been the answere as they have sold the dog again.
The wording donation may be the problem I have as it suggests i decided to donate the £175 even though it was the price set out by the charity.

KatP wrote: »

Well there are no guarentees witanimals, no dog can be said to be good with other dogs. It is a massive risk to introduce one to another and to try to get them to live together as adults when they don't already know each other. The risk is even greater when one of those animals is a rescue dog with an uncertain and possibly difficult past.

The centre will have done their best to find you a suitable dog, if that didn't work out they will be as gutted as you because they want their dogs to have a settled home life.

You do not have the protection of the sale of goods act as you did not buy this dog. You were given a dog and you made a donation to the rescue centre to offset some of their expenses. In all probability all your donation paid for was the vet costs of having the animal vaccinated and neutered.

This is a charity, they took the dog back at no expense and rehomed it. How tight are you to seek to get your donation back! Would you ask for a refund on your red nose at comic relief if it broke???????

If you'd bought a puppy from a breeder you would have paid a lot more and had no come back if you didn't like the dog after a couple of weeks.

jimmyjimsgin

Hi thank you for that, i have contacted the insurance and unfortunately it wont cover that. i did hope as it would be a great help. thank you anyway, i may have to go it alone in court. i agree with you on the assessments, very poor.....

MissMoneypenny wrote: »

Have you home contents insurance and has it got Legal Cover with it? If you have, ring your insurers and ask for a claim form on the Legal Cover. If they take your case on, they will pay for a solicitor/barrister and take the case to court for you. All it will cost you is the cost of your insurance excess. You must get their written authority, before you appoint a solicitor.

IMO that is a very badly run dogs rescue home. Shame on Labradour Rescue. They should be taking a very close look at the person who they have assessing their rescues. Lab Rescue should be paying your vet bills!

cavework

I have replied to your other thread but just a couple of questions please?
You have a 6 yr old pet already .. is it a dog or a !!!!!?
How old was the rescue dog?
Am I correct in that you had him for 4 days before the fight?

Katie-Kat-Kins

You didn't pay for the dog, it was a voluntary donation, you need to realise that, it will be crucial if you decide to persue this.

Your only chance of suceeding in any case against this charity will be in negligence and while I would question the morals of suing a charity if you believe they have been negligent you are entitled to do so. However bear in mind that the dog was fine for 4 days, therefore the assessment can't have been that bad.

You vet really can't comment unless he knows what assessment process the charity went through.

Sometimes bad things happen, I feel very sorry for your other dog being hurt but it is a risk you take when you take a strange animal into the house. The rescue dog could have been living happily with other dogs for years with no issues and simply for whatever reason had a fight with your dog on this day. Sometimes children fight, it doesn't mean that because they have one fight they are unsafe round other children all the time.

I see this often with horses, they need company and have to live out with others or they get distressed, but some combinations just don't work and sometimes injuries occur before the pecking order is sorted out. Sometimes certain combinations can never be turned out together due to personality clashes. When this happens it doesn't mean that there is something inherently wrong with either animal, even if one ends up causing life threatening injuries to another.