Dog re-homing charities ... a bit OTT ??

Fire_Fox

Everyone I read about 'doggie !!!!!!' I giggle, imagine what the lurkers must think!! :rotfl:

foreign_correspondent

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Everyone I read about 'doggie !!!!!!' I giggle, imagine what the lurkers must think!! :rotfl:

yeah - it has crossed my mind how it must look to those 'not in the know'...:o I think we probably end up with some very dissapointed perves though who have found our posts whilst googling!! :rotfl:

hethmar

I cant think of "one national charity" for a dog???
But you have been talking small dogs.

Schnauzer
Boston Terrier
French bull dog
Patterdale
Lakeland
Parson Russell
Border terrier

Frugalista

I've been thinking Patterdale, Fell or Jack Russell (short legged type - not Parson).

How many 50p's has the rescue earned so far??

tcr_3

hethmar wrote: »

I cant think of "one national charity" for a dog???
But you have been talking small dogs.

Schnauzer
Boston Terrier
French bull dog
Patterdale
Lakeland
Parson Russell
Border terrier

That's £3.50 you've cost me !

Actually there is more than one UK agency for this breed, I didn't know that until yesterday and felt like a bit of a ninny having to come back here to 'fess up. Sorry !

As to the price, KC ref pups are going on the usual sites from approx £350 to even over £800 (I can't see a reason for that, apart from a very general North/South divide) ... but as a friend mentioned today, KC reg doesn't necessarily mean good breeder, nor does the lack of KC mean bad breeder ...

We think the dog might be paying us a visit this weekend, just for an hour or so, a brief "get to know you" session, nothing formal, no commitment. We're both really looking forward to it !

OH has gone a bit daft, if I'm honest, in her marginal she's either surfing ebay for doggy related items or visiting "Pets At Home", then she has spells of "I must calm down" when she re-visits Earth ... which last for 30 minutes at most. She asked me earlier if I thought the dog might like to visit Ireland in September ! I said no, it prefers to visit the Bahamas instead and she said, "Really ?"

She's a dog lady already *again**sigh* haha

Will keep you posted, keep guessin !

Frugalista

So are you going to give us a clue?

Sagaris

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

I'd say a Beagle would be perfect. But then again, I would, as they're my first love. They always look like babies. They're compact. They're so and sos for getting out through hedges. And Beagle ladies are - interesting.

Would love to get one that was my own, and not one I had to look after because my mum became ill, thus leaving it entirely to 9 year old me to care for him, 5 cats, 1 rabbit, fish, a tortoise, slow worm, tadpoles and any other waif, stray and casualty that found its way into the garden. Obviously, I didn't know about cleaning, but I learned a lot about animal language, behaviour and communication.

Now I'm a bit [ahem] older, I think I could handle the Beagle ladies, although they were quite pleasant in their own way to grotty little me looking after him in the park. Bit patronising, but OK once I could show them what I had taught him to do!

We are 'fostering' a Beagle lady - well, a 2 week trial to see if both parties are suited - the 2 weeks are up on Saturday - I think it's safe to say she will be staying!

We had a crossbreed for 16 years who sadly had to be pts 5 weeks ago, but the house was way too quiet without a dog, in spite of us saying 'never again' when Clio went. We fancied a JRT but this little one presented herself at our local rescue so we thought 'why not?' I'd fancied a beagle years ago before I got Clio - but anyway - she's lovely!!!! Extremely affectionate and loving, she's 5 years old and perfect in every way - very easy going and loves men!! As a scent hound she's a bit heavy going when out for walks, especially if it's bin day and the bags are out - and she does still pull on the lead but a Halti head harness is helping considerably - and we were warned by her previous owner never to let her off the lead as her recall is zero - when she gets a scent she's off! Oh, and bins and rubbish bags are not allowed in our house at the moment - turn your back for a minute and she has emptied the contents out everywhere (and eaten most of them!) This is improving with training, though!

But all in all she's a perfect dog - I'd recommend a beagle to anyone.

foreign_correspondent

altight, my final guesses:

bedlington (I've always hankered after one!)
Norfolk or Norwich terrier (nice dogs!)
Cairn...

tcr_3

He's actually ... a Beagle LOL !

We've never owned a hound before, hence the learning curve, reading up on the breed, their likes, dislikes, little foibles ... but yeah, he's a Beagle.

Griizelda

Flat coat retriever? (ok, I know it's not small - I've got one!), not as common as the golden retriever. Lovely, happy dog. Mine is good with the children and our cats (he has to be, there's no choice on that one!).