Advice needed about RSPCA

Rev

Poor little mite, bless her. Some people don't deserve dogs.

Bless you for stepping in and trying to help.

It wont do any hard to report them but as above really, don't expect any help. Since the dog has shelter and is fed, I highly doubt the RSPCA will do anything at all.

lovelyday

Thank you.

Mainly the lack of bed that bugs me - well it all does really - but to think of a tiny dog trying to get comfy on a piece of plywood makes me so angry.

She has put up with this for nine years , what a sad world it is that dogs are helpless to their situation and have to put up with things like this.

It only came to my attention about her this year via one of their neighbours. I was walking her from January to June until I was stopped. It has been too worrying for me to make the phonecall to rspca as I was so scared of her being pts.

Just wondered, why is there so much negativity about the rspca, what is going wrong there?

hethmar

Best not start that one Keep it for another time.

picklepick

Rev wrote: »

It wont do any hard to report them but as above really, don't expect any help. Since the dog has shelter and is fed, I highly doubt the RSPCA will do anything at all.

Dont be angry with the RSPCA, be angry with the laws inside which they have to operate!

lovelyday

picklepick wrote: »

Dont be angry with the RSPCA, be angry with the laws inside which they have to operate!

Thanks for link pickle, at least i feel better knowing that i can get some feedback. It would be more bearable if I knew they made them give her a bed or take her indoors in the cold weather.

moomin5

Poor dog, makes you wonder why they bother to keep it . I hope the RSPCA can do something to improve the situation. I'd be surprised if she was PTS if they did take her away as small dogs are usually easier to home, but personally i feel if they did it would be better than her having to suffer living like that for a few more years.

Rev

picklepick wrote: »

Dont be angry with the RSPCA, be angry with the laws inside which they have to operate!

I have on several occasions seen the RSPCA blatantly igore animal cruelty, say it wasn't happening and refuse to allow me to send proof of the contrary. My last dealing with them was an injured pigeon which had landed in my yard. I was told, and I quote 'it's only a pigeon, let your dogs out, because it's only nature for dogs and cats to hunt and kill them'.

Love to know what law they were operating inside with that advice.

But, anyway, that discussion is for a different thread.

Just wanted to again praise the OP for trying as hard as she has with this old girl.

SarahLou

Definitely worth a call to report it - no harm can come of it - they certainly won't take the dog away there and then unless there is an immediate reason to do so (which it doesn't sound like there is, in this instance). Initially they'd more than likely just leave a note asking the owners to get in touch (and then if they don't, they'll call back until they speak to someone). Basically offering advice, warning them that the lack of bedding is an issue, etc, etc. That often prompts people to give their animals up in itself as people are usually more keen to stick to their own ways than change them.

If that is the case, whether the dog would get PTS or not remains a mystery - some RSPCA regions are more lenient than others. If the dog is healthy, in good condition generally and friendly then I dare say it will go up for adoption.

YorkiePud_3

It's a shame you don't have a friend who lives out of the area who might come to visit you ... and who this little dog might "follow home" if you know what I mean ... nudge nudge, wink wink ... naughty me ... !!

lovelyday

YorkiePud wrote: »

It's a shame you don't have a friend who lives out of the area who might come to visit you ... and who this little dog might "follow home" if you know what I mean ... nudge nudge, wink wink ... naughty me ... !!

I wish that too Pity she is chipped as well.

I couldnt sleep last night and wondered if perhaps I was not giving them the benefit of the doubt - perhaps they had started taking her in when the weather was bad.

Ended up me walking a mile and a half in gales at 4 in the morning to check on her.

Managed to get through gates and into the yard and she came running out of the kennel to greet me. It was pitch black and I put my hand in the kennel and as I suspected, no change.

A piece of plywood and not a single other thing in that kennel.

It broke my heart walking away in the cold and dark , she had her paws up on the gate watching me as I walked off.

I had prayed that she wasn't going to be there, then it would have meant she was indoors.