Sending dog to dog's trust (or similar)

undaunted

I hope it works out for all concerned as personally I think this could be the best solution for all of you. Good luck :beer:

jamsandwhich

redmel1621 wrote: »

After reading all your replies, we have had a think and the likelyhood of finding a foster home locally who will also allow visits, is probably unlikely (any time soon) She would probably move in a heartbeat, but we feel this would be the wrong thing to do, SO we are going to try the dog here!!!!

Good luck - I really hope it works out. You could always keep cinnamon trust etc in mind as the right person may just be there, you never know!

Please keep us updated - I have subscribed to the thread.

My SIL recently had to re-home her dog and I know it was a really hard to make the decision.

hethmar

Good luck. I do hope it works out as this is not a young dog and it will be good for her to be with people she has known.

rising_from_the_ashes

Hope it works out for everyone, hugs for your MIL as she will find it really hard, especially as she will still be grieving for her partner as well.

walwin

I do so hope it all works out well.

Best wishes to you all for a really successful outcome x

Oog

Good on you!
Your MIL will be so glad (as will the dog).
That's a very selfless thing to do.

juliebunny

Oh well done for trying at least.

Fingers and paws crossed it works out.

If it doesn't - one word of warning against people giving old or sick pets to the RSPCA - DON'T do it. They collected my friend's cat from the front of her house (she was out) - he was old with a thyroid problem so looked skinny but was on medication. Stupidly, she didn' have ID on him. He was PTS almost immediately. A neighbour told her the RSPCA had taken him away. She contacted them the same day - they had made NO attempt to trace an owner and had put him to sleep. My vet told me a similar story about a dog.

Another very stupid person I know gave puppies she had bred and couldn't home to the RSPCA - it was supposed to be temporary. When she went to get them back they had been PTS for having a cough!!!!

I know the RSPCA do a lot of good work, and they helped me resuce my cat - for which I am eternally grateful - but it's good and bad with them. They are so overwhelmed with unwanted pets they have to look at which ones they can home and which ones will hang around and 'block' a pen that could be used for an easy to home pet.

julesmby

juliebunny wrote: »

Oh well done for trying at least.

Fingers and paws crossed it works out.

If it doesn't - one word of warning against people giving old or sick pets to the RSPCA - DON'T do it. They collected my friend's cat from the front of her house (she was out) - he was old with a thyroid problem so looked skinny but was on medication. Stupidly, she didn' have ID on him. He was PTS almost immediately. A neighbour told her the RSPCA had taken him away. She contacted them the same day - they had made NO attempt to trace an owner and had put him to sleep. My vet told me a similar story about a dog.

Another very stupid person I know gave puppies she had bred and couldn't home to the RSPCA - it was supposed to be temporary. When she went to get them back they had been PTS for having a cough!!!!

I know the RSPCA do a lot of good work, and they helped me resuce my cat - for which I am eternally grateful - but it's good and bad with them. They are so overwhelmed with unwanted pets they have to look at which ones they can home and which ones will hang around and 'block' a pen that could be used for an easy to home pet.

mmmmmm never heard of them really helping the animals , just lots of fund raising lots of rules why you cant home an animal, lovely smart uniforms lovely smart vans ??? where does the money go!!!!!!! look at small local rescue they work to house the right animal with the right home not just ticking boxes why you cant rehome a pet :mad:

WolfSong2000

redmel1621 wrote: »

After reading all your replies, we have had a think and the likelyhood of finding a foster home locally who will also allow visits, is probably unlikely (any time soon) She would probably move in a heartbeat, but we feel this would be the wrong thing to do, SO we are going to try the dog here!!!!

This is very brave of you to try! A word of advice, with the dogs at least, I'd get them to meet for the first time somewhere neutral. I wouldn't just introduce the new dog straight into your house as your own dog will be naturally protective of you, his home and the cat. Ideally you'd want to take them out on a walk together somewhere so they can get to know one another in a neutral environment and see how they get on. Once they're happy with each other, try the dog at the house, but make the introduction to the cat gradual...ideally with a gate or some kind of barrier between them initially so the cat and dog can see/smell one another, but the new dog wont be able to "go for" the cat if it doesn't like it.

redmel1621

Thank You

The dog was supposed to be coming yesterday, but apparantly has a limp so MIL has the vet out to visist tomorrow, so we will see how it goes from there. I think she is having a hard time letting her go, understandably, so i am not exactly sure when we will actually be having her. I have changed the living room round a bit to accomodate another dog bed and we have a few stratagies set out as to how we are going to deal with each situation...kids/dog/cat etc

I am actually quite looking forward to having her here as she is a nice dog. Most people I have mentioned it to think I have a screw loose somewhere, dealing with 4 kids a dog and a cat already and then offering to take on another dog...

I will keep you updated and hopefully after the vet has been out tomorrow she will make the decision of when to let her come to us. I know she is trying to drag it out a bit but the place she is living in are just getting increasingly annoyed about her still having the dog there...which is just getting her more stressed.

Mel x