How do i rehome our border collie?

scruffy96uk

foxybabe wrote:

try dog training classes!!!!! I think its disgusting that people will dump a dog as soon as a baby comes along.

Sorry I have to agree to. We have had our dog for a year and I would never get rid of him. If you don't think classes would work try getting a one on one trainer that will do a home visit. At least then your dog is in it's own surrounding and Lily will be there to, so the trainer could assess the best way to deal with the situation. Border collies are very intellegent dogs and pick up training very quickly. At least give it a go before just putting him up for rehoming.
If you need help finding a trainer try putting a post under local moneysaving where I'm sure somebody will be able to help!!

Good Luck

Scruffy9:p

rickellison

we are not dumping him. we could have him put down or just let him go in the countryside, but no we are trying to do the decent thing and don't need some trumped up dolt called foxybabe!? saying how disgusted she is, we want help not criticism!

rickellison

Thanks razorbladekisses, you're right it has'nt been an easy decision, as the first incident was before xmas, we have been putting it off for a while now. We live in Blackpool.

hayleyc_2

black-saturn wrote:

Could you put an advert in the paper for him?

Please do not put an ad in the paper. You'll have no idea where he's going and the person who gets him could pass him on without you knowing. If you do decide to re-home him the please make sure it's with the back-up of a reputable rescue.

I appreciate that sometimes people do have to re-home dogs for various reasons, however I think to re-home a dog because they 'might' knock the child over, or because they shed too much hair for the baby to walk on??!!! seems a bit over the top to me. I know collies are active dogs, but as long as he has enough attention, exercise and mental stimulation, there's no reason why you can't separate the dog and child with stair gate while the baby is playing if you're worried. Your child is already almost a year old, and in another year or two she will be walking around confidently and will have grown up used to the dog. At only 6 years old, your dog has lots of years ahead of him and it seems very unfair to re-home him for the sake of a couple of years when your child 'might' get knocked over. Yes, it's possible the dog may knock her over, but as long as you supervise the dog and baby when they're together then you will be able to stop this happening. There are millions of people who have babies/toddlers with dogs and they don't re-home them. With training and supervision there is no reason why most dogs shouldn't live with children.


Hayley

Eels100

Ditto hayleyc. Rehoming should be a last resort in this situation as it is not in the dog's best interests to rehome. Some time dedicated to training or finding someone to give your dog more exercise would be worthwhile. Your daughter is approaching an age where she will benefit enormously from having a dog in the household and it isn't hard to train a collie to have some manners (provided they are well exercised and stimulated). I don't really see why you are rehoming now.

If you're absolutely determined then try Dog's Trust or dogpages.com as mentioned above. But I don't genuinely see that rehoming is necessary, especially when it's such a major undertaking and you don't have the most 'rehomable' pet. Please try other avenues, you might well be surprised by how much difference some small changes to your dog's life can make to his behaviour.

savvy

hayleyc wrote:

Please do not put an ad in the paper. You'll have no idea where he's going and the person who gets him could pass him on without you knowing. If you do decide to re-home him the please make sure it's with the back-up of a reputable rescue.

I appreciate that sometimes people do have to re-home dogs for various reasons, however I think to re-home a dog because they 'might' knock the child over, or because they shed too much hair for the baby to walk on??!!! seems a bit over the top to me. I know collies are active dogs, but as long as he has enough attention, exercise and mental stimulation, there's no reason why you can't separate the dog and child with stair gate while the baby is playing if you're worried. Your child is already almost a year old, and in another year or two she will be walking around confidently and will have grown up used to the dog. At only 6 years old, your dog has lots of years ahead of him and it seems very unfair to re-home him for the sake of a couple of years when your child 'might' get knocked over. Yes, it's possible the dog may knock her over, but as long as you supervise the dog and baby when they're together then you will be able to stop this happening. There are millions of people who have babies/toddlers with dogs and they don't re-home them. With training and supervision there is no reason why most dogs shouldn't live with children.


Hayley

Good post, I was going to suggest a stairgate too, obviously don't know how big the house is, but surely you can effectively seperate a dog area and a baby area??? My aunt has never allowed her dogs into the family area, they have the dog area in the kitchen and through into the utility area. The kitchen isn't going to be a safe area for the baby to go anyway

My personal opinion would be that if I chose to have a dog for life, and the dog was there long before the baby, I would find a way around it without getting rid of the dog.

Good luck with whatever fate you decide for your dog, please make sure it is the right choice for him.

pboae

black-saturn wrote:

Could you put an advert in the paper for him?

Yes they could, but they'd never know where it went, where do you think dog fighters get their bait dogs from?

rickellison

Thank you to everyone that has responded to my question but there was only one person who helped me (pboae), i did ask how to rehome oscar, not, "What should we do?" do you not think we have thought about all the possibilities of how to keep him, as i said we do love him, and so do our other 2 kids (19yo daughter and 15yo son) but we couldn't come up with any solutions, so that was why i asked about rehoming. As i said at the begining of my post this was my first time and its certainly the last time i'll be asking for advice, my wife is even more upset now than before, thanks to all the guilt trippers out there!!!!!!!!!!!!! And i suppose all you bloody do-gooders would put the dog before the human!!!!!!!!!

Steph_W

I presume your child wont be able to play out either in case one of the other kids accidentally knocks her over??? how ridiculous. Id say the dogs having a lucky escape from a dimwit owner here.

rickellison

Steph W, ( does the w stand for w***er), we are not being over protective just imagine yourself being knocked flying by a horse ( relative size comparison of dog to baby) how do you think you'd fare? So whose the dimwit? Steph W***er