How do i rehome our border collie?

ljM_3

there is a web site called obedienceuk.com, which is for the obedience world, mainly border collies.
There are also a couple of big training clubs in your region one called tower Dog Club, again they do a lot of competition standard obedience in the collie world.
There are links on obedienceuk.com that you could plea for good home in the obedience market, as prob about 95% of the readers are border collie owners, and they may know of someone looking for a resuce collie - it does happen.
Also there are links i think to the local club magazines, which you may place an advert in.

I wish you luck, I am a very proud owner of a border collie, which i wouldnt part with for the world im afraid.......... but good luck....

Please dont dump him in the county.........
LJ

seven-day-weekend

Do any of the dog lovers on this forum want to take him......?

If we lived in the UK, my husband would love to have him. Our old Butch was a border collie/corgi cross and was the most intelligent, obedient and loyal companion. He lived to be 17 and died in 1993. We have not had a dog since as our circumstances had changed, but now my husband has retired he would love one, but not here in Spain.

Hope you find an excellent home for him.

hayleyc_2

buxtonrabbitgreen wrote:

You could advertise him on freecycle I have seen pets put on there.

Freecycle is not any better than freeads or the paper. There would be no vetting of potential adopters and you cannot be sure the dog will be looked after properly. Many freecycle groups won't allow pets to be advertised for this reason.

Becles

seven-day-weekend wrote:

Do any of the dog lovers on this forum want to take him......?

Stop it! I've already got 2 border collies and I'm trying very hard to resist temptation

OP - have you tried getting the collie and the baby to play together? Obviously they need supervision, but if you sit on the floor with your legs apart and baby sat in the middle, and play tug of war with one of the collies toys, both baby and collie will enjoy it. Or get baby to throw a ball or other toy for collie to play fetch.

Once they get used to the idea that each other is a playmate, they might get along better. Collie has learn to respect baby enough to play gentle around baby, and baby can learn how to play nice with collie and not pull ears, poke eyes etc., as children do. In time it will also make baby more confident when you meet strange dogs outside.

You will get times when the collie does knock baby over, but it's part of the rough and tumble of growing up. Baby will get knocked over when they go to playgroup, nursery, play out in the street etc., and it does seem unfair on the dog when the dog hasn't actually done anything wrong. When collie does get too boisterous, say "no" firmly but sharply until collie calms down. Then stroke collie gently and let baby stroke collie and tell collie they are good. Perhaps you can give a small treat as a reward too to back up the good calm behaviour. Collies learn quick, especially with food!

Give it a little while and baby will soon be bigger than collie anyway, so it's just a year at most that you need to get through. It can be done - trust me. I've already raised two babies with two border collies in the home, and I've another baby on the way!

Border collies are difficult to rehome, and they can go mental quickly in kennels and rehoming centres, as they don't get the attention and stimulation their active brains need. Please only consider this as a very last resort.

I'm a border collie lover and I'm choked up just thinking about the collie going into kennels, so you have my sympathies with this difficult decision.

MrsTinks

Whoa people! Can we possibly limit the insults etc? The OP wants advice on rehoming a dog (which from the sounds of it should be easily rehomable...) Iwanttosave - hunni think carefully before handing your dog over - with the problems like housetraining you mention - assuming that this isn't because of lack of access to the outside etc - then you either have a training and dominance issue or a health issue. This means that your dog will be very hard to rehome and more than likely will be put down unless you can find a very helpful rescue.

OP Dogpages are ok - I personally am banned (like about a thousand others lol) but that doesn't mean the resources aren't good
Another alternative is the refuge whic although I'm not a member of I personally much prefer.
Whether or not people agree with you rehoming your dog because you've had a baby or not - I would like to thank you for not dumping him/her...
I have worked with rescues, I have a rescue dog and I am the secretary to the trustees of a rescue organisation so I know how many dogs end up in the pound, tied to gates, in bad homes because someone gave the dog away through the local paper, freecycle them or worse... So from someone working with these dogs... thank you for being responcible and at least wanting to do the right thing now you have made your choice

T

iwanttosave_2

Tine, its nothing like that, its mainly since we have took over the house, she see's the baby as a threat (does it mainly in his room) and is perfectly fine when she has stayed with other people when we have been on holiday.

Its just a simple terrotorial issue.

MrsTinks

I think it's possible to work on the dogs problems Iwanttosave, but the choice as to whether you want and can put in that amount of work and dedication is entirely for you to answer. I have a rescue dog that was deemed "nearly unhomable" so I know what I'm talking about I have no skirting boards left and some of the furniture is a little worse for wear but the choice was mine and I knew exactly what I was taking on. A little under a year on and we're about to take our bronze award - not bad for a "dog aggressive, destructive, untrainable and un controllable" dog and all it's taken is time and persistence and everyone sticking to the same rules

Again - you obviously don't want to keep the dog, and I see no reason why it's wrong to rehome it so long as it's not using the various methods I named above Yes rescue home places can be far and few between but please take the time and do it through them it will meanif things go wrong in future the dog has somewhere to be returned to instead of being put down or thrown out of a moving car (ok extreems but we've seen them...)
Life changes sometimes mean we can't keep the animals we have and much as I love mine like children I know that there are instances where people can't keep theirs for many reasons. So long as they are handed on responcibly then I have no issue with it
I used to be very against anyone giving up their pets but with time and age I've realised I was unreasonable really At least most hand them to a rescue and they are given a second chance in a new home.

Eels100

rickellison wrote:

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!!!!!!!!!

I think from this post it is quite clear that the OP isn't actually after advice, they just want the dog off their hands ASAP and there's no willingness to undertake any work to improve the current situation. I'm genuinely not saying that to be inflammatory, rickellison, but because I think it's important to be clear about what you want.

The advice that you have received has obviously not been what you wanted to hear and I am sorry that some posters have taken this as an opportunity to flame you. However, you should try to bear in mind that many of us have experience of rescue pets, the rehoming process, more specifically Border Collies and their problems. Some of us also have experience of resolving dog/human conflicts such as those you are experiencing. Much of the advice you have received has come from people who have had first hand experience of your sort of situation.

Now I am expecting my first baby, with the help of a room-divider gate and some stairgates I see no reason whatsoever that I can't integrate the child into my current family of people and dogs. Would you rehome a toddler because they were rough with your newborn? No, you would spend time teaching them how to behave around a baby! Which is exactly what I intend to do with my boisterous, playful, clumsy dogs.

However, if your mind really is made up, then please use the links which have been offered, and please don't stop posting. Animal matters always generate huge strength of feeling and quite extreme views, so try not to take anything personally. This is a really friendly and informative forum and I hope you aren't put off from returning, even if it's under a new username.

iwanttosave_2

tine wrote:

I think it's possible to work on the dogs problems Iwanttosave, but the choice as to whether you want and can put in that amount of work and dedication is entirely for you to answer. I have a rescue dog that was deemed "nearly unhomable" so I know what I'm talking about I have no skirting boards left and some of the furniture is a little worse for wear but the choice was mine and I knew exactly what I was taking on. A little under a year on and we're about to take our bronze award - not bad for a "dog aggressive, destructive, untrainable and un controllable" dog and all it's taken is time and persistence and everyone sticking to the same rules

Again - you obviously don't want to keep the dog, and I see no reason why it's wrong to rehome it so long as it's not using the various methods I named above Yes rescue home places can be far and few between but please take the time and do it through them it will meanif things go wrong in future the dog has somewhere to be returned to instead of being put down or thrown out of a moving car (ok extreems but we've seen them...)
Life changes sometimes mean we can't keep the animals we have and much as I love mine like children I know that there are instances where people can't keep theirs for many reasons. So long as they are handed on responcibly then I have no issue with it
I used to be very against anyone giving up their pets but with time and age I've realised I was unreasonable really At least most hand them to a rescue and they are given a second chance in a new home.

I am only going to rehome her to someone I know, or someone local so if she doesnt like it, she can come back.

MrsTinks

iwanttosave wrote:

I am only going to rehome her to someone I know, or someone local so if she doesnt like it, she can come back.

Even if you rehome to someone you know I would recommend asking a rescue to home check or maybe lend you a copy of their home check list? And remember a bordercollie might be best going to an experienced home They are a very intelligent dog and very active - someone who would do either agility, flyball or similar with it would be ideal They love having something to apply themselves to (Mine is a GSD/BC cross and she displays the typical BC intelligence and energy not even a 45 minute flat out run in the morning tires her out... :rolleyes: )