How do i rehome our border collie?

scrimpandsaver

so what the dog is 6 years old, it doesnt mean they had it gfor six whole years, anyone who believes a dog is more improtant or even has the same importance as a child is in laa laa land, kids always come first.

Kimberley

scrimpandsaver wrote: »

so what the dog is 6 years old, it doesnt mean they had it gfor six whole years, anyone who believes a dog is more improtant or even has the same importance as a child is in laa laa land, kids always come first.

Of course they do but when you have a dog in a family home it's unfair to dump it before you have tried everything to keep it with you. At 6 years old the dog will be harder to rehome. The older the dog the harder it is. I feel sorry for the dog to be honest. Of course the child comes first, but this dog is just clumsy, it's not a danger to the child, it hasn't bit her or gone for her has it?:rolleyes:

katiesmummy

Kimberley wrote: »

Of course they do but when you have a dog in a family home it's unfair to dump it before you have tried everything to keep it with you. At 6 years old the dog will be harder to rehome. The older the dog the harder it is. I feel sorry for the dog to be honest. Of course the child comes first, but this dog is just clumsy, it's not a danger to the child, it hasn't bit her or gone for her has it?:rolleyes:

Kimberly I agree with you. The more I read of this post the more annoyed I am getting tbh! On one hand, I credit the OP for trying to find a decent home for his dog, on the other hand I feel quite upset that the poor dog is being got rid of when he has basically done nothing wrong. As you can guess from my earlier post I am a 100% dog lover (i would have to be, having 3 of my own). I have always had a dog from the day I was born- my mum and dad had him for about 2 years before I came along, and he was my best friend until he died when I was 13. I really do think that the OP is being slightly over-cautious. Of course your child comes first, but you also have a certain amount of responsibility towards the dog.

I worked in a vets until recently, and we were constantly having animals dumped on our doorstep which we would then have to find homes for or send to the RSPCA. One thing that we used to do is ask other customers if they would like to take on another dog- some clients have been with us since day 1 and we know them pretty well, and we found that we were able to rehome a lot of dogs (and cats for that matter) with people that we knew would look after them, as we have seen them with their other animals. This could be something that you can ask the receptionists at whatever vets you use. You may even find that one of them would like to take the dog, which frequently happened at my old workplace.

I hope that you find the solution you are looking for, but please please please don't get rid of the dog for what it 'might' do- i'm not having a go, so please don't think that I am, it just upsets me when things like this happen

flutterfairy

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Can I ask a serious question?

What exactly is wrong with re-homing a dog for whatever reason (even if it is just that you don't want it any more) so long as it is done in a responsible manner?

Some people on here seem to think it's the road to damnation.

These were my thoughts exactly when responding to the thread ( no I am not a troll everybody has to make a first post somewhere right?) Why if someone comes for advice must they be given 'You think YOU have it bad?? we did blah blah so on and so forth" advice by this hay person and made to feel bad for even asking!! I think the OP is sensible and its not like shes leaving her pet by the roadside and abandoning it. She was asking for advice about rehousing.

Kimberley

flutterfairy wrote: »

These were my thoughts exactly when responding to the thread ( no I am not a troll everybody has to make a first post somewhere right?) Why if someone comes for advice must they be given 'You think YOU have it bad?? we did blah blah so on and so forth" advice by this hay person and made to feel bad for even asking!! I think the OP is sensible and its not like shes leaving her pet by the roadside and abandoning it. She was asking for advice about rehousing.

If you are a newbie then you will soon learn that if you wish to put your personnal business on this forum, then everyone will give their views and opinions whether you like it or not

London_Girl_3

This thread has caused a lot a feeling all round. I do not intend to add to them, i would just like to say about our experiences with rescue dogs.

My family have always had dogs, and we were all brought up with lots of dogs - my sister as a baby used to fall asleep in the basket with the dogs (and yes they were large and boisterous).
We did try to get some of the dogs from rescue homes. However, these places were not always honest about the dogs that we took. This led to some very difficult times. As a result, we personally have stopped getting dogs from rescue homes. (I am very sure that there are some very good homes out there.) If any of you are dropping dogs off there or going to pick some up, please be very specific in the questions that you ask.

Kimberley

A good point that was put to me today was that maybe they are using this as an excuse and wanted rid of the dog anyway They suggested to take their dog to training classes and get it to understand basic lay down, settle down commands and if the dog is well exercised and stimulated, it wont go so ballistic. Border collies are extremely bright dogs and would respond to training well. Maybe there might not be more to this than meets the eye.

flutterfairy

She is thinking of her child, what other reason does she need?

curlytoast

I cant believe some of the comments on this thread.
I can understand to post a topic you have to expect replies, but the OP wanted advice not peoples personal opinions like ' i think its disgusting'!!

As everyone else is saying their opinions il say mine - do you know what i find 'disgusting', the fact that this person has come here for advice and has had mostly nasty patronising comments in return, saying he/she is a 'dimwit' owner etc.

If the OP didnt give a toss then they wouldnt of posted for help- how do we know that they havnt tried everything else?

In an ideal world all pets would be for life, there' d be world peace and people on here wouldnt be so damn judgemental ;-), but guys as you can see we're not in a ideal world.

OP says they have older children and a baby. Well i can undertand that they might not want to take the risk of having a young child around a dog that hasnt been around babies before.

scrimpandsaver

Situations change, obedience classes cost money, the government does not give out money to owners to discipline their dogs, or give out doggy DLA to clumsy and naughty dogs either.

Dog lovers are the pits, never clean up their dog poo, instead drag their doggy along trying to ignore the trail of poop its left behind purely to avoid cleaning it up. And this thread shows they are all extremely judgemental too.

Some people have a child and give them up for adoption, so why is it different for a bloody dog.