Free to good home etc etc

con1888

I was heartbroken watching that, as you say how much hassle would the dog possibly cause. Personally I look forward to having kids and seeing them bonding with Logan the same way I bonded with my dog Megan when I was a child.

We did have a dog when I was younger , 2 I think and she did have to go but it wasn't because I was a baby, she was only 4months old at the time and REALLY protective of us kids, a boy hit my big brother in the garden ( he was 5) and the dog bit the boy, police were called etc and they came to see her, they were sympathetic as could see that she was a good family dog but just far too protective, they assessed her though and took her to train with the police and she became a police dog. In hindsight my parents blamed themselves because her temperament was probably inherited from her parents - both guard dogs. My mum though took her one day as she was the last left in the litter and the owner (scrappy owner) was taking her to the river to drown her !!!!!

gettingready

Sharon140

Barneysmom

gettingready wrote: »

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that made me laugh so much... those are called "bunnies" - with a long haired GS and 4 cats I too have a few of those around the flat hehehe

I have bunnies too! There's a nice one growing under Barney's settee, I'll put it out for the birds one of the days :cool:

Fire_Fox

Many moons ago the two cats I got from the RSPCA: both sweethearts well behaved and no trouble. One had been abandoned when his owners moved, the other had been handed in with her sister when the family got two puppies. :mad:

gettingready

Mossop93

Welshwoofs wrote: »

I think you should add:

"Giving away a teenager. I didn't realise he'd get this big when I had him"

Just for us giant breed owners. And yup, I've seen that line given on a pre-loved advert for a Great Dane. A Dane. How thick do you have to be to buy a bloody Dane puppy and not know it's going to grow up big???

Oh my god! I've never had a Great Dane but even I know they're huuuuge! I mean if it comes from a breeder (well a decent one) then you'd meet the Mom and/or Dad.. Surely that would be a tip off to the size?

Maybe rescue homes should have a size chart on the wall for all dog breeds lmao.

Saying that I know someone that rehomed a dog because it was too big. But she found it a decent forever home, still visited and had a valid reason. Basically the dog looked like a Jack Russel Terrier, all the markings and size of an adult one when she took it. And being in her 50's while she wasn't frail the energy of a dog that size compared to the strength of a big dog are a bit different on a lead. Anyway turns out that they were wrong, (the previous owner confirmed it was a JR before money changed hands) and to this day we don't know what it was. But its markings were the same as a Jack Russell the size however.. Well by the time it was 2 it was bigger than a fully grown greyhound..

As you can imagine she struggled to walk it, but tried. Saw trainers etc to get help with the pulling and the fact it would jump up at her and sit on her because it didn't realise its size and would hurt her. It didn't have a docked tail either (I don't agree with docked tails - just adding the info for better understanding) and so the force of the tail was leaving bruises on the ladies legs.. Well she spoke to a friend down the road in the end that owns a farm and the dog was rehomed there. She was/is very happy there and still doesn't realise she's not a Jack Russell bless her.

What bothers me with rehoming pets isn't so much the excuses, but the lack of interest in a solution. Her dog was too big, so she worked out what the issue with size was (pulling, jumping etc) and so tried to find a solution (training for her as well as the dog - a trainer teaching your dog not to jump is no use unless they teach you how to encourage them to stick with that behaviour!) And when it was clear that wouldn't work and the dog needed somewhere she could be her bubbly self she found a home for it herself, with someone she knew and trusted. And she visited. Slowly phasing it down until she wasn't the old owner so much as someone popping by for a cup of tea in the dogs eyes.

I personally think that's the way to handle it

codemonkey

A couple of weeks I was out with captain dumbass (dog, not DH). It was quite warm and there's a little stream nearby so CD went off at a run and jumped in, to the delight of the 3 wee girls playing there ( they were hidden by a tree otherwise I wouldn't have let him jump in). Anyway, I let them pet him when one of the wee girls (maybe 8?) said "I used to have a Labrador but my mum is having a baby and said he's too hyper and we got rid of him".

It just broke my heart and made me angry. Since when is having a baby and a dog mutually exclusive?

MrsAtobe

codemonkey wrote: »

A couple of weeks I was out with captain dumbass (dog, not DH). It was quite warm and there's a little stream nearby so CD went off at a run and jumped in, to the delight of the 3 wee girls playing there ( they were hidden by a tree otherwise I wouldn't have let him jump in). Anyway, I let them pet him when one of the wee girls (maybe 8?) said "I used to have a Labrador but my mum is having a baby and said he's too hyper and we got rid of him".

It just broke my heart and made me angry. Since when is having a baby and a dog mutually exclusive?

Captain Dumbass, yes that sounds about right for a spaniel cross! Lol! Our springer is known as The Moose, I'll leave you to speculate as to why

Unfortunately, some mid-wives are now recommending that any pet is rehomed when 'baby' is on the way. God I hate that usage of 'baby', it makes my blood boil. Sorry OT. Shame they couldn't train/exercise the Lab . I think being brought up with a dog is the second best gift you can give a child, after instilling a love of reading.

shortdog

MrsAtobe wrote: »

Unfortunately, some mid-wives are now recommending that any pet is rehomed when 'baby' is on the way. God I hate that usage of 'baby', it makes my blood boil.

We don't have a dog (as my son is severely allergic to them) but we do have other pets (3 cats, 2 terrapins, fish, stick insects, and temporary caterpillars). The amount of people who have asked me what I plan to do with the pets now that I'm pregnant is unbelievable - I've had all sorts of reasons, from the traditional "the cats will sleep on the babies faces and suffocate them":rotfl: to "what happens if they get bitten by the terrapins".
It's laughable,. but also scary that people believe pets to be such a temporary thing that they can be got rid of when there's a baby on the way - admittedly, I'm having twins, and time is going to be in short supply, but the pets are part of the family, and time will be found for them as it will for my human kids.

And, if one of the babies gets bitten by the terrapins, well, they'll learn not to stick their hands in the tank again, won't they:rotfl::rotfl: