Trying to adopt a rescue dog!

janninew

suki1964 wrote: »

To be honest, two emails is hardly putting in a lot of effort into finding a dog

When I went looking for Alfie , it took me hundreds of calls and emails.

Did you have call/email the rescue place over 200 times to get a response?! Madness!

suki1964

janninew wrote: »

Did you have call/email the rescue place over 200 times to get a response?! Madness!

No

I was looking breed specific so that was contacting breeders, going through the breed club, getting friendly with the club secretary, going to shows, chatting/ meeting/ being interviewed by breeders - long slog

My kitten I just got 3 weeks ago is a rescue

I started research via the Internet to find rescues. Some would show who was available. Then I went out and visited the rescues, looked at set ups, spoke to volunteers and then I looked at the cats. When we decided on one we went home, talked it through, decided we did want to go ahead so went back a couple of days later,means introduced to the kitten filled in the paperwork and rushed to the shops for food etc

Following day the rescue came and done a home visit and then brought me the kitten

No emails , all leg work

If you want something enough you put effort it


I'm not saying it's not frustrating not getting mailed back. Our local rescue has one paid member of staff who is on call 24/7 and covers all six counties rescuing what ever dogs she can from the pounds ( council cut backs mean only four days grace before the dogs destroyed) finding foster homes, rehoming and fund raising. The centre is only open two hours a day for viewing and rehoming. Answering emails is bottom of the list of priorities

A friend of mine lost out on a lovely dog because he was "too busy" to get off his bum to go view, he emailed. Luckily another friends dad heard about the dog and went down himself

You have to be proactive instead of waiting for what you want to drop in your lap

krlyr

Bear in mind that anyone can start a rescue, and there's no regulations on rescues. Please don't let a bad experience with one put you off the rescue route entirely.
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elsien

sheramber wrote: »

Also, many rescues do not rehome during December as Christmas tends to be a busy, noisy time, which is not the best environment when introducng a dog to a new home.

This. I am a member of a number of bull terrier breed rescues and some do not rehome over Christmas.
Not sure if it's just EBT people, or a breed rescue thing generally but there seems to be an incredible amount of people falling out, decamping to set up elsewhere etc which can mean that adoption forms go awol. I had a homecheck which was never passed on because my homechecker left the particular rescue in a strop and didn't pass it on.

My suggestion would be to try several, follow up if you don't get an answer, and if you're on facebook try them on there. For the rescue I had Gitdog from, the facebook page is followed and updated far more regularly than the website.
It also lets you suss out the rescues as some are better than others at following up and support if there are issues. Some I wouldn't touch with a bargepole.

Pollycat

suki1964 wrote: »

My kitten I just got 3 weeks ago is a rescue

How's he settling in, Suki?

LKRDN_Morgan

I used to foster for a breed specific club. I'm not sure what breed you're after but mine is one of those people get because of how they look without realising what a handful they are. The rescue would make very little effort to get back to people initially because very often those enquiring weren't fully committed. The ones who were serious would keep on and on until they got somewhere. Right or wrong it worked. I would keep trying with the breed specific place. They'll be much better at placing the right dog with you.

suki1964

Pollycat wrote: »

How's he settling in, Suki?

Well my hands don't look so much like shredded beef anymore:rotfl:


He's doing well. Won't sleep in a bed,prefers the sofa and blanket. Eats well, has learned all good things come from the fridge and tries his best to climb in

He's not a lap cat for sure. He will come say hello and climbs up and gives me a kiss before settling somewhere else

He is so funny around the hens. He's not allowed out yet, but I've three hens that escape their run everyday and sit on the back doorstep. He dive bombs them through the glass doors:rotfl:

One of these days I will have doors I can see out of, between chicken art one side and cat the other, they are constantly filthy


Small price to pay for so much fun

sheramber

My first rescue was 12 weeks old when I got him. He was in foster 400 miles away but his foster carer brought him to us as she was holidaying in our area.

My second was 2 years old and came from the same rescue. She was also in foster over 400 miles away but we made the journey to get her.

I chose her because she fitted in well to what I required.

As said if you want something enough you will put in the effort.

JP08

LKRDN_Morgan wrote: »

I used to foster for a breed specific club. I'm not sure what breed you're after but mine is one of those people get because of how they look without realising what a handful they are. The rescue would make very little effort to get back to people initially because very often those enquiring weren't fully committed. The ones who were serious would keep on and on until they got somewhere. Right or wrong it worked. I would keep trying with the breed specific place. They'll be much better at placing the right dog with you.

I'm slightly gobsmacked by this. Not being a particularly pushy person (really, honest), you'd probably only get one email from me. Not coming back would suggest to me that the rescue centre wasn't fully committed.

Can't help thinking your dogs ended up in the homes of shouty pushy me-first people and not in the quieter, more restrained, more reserved households ...

supersaver2

JP08 wrote: »

I'm slightly gobsmacked by this. Not being a particularly pushy person (really, honest), you'd probably only get one email from me. Not coming back would suggest to me that the rescue centre wasn't fully committed.

Can't help thinking your dogs ended up in the homes of shouty pushy me-first people and not in the quieter, more restrained, more reserved households ...

I must have the same way of thinking as you. The breed rescue I tried first I spent a long time filling the application out and it asked you to name a dog if you were interested which I did. A boy who had 'Urgent Appeal' next to him as he has a life limiting illness and has spent 18 months in foster care/kennels. He looked ideal for us, good with children and very friendly, he's only expected to live until he's 4/5 years and he's still on the website from September as an urgent appeal! Yet I've filled 2 applications out naming him! Maybe I should be emailing daily like some on here suggest (no number provided so can't ring them). The applications are very detailed though and they can see my history with the breed so surely that should give them some indication as to how interested/suitable you are. Emailing them the same application countless times is time wasting for me and them.