Hightower Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Been contemplating getting a dog for a number of months now, and have had one eye on the local re-homing centres over that time. Woke up this morning, checked site, and they got a new dog in - a black lab/cocker cross, but we think he has a bit collie in him too. He's absolutely lush, and wanted to share our new family member with you all. He's so calm, and I can't wait to take him camping with us in the summer months.
dayzd Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Yay for dogs! I'd love to have one, but sadly have neither the time or the money... He looks a lovely fella. What's his name? 1
Hightower Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 Allie. He was brought in because his previous owners moved house and weren't allowed pets in the new house. He's 2, and I reckon I'm gonna have so much fun taking him up mountains and such.
teejay Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Looks a really lovely dog, nice one! Sounds like hopefully he has a labrador brain rather than a cocker spaniel brain, but it does take dogs a while to regain their personality after they've had the upheaval and distress of a rescue centre. Good on ya though for getting a rescue dog, it really is unbelievable how some people treat their pets and it's nice to see one get a good home :-) 2
witch Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 He's lovely and I am so pleased you got him from a rescue centre. We got our dog, Smudge, from a local centre 10 years ago and have never regretted it for one second. He's a terrier mongrel and is now 11 but acts like a 2 year old! I must admit I don't know why people buy pedigree dogs -there is no guarantee that they will be healthy or good tempered. Besides, most breeds have their own rescue centres, and often have pedigree dogs available that need homes. I'm sure that you will have many happy years with Allie 1
SYNACK Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) Looks like a good dog, with the lab in him he should have a great temprement. I also echo the positive sentiments about the rescue centre approach. My familly actually volunteered as a foster home for one in NZ so have had a lot of great dogs pass through from sometimes aweful circumstances to new homes. Humane Society The pure bread thing is also a mystery to me as so many pure breads have really shoddy genetic thanks to human interfearence in their breading making them way more likely to have major issues in the future than a cross-breed. Edited January 29, 2011 by SYNACK 1
laserblazer Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Until yesterday, I'd have said Rescue Centres are the place to go and possibly it is for dogs, but one of our TAs took their kids to a Rescue Centre and they fell in love with a cat. The RC said they would need a home visit first and really messed them around so much they had to say forget it. It would have cost several hundred pounds to fit the cat flap etc they were told they must have. The TA told this story at break and one of the teachers said a girl in his class had a cat with kittens. So she's going to have one of those instead. Your dog looks lovely Hightower and I am sure he will give you years of love and affection 1
Hightower Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 We went with the view to look/walk him only, but it got our heart strings when we saw all the dogs, all seeking some form of love and attention. He went in with his mam, and we wish we could have taken them both, but with us being new to owning a dog it really wouldn't have been suitable. It won't take long for his mam to be snapped up cos she was gorgeous too. I spoke to my younger brother just before, and it turns out he also got a dog from the same re-homing centre an hour or so after us - how is that for coincedence?!
Hightower Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 It's strange though, because he won't eat unless we're in the kitchen with him, he won't have a quick wee in the yard unless we're in the yard with him - guess it's going to take a few days/weeks/months to gain his trust that we're still gonna be here when he comes back.
kmount Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 It's strange though, because he won't eat unless we're in the kitchen with him, he won't have a quick wee in the yard unless we're in the yard with him - guess it's going to take a few days/weeks/months to gain his trust that we're still gonna be here when he comes back. Keen to please also mate, lots of "good boy" when he does a wee etc. My pup's almost a year now (she's a 30kg monster though) and she like dogs do thrives on positive reinforcement.
EduTech Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Awww he looks as if he is going to be so much fun! i bet he would love the mountains and hills! Yay! I lost my dog a few years ago (15Years Old) and my mum has not wanted another one since, but i'd like to get another one in the near future, i miss how much fun they can be! *I kept my dogs ashes though they stay in the living room on display in a glass cabinet 1
teejay Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 It's strange though, because he won't eat unless we're in the kitchen with him, he won't have a quick wee in the yard unless we're in the yard with him - guess it's going to take a few days/weeks/months to gain his trust that we're still gonna be here when he comes back. It can take a long, long time for rescue dogs to settle in and regain the trust and confidence. Plenty of attention when he does something right, but also don't be too soft on him either or he won't learn his place in his new pack which will cause all sorts of problems.
Hightower Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 Keen to please also mate, lots of "good boy" when he does a wee etc. My pup's almost a year now (she's a 30kg monster though) and she like dogs do thrives on positive reinforcement. Aye, plenty of that. "Get down off the couch"..... "good boy!" P.S. How did you manage with a pup and a full-time job?
superfletch Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) I spoke to my younger brother just before, and it turns out he also got a dog from the same re-homing centre an hour or so after us - how is that for coincedence?! Wasn't his "Mam":D was it? That would be too weird. He looks like a really nice dog - I hope you have great fun together. On the rehoming thing, I think it is really admirable that people do this as all domestic animals deserve a good loving home and I can't understand the mentality of some of the people who treat their Animals badly, and also it is a shame that circumstances sometimes force people to have to part with much loved pets. That said we avoided getting a Dog from the rehoming centre as we didn't feel we would be happy with not knowing the genuine background he came from. If we didn't have a very small child then we would probably have gone for a rehome. Ours is one year old now too - just shy of 6 stone (don't know what that is in kg) and we have had a cracking first year with him, hard work tho. Good luck with him ht. Edited January 29, 2011 by superfletch 1
teejay Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 @EduTech Must be quite a wrench not having a dog once your used to having one around. Ours is just coming up to 15, he's losing his sight, has arthritis and digestion problems. Up to about a year ago he would race to the front door as soon as you put the key in the lock, now he just lays there and takes a good few minutes before he manages to get up. Just trying to give him as nice a time as possible at the moment as it's won't be long before we come home and he stays on his bed or we have to pay 'that' visit to the vet. Really dreading it as although we've really loved all the dogs we've had, this one has been very special. 1
EduTech Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) @EduTech Must be quite a wrench not having a dog once your used to having one around. Ours is just coming up to 15, he's losing his sight, has arthritis and digestion problems. Up to about a year ago he would race to the front door as soon as you put the key in the lock, now he just lays there and takes a good few minutes before he manages to get up. Just trying to give him as nice a time as possible at the moment as it's won't be long before we come home and he stays on his bed or we have to pay 'that' visit to the vet. Really dreading it as although we've really loved all the dogs we've had, this one has been very special. Yeah she is really missed, coming home from work and having her jump up and lick you with joy does put a smile on your face after a bad day at work. I had a "German Shephered" and from the day we went and saw her i have always been attached to her, and she always used to look out for me when taken for a walk etc. She sat in my lap and went to sleep when we went and viewed the 4 from the pool of puppies and always knew she was the one. Sadly missed. but she had a good life. J EDIT: I did have a Husky for a month or so of a friend of mine, we were going to keep Zeus but it wrecked the entire house (like literally!) so had to give him back to mate. Edited January 29, 2011 by EduTech 1
Hightower Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 Nah, my brother wanted a little terrier. It was shocking the amount of staffies in the kennels. Asked the girl why, and she said once the scallies have paraded them around for a few weeks they get ditched - sickening.
kmount Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) P.S. How did you manage with a pup and a full-time job? I work from home a lot of the time and she goes to work with my father in law (on a farm) so she's in her element. She's a Labradoodle (from the standard poodle not the little one) http://img691.imageshack.us/i/pupf.jpg Watching CSI I think in this one ... never known a dog that will sit and watch TV and pay attention. (more on my facebook if anyone wants to see her grow from tiny to monster in 6 months). Bit better this one ... at least she's looking albeit with devil eyes. http://img52.imageshack.us/i/38059421862703468742763.jpg Edited January 29, 2011 by kmount 1
witch Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Nah, my brother wanted a little terrier. It was shocking the amount of staffies in the kennels. Asked the girl why, and she said once the scallies have paraded them around for a few weeks they get ditched - sickening. So silly - staffies are lovely dogs and are usually very keen on children - to play with, not to eat!
Hightower Posted January 30, 2011 Author Posted January 30, 2011 So silly - staffies are lovely dogs and are usually very keen on children - to play with, not to eat! Yeah - they are meant to be real sticklers for their master, and I would have considered one had it not had the chav badge attached to it. Just had the dog out, and he pee's like a bitch. It looks funny, but is great because he has one long pee instead of cocking his leg at every lamp post. He must have learnt how to pee from his mother hehe. Can't wait to bath him, because it's snowing up here again, and he now has that 'fresh from the kennels wet dog smell' about him. Thing is, it's not very warm to let him dry in the yard if I do bath him so it will have to wait.
mac_shinobi Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Looks a really lovely dog, nice one! Sounds like hopefully he has a labrador brain rather than a cocker spaniel brain, but it does take dogs a while to regain their personality after they've had the upheaval and distress of a rescue centre. Good on ya though for getting a rescue dog, it really is unbelievable how some people treat their pets and it's nice to see one get a good home :-) Just to emphasize the above in bold Me and the missus have fostered in a lot of dogs ( mostly pups that were puppy farmed to start with and didn't have the best start in life ) but also some other dogs that were older then a new born pup but were say 8 weeks old or so or could still be considered pups ie a few months old ( 4 / 5 or so months ). I would say approximately 95% have all been re homed to a permanent and good home ( inc owners ) where as some had been returned once or twice and re homed again and the 2nd or 3rd time they have stayed with the new ( er ) owners in a good home however there are as stated above lots of dogs who are picked up / bad situations / bad owners who mis treat them in a bad way We have 2 black labs now - sky was a rescue ( female ) pic attached of her not long after we had her, although she was smaller then that as have a pic of her somewhere next to my apple keyboard and she was smaller then that. 2
kmount Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Cracking looking girl Shane. I've decided when I win the lottery or get rich somehow I want an animal charity having seen just badly treated some animals are makes me sick. 1
mac_shinobi Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Cracking looking girl Shane. I've decided when I win the lottery or get rich somehow I want an animal charity having seen just badly treated some animals are makes me sick. Mutual feelings on all of the above and thanks My other lab is called Mac ( hehe ) moving along swiftly We originally got him ( paid for ) and did not realise at the time until he was about 5 or 6 months old that he was having issues and realised that we got him from a puppy farmer due to said puppy farmer being on rogue traders, he offered to take him back but we point blank refused as it's not like he is a dvd player with a bust laser lense, had both back hip replacements and has an issue with a slipped disc or something similar now which he is on meds for but might have to operate on later. Thought the lotto funded charity type things - could be totally wrong, other then that the only way of doing it would be to win a substantial amount on the lotto. Did 3 lines last saturday on normal lotto and 2 on euro millions and didn't see anything, sigh
kevbaz Posted January 31, 2011 Posted January 31, 2011 We rescued our dog at the end of march last year, he was 6months old and we found out a few months later that we were indeed his 3rd owners! he suffered from seperation anxiety so had a tendancy to damage to furniture and scratch at carpets so his preivious owners just gave up. With some hard training and lots of love and the use of a crate hes now 95% over his anxiety and we can leave him roaming the house whilst were out. Hes 16months now and weighs over 40kg and is the softest daftest lump! http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/72100/photos/PHOTO_12452631_72100_7509046_ap_730X550.jpg 2
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