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I believe I have found my dog. Off to see him tomorrow, weather permitting. Not saying where in case spokebloke gets there first...
iDave - Member
I have no interest in a Staffy
Didn't think that you did, Dave. Main point of my post was to suggest you take the dog you are happy with, rather than a dog that an unscrupulous rescue wants you to take because it has a pre-existing problem.
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lurcherlink website might be worth a look if you'd like a lurcher. We didnt get a rescue as we knew we wanted a kid soon and werent confident of getting the right sort of dog.
I believe I have found my dog. Off to see him tomorrow, weather permitting. Not saying where in case spokebloke gets there first...
Best of luck! Go on, give us a hint. 😀
Coarse haired Parsons Jack Russell, 1 year old, will answer to the name of Spud or Pig - if I said any more I'd have to dig up the patio...
Good luck mate. If you see a blue VW van following you, it's not me......
Our last set of next door neighbours had a coarse hair PJR called Jonesey. He was lovely. But they were horrible to him...never trained him properly or took him out for walks. Just let him bark his head off out the back garden all day. He went to the Dogs Trust eventually. Always hope he's found a better home. We now have three fat shitheads next door with a Belgian Shepherd (Tyson 😯 ) that never gets taken out either.
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We have course haired PJR called Eddie, (Guess where we got the name from, any Frasier fans out there?) see the links, I can't get the image function on here to work.
He'll run all day and as soft as, he gets very excited if any little furry things appear. He went off after a deer at GT last week, don't know what he thought he'd do if he caught up with it.
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Cool little dog spaceman, I had a step-dog PJR, fantastic all rounder, but hated the postman. Would run for hours, brilliant with kids, and everyone really. Except the postman...
Absolute PITA butI wouldn't change a thing. I guess I got lucky though as the Staff is not everyone's first choice. Don't know why, though!
Due to the many idiots who have spiky metal collars on them, trying to look hard. M8's gran had one when we were younger, fantastic loving dog, some friends have had one for a couple of years now too, such an affectionate dog. They'd found it tied to a skip! They tried to give it to a dog home, as major cat herd owners, but the homes just said they were full of them & it would most probably be put down. Shame the idiots of this world see them as a fashion accessory to make you look tough
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Try the Retired Greyhound Trust. This is ours Merlin named by our 8yr old son. They are in desperate need of homes. Sensible people that know what they are doing. He's Cat friendly and can be left for long periods when needed. Some dogs can spend many hours in crates when racing.
We right now I would happily take both of our wretched old flea bags to the canal in a sack and chuck them in....pissed on the christmas prezzies we carelessly left on the floor for 5 minutes. We have had about all the fun we are ever going to get from them...14 and 15 they smell, piss and crap everywhere puke at almost anything you give them....perhaps i'll take a few bricks as well just to crack the ice first. 👿
spokebloke, i'm sorted now, but worth contacting taylorplayer, I believe he may be able to assist.
Glad you're sorted mate - could you email me contact details?
Can't find a member called taylorplayer.
Cheers
tried to get a dog last year and it was impossible .
Battersea were not very helpfull despite visiting our house and telling us it was all fine . after a few visits to their kennels in london with the whole familly , it worked out cheaper to buy a dog .
don't get me wrong here but it seems to be a fashionable thing to rehouse a rescue dog .
I take our parsons to work most days and get the Oh di you get him from a rescue centre
from the customers. who then lose interest when I say no we bought him As a puppy.
THERE IS NO DANA, ONLY ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
ROFLMAO!!! 😆
dont know about it being fashionable, there are a lot of dogs out there in rescue centres through no fault of their own. I might be biased mine was a rescue! (4yr old GSD- owner posted abroad, couldn't take her) Saved us going through the toilet training then teenage moody phase.
The puppy market seems to be rather unscrupulous for a lot of breeds, don't know about other breeds, but many of them put no thought or effort into the pairings to the detriment of the dogs health, hip and elbow displasia in GSD's as an example.
fashionable thing to rehouse a rescue dog
That may be the case Chris - I can see your point. I was all for getting a puppy until a mate who's a vet with the RSPCA in Bristol told me some stories.
Re-homing for me.
8 week old thoroughbred black lab for us cos we iz wew midduw klarse and posh. Brilliant dog.
Spokebloke, I have a 1 year old female lurcher called jessie I am fostering at the moment who needs a permanent home, mail me if you want some info.
I don't follow what is 'fashionable' in the area of dog ownership, I just felt that a dog would be better here being appreciated and looked after than in some heartless kennel environment.
spokebloke - may be of interest? http://www.dogsblog.com/molly-109/