[Closed] Rescue Dogs!

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This is Jake - he was an ace dog. Rescued in Edinburgh many years ago and lived with me and my cats... then my kids... and was very happy.

He died in March and due to kids/cats we couldn't seem to get another rescue dog... so we got a puppy instead... which is basically Jake re-encarnated (and was born the day after he died so it seems a good chance!)

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Except he has changed colour... so perhaps he is a ghost dog!!!

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Meet Barney, he was a bit of a dick but he's much much better now, adopted at 14 weeks. Now nearly 6yo, picture from this Spring. He's a bit fast so hard to get an action shot with my phone cam.

Toby, adopted at ~7 years old. Ex-prison dog, but barely acknowledges his own name let alone any commands which makes him a bit of a handful. Clearly ate the drugs rather than just finding them. May make a guest apperance at SSUK2017 this weekend.

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The current incumbent Digby.
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Hi predecessor Huxley

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This is Howie our 4 year old Collie/Lab/whatever cross. My first dog and I think he is awesome!

If I had any idea how I could embed a picture from Google photos, I'd give you picture of Nelson, our 16ish year old, cantankerous, slightly arthritic and increasingly needy little rescue mutt.

If I had any idea how I could embed a picture from Google photos, I'd give you picture of Nelson, our 16ish year old, cantankerous, slightly arthritic and increasingly needy little rescue mutt.

Download to device(?) and upload to [url= http://imgur.com/ ]Imgur[/url]

If I had any idea how I could embed a picture from Google photos

Can you not just open the photo to view, then right click and "Copy link address", open the IMG tab and paste in there?

lets try:

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just helping you out with a paper jam?

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Our new rescue dog Henry,8 months old and we've had him 2 months. A bit of a git but he's getting better!

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With our 11 year old rescue Boo, we've had her since she was a 12 week old pup.

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Henry looking sad yesterday after waking up and wondering where his nuts have gone!

just helping you out with a paper jam?

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3D printed dog! 😀

He's a brave pup. Our rescue Alfie leaves the room when we switch our canon printer on.

Filey Beach last week

Our rescue Cockerpoo

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Alfie, rescued at 3 years old, now 11. He was really badly treated and has a few issues, but once he knows you he's really special. Got pretty bad arthritis, which is heart breaking but he still loves his walks, will chase a ball (I have to keep him on a lead to stop him) or bugger off to see another dog if he gets the chance and doesn't lack appetite - especially when the kids drop food.

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Charley. rescued at 1, now 9. Chilled out Charley, takes everything in his stride. will hike all day or is happy with 15 mins of sniffing round the field with his big bro. Plays with balls, is smart, loving and generally brilliant. could take him anywhere. Only vices are occasional roll on fox crap, and the tendency to jump up at the odd visitor to say hello. Not everyone, only the ones that encourage it.

Love those two pups.

We also have another but she's not on this thread as we bought her as a puppy.

Parker is quite a suave chap.

Just needs a trilby to set off the look.

Rescue is the best breed! Parker looks like a staffie/shepherd cross that we just missed out on rescuing. (someone else got there first)

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Bryn and Nessa, both rescues and both total shitbags.

Smithy

Likes chasing 4 legged mammals of any persuasion

Here he is perched on one of his cat lookout posts

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We're after a dog just now (our first ever), and I'd love a rescue one. But they all seem to have descriptions which say that they're not suitable for younger children, etc, which rules us out.

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Patch, 8 ish maybe. Had her a couple of years, has many ocd type issues but is quite sweet really

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George, 3 1/2 yo. Been with us a couple of months, loves the sound of his own voice & has epic teeth which he likes to use too.

Suede the rescue mutt.
I have no idea what flavour he is but at a guess I'd say Labrador, staffie, ridgeback, Weimaraner cross. Great with kids and adults.

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Thinks he is a lap dog.

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Loves a bit of rough and tumble.

Came from the same rescue as Simwits dogs - Rescue Remedies.

@Codybrennan - try a another rescue. Smaller independent rescues can be much more flexible and understanding of their dogs than the big national ones.

Holly, our likely Saluki/Greyhound cross. Came into my partner's work (vets) as a very sorry stray and was soon officially ours.

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@Codybrennan - try a another rescue. Smaller independent rescues can be much more flexible and understanding of their dogs than the big national ones.

With the caveat that you need to be aware some of the smaller rescue places are run by daft people who may not assess properly. Dalmatian Welfare used to be run by such a person and we ended up with an unsuitable dog for a week.

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Jasper. Gone but never forgotten. Rescued from Dogs Trust and given ten amazing years with us. The worst bit about rescuing a dog is that you get a best friend for only part of your life. However, they get a best friend for all of their lives.

I'd have another 5 rescue dogs in a heartbeat, but life/work/suitable house means it just isn't possible right now. Maybe again in the future.... ?

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Floyd the Lurcher. Adopted aged about 10 months late last year from Blue Cross, having been abandoned in North Wales at a very young age. Has totally settled into living in a house and pretty much taken over the place now!!

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Lady, our 4 year old something or other. Maybe Belgian Malinois, we're not sure. Got her from a rescue centre in Tenerife, she's now enjoying life in the UK where there is grass to play on.

If anyone is after a rescue dog, my other half volunteers here and the work they are doing is amazing.

Also they have a retreat you can rent for a getaway.

http://www.chimneyfarm.com/

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Grrrrr posting photos.

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This is buddy after winning his rosettes at a fun dog show. We got him December from a rescue centre after he as found was a stray in Wakefield. He is ace. He comes to work with me every day and lazes under my desk.

Brilliant pics 🙂

As a recently singled person whos a dog lover, I will soon be in my own place and working. There's a part of me that would like to recue old dogs and give them a few years of love, but another part of me says dogs shouldn't be left alone while I'm at work. Or is it better to have a home and love and be left for 8-10 hours a day?

Buddy looks like he'd steal your sandwich and not even look guilty when you told him off. 8)
Some proper none poncy designer dogs on this thread. 😀

Don't laugh 😀

Never thought I'd have a Chinese crested let alone 2 😳

Got Conker at year old had him over 2 years now and got Bertie 18 months ago(both rescue) both game wee fellas equally happy out for a long walk or curled up with you all day 8)

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Been looking at rescue dogs. I was going to post this last month when it happened but thought better of it.We had a not great experience.
We had local rspca come to inspect our suburban semi, we have 30m x 5m garden, and 5 bed, 3 recep house, massive ktch diner and wife who doesn't work who is addicted to walking jogging n cycling, me who works 50% at home and dog mad kids.
We told them we wanted a bigger dog that would run with the wife in the woods, and maybe could train as a trail dog, kids are 7 and 10. The older one riding with me all the time the younger one runs with her mum lots.
They said we wouldn't be able to provide sufficient exercise opportunity for a 3year old lurcher/lab cross that we had been to see twice and the kids had fallen in love with. They also said we had an unsuitable home! hmmmm.
Something about the rspca lady I found a bit wierd, she didn't like me or the kids. Wife doesn't like people coming to inspect, she hated the midwives and health visitors when the kids were born, reckoned it was like the gestapo...
Opportunity missed as I couldn't persuade her to go to another rescue centre, there is dogs trust nearish (shoreham). But wife was not letting any "other judgemental tosser doggy people" in the house again.
Funny thing is we have just been to see some lurcher/mongrel pups last night at a hops farm in sussex and think we have found one we like. I am going back tomorrow.
Anyone can buy a pup, but only certain people can have a rescue dog, seems crazy. I was against getting a pup as many on here had mentioned stuff about rescues before and it seemed sensible/morally the right thing to do.

5plusn8 - similar experience with cat rescue here. Disproportionate amount of officialdom - ended up going the local advert route.

Terry having a shake.

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Dave fully aware I'm in a rush.

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Having fun

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5plusn8, I see your wife's point but perhaps it's worth another try going to a rescue centre? Otherwise it would mean giving in to some overly self-important little jobsworth who has been given too much power (we haven't had her side of the story obviously but you do seem ideal candidates from what you've said) and more importantly that yet another dog languishes in kennels when he/she should be enjoying the best years of his/her life.

RSPCA are known to be a bit over officious. You might well get on much better with Dogs Trust. Or there are a number of smaller centres near you:

http://www.holbrookanimalrescue.co.uk/index.html

http://www.allsortsdogrescue.org.uk/index.html

Remember, a pup won't be ready for to run with your wife or ride with you for quite some time yet and they are so much work whereas an older dog is good to go!
Sorry if I've gone on a bit, it's just like you say it's the 'sensible/morally the right thing to do'.

Good luck with him/her whatever you do 🙂

He's a dog, he lives with us now.

We're told he's approximately 18months old, and some kind of staffy/mastiff mix. He needs (quite) a bit of training, but he's a lovely animal.

anyone else care to share their re-homed pooches?

(yes, that is a sweet potato, he loves them)

Some time ago we rehomed this 18 month old staffy x lab x who knows what else.

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We sadly finally lost him to a brain tumour last year after over a decade of love and companionship and he was such a cracking little trail dog too in his yoof.

For the last few months we've been filling the dog-shaped hole in our lives by doing voluntary dog walking at one of the local rescue centres, which I would so totally recommend to anyone who works full time.

In actual fact, OP, if you're local to Sheffield, I'd put money on your Parker being the 18 month old Simba we used to walk and fell in love with at the rescue
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I've had dealings with a few different rescues over the years and found them to be so wildly different, if you have one bad experience with one it's definitely still worth persevering and trying another.
I used to do voluntary dog walking at a fairly big one years ago before we got Bailey, and always found them to be a bit offish with me, like I didn't know what I was doing or wasn't to be trusted. Same thing when I dropped off some of Bailey's things at a few big national rescues after he'd died - leads and toys etc. They didn't seem exactly friendly/sympathetic or overly grateful. The one we volunteer at now couldn't be more different though ... am sure it's only a matter of time before we suck up the costs for doggy day care and rehome one of the inmates 😉

Don't laugh

Too late. I nearly wet myself.

Johnnytheleyther - my folks rehomed an old dog called Frank after their German Shepherd, Louie, died. However as Louie was only 7 when he went and then Frank only lasted a couple of years they decided it was too hard and have now got a much young Romainian Bucovina rescue called Tess.

Take on the old dogs to give them a last few happy years, it's a great thing to do, my folks really loved knowing Frank had a happy last few years in a home not a shelter; just remember that it's hard when you lose them in a shorter time than normal.

Just to mention my experience to the above. Went to rejoining centre few times to say hi show face etc.
Then requested home visit.
Feedback from this was as above.
Still kept going back for visits leaving food and donations each time.
One day found Milo said I would like him and no questions asked other than name and address by the homing centre and took him home a week later.
You do have to log in each time you visit so I wonder if that log in history showed my commitment level?
What a boy.
Had him for 9 years until he passed away and is was a pleasure and honour to be allowed to look after him and give him his final home.