We are the unwanted, the waifs & strays.

[MichaelM]

We had a visitor to our 'pound today. He brought us some chicken and some cheese, and spent some time talking to us. He said he'd do what he could to let people know that we need a new home - there are just 7 pound spaces here, and currently 15 pound dogs...

Our visitor said that if anyone is able to take us, then he'll pick us up and arrange to get us "done" - whatever that means - before we go to our new homes.

Allow us to introduce ourselves:


My name is Rosie, I'm an older girl, I've had a bit of mange but am receiving treatment and my coat is growing back nicely.

I'm Buster, I'm about three and I need a new home.

I'm Jake, I'm an older boy.

My name is Rebel, a younger boy.

I'm Jet, a male Lab x (we think I'm under 5).

I'm Sandy, I'm a pretty Collie x girl.

My name is Ellie a young (under 1 ?) friendly, playfull girl.

My name is Max and I'm 5.

Sparky, a young male Lurcher.

I'm Diesel, 5 year old boy.

I'm a young girl - they've called me 'Doodle !

My name is Pearl - I'm a 9 or 10 year old girl and would like a nice retirement home.

Can you help us? If so please get in touch with MichaelM on this forum.

Signed the u.w.s.

 

[Aperitif]

I hope you have a lot of offers Michael - Pearl and Sparky would find a place if it was possible for me to keep a dog or two.

 

[funnymummy]

Good Luck MichealM x

 

[Panter]

I've just seen this on Dogsey forum, took me by surprise a bit!
Good luck with these, they're all gorgeous, hopefully it won't take long.

We collected our new rescue dog on Saturday so unfortunately it's too early for us to look at a second dog, but will do once she's settled.

 

[martint235]

Good luck! They all look wonderful, particularly Doodle and Diesel.

 

[chillyuk]

I would love to offer a dog a home. Insurance for vets etc would be in place and is affordable. I have had lurchers for many years and know what I am doing with them, although at present I am without a dog. I have looked at dog rescue homes. What I cannot afford is the 200-300 pounds "donation" these places demand. I appreciate the reason for it and I know the kennels have high costs, even more so if the dogs are "done" and microchipped. The high payment also, hopefully, stops people taking dogs on impulse. However, there must be many people willing and able to offer a good secure home to a dog but are denied because they don't have that initial wad of cash.

 

[coffeejo]

I hope they all find good homes ASAP.

 

[MichaelM]

I've just seen this on Dogsey forum, took me by surprise a bit!
Good luck with these, they're all gorgeous, hopefully it won't take long.

We collected our new rescue dog on Saturday so unfortunately it's too early for us to look at a second dog, but will do once she's settled.

I don't think I've seen your name over there. But yes it's me posting them there too.

 

[MichaelM]

I would love to offer a dog a home. Insurance for vets etc would be in place and is affordable. I have had lurchers for many years and know what I am doing with them, although at present I am without a dog. I have looked at dog rescue homes. What I cannot afford is the 200-300 pounds "donation" these places demand. I appreciate the reason for it and I know the kennels have high costs, even more so if the dogs are "done" and microchipped. The high payment also, hopefully, stops people taking dogs on impulse. However, there must be many people willing and able to offer a good secure home to a dog but are denied because they don't have that initial wad of cash.

I realise that might seem rather steep, and is pushing towards the cost of a puppy, but when you consider the number of dogs in rescue, the cost of keeping the long term dogs etc etc it's certainly not a money making exercise.

This is a council pound, and they are under obligation to take the dogs, " be professional" and "move them on" when their time is up. Of the 15 dogs, 4 are still within the 14 days grace period, and that ends in 7 days time. At that point, in the eyes of the council this pound will be empty...


I have funding available from the local pet shop to cover the neutering & vaccinations for 1 dog (I'll do the transport/fostering etc), if (when) I do that, I'll be looking to recoup the cost (probably less than £200) to go towards the next one.

 

[Globalti]

I've grown up in a "doggy" family so have nothing against well trained and looked-after dogs and I can't help looking at those pics with a feeling of sadness at the sheer fecklessness of whoever allowed the dogs to become strays.

Also since I travel to Africa on business I am constantly having to readjust my values between understanding people's attachment to their pet and the cash they are ready to lavish on it and the knowledge that in most parts of Africa that cash would sustain a family for months or years and pets are almost unheard of, the few dogs you see being either feral or guard dogs bred to be vicious.

 

[coffeejo]

I am constantly having to readjust my values between understanding people's attachment to their pet and the cash they are ready to lavish on it and the knowledge that in most parts of Africa that cash would sustain a family for months or years

+1

 

[Apeman]

Isnt it strange that we as cyclists have big soft warm hearts. The amount of dog pics on CC is wonderful but yet we all fear the little buggers when they run out at us on the road!!!

 

[MichaelM]

I've grown up in a "doggy" family so have nothing against well trained and looked-after dogs and I can't help looking at those pics with a feeling of sadness at the sheer fecklessness of whoever allowed the dogs to become strays.

Also since I travel to Africa on business I am constantly having to readjust my values between understanding people's attachment to their pet and the cash they are ready to lavish on it and the knowledge that in most parts of Africa that cash would sustain a family for months or years and pets are almost unheard of, the few dogs you see being either feral or guard dogs bred to be vicious.

Our relative values would make for an interesting thread in it's own right. I'm not going to go into it in too much depth here, I view this as trying to pick up the pieces left behind by others.

It would be interesting though - how far could/should we in the west go to alleviate poverty in the third world.
Is it only pets that causes you to readjust your values? How about our other luxuries e.g. bikes made of exotic materials blinged out with pro quality groupsets - we all joke about the number of bikes we should have is n+1. For another thread I hope.

 

[slugonabike]

Awwww, that really pulls at the heart-strings. I hope that you manage to find homes for the dogs. I fell in love with Ellie but we are not in a position to have a dog (even if Mr S agreed, which he doesn't!).

I didn't realise that the initial 'donation' is s high. I understand the reason, and also the argument that you probably can't afford to keep a dog if you can't find the initial donation but it does seem to be denying some of the dogs the chance of a home. I would be prepared to doneate a tenner towards the £200 if there was someone who could provide a home but not afford the initial outlay ...

 

[Globalti]

I am going to the Post Office at lunch time to send a parcel containing my late father's surgical instruments to Aid To Hospitals Worldwide, in the hope that they will be put to good use in an African hospital.

I go with mixed feelings because I want them to be used yet I deplore the fact that wealthy countries like Nigeria could be giving medical care to all their citizens if the Big Men were not stealing all the country's money. I feel that by donating the instruments I am actually perpetuating the theft and almost condoning their behaviour.

I have spent over two years of my life stuck in traffic jams in cities like Lagos, looking out at the daily parade of injured and sick people shuffling around on boards with old bearings for wheels or in the case of one woman who took several months to die, being carried around in a wheelbarrow. I have wondered how much it would cost to alleviate their suffering and thought that, if I ever became very wealthy, I would endow a clinic in Lagos for street people to receive free treatment and somewhere clean and dignified to spend their last days.

By contrast, I used to have an expat British agent in Nigeria whose wife had a beloved Yorkshire Terrier. It snapped at a banker who visited the house and he kicked it, breaking its ribs. It died a few days later and my agent and his wife were devastated, they buried the dog in their compound and held a short funeral service, to the complete gobsmacked astonishment of their African staff, all of whom were very devout Christians.