Re: Hips not good

[Anonymous]

I hear what you are saying Dyane what comes through my door stays, but if you have gone to a rescue and asked for a dog capable of doing agility and have come home with this one (I have seen a picture) then the rescue needs a good kick up the backside.

I personally am really fed up with dogs being placed in the wrong homes not just this one thats got less bone on it’s body than one of pekes has in a front leg.
I see it all the time on the net and in my grooming parlour plus people on the phone like the springer with the old lady, she even took a picture of the dog she had lost which was a little terrier cross she came out with a full grow big lad of a springer, lucky for her I groomed her last dog and got the lad a good home with a local gamekeeper this is just one case, why should rescue centres send this dogs out with totally unsuitable people and then not even take them back.

This lady already has one dog she does agility with she wanted another one so they could go training walking and working together so she is now stuck with a boneless border with bad hips so this poor lad cannot train or do agility so he gets to stay home with luck his legs will carry him well enough to walk on the other hand they may not so he’s really stuffed sitting at home.

We are multi dog homes we can afford to have the stay at homes along with those that can and those that can’t our dogs are never on the own this pup would in the end find himself home alone.
At the end of the day I dare say this dog will stay where he is as he’s loved both by the owner and the other dog.  But I say why should rescue centres think they are exempt from finding the right owner for the right dog.
Lets face it if we buy a dog we want to know EVERYTHING about the breeding from the year dot and yes we can come unstuck and they still stay with us, all this poster wanted was a sound dog and I bet there was at least six other BC in the same rescue centre that were sound and fit for purpose.
If it was us we just start the hunt again and just add another to our home, lots of people can’t do that they only have room ,time, money, for one or two dogs
Val