kyoto49
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I'm a huge supporter of rehoming and rescuing unwanted and homeless dogs so thought a new thread would be nice where we can celebrate them! Noticed a few forumites have rescued or who have family that's have rescued dogs recently, @littleme @gilesjuk which is just fantastic, so this is the place to chat about them, the dogs! Also might be helpful if we could support each other and offer advice as few of them are undamaged by the terrible experiences they've had along the way
So I'll start! I have 2 rescue dogs. One came from Spain 8 years ago having been found as a puppy in a bin. Thankfully he'd had no trauma and arrived age 5 months a total blank canvas. He's a Spanish Greyhound (galgo) x Belgian shepherd (Malinois) and has the most wonderful nature, literally bombproof with all humans of any age. He does however have an extremely high prey drive which has proven difficult but I think we've finally conquered his wayward recall and he's now an all round wonderful boy as long as you aren't a squirrel or cat he is unfamiliar with!
As our boy is getting older and the number of unwanted dogs has risen over lockdown, 2 months ago we rescued a little waif from Romania. Although she came at 5 months old it's clear she has had some terrible experiences and she is very timid of life and all things outside the house really. As far as we know her litter of 12 were caught by the dog catcher (I can't help but think of chitty chitty bang bangs child catcher), put in the kill shelter and the 10 pups that survived were saved from death at the last minute. Eventually a link with a UK rescue was established and some of the pups found their way to the UK. She is totally adorable but really has needed the hard yards in terms of socialisation. We've conquered a huge fear of people walking towards her or behind her on the pavement, traffic is still scary, bikes conquered, buggies, kids on scooters sorted, but it has been a massive amount of hours. 2 weekends in London have helped as it's so busy. Still to conquer is not barking irrationally at visitor's! She does settle eventually and dog savvy visitors do get to stroke her, but strangers in general are seen as something to be avoided. Any advice on this welcomed! Think she'll always be a velcro dog but dog training in a group has helped expand her circle of people she dems safe! Having said all of that, she's a proper little minx who fortunately my old boy loves!
So that's my little gang.
If anyone is thinking of rescuing a pupsters, I can recommend
Penkridge Dog Walking, home boarding and rescue - they have a FB page but it mightn't link correctly here? https://www.facebook.com/penkridgedogwalker
There is also a FB group that has gorgeous pups in Romania looking for homes, usually via Soul mutts rescue
Animals in Need Staffordshire
Pads dog training have been a great help with her timidity and general socialisation
I'm looking forward to hearing about your rescue pupsters! And if anyone has any advice of desensitising to visitors I'm all ears
Edit - another useful link here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/196149827625014 - Animals in Need, Staffordshire.
Edit - thread title changed from "dogs" to "animals".
So I'll start! I have 2 rescue dogs. One came from Spain 8 years ago having been found as a puppy in a bin. Thankfully he'd had no trauma and arrived age 5 months a total blank canvas. He's a Spanish Greyhound (galgo) x Belgian shepherd (Malinois) and has the most wonderful nature, literally bombproof with all humans of any age. He does however have an extremely high prey drive which has proven difficult but I think we've finally conquered his wayward recall and he's now an all round wonderful boy as long as you aren't a squirrel or cat he is unfamiliar with!
As our boy is getting older and the number of unwanted dogs has risen over lockdown, 2 months ago we rescued a little waif from Romania. Although she came at 5 months old it's clear she has had some terrible experiences and she is very timid of life and all things outside the house really. As far as we know her litter of 12 were caught by the dog catcher (I can't help but think of chitty chitty bang bangs child catcher), put in the kill shelter and the 10 pups that survived were saved from death at the last minute. Eventually a link with a UK rescue was established and some of the pups found their way to the UK. She is totally adorable but really has needed the hard yards in terms of socialisation. We've conquered a huge fear of people walking towards her or behind her on the pavement, traffic is still scary, bikes conquered, buggies, kids on scooters sorted, but it has been a massive amount of hours. 2 weekends in London have helped as it's so busy. Still to conquer is not barking irrationally at visitor's! She does settle eventually and dog savvy visitors do get to stroke her, but strangers in general are seen as something to be avoided. Any advice on this welcomed! Think she'll always be a velcro dog but dog training in a group has helped expand her circle of people she dems safe! Having said all of that, she's a proper little minx who fortunately my old boy loves!
So that's my little gang.
If anyone is thinking of rescuing a pupsters, I can recommend
Penkridge Dog Walking, home boarding and rescue - they have a FB page but it mightn't link correctly here? https://www.facebook.com/penkridgedogwalker
There is also a FB group that has gorgeous pups in Romania looking for homes, usually via Soul mutts rescue
Animals in Need Staffordshire
Pads dog training have been a great help with her timidity and general socialisation
I'm looking forward to hearing about your rescue pupsters! And if anyone has any advice of desensitising to visitors I'm all ears
Edit - another useful link here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/196149827625014 - Animals in Need, Staffordshire.
Edit - thread title changed from "dogs" to "animals".
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