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Ballydoyle

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As you will know, I have a 1yr old (today!) chocolate labrador dog.

I have just received an email from his breeder who kept one bitch from the litter as they turned out so well as her husband is being relocated by his job abroad and they cant take either Buttons (puppy) or Cocoa (mother) with them.

She has asked if I know of anyone who could give Buttons a good home to start with or even Cocoa who I think will be about 4 or 5 this year.

They live in Chailey, nr Lewes, East Sussex although at this time I dont know if they are just asking for a good home or a small payment towards her.

Their dad is http://www.chocolatelabs.co.uk/html/baileydale_monty.html and my boy takes after him in size but apparently Buttons is smaller and lighter (as girls should be!).

If anyone can help let me know.
 
B/d - your chum might find it useful to contact Mark Cornford, Clerk of the Course at Plumpton r/c and also Plumpton College - both being so close to Chailey, and ask them ask around, or for the College to put up a free ad for her. As it specialises in all sorts of agricultural courses and has many students from rural backgrounds, it could stand a good chance of success.

I'll ask around locally, too. There's also the free Friday-Ad paper in which to advertise, as many pet owners do. They'd just need to check out the proposed home/s first to make sure the bitches weren't going to be used for puppy farming.
 
please try & rehome them through a dedicated rescue, there are lots of Labrador rescues & they will keep an eye on the dog for the rest of its life plus the people will be thoroughly vetted, if for any reason they can't keep the dog later on the dog must be returned to the rescue so that they don't get passed around etc
The link below is for labrador southeast & central which will cover the area they live in

http://www.loveyourlabrador.co.uk/
 
NEVER EVER advertise a dog in the free ads they are used by puppy farmers to offload puppies & also to obtain bitches to breed
 
That's why I said... check out the proposed homes first! Best, of course, to negate the desire to keep breeding, and neuter them. The dog rescue centre at Shoreham and the greyhound rehoming organisation neuter all dogs, male and female, which is a spiffing idea.
 
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Thanks for all the advice. As I have one of the litter mates I think she is hoping htat I can vouch for her!

I will pass on the rescue home info too.
 
I've some farming friends in the area - will put a topic on the forum for your friend but, as mentioned above, they should not advertise them - or, if they do, they should say both are spayed.
 
krizon said:
That's why I said... check out the proposed homes first! Best, of course, to negate the desire to keep breeding, and neuter them
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Sorry didn't mean to sound nasty :(

Have the right nark at the moment been on two types of anti'b's for nearly four weeks now due to an infection in my jaw bone, nowt has touched it so I have to go to the dentist at the hospital on friday to be knocked out so they can remove two back teeth & can get to the infection site, I'm dreading it but a month or more of toothach is enough :mad:
 
Oh, ffs. Most of these so called 'rescue' places wouldn't know a decent home for a dog if it kicked them up the arse. They are so obsessed with having 'properly fenced gardens' and similar trivia that they can't see past their own noses when it comes to 'vetting' a home. Most of these rescue places would rather a dog went to someone with a 6ft square fenced in garden where they would be locked in a kitchen 8-6 Monday to Friday rather than going to someone who'd have the animal with them most of the time or be at home with them most of the time, but may not have a fully fenced in garden. The short-sightedness of them is pathetic.
 
I haven't - that's the point. They're too busy obsessing over ridiculously irrelevant matters that they can't see past their own noses when a decent home arises. Many years ago one of these 'caring' rescue homes not only wouldn't let me rehome a dog, they were bloody rude in doing so as they didn't even bother contacting me after they were due to come over for a home visit yet the visitor drove past without stopping as my garden wasn't fully fenced in. I sat in all afternoon waiting for them to come! They knew full well that the dog wasn't going to be turfed out in the garden as it would be with me, outside, all day long. I'm by far the only person to have such an experience; I know of many people who have had identical experiences - ie, dedicated people who take their dogs everywhere with them and give them the best life possible - who have been turned down in very similar circumstances. These people at the 'rescue' places aren't capable of using their brains to work out whether a dog would have a good home or not - the only requirement is a fenced in garden, no matter how small it is or how long the dog spends being locked in the house whilst the new, 'caring' owner is at work.

Anyway, the border collie puppy I eventually rescued (privately I might add; the breeders were considering putting her down) is still going very strong at the age of 14.
 
That sounds as if some of these centres are rather rigid in their assessments, Shadz - what with your chum having a bad experience with a horse rehoming centre trying to foist an inappropriate nag onto her, doesn't sound as if either type get it right at times.

I had a friend who took a lab/cross bitch of around 9 months from Shoreham rescue. He'd never had a dog in his life, and lived in a first-floor flat in central Brighton. The pup was totally untrained - clearly the centre hadn't spent time (or hadn't been successful) in teaching her any leash manners, let alone behaviour off it. She was a complete embarrassment and also a danger to herself and others. He took her for walks all right, but had her on an extending nylon lead in the middle of town, where she got in the way of dozens of people. He then stupidly let her off the leash one night, whereupon she dashed away without a clue where she was going, nearly got creamed by a taxi, which had to slam on its brakes, and was finally 'arrested' by a night-club bouncer, who phoned the number on her collar. She was at large for at least an hour, clueless. Now, tell me, was he really the right sort of owner? But he paid his £70 and assured them that in spite of being a storey off the ground with no access to any garden, she'd be exercised enough. Sure, if you count letting your dog go mad, jump up all over strangers and ruin their coats with muddy paws, and not be taught a single command.
 
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When we first wanted to get a cat we thought of Battersea or the local rescue centre. What a joke. We were turned down on the phone interview because we didnt have access to a garden despite living in a duplex with plenty of room to run about in. Another black mark was living "close" to a main road - and how was the cat going to get there?! Oh and both of us working was another black mark - they wanted the cat to have someone at home at least 22 hrs a day as rescue animals tend to have "seperation anxiety issues"... So we went to a pet shop and got our still living and loving cat - she had no problems not having a garden for two years then we moved to a basement flat with plenty of room!

So then we wanted to adopt a dog...... now we were told we didnt have a secure enough garden (they didnt come down to look!), we were too close to a road (er duh!) and again we worked too many hours.

I agree that some rescue centres (not all as I havent spoken to them all) set utterly ridiculous standards for rehoming. I had proof of keeping a dog for 10 yrs in total luxury and in the best of health until he had to be put down due to cancer. None of this ever seems to count - the people at the centres try to be sympathetic but most of the volunteers are "ladies who lunch" and its their good deed so have no concept of the real world today!

Also dont try getting a dog if you already have a cat..... god forbid they do any tests on that!

With regard to my original post, one forum member may know more by Friday so good luck!
 
Ballydoyle,
I know some folk in Sussex who may know someone who is interested; I'll ask today and let you know asap.
 
The sister centre to where I got Percy are ridiculous IMO - they have the cats, and the farm animals - and I was astounded when I got told that they wont home to people who live on a main road. I can understand the sentiment - but how many people these days dont live in the proximity of a main road?? and how about the house cats that have FEIV and other things like that which mean they CANT go out??!!!!

By contrast, the home checker we had from the other centre was amazing. She came,looked at the house, looked at the garden - told me that our 3ft fence might need something on the top of it,just in case - but there was no point altering things until there was a problem - ditto the pond, we might have to fence it off,but only might, and again - it was up to us if we did. Coming to work with me I thought might be a problem (even with the grill I have that means I can leave the car boot wide open but locked up and perfectly secure - the answer I got was "oh its totally impractical to expect people not to work and leave dogs for longer than 4 hours - as long as it isnt going to be a regular occurance,we dont have a problem with it - if we worked like other rehoming centres,we'd never home anything..."

so we got approved for the dog without any hitches at all - from the same centre (pretty much!) as one that wont home to people who are out, people who live near a road, people who so much as sneeze in the wrong place....

How a lot of rehoming places every home anything is beyond me....
 
Sounds like I was very fortunate when I got my two cats by the sounds of things. I enquired at the local resuce cebtre when I was at home visitng my parents and I genuinely thought they'd say no as I live in a flat with no garden but they were perfectly happy for me to have one. The lady said they had one that didn't get on with other cats so would either have to be an indoor cat or with someone who lived right out in the sticks to minimise interaction with other cats. All it took was spending an afternoon with them (she had another elderly cat that she offered me as well as she felt she'd be able to stand up to the other one's bully boy tactics) and I took them home the same day. They still have a few scaps but generally get on very well unless they're hungry or one's on my lap and the other one wants a bit of the action.
 
When I was thinking about rehoming a 3rd greyhound after my lads sister died, I asked on one of the forums. At the time my dog lived in a kennel (his choice - he had the option to live in the utility room!) but as soon as I mentionned the word kennel - it was "Oh no - ALL our greyhounds are rehomed to houses where they will have their Forever Sofa!" Not only that but they did it in such a way publically on the forum that I was made to feel like I should never be allowed to rehome a dog. Some of these places are a complete joke - and heaven forbid if you mention you may have a few bunnies around for the dog to chase - that's classed as working the dog and is heavily frowned upon! Were I to advise someone getting a dog/cat from a rescue, I'd say tell them what they want to hear - the likelihood of them checking once you have the dog/cat is pretty slim to zero.
 
I've asked my doggy colleague at Lingfield to scout around and come back if she can find anyone for the choccies. The moment I mentioned them she went gooey-eyed - but she has five Jack Russells, so can't really accommodate any more herself!
 
Ballydoyle said:
When we first wanted to get a cat we thought of Battersea or the local rescue centre. What a joke. We were turned down on the phone interview because we didnt have access to a garden despite living in a duplex with plenty of room to run about in. Another black mark was living "close" to a main road - and how was the cat going to get there?! Oh and both of us working was another black mark - they wanted the cat to have someone at home at least 22 hrs a day as rescue animals tend to have "seperation anxiety issues"... So we went to a pet shop and got our still living and loving cat - she had no problems not having a garden for two years then we moved to a basement flat with plenty of room!
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We're looking into getting a cat and have spotted these problems ahead of getting one from a rescue centre, who in London doesn't live near a main road FFS?!

Our flat doesn't have direct access to a garden but it's very simple to get to and my dad's cat doesn't bother with the ground floor patio door, she prefers jumping on the outdoor table, then the garage roof and then going in through the first floor window!
 
The stupid thing about these centres is that they've no idea where most of the animals have lived previously - quite possibly they've lived in 15th-floor flats on concrete estates, or come out of tiny houses with elderly owners. It doesn't matter where you live - if a cat wants to roam, it will! It doesn't give a Four-X about main roads, roundabouts, rivers, tunnels, railway lines, etc. - most of the time they are way too smart to make a mistake. Crikey, we have a humungously busy through road just outside the flats and the picture-framer's shop had a very elderly ginger who'd stroll to and fro every day, and had done so, safely for some 15 years. It sounds as if rescue centres are run by rather over-precious types who don't credit animals with any sense. The animals seem to have more sense than the centre staff!
 
Incidently, if anyone does know of anyone who is looking to find a home for a kitten or a young cat then drop me a PM, although we've put it off until we get back from India in mid-April now.
 
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