I was just thinking this having looked at puppy prices call me cynical but a dog charity claiming a rise in dogs needing rehoming wouldn’t be looking for more funding
Doggy holocaust
- Thread starter beardface
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
Big money in sentimentalism. Old ladies bequeathing their estates to keep old nags in hay and nuts. Shocking waste. Balmy public.
Woolless
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- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
So if you don't get a dog to re-home, who does??
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
Something about the fact we don't have a walled or fully fenced garden at acertain hight(our pointers previously and labs never get out) and we have young children which is a no no.
Woolless
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- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
I would think those restrictions rule out 95% of potential homes?
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
Apparently massive amounts of people are turned away, this has driven up the whole imported dog rescue industry
all nuts, we used to have three house/gun dogs and two work cattle dogs now down to one retired cattle dog and a Lab.
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- East Sussex
We tried applying to rehome a dog. In the end I felt I’d rather deal with the red tractor man!
If young children are a problem then I suspect they don’t trust their dogs nor the story they got given when they took them in.
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Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
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- Ledbury, Herefordshire
I've had dogs all my life, have access to loads of expertise and facilities at work and they won't countenance me adopting one either - Ironically, if the people at the DT did any canine handling/training/rehab certs locally, they will have likely been awarded by my workplace.
I did buy a pup under lockdown, but because it was the right time (old bitch died, terrier is 16, collie needs a mate). I may well breed from the collie and the lurcher (because I'll want a pup), but am dead set on waiting until this COVID dog nonsense has died down.
michael N123
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What this country needs is a big cull of stupid dogs and a licence system brought in afterwards
- Location
- Cirencester
Agreed, I know a vet she had 2 litters in 2 seaons, but gather she's struggling to find a home for some of her 2nd litter. It's not really surprising another, another family I know bred their Lab bitch and ended up with £28k but it was only a one off and think she's been done now.
Should also hope it slows down/stops this dog theft
primmiemoo
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- Devon
Lots of tourists locally bringing doggy on holiday with them. It's amazing how many bitches have been bred from.
Not so amazing how much dog muck there is on the first 200 yards of footpaths beyond a car park, or how many dog owners think the area is populated by dog muck bag removal fairies as they deposit said bags alongside path entrances, information boards, bins, etc.
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- Wiltshire
I’ve had a couple of litters over the last few years. Only because I want to keep the family going and want another dog for myself. I’ve always sold the pups before they are born. The dogs trust is simple compared the selection process of Mrs Bg. She will reject people for anything. There is compulsory membership of the puppy Facebook group, so we are in contact with all the pups. One lives in the pub so I see that one too often 
We did think of a litter during lockdown but decided to leave it, Bg junior wants one so maybe next year.
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We did think of a litter during lockdown but decided to leave it, Bg junior wants one so maybe next year.
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- South wales
Judging by your avatar they are cracking looking dogsI’ve had a couple of litters over the last few years. Only because I want to keep the family going and want another dog for myself. I’ve always sold the pups before they are born. The dogs trust is simple compared the selection process of Mrs Bg. She will reject people for anything. There is compulsory membership of the puppy Facebook group, so we are in contact with all the pups. One lives in the pub so I see that one too often
We did think of a litter during lockdown but decided to leave it, Bg junior wants one so maybe next year.
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- Wiltshire
That’s my eldest in the avatar, she was my lockdown bill, had a melanoma in an eye which had to be removed. The optic nerve was still in one piece so they don’t think the cancer has spread.
She’s still keen to work but tends to bump into things on her left.
Will have pups from one of the others, red labs are definitely a fashion statement in this area. When I bought the 1st there were very few around, I got that one because I know the breeder well and they are quiet and well behaved. We did have a day shooting a couple of years ago where we had 9 or 10 out which were all related to each other.
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Many uk based charities won’t let you adopt a dog if you have cats, kids, other dogs etc in the house. Therefore people think they are helping by adopting a foreign dog instead…
there is rescue center not to far from me, very long established, she goes to romania and portugal quite often to get dogs and to ierland once a month with a van and a horse trailer and brings them back full to the brim, i know of loads of local people who have tried to get a dog from them, not a chance! then about a month ago she was on facebook asking for donations and more voleeters because her kennels are to full
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- West Suffolk
I was amazed at how easy it was compared to re-homing a British dog!
GeorgeK
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- Location
- Leicestershire
And the same for humans