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[Ms Tilytinkle]

at one time, if you wanted a puppy/mongrel there were always adverts in newspapers. . free to good home

now a mongrel seems as expensive as a pedigree & the more scruffy it looks the more expensive the price!!!

Hmmm all the rescue centres seem to charge fees to make sure you're a 'responsible' owner. Ooh how things change .. maybe one day, hopefully soon, a stray dog will find us just like our stray cat .. who brought us 4 kittens

 

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[Olly]

I think the rationale behind rescue homes charging is partly that they have to fund the care of the animals, of course, but also that keeping a dog or cat is not cheap - food, insurance, vaccinations and vet's bills come to a lot these days. When they gave animals away for free, people valued them less - if someone is willing to take on the expense and commitment of looking after a pet, then they won't mind making a payment for it as well.

[BeckyBoo]

I know what you mean, my "mongrel" was £450!!! But, there is always an ad in the small ads at work for retired Greyhounds "free to a good home", not quite a small scruffy mongrel, but they make wonderful pets.

 

I have a real issue with the prices some places charge for their rescues, we had to get a neutered male rabbit for our girl and the only place local we could find was the RSPCA and we paid £40 for him! I know they have costs and yes, if you want a pet you should show financial ability to cope and committment to it, but when I looked last their dogs were upwards of £120!

 

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[Chucky Mama]

When I lost my old dog and went looking for a small to medium sized mutt puppy it was impossible. Battersea, RSPCA, Dog's Trust etc had nothing It was great that there were no puppies needing homes but I needed a puppy. I ended driving approx 300 miles round trip to an estate in Manchester. Worth it though for my 'Manchester Pie Hound'

 

She cost me £40 in donations but they needed the cash (rescue home was so bad she needed rescuing from it)

[Ms Tilytinkle]

Hi there, I do understand & would happily pay a contribution to their costs - actually which we as a family do anyway without even having any animal from a shelter thru donations to the new PDSA - but when you want to rescue & spend the money on its welfare at its new home it seems such a lot to hand over

Darling Hubby still doesnt want one though so its still on the back burner .. he LOVES animals but does enjoy having less responsibilities now family are older etc.

 

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[Rhapsody]

I think it does stop morons from getting a free dog for a bit of a laugh and then it ending up out on the street when the reality of dog ownership strikes.If you cant afford the one-off rescue free then you will never be able to afford the vets fees, food, gear that a dog needs.

Also if you rescue a pedigree you are getting as bit of a bargain! Zeus would have been £300+ as a puppy, I got him vac'd neutered and chipped for £80.

[chelsea]

I would try one of the independent little shelters rather than the mainstream ones. They are usually run by dedicated volunteers (who give their own time and money!) and are struggling to find dogs homes. The GSD rescue where we got Skye from cannot take in anymore dogs due to the fact they have still so many to find homes for, there are always loads coming through. We paid £150 for Skye - which for a GSD is very cheap (puppies selling for £750! ) and all the proceeds goes back into helping other dogs, feeding the ones in rescue etc.

[The Dogmother]

I think it does stop morons from getting a free dog for a bit of a laugh and then it ending up out on the street when the reality of dog ownership strikes.If you cant afford the one-off rescue free then you will never be able to afford the vets fees, food, gear that a dog needs.

Also if you rescue a pedigree you are getting as bit of a bargain! Zeus would have been £300+ as a puppy, I got him vac'd neutered and chipped for £80.

 

I couldn't agree more.

 

I used to foster rescued lurchers and greyhounds; the rescue charity relied on donations and bequests for its funds - they paid for the foster dogs' vet bills and offered to pay for the food too, but I covered that myself. Wonderful dogs, and their forever homes were always carefully vetted by volunteers.

[Ms Tilytinkle]

Bless you all, yes I wholly agree & the money is such a necessity & valuable to such wonderful places.

I adore all of our family pets, if we had a dog, obviously we would look after it most thoroughly & no expense spared on its well being. I was simply commenting at one time, many many moons ago, in the local newspapers you could turn to the pets bit & would find the advert 'Free to a Good Home' I remember as I was always begging my parents to allow me to have a puppy/dog but they were in total agreement an absolutely resounding NO. Due to work, travel etc etc which was quite right.

Still, I would enjoy having a dog, especially as I now work from home & anyway . . I thought I'd just glance in the local papers expecting to see the same old adverts . . I was just amused to see every single dog, no matter what breed, from private owners had a hefty price tag! As if its now good business not to neuter, whereas we've always first made sure ours are neutered.

 

Hubby still won't have on, so its a no go as we all have to agree on something like the purchase of a dog. He's always had dogs & absolutely loves them . . & horses, goats, cats etc etc but its a freedom thing - no ties. . so I'll have to wait a bit

 

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[welovemarmite]

I used to foster rescued lurchers and greyhounds; the rescue charity relied on donations and bequests for its funds - they paid for the foster dogs' vet bills and offered to pay for the food too, but I covered that myself. Wonderful dogs, and their forever homes were always carefully vetted by volunteers.

 

 

Just out of interest, I assume they are a no go with a cat and chicken household.... Do they need long frequent walks???

[Egluntyne]

Claret has 2 cats and umpteen chickens, but I think that Ruby does take her for very long walks!

[The Dogmother]

I used to foster rescued lurchers and greyhounds; the rescue charity relied on donations and bequests for its funds - they paid for the foster dogs' vet bills and offered to pay for the food too, but I covered that myself. Wonderful dogs, and their forever homes were always carefully vetted by volunteers.

 

 

Just out of interest, I assume they are a no go with a cat and chicken household.... Do they need long frequent walks???

 

It depends on their background; ex-racing greyhounds and ex-worker lurchers will be a no-no with any small furries as they have such a high prey drive.

 

My current incumbent is OK with one of the cats, but the other one is a rescue and has always been a bundle of nerves - she just avoids the dog Chickens and dogs.... now there's a debatable subject; while some dogs can be completely trustworthy with them, I wouldn't leave a dog alone with chickens and set it up to fail - if a chook flapped in its face, then the dog's instinct would be to snap at it Ruby is learning that chickens aren't to be eaten, but I still wouldn't trust her around them and she's only allowed in the garden when the chooks are in their run; she is a hunting dog after all and her instinct would be to run down and catch anything that looks like prey.

 

With regards to walks... I've always been one for long walks anyway. but they need surprisingly little exercise - they aren't known as '40mph couch potatoes' for nothing - they need about half an hour of mad sprinting and looning around twice or 3 times a day, but will happily go on much longer walks. The rest of the day (which is 90% of their time ) is spent sleeping

 

I used to work from home many years ago, so could foster, I now work full time and just 5 mins away from home, so I go home for lunch and she gets two long walks at each end of the day and a potch around the garden midday.

 

Look at the Lurcher Link forum if you are thinking of adopting or fostering; plenty of advice on there.

[welovemarmite]

well i am on one animal in and one animal out at the moment or divorce (I am gracie the rescue kittens mum) unless its chickens or alpacas and they are allowed, but he said that about gracie..... and i managed to get her..

[The Dogmother]

I thought you were Gracie's mum!

 

Go for it... show him some pics of the rescues who need homes - he'll cave in. You're most welcome to borrow Ruby for a walk or join us. One thing to remember about lurchers is that they are hunting dogs and so are autonomous (think for themselves) so the training is different and they work to different triggers than say a Labrador would. Having said that, they are the most loving and loyal dogs ever and very intuitive, picking up on your moods easily.

 

Moochoo on here has 2 lurchers both rescues from the charity I mentioned. A couple of other omleteers are lurcher owners too.

[welovemarmite]

well we are going to have a big sit down and decide what we want to do with things as neither of us are really happy in our jobs but we are lucky to have them and they do pay the bills. So, sitting down to think what we can do around that to make life more fun..... wonder if i could slip a dog into that......

[The Dogmother]

Oh, they make life fun all right!

 

You also need to think about transport - could you get a dog and dog guard or crate in your car? If you go away, would it be to places that you can take the dog to, or could you leave it with someone? Are you able to get home during the day (if you work away from home) to let it out and play with it? If you are working, then I'd suggest an older dog which would be more settled and house trained.