Can you give a dog a home?

[ScaredyCat]

Meet the adorable pooches abandoned over Christmas

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dogs-trust-can-you-give-1512704

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/188253/Holly.jpeg

Andy
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[shereen]

I would have them all if I had the room!!

Poor pooches!!
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[Polarbear]

'This bearded collie pup was handed in on Christmas Eve after his owners decided they could no longer cope with his “puppy-like behaviour'

Assholes
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[Al]

It's not surprising really, the amount of people you see posting photo's of cute baby animals on facebook then a few months later they are trying to re home them.
It annoys me as they think they are animal lovers but they're just being selfish.
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[pinkyfloyd]

In truth we'd love a dog. Trouble is we have a choice. Pay silly amounts for a dog, and in Portsmouth most of them seem to be terriers. Or go to a shelter to be told we cannot house a dog as we live in a first floor flat.

They tend to frown on that kind of thing, regardless of the fact we have a massive expanse of dog walking land just across the road, we have a private green area just outside the ground floor and even more maddening, regardless of the fact that we would love and look after the dog. which is what it should be about.

I've rescued dogs from houses before because their owners do not look after them. But because I live in a flat we are discrimiated against. Should be about the dog and not where the potential owners live.
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Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[sidewinder]

This really fucks me of big time poor little buggers must really mess with there heads
We have already rescued 3 dogs and if i could would have more.
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[Benno]

[pinkyfloyd]

Its true Benno. Places like the local kennels and even the RSPCA wont allow a dog to be rehoused in a flat claiming that its too small and no garden to exercise in. Funny thing is. Right outside my house is a huge common leading to the harbour, 5 minutes walk away is a massive duck pond and playing fields.

Yet someone living in the middle of a built up estate with no greenery around would be given preference of a dog because they have a house with a tiny garden.

Shocking!
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[shereen]

[G]

Plenty of choice of puppies/dogs available in a wide range of breeds on the various freeads sites etc - prices from free to a reasonably high cost - many ask for a token amount in the hope it'll deter various nastiness.

[U_W v2.0]

I'd love to take in some of the larger breeds, Right on the sea front with some good grassy areas for dogs to run and play on, sadly I dont have the room inside for more than 1 large breed, possibly 2.

It fucks me right off that people just dump animals.

Doesn't really take that long to open a homing center door, poke the animal through, close said door and leave if they really have to dump the animal, at least it would be in the right place.
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[Pete.]

There's gotta be some irony in a member called Scaredycat trying to get dogs off the streets
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[Sable]

I was in a similar position Pinky.

We had a 2 bedroom ground floor flat, no kids, no cats, no ties, I had a stable job, missus worked from home and rarely left the house during weekday work hours. We both do a lot of walking, and I run for 20 minutes every morning (not very fast, getting old ).

Dogs Trust and RSPCA wouldn’t even look at us.

What sort of dog would you like Pinky? Anything that is not a terrier or something more specific?

[pinkyfloyd]

[hellkat]

For years and years I said that I "couldn't" have a dog because
(a) I lived in a flat in London and (b) I worked full time.

Now if I was told that I could not stay in my flat because I had a dog (or was given an ultimatum, either the dog goes or you do), I would move.

My life revolves around Bruno. I never meant to get a dog THIS BIG but he is such a perfect dog, and I can't imagine not having him now.

I would have all those dogs in that link (and especially Reuben, love him ) but its not practical. I just hope that someone will have some of them.

In the meantime, people who are not puppy-struck (and I know its hard to resist puppies) - please consider how your life might be affected by taking in an old guy

https://www.oldies.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/kellah_dog-1.jpg https://www.oldies.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BillyArkCoatSit.jpg

A lot of them are left when owners die and nobody can take them, and although some are a bit ill, those ones are usually sponsored by oldies.org so their medication is paid for ... but many of them including the two above, are just hoping to live out the last of their lives in reasonable comfort.

I'm a soft old twat and I do kind of worry that I would get attached to some old dog and then they would die on me ... but I guess that's gonna happen to all pets eventually, and if I had more space at my house, and could give a crusty old guy a happier life then I certainly would.

(and not all of them are old, some are just slightly misshapen )
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