Rescue Centre rant
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Bit of a rant I’m afraid.
On Saturday I was driving down a fairly busy, narrow country lane and spotted 2 border collies hacking it in front of the car I was behind.
The car tooted and the dogs went down a drive. I pulled over as far as I could, grabbed 2 spare leads and managed to catch both dogs after they initially went back into the road and passing cars carried on, many without slowing down eve though it was clear what I was trying to do.
Anyway dogs caught I checked for tags or i.d, there were none. I muzzled my boy and loaded them into my boot and took them to the vets to be scanned. Arrived and no chip (surprise, surprise) the vets gave the dogs water and a look over. The long coated dog was extremely matted and had massive clumps of hair hanging off it and was very thin. The short coated b
h had a fabric muzzle on, a very sore eye and again very thin. The vets were great spending an hour attempting to get hold of a dog warden, which they did in the end and arranged collection from my house.
By this time I had grown attached to the male and my dog who can be grumbly was accepting him. At 3pm a lady from a kennel who does out of hours collections on behalf of the council came to collect the dogs and I asked her to let me know if the dog hadn’t got a home after his 7 days as I would consider re-homing him.
30mins later I had a call to say the dogs had escaped from the exercise area of a local rescue centre. Now I know most centres do a sterling job, but wouldn’t you expect them to lead by example and have correct id and chip their dogs before allowing them in an unsupervised area (also an unsupervised area with dogs who aren’t used to each other is a bad idea surely). They must have not noticed for a while as my vet rang the vets local to the area and none had any reports of lost dogs, which would be my first port of call. Anyway she said she had passed my details to the centre as a possible new home for the dog.
4 days later and I haven’t heard anything, in the mean time I did decide that I was letting my heart rule my head and another dog wouldn’t be a good idea at the moment. However I caught their dogs, had to cancel my plans to look after them and was a prospective new home for one of them, surely a courtesy call would be on the cards?
On Saturday I was driving down a fairly busy, narrow country lane and spotted 2 border collies hacking it in front of the car I was behind.
The car tooted and the dogs went down a drive. I pulled over as far as I could, grabbed 2 spare leads and managed to catch both dogs after they initially went back into the road and passing cars carried on, many without slowing down eve though it was clear what I was trying to do.
Anyway dogs caught I checked for tags or i.d, there were none. I muzzled my boy and loaded them into my boot and took them to the vets to be scanned. Arrived and no chip (surprise, surprise) the vets gave the dogs water and a look over. The long coated dog was extremely matted and had massive clumps of hair hanging off it and was very thin. The short coated b
h had a fabric muzzle on, a very sore eye and again very thin. The vets were great spending an hour attempting to get hold of a dog warden, which they did in the end and arranged collection from my house.By this time I had grown attached to the male and my dog who can be grumbly was accepting him. At 3pm a lady from a kennel who does out of hours collections on behalf of the council came to collect the dogs and I asked her to let me know if the dog hadn’t got a home after his 7 days as I would consider re-homing him.
30mins later I had a call to say the dogs had escaped from the exercise area of a local rescue centre. Now I know most centres do a sterling job, but wouldn’t you expect them to lead by example and have correct id and chip their dogs before allowing them in an unsupervised area (also an unsupervised area with dogs who aren’t used to each other is a bad idea surely). They must have not noticed for a while as my vet rang the vets local to the area and none had any reports of lost dogs, which would be my first port of call. Anyway she said she had passed my details to the centre as a possible new home for the dog.
4 days later and I haven’t heard anything, in the mean time I did decide that I was letting my heart rule my head and another dog wouldn’t be a good idea at the moment. However I caught their dogs, had to cancel my plans to look after them and was a prospective new home for one of them, surely a courtesy call would be on the cards?
I'm going to speak to my vet tomorrow, if it was just their weight I would have brushed it off as not knowing the condition they came in in. But the fact they had no id and the gap that seemed to have between escaping and being reported concerns me. As does the bh being exercised unsupervised with a muzzle on, if any of the dogs attacked her, she wouldn't be able to defend herself and no one would be able to stop it.
h being exercised unsupervised with a muzzle on, if any of the dogs attacked her, she wouldn't be able to defend herself and no one would be able to stop it. I found a little scruffy thing wandering around a back road a couple years back.
This was down a very deserted road, only thing close to it was a couple of farm houses and a traveler chalet.
Pulled over, got out of the car, and the little girl limped over to me- no collar. I opened the back door and popped her in. After a trip to the local police station and a few phone calls, i waited for 4-5 hours for the council to turn up and scan her.
She did have a chip, and i phoned the council 3-4 days later. Turns out she had slipped her collar from a local pub about 6 hours before i had found her. And she had hurt her paw in the process (not too bad i was told)
But i had to do all the chasing, no notification, no thank you for looking after this dog- nout.
Also its a bit strange that a rescue centre could let dogs out. I know collie's are fast and can jump, but a long line could be useful in those situations
This was down a very deserted road, only thing close to it was a couple of farm houses and a traveler chalet.
Pulled over, got out of the car, and the little girl limped over to me- no collar. I opened the back door and popped her in. After a trip to the local police station and a few phone calls, i waited for 4-5 hours for the council to turn up and scan her.
She did have a chip, and i phoned the council 3-4 days later. Turns out she had slipped her collar from a local pub about 6 hours before i had found her. And she had hurt her paw in the process (not too bad i was told)
But i had to do all the chasing, no notification, no thank you for looking after this dog- nout.
Also its a bit strange that a rescue centre could let dogs out. I know collie's are fast and can jump, but a long line could be useful in those situations
Sort of simular, but better outcome;
About 2 weeks ago I went into the garden and one of my cats had a pidgeon cornered.
Anyway, took the cat in and looked at the pidgeon.
It had what looked like a racing pidgeon tag on its ankle.
Quick google and ive got the number of the racing pidgeon club.
Call them up, explain whats happenend, they said we will call you back.
10 mins later got a call from a guy about 5 miles away, he's a pidgeon racer, but the bird is not his.
But, and this is the bit I thought was good, the pidgeon racers have an agreement that they will collect any bird within thier area, and look after it until the owner turns up.
About 2 hours later a guy came and picked it up.
Happy ending.
About 2 weeks ago I went into the garden and one of my cats had a pidgeon cornered.
Anyway, took the cat in and looked at the pidgeon.
It had what looked like a racing pidgeon tag on its ankle.
Quick google and ive got the number of the racing pidgeon club.
Call them up, explain whats happenend, they said we will call you back.
10 mins later got a call from a guy about 5 miles away, he's a pidgeon racer, but the bird is not his.
But, and this is the bit I thought was good, the pidgeon racers have an agreement that they will collect any bird within thier area, and look after it until the owner turns up.
About 2 hours later a guy came and picked it up.
Happy ending.
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