an animal is for life!

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it really annoys me when people get sick of/cant cope with their animals and get rid.a so called friend of mine got a puppy in the summer-she has 4 little kids and it was a staff pup and i did say to her did she know what she was taking on etc.well of course a few months down the line hes chewing everything and she cant cope so popped an ad on gumtree and hes gone to a complete stranger!this so makes me mad!seriously think before you get an animal they dont always fit into your perfect lives!grrrrr
 
Oh my god that makes me so mad too :)>>>:)>>>:)>>>
Why are people so stupid, bet the poor pup already has socialisation problems. We see far too many coming into the animal shelter from stupid people who get pets on a whim. Argh! X
 
I find it frustrating when people rehome pets when they fall pregnant. Unless there is an increadibly good reason for it. We had loads of beasts when I was expecting and have continued to own a variety of different animals whil my DD has been growing up.
 
she doesnt even know the guy who has taken him,didnt get a number or details to check hes gone to a good home and doesnt care!
 
i have never given up on an animal of any kind even the naughtiest, i never would.

Grrr

I had a friend that did that, got her kids a beagle puppy for Christmas, within a week it had gone, now she has another, it gets left over night and everything....and they wonder why its unsociable...it stayed at mine one night and it was fine, lovely dog :(
 
It's so upsetting. 8... My friend recently found a rabbit and ended up keeping him after finding out his owners had moved house and left him behind! grrrr
 
It's so upsetting. 8... My friend recently found a rabbit and ended up keeping him after finding out his owners had moved house and left him behind! grrrr

my sister was telling me about a cat by hers who has been left behind when the woman moved!shes been feeding it and is going to ask other neighbours if anyone will take it in
 
my sister was telling me about a cat by hers who has been left behind when the woman moved!shes been feeding it and is going to ask other neighbours if anyone will take it in

Exactly the same thing happened here :( Cotton was about 7 or so and such a friendly little thing but they just upped sticks and left her :( She now lives happily at my OH Gran's :)

...And our latest kitty arrival just turned up, nobody knows where from. He has a chip but his 'owners' have shown no interest in colelcting him since September, so he's staying here now :)

Poor pup though, I hope his new owners cherish him :)
 
My cousin has had 4 dog's and she keeps getting them then getting rid of them and she never gets their jab's or worming etc. I got my taz (alsation/ staff cross because she bought it and her oh said she couldnt keep it as they had one and she didnt look after that properly. i took her vet's wormed chipped injections de flead had to go back for second jab and chip i loved that dog unfortunately i was made homeless so couldnt keep her tho i did find someone who looked after her for ages but she took her to woodgreen as she kept messing (she never done it with me she was the perfect dog) about two weeks before i got a new house:( i called my vets to find out the chip number as i lost her puppy book in the move id also moved and changed my number i called dog warden woodgreen i tried so hard to get her back but no one could help me :( i still miss her she was so loving 8...
 
I think this thread is a bit harsh...I got a puppy, few months back I tried my hardest i thought it would work, I realised it didnt. I couldnt toilet train him with the kids about, i did end up having to rehome him as i couldnt handle it all, hes ruined my carpet kept nipping my kids, It got to the point my kids would hide from him

The decision to rehome him was the hardest i ever had! My dad found atleast 3 people, and i didnt want him to go so i kept telling my dad id got someone else in mind just so he didnt go. Then my mum found the perfect person, he was to be neautered and put with a lovely *****, when they came to collect my beautiful boy i cried my eyes out i even tried to tell them to leave, the OH got very upset aswell and didnt like seeing me like that but i cried all night. I still cry now, If i still had him i would of seen his face when he saw snow for the first time or at christmas have loads of treats. So please dont think everyone that rehomes animals are bad because they arent! Its the hardest thing ive had to do and i still regret it now and get teary, but i know I'm not ready for a dog until my children are in school.
 
I got my lab puppy within 1 week of finding out I was pregnant, (he is now 1 year old) there was no way he was not coming home with us. Yes he has been a handful (& still is even though he goes to dog classes even now each week) but I could never give him or the piggies up. (Husband another matter!:)) ) I chose to give him & the piggies a home & that home was for life.

He is microchipped up to date, with his jabs, wormed & flea treatments the piggies live in doors on vet bed in a 6 x 3 C&C cage in the lounge & my daughter will grow up knowing how to treat animals properly.

Our old next door neighbours moved out one day and did not tell their landlord leaving their 3/4 cats (not sure the exact number) outside. They were already thin. Another neighbour was feeding them with her cat until the RSPCA finally came and collected them. (Took several phone calls & some visits before they were collected). :( I wanted to keep one but husband would not let me as I was heavily pregnant, young dog & 4 piggies.
 
Hopefully this dog will now have gone to a better home and is being properly cared for and loved.



So please dont think everyone that rehomes animals are bad because they arent! Its the hardest thing ive had to do and i still regret it now and get teary, but i know I'm not ready for a dog until my children are in school.

Agree with this, it is easy to judge, but there are many genuine reasons why people do have to rehome, and not always resullting from original lack or research or lack of committment. I have rehomed guinea pigs for people who have been gutted to see their pets go. xx
 
Hopefully this dog will now have gone to a better home and is being properly cared for and loved.





Agree with this, it is easy to judge, but there are many genuine reasons why people do have to rehome, and not always resullting from original lack or research or lack of committment. I have rehomed guinea pigs for people who have been gutted to see their pets go. xx

It really was hard, i see collars and leads and i think that would of been perfect for my little weezy, and hes not mine anymore. I know hes in a good home now. The people live where there are woods coming off there back garden. I must admit tho that the other month he escaped with his girlfriend when they were out and i got a call from the dog warden as he was still microchipped to me. I wanted him back and i was going to do the sneaky and go and get him ! Then i came to my senses and got in touch with the guy who had him, he had no idea they had got out when i spoke to him he was shocked, he said hed only been gone an hour!
 
I'm not sure what people expect when they get a puppy to be honest. Any little bit of reading will tell you what a handful they are - in a lot of ways it's more of a challenge than having a human baby. Yes, they pee and mess everywhere. Yes, they bite (and aren't selective about who they bite when they're young). Yes, they're destructive. Yes, they're disobedient and excitable.

Unfortunately when it comes to puppies I think a lot of people can't look past their desire to have one to see the realities of owning one.
 
I'm not sure what people expect when they get a puppy to be honest. Any little bit of reading will tell you what a handful they are - in a lot of ways it's more of a challenge than having a human baby. Yes, they pee and mess everywhere. Yes, they bite (and aren't selective about who they bite when they're young). Yes, they're destructive. Yes, they're disobedient and excitable.

Unfortunately when it comes to puppies I think a lot of people can't look past their desire to have one to see the realities of owning one.

I have learnt my lesson the hard way by falling in love with one and having to watch him go. I wont be so silly again and will be waiting a few years
 
I'm not sure what people expect when they get a puppy to be honest. Any little bit of reading will tell you what a handful they are - in a lot of ways it's more of a challenge than having a human baby. Yes, they pee and mess everywhere. Yes, they bite (and aren't selective about who they bite when they're young). Yes, they're destructive. Yes, they're disobedient and excitable.

Unfortunately when it comes to puppies I think a lot of people can't look past their desire to have one to see the realities of owning one.

Archie is lliving proof of how difficult rearing a puppy can be. There is just the two of us here now, and I only work very part time. We got him from Dogs Trust, with loads of information and a 2 hour new owners meeting before we could bring him home. But even that didn't prepare us for puppy committment! We have always had a dog, but adult rescues. We actually went for an adult dog again, but were offered a puppy, as they wanted them to go to responsible homes, and not for chav trophy dogs. I think I must have MUG written on my forhead. lol xx
 
it really annoys me when people get sick of/cant cope with their animals and get rid.a so called friend of mine got a puppy in the summer-she has 4 little kids and it was a staff pup and i did say to her did she know what she was taking on etc.well of course a few months down the line hes chewing everything and she cant cope so popped an ad on gumtree and hes gone to a complete stranger!this so makes me mad!seriously think before you get an animal they dont always fit into your perfect lives!grrrrr

I totally agree with you hun. Although I do understand in some circumstances its not easy and people do have to rehome their pets.

I used to be friends with someone who was like that. He was always like "I want I want" about everything and he had a lovely parrot which adored him.

I had a cockatiel with my other one but they didnt get on so I agreed to let him have the bird as long as he took good care of it, I dont have room for another bird cage this is my only reason for giving the bird away.

So he took on my bird and then he moved out of home and left the bird with his parents, which made me angry as I let him have the bird for him no one else. he pestered me for weeks saying how much he wanted it etc so I didnt understand why he was leaving it behind. So we fell out and have not spoken since. Ive since found out they let the bird out of the cage and it flew into a window and broke its neck :(

So he moved out of home and what did he do, he went out and bought a cockatiel and a kitten because they were "cute"! :o

A few weeks later realised he couldnt cope with it all, said it was hard work looking after them all. He didnt even work so it wasnt like he had a hectic lifestyle either. he was just pure lazy!

He gave away his parrot and the bird but kept the kitten. It makes me so mad when people do this. And apparently my friend said he's now talking about getting another pet. Grrrrrrrrr!
From reading this I bet he sounds like he is a child but he is in fact a 30 year old man!
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Taking on any puppy is hard work, and you have to be prepared that its going to be hard work to toilet train them, and get them to stop chewing stuff, but it comes with having a dog and some people are naive to this. I would love a dog but I have a 2yr old and a 7yr old, and I know that a dog would be too much as my kids are still too young (well my 2yr old at leats) to undstand its a living animal. I have a brother in law that in the past 11yrs has had 3 dogs! The 1st he got was a jack russel and got it when his girlfriend was pregneant with theyre 1st child, and because she kept jumping up at her, got rid of her within a few months, then they got a German shepard when his girlfriend was expectin theyre 2nd child (this was within a 14months of gettin rid of theyre last dog), he chose the biggest of the litter, and when he got bigger he wouldnt allow his girlfriend in the house, he would go for you if you touched his ears, and he would pull like hell, and cause he was waitin for a kidney transplant, and couldnt bang himself in the area wher he had his tube, got rid of him within 6mnths of havin him, then just before xmas of 2008 just after his wife had, had her 4th baby he goes and gets a Border Terrier type dog, he then discovered 'Yoville' on Facebook and spent the next year glued to his computer, he kept saying his dog was dumb, but in actual fact he never bothered to train it and because it kept peein everywhere and chewing stuff they got rid of it a year later.
You would of think they learnt the 1st 2 times they cant cope with a dog and I dont think it will be the last, but I swear to god if they get another dog I'm gonna blow up at them, as its people like that, that make me soooo angry!
 
It is so easy to judge people, I think sometimes it takes the bigger person to rehome their pet if they know their pets quaility of life will be impoved. Like Muffin Master has said a lot of people geniunely love their pets, so to give them up is such a hard decision but they are putting their animal's first (In some cases).

On Monday we brought a Staffy; from a family who did love her but their circumstances changed so they knew it wasn't fair to keep her, it wasn't easy for them. She's 1 on boxing day, so is already house trained and has stopped chewing, so she's a bit less work than a puppy but still demanding. Now she has all the attention in the world and is very spoilt, so they did the right thing for her. :)

I know this isn't always the case and some people are sadly very irresponsible.
 
I took a kitten off someone on Freecycle who said she was a bit timid. Timid wasnt the word, I swear she'd been beaten at some point as she was scared to death of peoples hands, and his under my sofa non stop for 3 days and nights.

I made the awful decision to rehome her to someone who had more time to spend with her, as I work long hours. It broke my heart, but I knew it was for the best.

I thought I found her a great home, and took her there myself and spoke to the lady for ages. Then less than 24 hours later the lady said she couldn't cope and wanted to rehome her. I was in tears.

Luckily, between us we found her a genuine good home with a lady who works at a local animal collage. I hope and pray every day when I look at the ID tag I have for her that shes happy now.

Not everyone who rehomes an animal is bad. I hate myself for doing it, but deep down I know it was for the best for Flo.
 
Its not people who rehome their animals for the animals best interests that annoy me rather the people who buy an animal on a whim, don't do anything with it ie training then get rid of it because it is naughty or chews etc & also people who have animals then move & leave them.
 
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