T78 4 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 what does BDH stand for? pm me if prefered? i was gonna go for a rescued lurcher once but didnt want to lie about it going to be worked and had a feeling that might not go down to well so never bothered with the rescue option. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest craftycarper Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Battersea Dog home or if not wood green animal shelter, cambs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SHOT Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 the few sites ive dealt with have been a horrible lot ,i was called a troll a couple of month back on one site whilst looking for my lurcher . and found one lass to be very dishonest to ,and when i pressed the issue they all closed ranks. these people in question found my dog and past it on... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Missie 1 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 I remember that Shot, the site in question are very anti working/hunting/breeding etc indeed. I never did get a reply when I pmed the girl about your dog either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scallywag 78 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 I don't understand why rescues won't rehome to working homes and even less why they won't rehome a dog that's not going to be worked anyway. As Missie says there are occasional heated debates on Lurcher Link but it's a much more tolerant environment than the others and a number of members there do hunt. North Lakes Rescue, which may not exist anymore, used to rehome to working homes too. Hope your OH finds her dog and I agree you shouldn't hide what you do. There's no need for such a division between rescues and working homes, in fact many people do both and unless we're upfront about that all the myths will continue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Missie 1 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 The thing I like about Lurcher Link is that they will let discussions run about hunting, working etc etc and be prepared to let both sides view their opinions. It has patrons that are pro hunting/working and those that are anti hunting too but the most important thing over all of the threads on that forum is the dogs and their welfare! Far too many forums these days let the rescue aspect almost take a back seat while they fight amongst themselves about the wrongs of anyone that doesn't agree with them! One forum in particular that I joined to help with transport runs, homechecks and anything else I could help with banned me for PMing another member (who incidently is a member here) about her dogs. A photo was posted of a dog with a rabbit in its mouth and subsequently removed and that member slated because she worked her dogs. Now those dogs were some of the healthiest dogs i'd seen on that forum and I was banned for saying that, both in public and private. I'm not saying that I am a great loss to the rescues that go on that forum but I know that there aren't a huge amount of people that are in this area and can transport dogs etc so in that respect the pigheadedness (is that a word?!) of the people that run the forum lost another willing volunteer. Its about time that forums dedicated to the rescue of animals forget the issues between themselves and remember why they are there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 6,174 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 It's not just the rescues that don't want dog to go to working homes: some, not all, of the dog wardens (the ones who actually pick up stray/lost/stolen and dumped dogs) will do anything to avoid the dog either going to a working home, or even back to its owner if they know its a working home: seen it happen! A terrible abuse of their power! I actually worked for a rescue once: when they found out I worked my dogs they asked me to either give it up or leave: I left! I get sick of seeing these dispirited lurchers walking round the village on harnesses, never off the lead: its no life for a running dog. OK, so they are well fed and cared for, but there's no spark in their eyes or lift in their feet: they are zombies poor things. But I do know how hard it is to find good working homes too. At the end of the day, the fact that most rescues are anti hunting is well known, which really gets me mad: its as though the words 'hunting' and 'bad owners' are synomymous. There are bad owners across the board, and pet owners as well as working owners come in both forms: good and bad. But with so many neglected and abused dogs what the hell are we to do about it? If I though I could get away with it I'd get out and give all these bad owners a good kicking and relieve them of their dogs: but I'd be the one getting sent down for it: there really is no justice is there?! Rant over! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmac 0 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Lurcher Link being slightly biased as a mod is much more balanced in its view point and takes the needs of the dog and the home offered into consideration. I got my pup to work and If I could calm down her behaviour I would love to work one of my older dogs, but she is a rescue and has come unfortunately with a fair amount of baggage. Contact Kaye if you are looking for a dog for your partner/ex partner I am sure she would be extremeley pleased at the offer of an experienced home. It has to be mentioned that some sites actually ban/block lurcher link members as they think we a bunch of savage bunny bashers. It would be better if we could visit other forums freely to see other folks point of view. In the end we all have to live together and breathe the same air. Surely the dogs welfare should be priority not narrow minded views on certain subjects? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest craftycarper Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 i was actually called a bully by one of the guy's on slr because i rang one of the mods (who provided their number) to enquire why my name was being put through the mill, and ask why i had been accused of posting something i hadn't even wrote, he even moaned about me posting remarks on LL, in fact if you look on LL you would probably still find it i think it was on the introduce yourself section, although i had been a member for a couple of years i thought i should re introduce myself as i hadn't posted much since getting a dog from the site. If you had read this guys views on slr you would have thought i had slated SLR but i did not mention them by name at all, i basically asked LL for their opinion on hunting and the replies were quite positive, as i have said from the start the dog was not for me. Anyhow i have blown off a bit of steam now so its time to calm down. Cheers for all the feedback folks... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 I don't understand why rescues won't rehome to working homes and even less why they won't rehome a dog that's not going to be worked anyway. As Missie says there are occasional heated debates on Lurcher Link but it's a much more tolerant environment than the others and a number of members there do hunt.North Lakes Rescue, which may not exist anymore, used to rehome to working homes too. Hope your OH finds her dog and I agree you shouldn't hide what you do. There's no need for such a division between rescues and working homes, in fact many people do both and unless we're upfront about that all the myths will continue. I havent had enough experience with dog rescues & there '' policys'' but i do know about ferret rescues, and i can say off the top of my head i can think of one who WILL home to ferreters and there Mercia ferret welfare in Coventry, but what i object to is the fact some just will not home to a ferreter full stop, regardless of the fact the ferret in 99% of the time will get a perfectly good home, be worked in season & treated as a ferret not as a substitute child. I could go on forever listing my dislikes about the ferret world but its pointless , one thing i will say is theres a lot of ''back yard '' rescue goes on, nowt wrong with that providing records are kept as i was stung once before & donated money to find out i was basically just helping a '' dear old lady'' keep her PETS in food etc, if it had been made known to me thats what i was doing i wouldnt have objected as she genuinly cared but i did find that her collecting of animals was what i can only see as a sort off illness So i think its worth looking into each different '' group organisation '' and sort the wheat from the chaff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ladyp 12 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 TRY SHEYA GREYHOUND AND LURCHER RESCUE,VERY GOOD,ASK FOR JULIE,MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP.LADY P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Macnas Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Year before last a guy out shooting had his gundog lifted from a public lane while he was still on the other side of the ditch, it was a local spca fruit loop (here in Ireland, only the larger towns have unifomed trained spca personnel, everywhere else, you and your daft old cat collecting missus can call yourselves the ballygobackwards scpa). The fecker had the nerve to ask for a fee for "finding" and boarding the dog. Not that he got it mind. Now here is an interesting fact, most of these self made spca people are immigrant english, dutch or german. Strange eh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Missie 1 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 The site I was banned from was before I was an LL member and i've not (that I know of) been banned from any other sites because I use LL although I did remove myself from one Sighthound forum because I couldn't take their narrow mindedness anymore! My dogs currently aren't worked, I am looking to do some work with my lurcher but like with Madmac's pup he came with an awful lot of baggage and even though he is now 3 and been with me for two years he still has some issues, who knows what he went through in the six months before he was picked up by rescue. The other two are ex track dogs, one retired who now is too old really to work although she has done the odd bit in her earlier years and the other only 17 months old with no chase instinct. He was sent to me as a foster but I decided to keep him. Being with the other two seems to have brought out some chase in him, I think he enjoys mooching with him but so far the only thing he's chased is his border terrier friend on the beach in play. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest craftycarper Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 my dogs two 1 yr olds have not been worked at all, fen who i got from a reply at LL was out with me on quite a few occassions last year, mainly as company and the fact that she loves marking when i'm ferreting and enjoys the odd chase. I haven't even been out with the ferts this season been so busy what with work and other commitments. As you say it is all about the narrowmindedness of some of these people in the rescues, i do understand that some dogs that they have taken in have been mistreated beyond belief and good on them for helping the mutts out, but when you are offering to take a dog off of them and give it a decent home for the rest of it's natural life it's beyond me how they all close ranks when you tell them you shoot pigeons and rabbits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Missie 1 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Its not always suitable for a dog to go into a working home due to injury or something in its past etc but any good rescue will match a dog to a suitable home be it a pet home or otherwise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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