Two worried dogs have landed.
Jan. 17th, 2013 09:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunnAmber (front) and Chloe (back) have come to visit as foster dogs. It was all a bit of a rush. The owner had died and as usual for January, rescues are bulging with Christmas puppies/dogs chucked out to make room for Christmas puppies, so these two were either going to the pound or to be put to sleep.
Thankfully, they are used to other dogs and cats ( I can't tell you how many calls we get about dogs that have literally not met another dog for years and years, which makes finding foster homes for them incredibly difficult. ) As Oldies Club doesn't deal with puppies, we managed to squeeze these two in as urgent extras and they came aaaaaallll the way from Yorkshire to Cornwall today before The Snow descends and the country gives up all hope of travel until it melts.
Amber was a bit nervy and growly to start with. Chloe, who is her mother, seemed to find the journey quite hard work and seemed quite worn out when she arrived, probably not helped by the fact that she is very fat. They went and sat woefully in the hall for a bit. But then they decided that being woeful was too much hard work, and Amber came and sat in Brythen's big bed and Chloe sat next to me (my dogs are both in front of the fire).
Thankfully, they are used to other dogs and cats ( I can't tell you how many calls we get about dogs that have literally not met another dog for years and years, which makes finding foster homes for them incredibly difficult. ) As Oldies Club doesn't deal with puppies, we managed to squeeze these two in as urgent extras and they came aaaaaallll the way from Yorkshire to Cornwall today before The Snow descends and the country gives up all hope of travel until it melts.
Amber was a bit nervy and growly to start with. Chloe, who is her mother, seemed to find the journey quite hard work and seemed quite worn out when she arrived, probably not helped by the fact that she is very fat. They went and sat woefully in the hall for a bit. But then they decided that being woeful was too much hard work, and Amber came and sat in Brythen's big bed and Chloe sat next to me (my dogs are both in front of the fire).
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Date: 2013-01-18 02:40 pm (UTC)Personally I like a short-haired dog, so much less shedding and they don't collect anything like as much mud (hence my sighthounds: they have very little hair, and the legs hold their tummies well clear of mud!)
Oldies Club, which is the rescue I'm mostly involved with, tend not to get that many staffies in, despite the numbers of them homeless in the UK. We do try to make sure we have at least one or two at any time - at the moment we have 2 staffs, one cross and a bull lurcher - but unless we get one that's lived with other dogs and cats previously they are hard to find places for.
I also suspect, rather horribly, that staffies are less likely to make it to be oldies because so many of them are put to sleep after they are dumped as young dogs, and people dont' even try to place them if they do get an old one. Which is just awful really, they are lovely little dogs, but there are just SO MANY. :-(