Should I apply to adopt this puppy

[bunn]

He's a Greek harehound.  Someone put him,his brother and his sister in a box with 50 Euros and left them at a shelter. Expected to grow up to be mediumish sized. 

Things are going fairly well at the moment. How much do I want to gamble...

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[bunn.livejournal.com]

Yes, he's in Greece at the moment, he'd travel by air, there are arrangements in place for that, and then probably catch a volunteer transport to Exeter.

There are lurcher pups in rescues I could adopt in the UK, of course, but Rosie is less keen on other lurchers than smaller dogs (a harehound type would be very unlikely to get taller than she is!), and I quite fancy a scenthound for once, and they don't come up so often in rescue in the UK.

Brexit is end Oct, and who knows what will happen then, but he'd be arriving Oct 20th.

[ningloreth.livejournal.com]

It's strange -- I'm watching Below the Surface and the old lady in that had been to Turkey (if I understood it correctly) to rescue a dog, and I'd never heard of adopting dogs from another country before.

I hope that all goes well if you do decide to adopt him.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, dogs move around a lot - both commercially, and via rescue. Greyhounds get traded internationally. Irish greyhound breeders produce a lot of dogs for the British racing market, and there are a number of British rescues that work with Irish pounds, because rehoming greyhounds in Ireland is hard, and the only reason there are so many homeless greyhounds in Ireland is because of demand from Britain.

And there are puppy farms in Eastern Europe that used to sell lorry-loads of cheap pups to Britain: I think that's one reason the recent law making it illegal to import pups under 15 weeks or sell them in pet shops got through. There was a serious risk of rabies from,believe it or not, illicit puppy-smuggling.

And then there are a bunch of rescues that specialise in importing dogs from pounds in Ireland, Spain, Greece and Romania, mostly, to the UK, Germany, Switzerland, France and Scandinavia. Haven't heard of anyone bringing in dogs from Turkey, but it probably happens. One reason is that there are a lot of people in the UK who are prepared to adopt hound types, which are often considered unsuitable pets in their countries of origin.

Romania is a bit different: a lot of dogs coming from there are more or less feral, and they can be pretty challenging, but some people like a challenge!