Rescue dog

[Megandllsmum]

We got a rescue lurcher last year, we had a visit or two to see him at the rescue kennels and we also had a home visit to make sure our home was suitable for him. If you have children you need to know how the dog reacts to them, any health problems that they are aware of, if they know why he came to be in the rescue centres care, is it toilet trained, how much exercise is it used to having, what have they been feeding it, vaccinations up to date and is it microchipped, neutered etc etc. As for insurance you get the best you can afford and if they have any previous medical conditions make sure they have been declared, thst said you might not know it's full history with it being a rescue.
There is no way we would ever get a dog anywhere else now than from a rescue centre, our Rodger the dodger has brought so much fun and love into our home, he's crazy, it's been hard work but it's also been worth it xx

[RachelM]

Originally Posted by Megandllsmum

We got a rescue lurcher last year, we had a visit or two to see him at the rescue kennels and we also had a home visit to make sure our home was suitable for him. If you have children you need to know how the dog reacts to them, any health problems that they are aware of, if they know why he came to be in the rescue centres care, is it toilet trained, how much exercise is it used to having, what have they been feeding it, vaccinations up to date and is it microchipped, neutered etc etc. As for insurance you get the best you can afford and if they have any previous medical conditions make sure they have been declared, thst said you might not know it's full history with it being a rescue.
There is no way we would ever get a dog anywhere else now than from a rescue centre, our Rodger the dodger has brought so much fun and love into our home, he's crazy, it's been hard work but it's also been worth it xx

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Thank you. We actually seen her for a few minutes today as she was coming in from walk when we went to the rescue centre for information. We are going tomorrow to meet her properly and take her for a little walk. My daughter has no idea yet, but we will tell her in the morning and she will come with us. If we get on well, she will come to stay with us for a few nights after a home chdk has been done.

're the insurance, I've had a quick look and the ones I've seen cover up to £8000 medical costs.

[Bouncing Tigger]

£8000 should be enough unless you get a dog from a rescue centre like we did, 3 times to a specialist vet unit 100 miles away, with stays of over a week each time. Monthly visits at least to our own vet. The costs soon mount up. We used Petplan who, if you take continuing life cover will cover the condition for life. I wouldn’t insure with any other company, they may be more expensive but it was so worth the thousands and thousands they paid out. Alas we only had our dog a year and a day before we lost her. We will still get rescue dogs but will always take them to our vet for a blood test first. Yes we were unlucky, we loved that little dog with all our hearts, miss her so much.

[RachelM]

Originally Posted by Bouncing Tigger

£8000 should be enough unless you get a dog from a rescue centre like we did, 3 times to a specialist vet unit 100 miles away, with stays of over a week each time. Monthly visits at least to our own vet. The costs soon mount up. We used Petplan who, if you take continuing life cover will cover the condition for life. I wouldn’t insure with any other company, they may be more expensive but it was so worth the thousands and thousands they paid out. Alas we only had our dog a year and a day before we lost her. We will still get rescue dogs but will always take them to our vet for a blood test first. Yes we were unlucky, we loved that little dog with all our hearts, miss her so much.

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I'm so sorry to hear this.

I did wonder about getting a vet to check her over etc before we signed everything but not sure if that would be frowned upon.
I have looked at petplan and it was only a few pounds more expensive for £7500 cover, to got any higher was significantly more expensive though.

Thank you for replying x

[Ryles]

We got our first rescue last year from Romania. He has been the best dog we’ve ever owned! He is amazing. We took him straight to vet for a good check over. So I’d recommend that. He was good apart from bad teeth and running alive with fleas but that was all treatable.

[Bouncing Tigger]

Our dog collapsed for the first time the day after we picked her up, even though we had signed papers, if the insurance hadn’t paid out we certainly weren’t going to, we’d have taken the bill and got the rescue centre to pay. My DH was fuming with the rescue centre, they’d checked us enough, why not the poor dog. If you do get a vet to check her out, take her to an independent vet. Our own vet rolled his eyes when he found what theirs hadn’t done.

[Tre85]

Good luck with the meet up.

Ref insurance whoever you choose to go with make sure it is a 'lifetime' cover! They tend to be a bit more expensive but we've learnt the hard way when we thought we had lifetime but it wasn't and our westie has ongoing skin problems which the insurance will not cover now.

[Gryff]

I did breed rescue for years and heard all sorts of reasons why the dog must go
So mine are
House trained / word to go iecours are be clever and bed time last pee
Cage trained or not how long can be left or not chewing
Control on off lead basic commands used
Feeding what food possessive / water possevive / tin bit training orientated / toy possive
On / off lead pulls walks to heel recall though idcrecommend several weeks on a flexi lead with a new rescue for recall
How are they in traffic if you live in town nothing worse than a dog bolting on the lead when you are doing the school walk because a bus or lorry whizzed by even a kid cycling to work or in the park or a mum walking with a buggy
Has thecdog been allowed on the sofa upstairs on the beds
What they are like in the car at the vets
Have they ever been in kennels
Rescue dogs are amazing I've rehomed some amazing dogs in to amazing homes
We had a fantastic 14 stone massive Rottweiler rescue Bruno who was 3 when he came in to our home with 3 entire male dogs a boss girl
And he was a complete teddy bear only vice if he got in the passenger seat of the car he seemed to double in weight and you couldn't shift him till he had a car trip
DS3 has a fantastic rescue staffie who was so badly abused when they got her the vet didn't give her the night she's amazing only issue she's
A Madame for drinking out puddles and picking up tossed kebabas on an early Sunday morning walk as she was so thirsty and starved when they got her
Our only other issue with Bruno he wouldn't walk on a lead but never left your side if we were out for a walk he stuck like glue to your leg

[SunbreezeFL]

We've always had rescue dogs and never ever for a moment had any regrets. our latest dog had some issues (skin related) that the home made us aware of and we could only adopt him if they could cover the skin issue if it were to cause him problems (we also had to go to an adoption meeting telling you how to introduce him to your home - we got him home and he has never had an issue since (3 years on) so we are assuming it was kennel stress. He and all of our other dogs have been an absolute joy and a very important family member (he's helped me through some quite challenging times) I'd never hesitate in taking on another when the time comes.

[RachelM]

Originally Posted by Ryles

We got our first rescue last year from Romania. He has been the best dog we’ve ever owned! He is amazing. We took him straight to vet for a good check over. So I’d recommend that. He was good apart from bad teeth and running alive with fleas but that was all treatable.

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Thank you. I need to ask a few friends about vet recommendations.