And Now Some Good News

[sbctwin]

Max is a cutie and so good of you to give him a new lease on life.

[surgtech1956]

Max is beautiful, he looks like he belongs. Thank you for adopting, there are so many dogs that need a good home.

[Python]

Normally they do spay and neuter their dogs before rehoming them. We could have left him there and the rescue centre would have done it for us but because we travelled so far to see him and would have had to do the same journey again they let us take Max home - even without doing a homecheck. We have to get a letter of recommendation from our vet so Max has his registration health check at 5pm so I will arrange the date for neutering when I go tomorrow and they will put that in the letter.

Max really took a liking to us - and us to him. The lady who runs the rescue is quite elderly and has been doing animal rescue all her life. She struck me as a woman who if she thought for one second an animal in her care was not going to a good home she wouldn't hesitate to say no.

On the adoption papers we signed there is a clause which says that the new owner agrees to spaying/castration and if this is not done (you have to get a letter from the vet stating when the op was done) they will take the dog back. Years ago many people used to just get dogs and cats from the local dog and cat home and carry on breeding with them. They are much stricter nowadays and since there are so many unwanted pets then the neutering policy is a good one.

It's one of the reasons why I take rescues rather than puppies. Sadie was an ex breeding girl. I always wondered why she never liked her tail touched - even for grooming. I only found out the other night reading about how they treat female dogs (I can't use the proper word - it ends up as a load of asterisks). They breed the females every season with no break. If the female is reluctant to go to the male the puppy farmers pull the poor female by the tail No wonder Sadie never liked her tail touched

I've little time for the RSPCA but they have been trying to clamp down on puppy farms for a long time.

There are good breeders out there who care about their dogs (and cats) but there are many out there too who only want to make as much money out of these animals as possible I refuse to line their pockets

In the meantime we've just come back from our bedtime walk (good exercise for hubby too ) and Max is looking rather sleepy but happy and content. So far he's settling in well. The cats aren't so bothered about him now either.

[nancielle]

He is gorgeous and definitely not a "Cookie". Max is a much more fitting name for your furkid.

[Python]

I bought him a new collar yesterday complete with his name, address and telephone number. I had a good sniff at it and wagged his tail. Think he likes it