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Dog pound in Dublin

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  • 14-07-2010 1:47pm
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    TigerTim
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    Hi All,

    Does anyone know if there is a decent dog pound/home in Dublin similar to Battersea dogs home in London where one can view the dogs?.

    Thanks,

    Tim


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    CrackisWhack
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    The DSPCA in Rathfarnham, South County Dublin, they usually have a good selection of dogs:)


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    Majestic 12
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    Have a look here:

    http://www.ispca.ie/Members-Dublin.aspx

    http://www.dspca.ie/

    http://www.dogsaid.ie/

    The DSPCA in Rathfarnham was closed due to a broken water main on Saturday so I went out the the Wicklow branch. They had some lovely dogs out there too. Came home with two gorgeous kittens.


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    cjf
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    check out www.dogsindistress.org/forum and see all of the dogs and pups who are currently in foster looking for homes. I got my little one from them and its brill that they all in foster because you really get a sense of what they are like living in a family environment. They dont have a rescue premises its all done through a network of volunteers. Once you pass a home check you can go and meet the dog or pup you are interested in.


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    Vel
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    Dog's Trust: www.dogstrust.ie


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    TigerTim
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    Many thanks to all who replied

    Tim


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    Glowing
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    www.paws.ie


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    Qualitymark
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    If you're looking to rehome a dog, I'd go to the Dogs Trust. Though you have to fill in a form like applying for a US Green Card to be accepted as a good home. Are you, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist Party?


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    cyrusdvirus
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    i know that they're not all that well regarded, but Ashton Pound along the River Road near Finglas also have rescue dogs. AFAIK they have a policy of destroying dogs after a certain time period.

    I got my fella from there, and a more bouncy happy dog i could not have wished for!!

    Needed a bit of training and socialising skills, but i'd say that was more down to his previous owners.


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    TooManyDogs
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    Glowing wrote: »
    www.paws.ie

    They're in tipp. OP is looking for a place in dublin


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    jambofc
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    Qualitymark wrote: »
    If you're looking to rehome a dog, I'd go to the Dogs Trust. Though you have to fill in a form like applying for a US Green Card to be accepted as a good home. Are you, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist Party?

    and what's wrong with that? half the reason most of these dogs are in pounds is because people see a dog say im having him/her go home and relse they don't have the room/time/patience etc for a dog,at least if you go to the trouble of filling out the form having a home visit first you are well aware of the responsibility of having a dog and are showing dogs trust that you are serious.


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    spurious
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    Having seen the conditions in Ashton (no fault to any of the fine people working there) the Dogs Trust is like a hotel. I liked the fact that they were kind of fussy as regards letting anyone take a dog.


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    cjf
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    Not all dogs lucky enough to be dropped up to dogs trust etc.. Strays and unwanted dogs are put into ashton where their fate is decided by pure chance they will either be taken by a resuce or someone will rehome directly from pound. It is awful up there but it is the reality of it. People dump Boxes of new born puppies outside the gates, leave dogs tied to the railings during the night. Its sad. You can go up and walk the dogs - if volunteers dont go up they may not all get out and walked. They end up there for variety of reasons unwanted, curelty cases, siezed, owners passed away, picked up as stray etc. These guys are in the last chance saloon, Ashton is a pound not a rescue centre. It is a holding cell for the dogs to wait out their 5 day stray time until they can legally be put to sleep. So even though it may not be shiny and new the dogs up there are in desperate need of an out and if you have space for one then its defo the place to go.


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    cyrusdvirus
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    They told me it was 3 weeks when i was there. Gibbs (the fella i re-homed) had 3 days left or something similar.

    Not disputing your timeframe, cos i just don't know.

    It could be they tell the people who come up to re-home dogs that there is a longer timeframe, just so's they don't get too upset.


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    ISDW
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    Legally a dog has to be held for 5 days for its owner to find it, after the 5 days it can legally be put to sleep. Ashton though try very hard to find new homes for the dogs, but as has been said, it is a dog pound, not a rescue centre.


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    cyrusdvirus
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    Very much so.

    But you can get lucky. I've been taking Gibbs to training classes with Dublin Pet School for the past few weeks and he's coming along in leaps and bounds. Makes me shudder to think that he was a matter of days from bring put to sleep. He had no social skills at all before, whereas now, he's at the stage where i can play with him in the green area beside my house without having his lead on!


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    Qualitymark
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    jambofc wrote: »
    and what's wrong with that? half the reason most of these dogs are in pounds is because people see a dog say im having him/her go home and relse they don't have the room/time/patience etc for a dog,at least if you go to the trouble of filling out the form having a home visit first you are well aware of the responsibility of having a dog and are showing dogs trust that you are serious.

    Oh yes, absolutely agree. Not that it necessarily means people will be responsible - I brought home a lovely lurcher I found wandering on a busy street, and next morning rang the number on her tag, which turned out to be a standard rehomed-dog record phone number.

    They gave me her owner's number; he'd come home on a plane the night before and "let her out for a wander". Would I mind her for a few more hourse, he asked; he was still sleepy. Irresponsible creep.


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