Rescue

Eircom_Sucks

so just home after viewing a lovely dog id love to re-home , but because i work full time i cant re-home him , im a single dad so nobody else at home

some bs right there , run them next time they knock on my door

you try do a nice thing to make a dog happy and get punished for working lol

muddypaws

There are other rescues in Dublin that may rehome to you. Was it a puppy that you were looking at? If so, I don't think any reputable rescue will rehome to someone that is out all day, as the pup would miss out on vital socialisation etc. Unless the dog went to doggy day care.

It is a difficult one for rescues and welfare organisations, as obviously the dog's well being is the most important thing, but, as you say, you need to work, otherwise how can you pay for vets etc.

Check out some of the smaller rescues near you, and have a good chat with them.

Best of luck

Toulouse

This has been discussed before.

Unless you are going to make some alternative arrangements for the dog while you are at work then no reputable rescue will rehome a dog to someone who is gone all day.

However if you are prepared to employ a dog-walker or send the dog to day-care then there are some rescues who will rehome to you.

At the end of the day rescues are not in the people pleasing business, their priority is the welfare of the dog they are rehoming.

borderlinemeath

Have a look through the forum at all the posts complaining of "dog left alone all day and constantly barking". Unless there's an arrangement in place with a dog walker or a family member calling in to socialise and break up the day for the dog, then it's really not in the dogs best interests to be rehomed to a home where they get no interaction for the main part of the day. For a lot of dogs it's the reason they may be in rescue in the first place - left alone all day leads to boredom - digging, chewing, nuisance barking, escaping and roaming - not the idyllic version of dog ownership that the novice owner imagines.

Eircom_Sucks

yeah its ok i earn a fortune to pay a dog walker and doggy day care

but leave the dog in a glass confinement pretty much all day looking at strangers

VonVix

Ah here, you know that's quite the exaggeration now.

It's simply a priority for them that dogs/puppies who get adopted out aren't spending hours at home by themselves, it's not realistic for a lot of the adult dogs who are looking for a home, be it separation anxiety or risk of destructive behaviours if left alone for an excessive amount of time. And it's especially not realistic if someone is adopting a puppy/adolescent.

borderlinemeath

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

yeah its ok i earn a fortune to pay a dog walker and doggy day care

but leave the dog in a glass confinement pretty much all day looking at strangers

That's a fairly myopic view of rescue tbh. Most rescues will use fosters to assess the dogs in their care, some of the larger rescue centres will have staff that socialise and walk the dogs, they're not left on display like commodities.

As I said, a family member could come in and out to the dog during the day, or the dog could be dropped to the family member and picked up on the way home. TBH, if you don't have something in place and you work full time then getting a labrador puppy as per your other thread would be a disaster for the pup.

bpmurray

Dogs are social animals - it's completely unnatural for them to be on their own from 9 to 5, or possibly longer. Unless you can provide the correct environment, it's actually better for them to hang around in a homing centre with company than being left alone at home.

Chloris

I don't know much about dogs but would it make a difference if you adopted two of them to keep each other company?