8-10 yr. old setter in the Toronto Shelter. Was dumped by a private hunting club. : http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-pets-dogs...AdIdZ564959421
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8-10 yr. old setter in the Toronto Shelter. Was dumped by a private hunting club. : http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-pets-dogs...AdIdZ564959421
Brutal.
Didn't someone post this same dog on here in the spring looking for a home for him?
http://www.oodmag.com/community/show...160#post650160
http://www.oodmag.com/community/show...518#post677518
So before we go blaming the hunt club for "dumping" him it appears that some one had adopted the dog from the club then got rid of him after the fact.
I correct myself...it is with a rescue group. I am not sure this is the same dog.
Has the same facial markings on his face and his feet and the story seems very similar the one in the spring had nipped a child and this one is for an adult home. The dog shares the same name "Bella"
Same dog.
I was in touch with the owner who was looking to re-home the dog during a but of divorce drama. It's Bella alright. Originally from Griffiths Island.
im sure the original owner would be ticked to see the dog back out for adoption.
It would be good starter dog to have. To bad the odds of them re homing the dog out to a hunter is probably slim to none.
I was thinking the same thing. I'd love to give the guy a home, but can't at the moment.
Asked my wife.. She said I can find a new place to live if I do.
So.. Anyone know of any apartments?
Seems to be the same dog. Discussion with the owner where suspect, felt he was using the dog as a pawn to get himself a puppy.
Really?Quote:
Originally Posted by finsfurfeathers
when I spoke to him last year, he indicated that the dog " nipped" his 6 year old when the boy startled it while sleeping. His estranged wife was making a big deal of it though. So he was seeking a good home for Bella.
The first time he tried to get rid of it was in may 2013 then in August he posted the puppy deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebulldog
I posted both links to the two threads he started about Bella if anyone wants more info. People who know setters and the original owner say it is possibly a well bred dog.
Guy seemed quite shady. First reported dog was 7 ended up being closer to 9. Was told given away to a hunter, then just lent out. Then the dog was at a girlfriends.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebulldog
Hmmm.
And now poor old Bella is at a rescue.
Darn it. I wish I could have given him a home.
Already have a mature dog and need to be thinking about raising a puppy so can't give him a home. Was very tempted when I first looked into it just didn't trust the guy. Dog seems to have a good resume just unfortunate not to have found the right owner.
One more sad story. I'd take her but 3 dogs is the max in my city + vet expenses can be high for a dog getting old and I don't have the money. The fault lies at the gun club's feet.You don't get rid of a dog because it is old; I don't care who you are.
In this case I believe the gun club tried to rehome the dog with a new owner. The new owner I sense just wanted the dog to flip it for a puppyQuote:
Originally Posted by Sharon
Sharon why would it be the fault of the gun club ? They gave the dog a home that they thought would be his "retirement" home its not there fault that the guy turned out to be shady. The op should not even mention the hunt club at all as this has nothing to do with them what so ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharon
I hear you , but rehoming a 9 year old is SO hard on a dog. Surely they could have cared for it for another 3-4 years. The dog had given them good service for 7+ years- helped them to make $$$$.They also knew it had no experience with children. Just not something I'd do.
Yep, brutal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharon
Rehoming a 9 year old dog isn't that hard on them. I believe that dogs don't experience the passage of time the same way we do. They live in the now, they don't pine for the good old days. Dogs remember people and places but they don't think "It's been 2 months since I have been here". Society today treats dogs like furry little people and imposes all kinds of human emotions on dogs that they don't have. If you take this dog home and treat it like a dog and not a furry little person it will make the transition within a month. My first dogs were rehomed trial dogs at 6 and 8 years old. These dogs weren't crying in their pillow every night because dogs don't dwell on the past, the transition was very quick and went very well.
This operation did the right thing in trying to rehome this dog once she was too old to perform her duties. It is far better to give this dog a chance at a new life or take it back behind the barn than to leave in in a kennel for retirement and have it's brain fried due to lack of mental stimulation.
Good points Jakezilla - especially if the dog went from a place where he wasn't being hunted that much to one where he was the only dog and the star hunter.
I emailed the adoption place on their policy on placing dogs in Hunting homes and they are fine with a dog being placed in one.
Lol ...Quote:
Originally Posted by topher