What pets have you had? Post pics of your pets, previous or now. Why do I love my pet so much?

[CapMan]

What's a breeder rescue?

If it's like the UK, there are some racing greyhound trainers who rehome their own dogs once retired. More commonly they end up in rehoming centres like our boy or sometimes are left to a worse fate. The industry in the UK doesn't require that owners or trainers provide a meaningful amount of lifetime support for a dog once their 2-3 years of racing ends and are no longer economically viable.

Our local rescue proactively go out to racing kennels to get dogs and will never put a healthy dog down. Some of the best and most kind people you'll ever meet.

 

[Matt34]

What's a breeder rescue?

It's kind of ugly but here it is.

They have over time and through developing relationships, worked out a system to adopt unwanted puppy mill dogs that would have otherwise been disposed of, either because they can't be sold due to imperfections in the breed standard or females that can't have puppies anymore.

Our rescue travels all over the Midwest in a sprinter van and sometimes comes back with over 35-40 dogs per trip. They are a pretty amazing couple in their 70's.

Our Dogs — Breeder Release Adoption Service

r3erescue.org

 

[Multicore]

If it's like the UK, there are some racing greyhound trainers who rehome their own dogs once retired. More commonly they end up in rehoming centres like our boy or sometimes are left to a worse fate. The industry in the UK doesn't require that owners or trainers provide a meaningful amount of lifetime support for a dog once their 2-3 years of racing ends and are no longer economically viable.

Our local rescue proactively go out to racing kennels to get dogs and will never put a healthy dog down. Some of the best and most kind people you'll ever meet.

Thanks. That makes sense for racing dogs. Now go have another look at the pics in Matt34's post and you might get why I'm still a bit confused.

 

[CapMan]

Thanks. That makes sense for racing dogs. Now go have another look at the pics in Matt34's post and you might get why I'm still a bit confused.

Will do.

 

[Multicore]

It's kind of ugly but here it is.

They have over time and through developing relationships, worked out a system to adopt unwanted puppy mill dogs that would have otherwise been disposed of, either because they can't be sold due to imperfections in the breed standard or females that can't have puppies anymore.

Our rescue travels all over the Midwest in a sprinter van and sometimes comes back with over 35-40 dogs per trip. They are a pretty amazing couple in their 70's.

Our Dogs — Breeder Release Adoption Service

r3erescue.org

I see. Thanks for the explanation.

Here in the north east things are a bit different. I don't know the whole history but some combination of activism and state legislation led to the current situation in which there is a greater demand for dogs, especially puppies, in the region than the indigenous supply. Here in Mass the situation is most strict. There are no pet shops, only pet supply shops, and people who want to buy a pup from a breeder go out of state. So the mutts are nearly all either imported from outside the region, mostly from the south and islands, or traded privately, which some people here disapprovingly call backyard breeding. It's weird. I grew up in the UK where backyard breeding was the normal way to obtain a pup and it had certain advantages, like getting to know the mother, its home environment and people, perhaps the father. I volunteer at a local shelter/rescue operation and once took part in a transportation event. I drove my car onto the apron at an airport to meet a plane that unloaded lots of pups in crates and drove them to a shelter. So the activism of decades ago set up a regional imbalance that led to a specialized transport economy to bring mutts from in Alabama (Zeno) and Georgia (Lucy) etc to Mass.

 

[WillBrink]

Yes they are - although ours is getting on in years and prefers his PJs and a good sofa now

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Pretty. I lost my older girl at 14 not long ago. She was a special dog. The two in the pics I posted at 5 (brindle) and 2 (black) and lots of fun to watch them play. Then sleep of course. I try to tell people they're like having a big cat, but they don't believe me. I was never really a dog person until I met a GH.

 

[CapMan]

Pretty. I lost my older girl at 14 not long ago

I'm so sorry hear about your loss, your current "pups" look fantastic.

 

[WillBrink]

I'm so sorry hear about your loss, your current "pups" look fantastic.

They're a lot fun and a lot of work. I'd like to have a farm with 10 or so retired GHs.

 

[Killingbeans]

Our lovely Leo got hit by a car last summer...

But now we have Lucas. He turns one year this month:

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We were looking for an extra scratching post for Lucas a few months back. Found one on the local equivalent to Craigslist, but it came with a free kitten + all of its toys, food and so on. Reason for selling: The kitten was supposedly "insane". We responded with great interest and braced ourselves for receiving a little destroyer, but to our surprise he has so far turned out to be a complete angel compared to how Lucas was at that age. Possibly because they now both have a brother to let some steam out on.


Louis:

Louis and Lucas looking out a window: