Cam & Cam

Appears that the experiences expressed have opened a few cans of worms. Task at hand now is to help our new addition settled and to know and feel safe again. We have a fair bit of work to do, but we knew that this would more than likely be the case. Taking it all in our stride. He has issues, but we work with him to overcome them. I hope that some time in the future, rescue groups can come together to form a common goal, being the best home for the animal, be it a cat dog rodent fish bird .. In the meantime, we will do what we can to support our local rescue groups.

@Powerlegs, firstly, we offered to pay all costs for the dog so the volunteer group were not out of pocket, as we know they struggle. As would have been the case had we have bought a dog off Gumtree, which is where we were having to find another dog from. If that was wrong, then my bad. We figured we were taking responsibility for another member of our family and trying to lessen the burden of another group. I contacted the group that initially advertised him as needing a home and they referred me elsewhere. They did not advise of a location or pound contact details. I contacted people elsewhere and none of my messages were ever responded too. So I did not have the opportunity to ask anyone to 'facilitate' this for us. It was by chance another group saw my request elsewhere and stepped in to assist the dog, at the 11th hour as no one else had offered to re-home this, and several other dogs. As for the other Rotti mentioned being in care for 6 months and it being too long, that was a plea from another group and it was them that stated he had been in care far too long. In fact he had been with 3 groups before a friend advised me of his existence and need for a home. Secondly, I was merely expressing my experiences with various rescue groups that we had tried to deal with, as per the original author of the thread, KittyKat. What I found frustrating was the reasons for our applications not being considered and some were quite personal: * I was overweight so how can I be expected to look after a dog and walk the dog daily * I am not a stay at home mum * You have a cat * You have another dog * You are renovating * My husband is not home enough I found the process quite overwhelming and the knockbacks were at times quite personal. What was acceptable for one group was not for another. I think if all the groups could agree on and work with a minimum standard, that would help those wanting to foster and adopt. As I said, I do appreciate the work that rescue groups do, and I am the first to acknowledge that I could not do it, for various reasons. It would just be a much easier process for both sides if everyone was on the same page with the same criteria and the same goals. But that is all just another seven experiences in total from an outsider.

Early April, it was brought to my attention that there was a Rotti that was needing re-homing desperately. For some reason this Rotti had been in foster care for too long, about 6 months I believe. We have been looking for a Rotti since about November 2014. So I filled out the application and it was responded too within 15 minutes. I was advised that we were not being considered for 2 reasons. 1. We have a cat and the Rotti was untested with cats. 2. Our girl was not yet desexed (the Rotti is a desexed male). I queried these reasons and was basically advised the following: Untested with cats: We have a 15yo cat and a prey driven Rotti. Cat hates other animals and Rotti loves to play with anything that is small and move and makes a noise. As responsible pet owners, we keep them separated. We are aware of this. As a responsible rescue organisation they are being responsible by never re-homing untested dogs with cats. So, what if I did not declare my cat and was accepted to adopt the dog and then got a cat? Does that make me irresponsible? How are you going to know what they are ok with other animals f you don't expose them with supervision? Doesn't interaction with other animals at all levels educate the dog and enhance their experiences? I have a tropical fist tank with 36 fish and the girl Rotti loves watching them. Perhaps that is another 36 reasons to not consider an application. Wont be considered until desexing is at least 6 months prior: But the dog being adopted is already de-sexed. A week's leave has already been taken to have the girl de-sexed. They are not going to have puppies. Either side have complete bitches as well so the pheromones will be in the air anyway and all three bitches (mine included) have different cycles. So does that mean that neighbours have to have their bitches de-sexed as well as pheromones travel. Ask every complete dog within a 1km radius of our place. I appreciate that when a rescue group are re-homing their animals, they need to ensure that the dogs are going to good homes. I admire all that they do. I for one will be the first to admit that I could not do it. But why cant a good home be one that has real life things and real life situations and real life experiences? I am not saying re-home the dog with any home and any family. Just loosen the red tape a little and you know what? You might just find the perfect family and environment for the right dog, regardless of the time of day they are in their jim jams, regardless of the routine of the 4 adults in the house who are all on different shift, regardless of the cat or no cat. As it happens, we have just adopted a male Rotti last week that was on death row. We have undertaken to pay for all desexing and vaccinations and transfer of chip and council registration. The rescue group have taken our situation into account and believe that despite all this, we can offer this new boy a good home. We contacted six people of the closest rescue group to this fella and not one had replied or acknowledged my messages. I then went and met with another owner who was selling their boy and against my better judgment I offered to buy their boy. Later that night another rescue group, whom I had not been in contact with previously, had the boy pulled form death row, for us. Biggest risk was to take ownership of a dog that you had never met, or met once. We contacted the other dog owners and explained to them the situation and they accepted that I would now step away from purchasing their boy for this one that really needed a home. We now have two Rottis and all is going well. Loosen the strings and little and you never know what you might find. Cheers Cam & Cam Evie & Bear

So this is a scenario based on something I have seen recently. I have seen images and footage and she looks uncomfortable. I have never seen undercarriage and nipples like this, hence why I am curious. Yes she is now de-sexed, about 4 months ago. Yes she has a massively saggy undercarriage. And for the record, there are some women would love a breast reduction :) Thanks Cam

Hi, Bitch used in a puppy farm scenario a few years ago has huge sagging nipples. She is a gorgeous girl and has since been rescued. Wondering, can she have any procedures to reduce her extremely sagging nipples? Thanks Cam