Guide Dogs - What Were They Thinking?

[Tilly]

It is a shame you didn't get her details ... I think the ideal solution would be a dog lover who lives close by who can't have a dog (living in a rental or unit etc) but has the time and energy to help out with obedience and exercise. That way they would both get the best out of the arrangements.

[KismetKat]

I know the dog's name - perhaps I can get Council to contact her to get in touch with me.

[pipsqueak]

I know the dog's name - perhaps I can get Council to contact her to get in touch with me.

If you know the dog's name and approx age and rough area she is in, I would be calling the Guide Dogs and explaining the situation to them and ask if it is possible for them to do a follow up on the dog, to make sure everything is okay.

[KismetKat]

I know the dog's name - perhaps I can get Council to contact her to get in touch with me.

If you know the dog's name and approx age and rough area she is in, I would be calling the Guide Dogs and explaining the situation to them and ask if it is possible for them to do a follow up on the dog, to make sure everything is okay.

That's a worry tho - what if they want her to relinquish the dog? She loves it to bits! She just needs more help.

What they REALLY need to look at is their process for homing dogs.

[Lab lady]

The dogs behaviour at home could be quite different to that at the dog park.

I have 2 young labs who have really surprised me in the last week.

My mum is recovering from major spinal surgery and also uses a walking frame, she stopped by my place the other day to see the dogs ( her grandkids )as she had not seen them for a month and normally they get very excited to see my parents but they behaved in a very calm manner never once pushing or jumped up to greet her. When she walks around they just walked very calmly by her side. Having said that i have don't believe they would remain so calm in a dog park environment.

It does seem odd to place such a young dog with a couple of that age but we don't know all the detail here.

[Jeff Jones]

Sadly this is the second story along these lines I've heard this week. The other one is to do with a failed police dog that my sister and brother in law took into their home.

They thought it was a good way to get a 'free' dog and because she was 'too lazy' to make a police dog it would be a good idea. The dog is beautiful, fantastic temperament, great with the kids and is bored out of its skull and is now chewing everything in sight.

The solution - she has to go. Poor puppy will be bumped on to another home with no idea about whether the home is suitable or not. GRRRRRRRRRR...........I know it would be difficult for them to make the time to train the dog and I know that they know they have made a bad decision, but I just hate to see the dog suffer for their (and the original rehomer's) stupidity.

I would be interested to know the details and person involved with the re homing of this dog, I have known the person in charge of the QLD Police Dog Squad for quite sometime and this does not sound right to me.

ETA: Just to clarify things, did your friend get this "failed police dog" from someone working for the QLD Police Dog Squad or did they obtain the dog from someone not working for QP who said the dog tried out for the Dog Squad and failed?.

Edited March 11, 2010 by Jeff Jones