We love children and for that reason we want to keep them safe. There is an assumption made that rescue centres do not like young children, that is very much untrue. We are unlikely to receive many (if any) applications for these dogs. These are just a few examples of the dogs that we have with us in rescue, none of these are unusual cases for us.
Some will need further toilet training, to attend training classes and can take a long time to settle into the forever home. Many of the rescue dogs are emotionally damaged or have come from breeders so need to learn the most basic things such as living in a home rather than a kennel. Is it fair to blame the rescue centres for this?Įxpectations of late seem to be that taking on a rescue dog will be the same as the experience had with a previous dog that was purchased as a puppy. Clearly that leaves 199 unsuccessful applicants. If we do have a younger dog available for adoption that doesn’t have known health problems, then we can receive 200 applications. When we post their biographies to make them available for adoption we rarely receive a single suitable application because they are a lot to take on. Generally speaking, they are older dogs with multiple, complex health problems and/or serious behavioural problems. We have posted a few times already about the type of Cavaliers that have been surrendered into rescue since the start of the pandemic.
Some are even blaming rescue centres for being pushed into buying a puppy from an abhorrent breeder. We have also noticed rescue centres, including ours, being berated on social media as they do not have a rescue dog available for them to adopt. Most UK rescues currently have less dogs than before the pandemic and have many less dogs available than there are adoption enquiries.
Breeders are hanging on to their dogs so that they can produce extra litters. We rarely have young, healthy Cavaliers in rescue.ĭue to the substantial rise in the cost of purchasing a Cavalier puppy/younger dog we believe that many are being sold on rather than being relinquished into rescue centres. The vast majority of enquires are from members of the public wanting young, healthy Cavaliers. The number has lessened but rises around the end of each month coinciding with pay day. We have had a lot of adoption enquiries recently, well really since the pandemic began.