Dogs being surrendered

Yea selfish idiots or just a bit dim in the head.

I think a lot of dogs are abandoned when people realise the cost of keeping a dog, and a lot of the puppy farm dogs are inbred which in turn leads to increased health problems and hefty vet bills

The elephant in the room that nobody ever mentions is that plenty of these are 'failed' gambling dogs. Lurchers and greyhounds form an extraordinary amount of the dogs for adoption in pretty much any shelter. <People who breed them> are great at dumping those that are too slow or otherwise unsuitable. Better than using them as bait dogs for blooding the fighting dogs, I suppose.

Mod edit: post edited to remove racial comment. Do not use this forum to vent on such matters.

Thanks,

DBB

Just talking about celebrities and their dogs, it's also worth pointing out the ones who act responsibly and take a rescue dog, despite obviously having the means to get a designer puppy or a pure breed.

Of course because they are decent responsible people, despite being famous, we probably don't hear as much about that happening. One I know of is through an Irish guy I follow on twitter, Niall Harbison, who started out feeding street dogs in Thailand. I won't put a link as I don't know if that's allowed but he's on twitter and instagram.

Anyway, they sometimes have to rescue street dogs if they're too young/too old/too soft to go back to the streets, and not long ago, one of the families who adopted one of their dogs was Liam Gallagher from Oasis - he just applied same as anyone, didn't pull any strings or anything.

Someone else, who's less well-known in Ireland is a former BBC broadcaster, Rory Cellan-Jones, who posts about how they've been dealing with the young dog they adopted from Romania who has terrible anxiety issues. They didn't give up on her though, they've worked with her and brought in a dog trainer and have made amazing progress. His posts are on twitter too, Sophie from Romania, if anyone's interested.

(Not entirely sure it would encourage people to adopt from Romania TBH, as not everyone has the means to put into working with a dog with deep-seated issues, but it's important to realise what having a dog means. And it might encourage people to adopt closer to home, where you can get to know the dog beforehand.)