Dear Padfoot,
If Patsy's homing doesn't work out, please be aware that the Blue Cross have a centre at Bromsgrove - phone 0121 453 3130. The circumstances under which she bit someone were totally weird to say the least, and there may be a chance that we have someone, somewhere on our books who would love to have her and be the right sort of owner.
The Blue Cross is sort of like a dating agency if you like, in that we take lots of details from potentail owners, and the same from potential adopters, and then they have to talk at length with our Staff and have a home visit - on the upside, all our re-homed dogs are neutered if they are old enough (if not, the adopter is contractually obligated to do that when the time comes), microchipped, vaccinated, wormed and de-flea'd, plus the owners have access to our behaviouralists if ever/whenever they need help. If things don't work out, the Blue Cross will ALWAYS take back an animal which is no longer wanted.
Cockers don't arrive here very often - when they do, they are re-homed very quickly. Springers are usually the spaniels that come in because owners have misjudged their capability to own such a demanding dog !
Good Luck ! Sue xx
