Looking for a friend for Joe

[dawnie]

Hello - this is my first posting. We lost our (nearly) 11 year old male blue roan cocker, Jasper, 10 days ago. He became sick at the turn of the year, was diagnosed with jaundice and a barrage of tests failed to identify the cause. Finally the vet decided on surgery and then we found an inoperable tumor. We had to let Jasper go and we are only just beginning to get over it. 

We still have Joe, Jasper's litter mate, another blue roan boy. We want to find a friend for Joe - he and his brother had been together from birth. Joe's picked up over the last couple of days but we really feel he should have some dog company of his own. Some say a puppy, others say a laid back male, still others say an older female. The most important thing for us is that it works for Joe and whichever dog we can bring into our home. You seem like people who really know and care for cockers and we'd really appreciate any help you could give us to find a friend for Joe and a new dog for us to care for also.

Thank you all.

[suzysu]

I am so sorry to hear of your loss    Run free Jasper 

I hope you will be able to find a new baby soon x

[marbledmolly]

Hi - what a sad time for you,

We've just introduced a second dog into our family last week  and that was because we could be faceing the fact of  losing our border collie within the next few years or so.  We ended up having a rescue cocker from Many Tears.

The best thing i can say is make sure you are 110% ready to add a new dog into your life. Then when introducing a new dog for the first time - take your dog for a walk first before the introduction to drain some energy, then  take them both for a good walk together, and i mean just walk -  at quite a quick pace.  And then they will hopefully they will accept each other a lot better and quicker.

A word of caution though if you are seriously thinging of taking on a rescue dog, they are not a quick fix to replacing the dog that was lost (but hopefully you are alredy aware of that). We've just taken on a ex-breeding bitch who was never been housetrained, never walked on a lead, never been in a house and heard a hoover etc, never known how to play - they are a lot of work, and a lot of time and commitment is needed.

best of luck finding your new friend

[jarbaha]

so sorry to hear about your loss.
please take time to get over the loss of your jasper. losing anydog, you never replace it,  but they definatley help to fill a little gap in your heart.

i wish you luck, and hope you find your new friend.

[*kimbo*]

I am sorry to hear about your loss. Where abouts in the country are you? I have recently helped someone like you with finding a new Cocker. Keep your eyes peeled on here and scan the local rescue pages. Also phone the coordinator for Cocker rescue in your area. Let us know exactly what you are looking for, age, sex ect and we will all try and keep an eye out. Good luck xx

[Tasha]

so sorry about your loss   If you contact cockerspaniel rescue they have some lovely dogs in.  If you go for an older female rather than a pup or another male it might be a little easier on your household. 

These are the contact info for the club rescue services:

http://www.thecockerspanielclub.co.uk/rescue.htm

and these are the dogs pages:

http://www.dogpages.org.uk/breeds2.htm

If you contact your local representative they should be able to help you.  Look forward to hearing about your new addition.

[dawnie]

Hello everyone - thank you so very much for all of your kind responses. We are very mindful that we cannot replace Jasper and we appreciate the insights.  Location wise, we are based in Beckenham, Kent, so I will also contact The Cocker Spaniel Club Southern Area Rescue Co-ordinator to ask for their help.

The consensus seems to be pointing to an older female but we also take on board the comments about dealing with an ex-breeding bitch. We really don't want to get this wrong and know it's a big decision, particularly to ensure that Joe isn't more upset than he has been by losing his brother.  We never expected to be in this position yet because we didn't expect to lose Jaspie yet, so we are feeling our way with this.

We'll let you know how we get on but in the meantime please do keep a look out for us. Thank you all.

[marbledmolly]

I don't know how far you are willing to travel but Many Tears have just had a 4 year old Ex-breading cocker in "Annabel"  - black and white - she looks gorgeous

http://www.freewebs.com/manytearsrescue/dogslookingforhomes.htm

We had a 7 hour round trip to fetch Remy from there last week, and it was well worth it.

[dawnie]

Thank you. We have sent them an e-mail so we'll let you know.

[dawnie]

Annabel is already being home vetted. Spencer at Foal Farm is going home today. We will keep looking for a friend for Joe.

Thanks

[Tasha]

did you contact the club rescue?? would you consider another breed?? I know that weimaraner club rescue have an awful lot of dogs in at the moment...

[dawnie]

Hi there. We did contact the Cocker Spaniel Club rescue - in the southern region it seems that they have 1 10 year old blue roan male cocker. This feels too close to our recent loss so we don't feel able to take that forward. We do really want to have another cocker so I guess we'll just keep looking.

Many thanks

[SarahS]

Hi there. We did contact the Cocker Spaniel Club rescue - in the southern region it seems that they have 1 10 year old blue roan male cocker. This feels too close to our recent loss so we don't feel able to take that forward. We do really want to have another cocker so I guess we'll just keep looking.

Many thanks

Please look at four paws animal rescue.  They have a lovely looking girl. I can't get her out of my mind. The family are emigrating - it would be like leaving one of my children behind. She looks beautiful.  I so know how you feel, we lost our cocker last June and it is heart breaking. Everyone said to wait before getting another. We lasted until October, but our new Reggie has helped to fill a huge void in our hearts. It as been hard.  If someone else doesn't give this beauty a home, I know I'll be tempted but Reggie is too young.  Good luck and I hope you feel a little better soon. I never knew it was possible to cry so much. My husband said it was worse than when his dad died and they were close!  Think his dad would have something to say about that! I like to think him and Marmy are together.

[wend]

Have you seen 'Baby' at 'Allbreeds Rescue'

[dawnie]

Thank you for both of these leads on Baby and Holly - we have e-mailed for both. We totally understand the comment about crying so much - even two and a half weeks on we can't stop ourselves welling up.

Let's hope for some luck with one - or even both! - of these beautiful girls.

Thank you