Foster Home Needed

[BigJim&Kate]

Well done    

We're Def thinking about signing up for fostering.  

[Joelf]

I'm so glad this poor dog will have a lovely Christmas with you Lyn.
He deserves a bit of love & kindness in his life.

[PennyB]

Well done   

We're Def thinking about signing up for fostering. 

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Just a thought, be aware that the best rescues who do this often require your own dogs to be neutered when they are at an age they can be (as you often have to take in dogs before they are neutered, plus their philosophy is bound to be pro-neutering anyway)!

[Elisa]

Lyn, I think youre an angel.  Well done.  

Have a great xmas!  

[lyn]

hi all,well things are not good here with bayley so far he has attacked millie and tried to bite myself and jim and bobby the cat,but worse still he tried to attack my 15 year old son mike.obviously he cannot stay as i cannot have millie frightened.paddy loves him and bayley loves paddy,i suspect this is the problem but when he starts to go for us its like fear aggression not him being naughty.i feel such a failure and poor bayley will have to be moved again tomorrow.looks like he will go to the rescue where they can work on him for a while.
mike has had to go stay at his friends he was so shocked all he did was walk into the kitchen and bayley flew at him luckily he still had his harness on and i managed to get hold of it in time(thats when he tried to get me).luckily for millie he is wearing a cone collar and so he couldn't actually get hold of her but she wet herself   bless her she has had so much to put up with in her past and now this.have to say though paddy is gonna be heartbroken.

[Annette]

Oh, Lyn, I'm so sorry.

I do think you are right in not trying to hang onto him though. What a shame, he looks so lovely.

[louisamoss]

Oh its such a shame. Poor you.
I hope he gets sorted, poor thing he must be so distressed.

I agree you can't put your family at riskx

[lyn]

Oh its such a shame. Poor you.
I hope he gets sorted, poor thing he must be so distressed.

I agree you can't put your family at riskx

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well tbh we could keep out of his way to see if he would settle but he hates millie.i don't understand it.now if he hated mad paddy that would make some sense but they love each other(literally paddy was flirting with bayley and then bayley tried to hump paddy) i just feel i have let him down and i am really upset for the poor little fella.paddy will sulk for weeks i think he really has taken a shine and seemed to have found another dog with as much energy as he has.

[cindere528]

So sorry it didn't work out .  At least you tried

[PennyB]

Why a dog doesn't like another dog is anyone's guess really. Sorry it didn't work out (fostering doesn't always I'm afraid for all sorts of reasons).

[louisamoss]

I was including Millie in your family!  I agree it really isn't nice for her to be so worried. On the otherhand there may be a chance it will settle down over time but it doesn't look like it right now and therefore I don't think you have much choice.

     

[*Jay*]

I'm sorry to hear things aren't working out Lyn  Poor Millie - hope she isn't too shaken up by the incident.

Don't feel bad that things didn't work out - thats just the risk you take when taking in foster/rescue dogs. Sometimes they will work out and sometimes they won't.

[silkstocking]

I'm sorry it didn't work out

[ajs]

It is a shame but thanks ever so much for trying for him Lyn. We do appreciate it. I hope it won't put you off fostering again. (I have PMed you on DP)

We will pop Bayley into kennels over xmas (we have actually freed up a space today that we hadn't anticipated which is a relief), which will give him some space and give us some time to consider quite which of our experienced foster homes is going to be the best for his needs.

He clearly has not been properly socialised and need to learn some appropriate behaviours and be trained out of his inapproprite response patterns. I am sure he must be feeling very unsettled and is probably quite stressed as he has been through a lot of change in a few days.  He will probably need some fairly long term attention to sort him out. It will not be a quick fix I don't think.

So sorry you have had to put up with the problems Lyn, but we will have him back tomorrow.

Have a restful xmas!

[lyn]

It is a shame but thanks ever so much for trying for him Lyn. We do appreciate it. I hope it won't put you off fostering again. (I have PMed you on DP)

We will pop Bayley into kennels over xmas (we have actually freed up a space today that we hadn't anticipated which is a relief), which will give him some space and give us some time to consider quite which of our experienced foster homes is going to be the best for his needs.

He clearly has not been properly socialised and need to learn some appropriate behaviours and be trained out of his inapproprite response patterns. I am sure he must be feeling very unsettled and is probably quite stressed as he has been through a lot of change in a few days.  He will probably need some fairly long term attention to sort him out. It will not be a quick fix I don't think.

So sorry you have had to put up with the problems Lyn, but we will have him back tomorrow.

Have a restful xmas!

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oh alison i only blame myself not anyone else, and certainly not you.i have just spoken with sara and she is going to try and pick him up in the morning at about 9.i don't think paddy is ever going to forgive me(i think pads may be gay )i think bayley has attached himself to paddy and he is protecting him from everyone else.if millie were not here i would perservere because you can see he is going to make a great dog for someone.if you had been beaten for nothing you would prob react in a similar way.this will NOT put me off fostering in fact the reverse is true i am more determined than ever.if bayley had been socialised from an early age he wouldn't have the problems faced now.it's so sad. he is sleeping now,when i came upstairs bayley was asleep in the store room,paddy is asleep in bed with jim and millie howled the house down(must be the shock she hasn't done that since the first week)but she is now asleep and snoring her little head off on the sofa.