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Cocker Specific Discussion => Rescue Cockers => Topic started by: harrison on September 11, 2008, 07:09:46 PM

Title: giving a cocker a new home
Post by: harrison on September 11, 2008, 07:09:46 PM

hello to all my name is peter, this is my first posting here. i am looking to give a home to a cocker spanniel. about 2 years old, maybe older depends on dog. i have an 11 year old springer that we took in at the age of 5yrs. he`s ok with other dogs gets a bit jealous sometimes, but good natured. we also have a couple of cats. i live in surrey. i have registared with cocker rescue but they pointed me here so i thought i`d give it a try. thanks peter

Title: Re: giving a cocker a new home
Post by: doughy on September 11, 2008, 07:21:03 PM

Welcome to col hope you find you new friend soon !

Title: Re: giving a cocker a new home
Post by: harrison on September 11, 2008, 09:18:56 PM

thanks for the welcome. peter

Title: Re: giving a cocker a new home
Post by: louis mum on September 11, 2008, 09:49:29 PM

Welcome.  :D

I have an 8 month old show type.

Enjoy the forum. There is a thread just put on with a 2 yr old in rescue if you havnt spotted it yet.

Title: Re: giving a cocker a new home
Post by: harrison on September 11, 2008, 09:56:18 PM

thanks just had a look. i would think she will go to someone local but will get in touch thanks. what the differents between show type working type ect. peter

Title: Re: giving a cocker a new home
Post by: louis mum on September 11, 2008, 09:59:38 PM

Oooh a lot. Have a look here. http://www.cockersonline.co.uk/discuss/index.php?topic=40635.0

Hope that link works I am rubbish.  :005:

Title: Re: giving a cocker a new home
Post by: harrison on September 11, 2008, 10:08:35 PM

thanks link worked ok wow what a differents. peter

Title: Re: giving a cocker a new home
Post by: Cob-Web on September 11, 2008, 10:14:18 PM

Rescue dogs can be a bit of an unknown quantity sometimes; their ancestry may be unknown, and could be mixture of show-working  :-\
I don't think that it is unfair to say that dogs which end up in rescue tend to be those which have not been bred responsibly - so it is less likely that they have been bred with consideration given to temperament, regardless of ancestry/strain  :-\

Title: Re: giving a cocker a new home
Post by: harrison on September 16, 2008, 07:23:13 AM

bring to top

Title: Re: giving a cocker a new home
Post by: Nicola on September 16, 2008, 01:25:09 PM

Your best bet is to keep watching the rescue board here and if you see a dog you think might be suitable then the rescue details are always posted with it so you can give them a call to discuss the dog further. That's how I found Tilly, somebody put a thread on her on here and I rang the rescue as soon as I saw it. Another site which you could look at is www.dogpages.org.uk which is the largest dog rehoming site in the country and is updated every day. Good luck!

Title: Re: giving a cocker a new home
Post by: harrison on September 16, 2008, 02:13:35 PM

thanks i must relaxe and wait for the right dog. i have made contact about finn fingers crossed. peter

Title: Re: giving a cocker a new home
Post by: Nicola on September 16, 2008, 04:08:17 PM

Good luck! I met Finn when I stayed at Jo's for a few days recently and he's a nice boy.