Hi there, I'm looking for some advice. I am hoping to adopt a dog from the council pound, currently in waiting period for the owner to come for her. I have a thought that won't leave my mind and thought you guys might be able to help.
If her owner doesn't come for her and I can bring her home with me, what would happen if the owner recognises her at a later date, say I'm out walking her etc. Would they have any legal claim to her? She was found wandering free, no id tag or chip, if that helps. I would like to hope that there is someone looking for her, and against my own dreams, contacts the pound and collects her (as she is absolutley gorgeous) as she is worth looking for. But if this doesn't happen I think that we could offer her a loving life, I would hate to have to give her up in the future. Sorry for rambleing but I hope I've been able to explain my worries... the possibility is small, I realise, but Sheffield is a funny place, like that, and it wouldn't surprise me if it did happen.
Thanks in advance.
Tammii.

I've often wondered the same about my dog, but he came from Cliff Kennels so he may have been from further afield originally.

I would think that the adoption papers you sign when you adopt him will give you legal ownership if anything ever happened, as he is then your responsibility, just keep the paperwork safe :)

thanks for that, my thoughts about the paperwork are the same but it still lingers in the back (come to think of it, front) of my mind.

I dislike waiting immensley, just want the time to be up... would love to take her home... although my cat has other ideas and has claimed the bed that's waiting for her. lol

No name on collar, no chip, no one making inquiries after her....? I am sure she will be a lucky dog to be adopted by you...her last owners could have found her by now if they realy wanted her . I wish you much love and fun when you eventually bring her HOME.

thank you Twirly, I've got to get through tomorrow... got everything crossed that the only call I get from the pound is to arrange a time for me to pick her up on Saturday. Will update this thread with how it goes.

:D got the call I was waiting for, we can collect her tomorrow!!!! :D Will do a proper introduction to the group later this weekend, myself restraint has kicked in as I was going to say tomorrow but i know me I'll be too busy making friends with our new Doggie. :)

good luck with the dog. Its so nice to hear a a good result for a change. I hope you will all be very happy. :thumbsup:

:D got the call I was waiting for, we can collect her tomorrow!!!! :D Will do a proper introduction to the group later this weekend, myself restraint has kicked in as I was going to say tomorrow but i know me I'll be too busy making friends with our new Doggie. :)


I am thrilled for you, it is going to be a long day today.
I have decided to put my name down for a rescue spaniel, not to take murphys place as such but I really miss him. I have never been without a dog for 40 years and I am absolutely lost at the moment

congratulations on your imminent arrival! :banana:

We need LOTS of piccies!

Piccies!! :banana:

Twirly - have you contacted any breeders to see if they have had any of their own dogs returned to them through changes in family circumstances?

I know Brude's breeder occasionally has dogs to re-home as she'd rather her dogs came back to her than went to rescue centres - though he's a beagle ;)

I have looked through all the rescue dog places and I want them all. I have to realize I am not getting any younger , I would like a small one that would be quite happy in my garden which is a decent size if I am not able to walk him or her. I have the usual aches and pain of my age (arthuritis) that doesnt look correctly spelled. I cannot turn down a sad eye so I have, with the help of my family, to be sensible and pick a dog that I am able to give the proper care it needs. So I have applied to the Cocker spaniel rescue and hope to recieve a aplication form shortly, keep your fingers crossed for me. Murphy came from a breeder whose whole litter was reterned because they had infantile catteracts. The only time it affected him was before he learned to come to the whistle and he would be looking in the wrong direction for me, I would almost blow my teeth out. I must buy a whistle if I get another one. Sorry this is a bit of a saga

I hope you find a new companion very soon Twirly, and we expect to see pics when he/she arrives ;)

After the 7 days the dog becomes the property of the council, so when you adopt her the dog is yours, the old owner has absolutley no legal entitlement to the dog even if they do see you out with her and recognise her.
Also the dogs are usualy rehomed in another town to the one they are found in.
It's hard to believe that people could just let their dog get lost and never look for it isn't it? but they do, i have 2 dogs that were found straying, one in Durham and one in Nottingham, the 2nd one is 11 years old according to her chip, the address was out of date and owners could not be contacted, she has been with me for 6 months now and up till recently i expected the knock on the door with some desperate person wanting their dog back, it has never happened there were never any enquiries about her....so strange she has obviously been a very well loved (spoilt) pet, i will never understand people. :rolleyes:

I hope you find a new companion very soon Twirly, and we expect to see pics when he/she arrives ;)
I havent a clue as to how I would send Photos

you open a www.photobucket.com account, upload them to there (it's all free), make your album public, then just post here giving us the address :)

you open a www.photobucket.com account, upload them to there (it's all free), make your album public, then just post here giving us the address :)
Thanks, I'll have a go at it

I have details for the local springer spaniel rescue group on my web site www.rainrescue.co.uk - look up spaniels. I know cockers donn't come into general rescue very often - and there is often a waiting list at the breed rescues.

There is an article in tonights Sheffield Star - with regards to owners loosing a dog and then the council rehoming it. The owners are taking the council and the new owners to court. Its all very distressing for all concerned.

To think so many dogs are being destroyed throughout the country - and yet some lucky doggie - has 2 sets of people wanting them.

Great for this forum advertising the rescue dogs so much - it means there is home for them yet. We pick up from pounds out of our area - the majority are transported all over the country on the 8th day - purely because there isn't enough rescue places in Yorkshire for all the strays. In the US - they have a huge central database and a lot of the stray kennels post the dogs up there as they are found -

Only a few weeks ago - a whippet bitch I had adopted out, was out walking in Osberton. She touched an electric fence, got scared and ran and ran. It was scarey to think depending on whereabouts she came out of osberton estate - it could have been one of many different councils that picked her up. Some would hold her in pounds and then try to find a home for her - others would just put her to sleep on the 8th day.

What a lottery.

apologies for the delay, we have been very busy getting to know each other. Adelaide is an 18 month old chocolate labrador, absolutely gorgeous and amazingly well behaved. Loves long walks in town, round the parks and Peaks, not fussed by runners, cyclists, trams or any other form of cars. Loves meeting new people and animals, desperate to make friends with our cat George who is a little worried about the giant tonge bouncing around the place. But both are able to eat together in peace, so we're chuffed to bits. Only down side is that she hates being downstairs alone at night, we're going to try for another week then assess the no upstairs rule... but we count ourselves exceptionally luck to have found such a beautfully natured doggie.

there are some piccies on my bebo site... http://tamarindl.bebo.com meet the family.

apologies for the delay, we have been very busy getting to know each other. Adelaide is an 18 month old chocolate labrador, absolutely gorgeous and amazingly well behaved. Loves long walks in town, round the parks and Peaks, not fussed by runners, cyclists, trams or any other form of cars. Loves meeting new people and animals, desperate to make friends with our cat George who is a little worried about the giant tonge bouncing around the place. But both are able to eat together in peace, so we're chuffed to bits. Only down side is that she hates being downstairs alone at night, we're going to try for another week then assess the no upstairs rule... but we count ourselves exceptionally luck to have found such a beautfully natured doggie.

there are some piccies on my bebo site... http://tamarindl.bebo.com meet the family.
Aww she's absolutely gorgeous! :love: :love:

good discussion.

:confused: Why have you resurrected a thread from four years ago just to say that?! :confused:

But now that you have... I wonder how tamarindl and her choccy lab have got on over the last four years... any updates?