Sheffield Stray Dogs - Nowhere to go - does anybody care?

[bluesandtwos 10]

bluesandtwoes,

 

Your comment: "all outs pups are spoken for"

 

How do you know how many puppies are going to be born before hand?

 

Either someone going to be disappointed of not getting one or you could end up with twice as many litter you bargined for.

 

Your comment: No other breed will do the same job.

 

Can you elaborate on this?

 

the litter size of our breed is fairly predicatable, and yes!, we did have dissapointed people, but thats the way it goes.

 

the 'job' in question is the one the breed evolved to do: Pull!. Only a sled-dog can excel at being a sled-dog

[dkhank 10]

this time of year is awful - saw it on the news yesterday all the puppies that have been abandoned and the old family pets that have been ousted to make way for new models. there are also bunnies and other small animals that also get booted out. its so cruel! but i do think that dog walkers is a great idea as are behaviorists =this way dogs with problems can be rehomed - better than having to be put down.

[mel77 10]

Dogs picked up by the local dog wardens get taken to the council stray kennels where the council pays a couple of quid a day (work that type of care out for yourself), for the dogs to be held for 7 days. At the end of those 7 days, the dogs can be rehomed to the public, passed onto a rescue centre or destroyed if none of the others are available - or they can't be arsed to try.

 

Dogs picked up by the Police - again are taken to STRAY KENNELS - (sy POLICE TAKE TO CLIFF KENNELS AT PENISTONE). THIS IS NOT A RESCUE CENTRE, THE DOGS ARE BOARDED THERE - PENDING REHOMING. At the end of 7 days - again, they are put up for rehoming, let go to a rescue centre or destroyed.

 

Where are the Sheffield council kennels?? Can you adopt from there?

I have been wanting/looking for a dog for a while but have yet to find the 'one'

[medusa 16]

At the moment the council dog wardens are using the old RSPCA shelter on Spring Street, but that will be changing shortly since the building is due for demolition (I think).

 

I'm sorry that I can't help you with adoption times- I'm sure there are other forummers who can help you with that though.

[fox20thc 10]

Interestingly this letter was in the Star yesterday:

 

"As Chairman of the RSPCA Sheffield Branch I wish to explain to the people of Sheffield the position of the RSPCA here.

 

The RSPCA Sheffield Branch is a separate charity to the National RSPCA (which is based in Horsham) and as such is totally responsible through its volunteer committee for running the animal home and clinic in Sheffield and for raising all its own funds to do this.

 

Any monies sent to the National RSPCA will NOT come to the Sheffield Branch.

 

If the people of Sheffield wish to help animals from Sheffield and its surrounding area they need to support the RSPCA Sheffield Branch.

 

As most people are aware the Sheffield Branch are in the process of relocating and are just about to start a £5.2 million development for a new Shelter and Clinic to be based at Jessell Street. Monies for this development will have to be raised by Sheffield Branch and within the Sheffield area.

 

We are solely reliant on the people of Sheffield and we would ask therefore that if you wish to see a new animal shelter built and for us to continue to help cruelly-treated, neglected and unwanted animals please send your donations to:

 

RSPCA Sheffield Branch 83 Spring Street, Sheffield S3 8PB, 0114 281 3036 or 0114 272 7542.

 

Kathryn Whitlam, Hon Chairman, Sheffield Animal Shelter "

[mel77 10]

We are solely reliant on the people of Sheffield and we would ask therefore that if you wish to see a new animal shelter built and for us to continue to help cruelly-treated, neglected and unwanted animals please send your donations to:

 

If i had the money i'd give it you all...

 

I do fundraise for the RSPCA, if i win the lottery the 5 million's yours

 

Any rich Sheffield business' out there want to help?!

[Rainrescue 10]

Adoption of dogs from the council kennels is by appointment only. Times are on my web site http://www.rainrescue.co.uk click on DOGS AT SHEFFIELD.

 

Really good that the RSPCA are making people aware of this fact - but it should have been being shouted at the top of their voices for the last couple of years. As soon as they knew they would have to start raising the money. I know buildings cost a lot of money - but £5.2m - thats how the Leeds RSPCA have ended up waiting for so long. Whats wrong with buying a normal boarding kennels to just hold and rehome dogs and cats from?

 

I think its just gets out of proportion - fair enough if they had potential to get the money - but in the mean time - how many dogs and cats and cavies are going to have to be left in abuse situations and dying until that figure is reached and then the building completed.

 

I do think that all the investment coming into Sheffield - if they all gave a bit - we could get the centre moving - but this still does't resolve the issue of where the strays are going to go after the spring street place is bulldozed.

[Rainrescue 10]

sorry - times aren't on my web site - its the phone number who you can contact to get an appointment - (gone brain dead)

[postiepaul 10]

Ive Beeen Told Rspca Arnt Accepting Any Stray Pets Because Theres No Access Cos Of The Roadworks , Well Done Council:loopy:

[Rainrescue 10]

The RSPCA is totally closed down - all thats there are very bare bones staff - some are attempting to fund raise for the new centre - some are working with National for any real serious welfare issues - and acouple are helping with the welfare clinics - telling people where to take dogs/cats for low cost care.

 

The Sheffield Council - whose job it is to collect and hold strays - are just temporarily borrowing the kennels at the back of the RSPCA. Some dogs will get rehomed from there. The rest - I dont know whats happening with them. But I don't think people are aware where they can go to view and rehome the dogs - in order to save them. This is what needs more awareness as well.

[Strix 11]

I'm going to take the lid off a huge jar of worms here.....

 

Whilst I think rescue centres are essential, I also suspect that the promotion of their 'services' in recent years has led to a 'culture' of dog ditching. Too often now it comes across in a rehoming thread in the pets section that people now think that the slightest problem they are having is going to be solved by ditching their dog - whether by rehoming directly or dumping on a rescue centre

 

Here's the most contraversial bit of my opinion....

 

Dogs are now perceived as a pest (thanks to our national press), and as such are banned from more and more places - excluded from society and real life. You just try leading a normal life with your dog in tow in this country. I've tried it - it's a recipe for strong confrontation and frayed nerves. How are dogs supposed to be socialised and trained when they are left at home alone? Then we get upset when they become destructive

 

Ploughing money into rescue centres is not the solution (in my opinion). How about providing the facilities and support for dog owners to to remain dog owners through the rough patches? Providing facilities for puppy owners to become dog owners with real lives would be a start.

 

I'm not asking for money or free training classes (though I suspect that the council laying these on would be more cost effective than the rehoming of the supposedly 'problem' dogs that results from lack of training), just that we are able to take our dogs to places where there is no reasonable excuse to exclude them, and that facilities are provided to take consideration of dog ownership, eg dog bins (and a map of locations on every council website), sensible tie up points or secure caging (as one forumer told me a school has down south, to enable the pet dog to be walked to school, but not to enter the playground)

 

The solutions are not rocket science, but rescue centres are becoming part of the 'they' concept. Stupid people think that 'they' should do something about 'it', but don't have the foggiest about who 'they' are when they start kicking off

 

I think the first step though is to make chipping a legal requirement before any pup leaves the breeder (and this includes accidental litters). Hefty fines and possible short prison sentences should be the punishment for not conforming to this. Unless anybody else can think of a scheme that will have enough clout to discourage backyard breeding with no regard for the traceability, welfare and care of the resulting dogs?

[postiepaul 10]

i completely and fully agree:thumbsup: