JUST COME ACROSS AN AD ON THE INTERNET ADVERTISING A 15 YEAR OLD DOG FOR SALE FOR £2 !!! STATES NO LONGER WANTED!! IM GOB SMACKED, HOW CRUEL CAN PEOPLE BE AT SUCH AN OLD AGE GETTING RID OF THE POOR THING, WORDS FAIL ME !!!

This surely has to be some sort of a lure to get people on the phone doesnt it...

i REALLY DONT KNOW BUT I WAS FURIOUS WHEN I READ IT I HOPE IT ISNT TRUE!!

one of the rescue centres that I help out with have two dogs in at the moment that were surrendered from the same home - the person had them both as pups the dogs are now 8yrs and 12yrs - makes you sick doesnt it that people can treat dogs this way 

I have a neighbour who works for a  animal charity she says she can not believe the increase in pets coming in. Not just the ususal summer increase . She thinks it is to do with the ( so called) recession

As unbelievable as the advert is, I still think it better to surrender an animal than neglect it.
But why advertise like a second hand pair of trainers. It shames me.

the rescue i work alongside helping regularly has old dogs brought in because people simply no longer want them....sad but certainly very true and happens all the time.

I expect it is the recession.  Old dogs can be unbelievable expensive, mine costs me about £100 a month on average which I am sure many, many families just could not afford.  There is no excuse to sell them though, better to make one final payment to lay them in peace than flog them or give them away to a stranger.  I suspect we will see an increase of abandoned or relinquished old and sickly dogs in the next year or two .

I have three cats who are all teenagers now,so with my 2 dogs and the cats my insurances are nearing £100 a month. One cat has to have lots of medication, and yes the cost is mounting, what with prescription food etc as well.
There is 10001 other places I would cut costs before my animals, but then I am luckier than some, I dont have to make that choice.

This is so awful.

I have an old boy 14 1/2 and he costs me a fortune in insurance, special renal failure diet food etc., but I have just paid out £100 for a new bed for him so he can stretch his legs out when he sleeps!  I could never imagine parting with him because he was no longer wanted!  I don't have money to throw away and am feeling the pinch, but he has been my friend and protector for all these years and deserves to end his days in comfort.

I dont care how bad the recession got, the last thing to go would be my animals. I'd sell the car and walk, starve so as not to buy food, work 18 hours a day rather than get rid of a pet. You wouldnt get rid of a child because they eat too much and you cant afford it, so why get rid of a beloved pet-its the same sort of thing in my eyes, and once again goes back to the throw away culture we are living in. After bonding for 8-10 years plus how could yopu get rid of that poor dog?! Beggars belief

The people that have a caravan next to mine are fostering a 14 yr old dog.  The previous owners took it from rescue, had it for 11 years then recently put it back in rescue.  Why on earth would you do that?  However, these people want to keep him and he's lovely so I'm glad he's probably now got a decent home for life

CG

nothing annoys me more than so called 'loved members of the family' being got rid of because they are costing too much money (or other crap reasons people make up), i bet these sort of people have a lovely home, numerous mobiles, sky, internet, designer clothes, couple of nice cars etc etc, i never have and never will part with any of my babies for any reason what so ever, these people should be very ashamed of themselves (though of course their not!)
'a dog is for life' is something i truely believe in it is just a shame not everyone thinks like that.

if this is true its really shameful that you can live with your pets from that long and then just sell them or give them away because things have got a bit tight in a money way.
there is always something you can cut back on to make the few pennys it takes to fed and look after you pets.
Evan if they were to became ill there are ways to get treatment at a smaller cost if you really cant afford the vet bills.

I'm sorry, I'm single have a mortgage, bill, four four legged friends to feed etc. I could never ever get rid of my Lydia who will be 15 in 3 months time.  Yes I have to admit she's extremely fit and only had a few months last year of illness, which she totally changed around in 3 months.  She is now a fit, healthy and mad 14 year old and I could never ever dream of getting rid of her!

She's that fit that I've even entered her into a show, now that should be fun.  She's up against her granddaughter in the Best Veteran class, I can't wait!

Going slightly off topic, so I apologise, but I have recently seen a person advertising a 9 month old Border Collie male pup for sale because she bought it do do agility but it seems the poor lad is not interested so he has to go. ( I assume to make room for one that will - or will it be the next one that may - you get the drift)

She then goes on to state that the poor lad is quite nervous but good around other dogs and she feel that he will make a GOOD STUD DOG as he is showing interest in the oposite sex. It really does beggar belief!!

Rant over

Well, I think it is quite usual for young dogs that are not going to make the mark (show. work, etc)  to be sold on, but the good stud dog bit beggers belief!

I can understand if one bought a working dog to do a job of work and it wasn't up to it to rehome as a pet, but not a pet, bought for a form of recreation - agility is a recreational activity. No absolutely not. If you buy a puppy as a pet, you can hope that it will go on to do agility, flyball or whatever, that's a bonus if that's your interest. But to say I don't want it because it won't jump through hoops........

As I indicated in my previous post, how many pups will she buy and dispose of before they 'make the grade'?

Isn't the dog too young anyway to be doing agility at 9 months?  Some people!