New Home needed for Missy

Doola3


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Message Posted:
03/03/2011 20:43

Yes this is the same Missy that was on here a while ago. She was rehomed with us and she was settling well in our family. We took her in under the impression that she was very good with children as we have 3 children.

Unfortunately, she has become less and less tollerant of my younger 2 children and has started to snap at them and on a couple of occasions has caught their faces.

Missy is a beautiful dog and although we would love to keep her we are afraid that she will be less tollerant of them in time.

She is an old girl and needs to be with a family with no children or at least no young children so that she can relax and take it easy in peace.

Please note that we will not be having her put down and will be keeping her with us until a suitable home is found for her.

She will make someone a wonderful companion.

Please email at kstrong3@hotmail.com or telephone me on 0533 841 8469 if you can help.

Lilli



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Message Posted:
03/03/2011 20:58

Im so very sorry to hear this Doola. The very best of luck rehoming her. x

hollylou


Joined: 05/01/2011
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Message Posted:
04/03/2011 07:17

well how nasty of previous owners telling you she was ok with children think all they wanted was to get rid doola please keep your children away you would never forgive yourself if one of your beautiful children got bitten and it takes i second for it to happen ,my friend done just what you have back in uk few yrs back and finally dog bit her boy and now he has a scar across his nose and cheek FOR LIFE , try kar under cirsumtances hopfully they could foster her to save this happening sorry but children are precious dont chance it m8 ,i sound like im negative bout the dog well the owners back in uk now are to blame but your family are suffering for helping a poor dog being left by them good luck

nurseawful



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Message Posted:
04/03/2011 07:41

http://rescueuskyrenia.hyperboards.com/index.php



Not sure if Daisy Dukes is still doing this but she may be able to help!



Chris

Doola3


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Posts: 234

Message Posted:
04/03/2011 08:55

Thank you for your messages and info. I will contact KAR and see if they can help. It is such a shame as she really is beautiful and if she was in a home with no children she would be absolutely fine. She is just old and set in her ways. Bless her.

Jodienjon


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Message Posted:
04/03/2011 09:52

sorry to here that, Missy is a lovely dog and as you siad would be a great dog for a family without young children.



Good luck

xx

hollylou


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Message Posted:
04/03/2011 10:21

yes indeed doola but your children are more prescious than gold and hopefully she can find a home without children asap before she bites one of them sorry to be blunt but so true

MsGarnet


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Message Posted:
04/03/2011 10:25

Ditto Msg 3. No-one would blame you - the buck lays with the original owners (if you have their contact details you lose nothing to let them know how she is with the children - they won't be back or have her back - but nefarious mendacious people need to be shown they have been rumbled and their lack of moral compass noted by all). When anyone gets old, they get painful bits here and there - and without a voice box, the only way to tell whomever is near them they feel in pain and grumpy, is to snap.........poor you having fallen in love with her, and poor Missy being passed on to strangers in her dotage - dogs feel sadness- and without anthropomorphising to the nth degree - if she was with her original family, although you are loving and caring - she is doubtless pining for the familiarity and maybe quieter erstwhile life - NOT your fault, but theirs for not keeping her and taking her with them, or maybe, if she is very old, just letting her be put to rest.

hollylou


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Message Posted:
04/03/2011 10:35

think you have just said what i wanted but was affraid to say have her put to sleep would be best option so she not pushed from owner to owner who to say she would settle any where sorry but true you have done your best dont feel guilty the owners who left her should

hattikins


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Message Posted:
04/03/2011 10:45

In fairness to the previous owners maybe there wasn't a problem with the dog and children before, perhaps the poor thing is just fretting which is making her snappy, and young children can be a bit loud and boisterous at times. I would hope that nobody would pass a dog on to people with children if there was a chance she could bite them.

As cruel as it seems perhaps now the kindest thing would be to have this poor put to sleep rather than keep on re housing her.

andrew4232



Joined: 04/07/2009
Posts: 1543

Message Posted:
04/03/2011 11:29

re message 8 it will be hard to contact the previous owner he died in the UK late last year, after a very short illness with his partner with him whom i understand has not taken it very well hence she is still there !

MsGarnet


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Message Posted:
04/03/2011 13:39

Msg 11 - of course I am sorry to read one of the the last owners died. You and everyone else will understand my chagrin was because EVERY single day, we read of animals being left, abandoned, too costly to take home (although money is found for everything else) packs of feral animals roaming TRNC, et cetera......and it is those people who give everyone else advertising at the last minute, or abandoning their pets, a bad name. Missy may well have been good with children known to her, probably older than the present children, but to reiterate, if she is elderly, tolerance shown to 'familiar' family isn't easy to transfer to unknown family, especially if being elderly, she is now possibly arthritic (and also pining). I am glad she ended up with a loving family, but if she is snapping, they are in a difficult position now.

Wiser


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Message Posted:
04/03/2011 15:16

She is snapping and we have told the children to stay clear of her, if it happens again we will have to try to find a new home as it is the 2nd time it has happened. Otherwise the vets have curred her awful ear infection, she has been cleaned up and is the bill of health.

Doola3


Joined: 20/09/2010
Posts: 234

Message Posted:
04/03/2011 19:39

I agree that in her younger days she probably was fine with children of all ages and I really dont think that the previous owner mis informed us intentionally. She is just an old lady who likes peace and quiet and I am afraid that our home is neither of these.

We have told the children to leave her be and stay away from her especially when she is resting and so far they have been very good we just want to find her a happy place to live out her days in peace.

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
04/03/2011 23:04

Doola I really hope you do, for the sake of your family and missy. Perhaps she is grieving. They know these things. However your safety of the children has to come first. Good luck and missy was so lucky to have had you x

Panchocat


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Posts: 1333

Message Posted:
05/03/2011 00:25

Andrew 4232, the previous owner's son, who took Missy on, was her last owner and he is the one who re-homed her so he would be contactable.

The cats that were left behind by the original owners, about 11 of them, are still very much in evidence around the bungalow in the village.



I have to sadly agree it would be kinder to put this old girl to sleep rather than uproot and unsettle her again.

Doola3


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Message Posted:
05/03/2011 08:32

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MsGarnet


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Message Posted:
05/03/2011 11:23

Just watched on television, a Vet talking about a soldier killed on duty being flown home with his dog (with whom he worked) who died the next day from a seizure. The Vet was saying what all us dog owners instinctively know, that the animal has probably died through grief and stress of losing its Master. The Vet also said that medical science has identified areas in a dog's brain showing sadness and happiness........



I just wish all those owners that do abandon animals in TRNC or indeed, anywhere in the world, would bear that in mind, when paying to take their belongings home, yet leaving their family of animals behind to grieve...however kind their new owners may be (and often, unlike Missy's new owners - not so kind or understanding of the dog's needs and what it is used to, food wise, routine wise - in every way). Euthanasia should be employed more often IF someone really can't (or won't) take their loyal pet.

bigbadbob


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Message Posted:
05/03/2011 13:13

Re msg 18 a few years ago we had 2 cavalier spaniels one 11 andthe other 4 we had to take the old one to the vets to be put to sleep.The young one pined for her mate and 2 days later she had a stroke but fortunately she did recover and finally died at the age of 11.The vet said that he thought the stroke had been brought on by her grieving for her pal so it isnot only the loss of the dogs master that can cause problems.

Doola3


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Posts: 234

Message Posted:
05/03/2011 16:54

I agree with all the comments but I have to say that the thought of having Missy put down makes feel sick. I know that she cannot stay here with us our children must come first so we really hope that we can find her a loving home very soon.

We know Tom and have his contact details but as far as I know he is now back in England. We do not in way hold him responsible for the situation we are in now and dont blame him in any way we just want Missy to be happy.

bigbadbob


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Message Posted:
05/03/2011 17:44

I really hope that when I come on to the site on monday morning that you have rehomed this beautiful dog she would suit an older couple in my opinion.

Doola3


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Posts: 234

Message Posted:
05/03/2011 20:46

Definately an older couple (or even slightly younger with older children) that have plenty of time to give her lots of fuss and love but also the time and peace to relax and take it easy. Someone must want this beautiful old girl. x

Doola3


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Message Posted:
06/03/2011 16:39

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Doola3


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Message Posted:
06/03/2011 20:13

Please can someone help us find Missy a new home. x

Doola3


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Message Posted:
07/03/2011 08:43

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bigbadbob


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Message Posted:
07/03/2011 18:25

Oh dear still no new home for Missy please help.

Doola3


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Message Posted:
07/03/2011 19:54

Unfortunately not. Have contacted KAR today to see if they can help but I am really running out of ideas.

Please can someone help. x

Lilli



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Message Posted:
07/03/2011 19:57

Please it was done before please let it happen again x

Doola3


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Message Posted:
08/03/2011 08:53

Pretty please can someone help. x

Doola3


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Message Posted:
08/03/2011 11:09

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Doola3


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Message Posted:
08/03/2011 19:40

Come on guys please help. We are getting desperate.

Doola3


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Message Posted:
09/03/2011 08:44

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Doola3


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Message Posted:
09/03/2011 11:21

Pleeeeeeaaaaassssse!!

bigbadbob


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Message Posted:
09/03/2011 11:29

Every morning on my way in to the office I pass an old gentleman walking a very old rough colllie which is a dead ringer for Missy please somebody give her a home so she can live out the last few years of her life in peace and comfort like the one I see every morning.

Doola3


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Message Posted:
09/03/2011 20:11

Pretty Pretty Please! I will beg if it helps. x

Doola3


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Message Posted:
10/03/2011 19:58

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Doola3


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Message Posted:
11/03/2011 09:52

Please, we really need to find someone to re-home Missy. She has started to snap at my other dogs as well know. We have to find her a new home urgently. x

Lilli



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Message Posted:
11/03/2011 10:11

Please open your hearts and find missy a new home.

Tinkie


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Message Posted:
15/03/2011 14:52

This situation is really an impossible one for Doola and her family. They took in Missy because no-one wanted to see her put to sleep. Unfortunately the environment wasnt the right one Missy, who it seems had spent a long time alone and isnt used to having other dogs and certainly not children around. Doola can no longer keep Missy in her home, as she has begun snapping at the other 2 dogs, who will not stand for it and of course there is the more serious problem of her snapping at the children.



This is the last chance for Missy, is there anyone out there who can offer this dog a home, she is approx 8 years old, set in her ways and in need of a quiet home with no young children to live out the last of her years.



Please contact Doola on the number in the first post asap if you are able to help.



many thanks