Sorry not been on for a couple of days.



There were some other posts I wanted to quote in relation to the other dogs and the bitch but couldn't be bothered trawling through them all twice so will awnser to the best of my knowledge though no doubt I'll get crap elsewhere for it. The facts as I know them are:

Chief was bred by JK, though he came into NIS rescue with no papers. The bitch he was put too when the origional owners had him was Storm. Storm was bred by Laura of Shadowlands and she took the bitch back. I don't know why Chief didn't go back to JK but instead ended up being fostered by the then rescue co-ordinator Carmen after she had done the 600+ mile round journey to collect them and their pups and drop Storm at Laura's. The 2 pups I think were fostered by someone else until they could be found new homes. One of them did go on to have an accidental litter as at the time I don't think the NIS has any sort of proper spey/neuter policy in place like they do now. The lady that had the accidental litter has been trying hard to find out the pedigree's for the pups but always draws a blank when she hits Chief as Julie can't remember who he is out of any no-one else seems to know either. And clearly if JK is unable to find out then there are no official records of him on the database (well thats my theory anyway).

Whilst Chief is being advertised on 'rescue' sites I do believe he is actually still with the current owners the 'rescues' are just trying to help in finding him a home so he can be re-homed direct from where he is - He is not in a rescue centre!



Yes Nes it was the origional owners who bred them and they kept the pups (well 2 of them at least) from said litter. I can't really remember the reason properly so my facts maybe slightly off here but I 'think' they used to live on a farm or something and the dogs all had lots of land to free roam on, I believe they went bankrupt or something to that effect and were being forced to drastically downsize and therefore would not have had the space in which to keep the dogs as well as struggling financially (I would imagine) which would also make keeping so many dogs difficult. I do believe the dogs were very much loved, very well cared for and spoiled rotten by the original owners and it was a very difficult decision for them to let them go.

i have been in contact with the kennels are they are happy to keep him there whilst we both look for a new home for him

If you lot aren't going to help poor Chief find a home in his later days then ****** off his thread and stop destroying his chances.

why be so defensive? you didnt breed him,and shame on his breeder not helping him.

Maybe the situation has changed then Dawn but I do know that when this thread was first started he was still with the owners and if you read the wording on the site that is linked too on the first page it says: He enjoys the company of people and is currently living in a home with 4 female dogs with whom he gets on well.

Did some one forget to tell me that Azz no longer runs the forum!
Bit of a bossy boots huh?

Not really just had a bit of an upsetting day.

Not really just had a bit of an upsetting day.

Storm and Chief + 2 pups = 4!

Unfortunately Nes if they drastically downsized it may be that a new house simply would not be big enough to comfortably fit them in, with which I can sympathize as I had to re-home my 4th (Fifi - stop laughing Dawn!!) for similar reasons. Not forgetting even if they could squish them in if they are having serious financial difficulties it may not be financially viable to keep them especially if their land was the source of their income (lose the land lose the income) and 4 big dogs can cost a fair amount in food alone, not forgetting vets bills and the like. I don't think they took the decision lightly, I really think you are being slightly harsh. We would all like to think that we would be able to keep all of our dogs till the end of their or our days but unfortunately it sometimes just isn't possible.