GSDs 'urgently' needing new home:

Sorry - not sure if am posting in the right section or if I'm allowed to include the link, but just read about these two beautiful GSDs looking for a new home. The situation is marked 'urgent' on the website.




http://www.dogsblog.com/roxy-and-broxi/

Scummy social services making the owner get rid of her dogs just because there's going to be a baby in the house

I have two GSDs - one is nearly 2, and the other nearly 6, and they are BRILL with our baby, and always has been (he's 10 months now).

Why do people insist on dogs "going" when a new baby comes

ETA - have posted on my FB

Thanks so much for cross posting!

And I totally agree with you - I couldn't believe it when I read about these two lovely dogs and the reason why they are having to find a new home!

So unfair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think if social services were involved to start with there may well be other issues at heart here, possibly the dogs past behaviour, possibly that individual councils 'list' of dogs allowed in a home when the child is under the care of that council (social work). Or the people not being able to cope....

It may not be that simple is all I'm saying.
Hope they get a great forever home.

Just read a bit more sounds like they are on the 'dangerous' list and/or not passed a behaviour test and they are poorly socialised.

I think there must be more to it than that as I had a GSD who was fine with children and a JRT that hated children when I took on Charly when she was a baby. Social services were involved but not once were the dogs mentioned, well certainly not about rehoming them.
I hope they find a lovely home as they are gorgeous and hopefully the new owner will get them out and socialise them.

I wonder if they have bothered to contact the breeder(s)I took back a GSD at 7 years of age whose owners had been advised by family & the health visitor to get rid of him because when GSDs get to 7 they start attacking children !!!!!

No, they are generally just B*******!

I am going through residency proceedings over my son and the child welfare officers have all made huge issue over my dogs that my son has been raised with from being 12months old (he's 7 now), as good as telling me that if I wanted to stand any chance of getting residency of my son I would need to get rid of my dogs or cut the number (4 at the time) significantly. Hasn't been helped by the fact that every officer that has been sent out to see me has admitted to being dog phobic. I re-homed one to try appease them and kept the 3 I had before I left his father and they are still being made issue of despite a judge in the past having ruled them of not an issue. The fact he now has an older Yorkshire Terrier that to my knowledge has not been raised around children is however of a complete none issue!

I actually had one officer tell the court my dogs were "Giant"!! So unfortunately I can easily believe it and that it is nothing to do with how the dogs are.

This is someone ELSE'S baby going to them though. So that means the child's placement is under the care of the council. They dont want the blame if it is mauled to death. (not that I am saying that is what would happen, but you get the point) Individual councils also have a list of dogs not trusted with children in their care (which it will be in the new home; the ppl getting rid of the dogs)

So as you say not necessarily anything to do with the dogs behaviour.

GSD's I know are on some councils 'list' as are dobes