We know that people get frustrated when we say they can’t adopt because they have young children or when we say no because they have an entire dog in the house “but he/she loves everyone and has never shown any aggression of any sort”
This happened in the last few days in a foster home and is a prime example as to why we have to say no. It’s not us being difficult, it’s us safe guarding the BRNGB hound, your own hound and your own child.
Picture the scene:-
3 bassets, one neutered male, one spayed female, one entire, just out of season female (the foster dog).
The female foster dog, tried to get frisky with the male, whilst doing so, the male knocked into the spayed resident female who then grumbled at him. As he was being pushed about by the foster female and then getting grumbled at by the resident female it was fight or flight. He couldn’t move away so sadly it was fight which resulted in the resident female getting a very torn ear, the male feeling very sad about the situation and the entire female totally oblivious to the carnage she just caused.
Note – none of these dogs have ever shown any form of aggression and have been together for a month now.
The dogs were also under supervision the whole time with our very trusted foster, this literally happened in a blink of an eye.
Now imagine this happened in your home, your small child was in the mix of all this happening and it was actually their ear that got torn. That would result in the hound being labelled a biter and probably being put to sleep.
Imagine that it was your own entire resident hound that had caused this butterfly effect. Although your entire hound has never been aggressive to anyone or anything, it was your entire hound’s hormones that caused another hound to be injured and another labelled a biter.
Our fosterers know the difficulties faced with having entire hounds in their homes. Of course this is something that has to happen until the hounds can be spayed / castrated, we have no choice in foster, but we do have choice in adoptive homes.
So please don’t be mad when we say no, we have our reasons which we are sure you will understand from the above.
Thank you for understanding, we want everyone to be safe and happy in their homes.
