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It Could Only Happen In Animal Rescue Animal rescue can be a difficult environment but there are so many funny stories and we hope to brin

13/11/2024

Living proof today that “You can please some of the people all of the time, but not all of the people all of the time” And some people on social media just don’t have any sense of humour or adventure 🙄🥴

09/11/2024

A helpful tip to shoppers on our website. If you are searching our goods on sale for a cullender I’d suggest Amazon or other kitchen utensil suppliers might be more appropriate. However, if you are looking for a calendar, now that’s something we can help with 😉🤔🤭🫣😁. I do love looking at the site statistics for searches 😂😂

09/11/2024

From our sister page, It Could Only Happen In A Cafe and living proof, it’s not just us.
A bakers/coffee shop this morning. It was very busy and they were advising everyone a 15-20 minute wait for food

Next table get their food in about 10 minutes. Chap was moaning that it didn’t take 15-20 minutes 🤭🙄🫣

04/11/2024

Today’s theme is, I rehomed my dog to someone a week, two weeks, a month ago. They didn’t want it now. Can you take it? Still, it is Monday 🥴

27/10/2024

Why is it when you share details of dogs with another rescue, you say very clearly that they are with another rescue and ask anyone wanting to know more to ask that other rescue directly does the GBP keep asking questions on your post about the dog?

Asking for a friend 🤔🙋‍♂️🤭

24/10/2024

Hello, wonder if I could come and visit?

Yes of course. Is there a particular dog or dogs you are interested in?

Oh no, I love them all.

I see, but is there an age, s*x or even colour that you would be more interested in adopting?

Oh no, I don't want to adopt one

Oh, sorry I must have misunderstood, thought you said you wanted to visit?

I do, just want to come and see the dogs. I love dogs.

Sorry. I think you've misread the words Rescue for Zoo

17/10/2024

We go to great lengths to impress on new owners the advice about those early days and weeks in a new home, especially about what to do and what NOT to do for the first couple of weeks especially.

Let's try a game, can you guess which person, who rehomed a dog three days ago, I've just spoken to? Did they?

A) Follow the advice about giving the dog time to settle in the new home before even taking them out, away from the home and garden.
B) Didn't bother with that advice and took them out anyway
C) Didn't bother with that advice, took them out and because the dog seemed good, let them off lead
D) Didn't bother with that advice, took them out and because the dog seemed good, let them off lead. Then when they ran off rang us all surprised that the dog had run off and they couldn't find them.

15/10/2024

Good to see modern dog training has advanced so much.
You have a dog you need to rehome, why? - He is very anxious, he had very little socialisation with other dogs and had a bad experience at his first training classes where he was made to train in a store cupboard as he kept barking.
And folks pay good money for this?

14/10/2024

Followers will be well aware of our numerous interactions with the GBP (Great British Public) and the frustration we suffer. Recently a cause of frustration from within our own sector that raises an eyebrow, or two, and brings the whole microchip system into disrepute.

We were asked to help Rescue X who had a dog they needed help with, an unclaimed stray. Now you’d presume that means enquiries to trace an owner have failed to find one, or the owner just hasn’t responded. We were told that was the case, there was no keeper/owner known.

When the dog, Mike O’Chip, arrived we carried out our usual process, fortunately, in checking the microchip details ourselves. Lo and behold, there was a registered keeper. To cut a long story short, that keeper had had no contact about Mike but had rehomed the dog a few weeks ago to someone they knew. Enquiries with them revealed they had then also rehomed the dog to someone else and further enquiries with that person resulted in them saying they didn’t want the dog back.

So many problems revealed here, but worrying that Rescue X or the local authority just hadn’t done what we told they’d done!

In the best traditions of media stories, we contacted Rescue X for a response. So far they have not replied!

02/10/2024

Yet again, a new response for the book

I need to rehome my dog.

Can I ask where you got the dog from originally please?

Yes, we went into MacDonalds for a coffee.....

I was going to ask if they called him Big Mac.....😎

30/09/2024

If anybody else tells me that their vet/trainer/man in the pub knows that the cause of their dogs behaviour is simply down to the dog wanting to be dominant can I resort to expressing my views back at them in a "dominant" manner?

30/09/2024

I need lots of coffee, and a few days, to understand todays first conundrum.

Potential adopter contacts us several months ago, desperate to adopt. Not on the internet, doesn't know anyone who is. No problem we say, the type of dog you are looking for is quite specific - female, long hair, right ear up, left ear down, answers to the name Jilly Go Lightly - you know the sort of thing ;-). We will keep you in mind but do feel free to call us to check.

Calls every 7 to 10 days since, but Jilly Go Lightly hasn't come to us. We keep her mind. Then, would you believe it - Jackie Go Lightly is admitted. Whilst she does have right ear down and left ear up, she is probably as close as we will ever get, without knitting one!

We call Mrs Person, all excited because the impossible we do at once, miracles take a little longer. We give her the great news, she seems as excited at first. When would you like to come we ask? A few seconds later she utters those imortal words, "Oh sorry, no. You are much too far for me to come there"

We ain't moved, we are still in the same place we were months ago.....okay Great British Public, room for one more on the Double Decker of Fun journeys....

28/09/2024

Todays winner in The Two Wooden Gates Game was the delivery driver who decided to take a unique approach and not bother opening the gates to drive through, as the short walk to the Kennels Reception would be good exercise. He did decide to keep the walk limited by reversing close to the gates. Unfortunately he reversed that close to the gates he couldn’t then open them so had to move the van forward. 🫣😁🤭

27/09/2024

Exciting day here today, we’ve been selected to trial a new Game Show format, called The Two Wooden Gates Game. It’s a very simple format. Contestants are invited to take the challenge of getting through two wooden gates that have a sign on, “Please Keep Closed.” Those who fail to follow the instruction and just drive off after use are immediately awarded a full time career with one of many Delivery Companies as they clearly show a true understanding of the job.

Those who do take on the task of closing the gates are awarded points on how long it takes, whether they try to take the gates the wrong way (often more than once), how long the difficulty of securing the gates takes and bonus points are awarded for those who try for more than five minutes but then give up and just leave the gates to do their own thing!

I think it’ll catch on, it’s certainly entertaining here!

26/09/2024

I'm really losing touch with reality. I'm sure if I was away on a cruise, not back for several days the last thing I'd be doing is looking at dogs to adopt and then ringing the rescue from the other side of the world wanting to reserve the dog. And of course I don't time or internet access to provide any details as the ship leaves any moment.

Come back soon for more in the crazy world that is animal rescue

Note to those needing to rehome their dog. Our online form asking for details does ask you to include a photo of the dog...
25/09/2024

Note to those needing to rehome their dog. Our online form asking for details does ask you to include a photo of the dog. Please be careful which photo you select from your phone/tablet/computer. It could be very embarrassing 😉🥴🫣🤭😂

23/09/2024

You can tell it's Monday, it's all downhill after today ;-)

A message regarding a picture we posted, I've changed the date they put for comedic purposes 😂, "Hello, was Fido born on the 1st April. If so I think he is related to my dog"

So on that basis a shout out to anyone born on the 28th February, brown eyes, black hair about 6 foot tall? Hello brothers and sisters 😄😆

23/09/2024

Is it possible/normal to understand why someone does something whilst at the same time not understanding why they did it? Asking for a friend ;-)

Hello, I need to rehome my dog. I got him off Gumtree last Christmas. He was a very nervous dog but is better with me now. My neighbour who isn't very nice has complained to the landlord and as I'm not allowed to have a dog they have told me I must rehome him

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Yo, I really like that Billy Bob you've got for rehoming Billy Bob? We haven't got a dog called Billy Bob Yes you have, he was on the post you put up this morning on social media. Arh, that Billy Bob. Billy Bob who isn't real, he's a cartoon.....cartoon as in not real. Mind you, we've got Bobby Bill here who is looking for a home and is really handy

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