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They have also changed what dogs they will bring across now, so no dogs under a year, youngest dogs they allow to travel to the UK are now 1.5 years. Our experience was a positive one and we felt that they put the dogs interest first, rather then just getting another dog off their books.
The problem is, a 1.5 year old dog, if it didn't have a good start in life, has potential to be an absolute nightmare. I sympathise with people who don't want to introduce that risk to their kids/pets.
Perhaps the answer is that if you can't handle a rescue you shouldnt get a dog. I can't see that working either though...
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Any dog has the potential to be difficult. Me and the Mrs used to volunteer at a German Shep rescue and given the choice, I’d have a 1.5 year old dog over a puppy again as long as I could meet it in person prior. If it’s got issues, you can spot them fairly quickly, otherwise you get to rescue a great dog without all the puppy problems.
I reckon out of a hundred or so different dogs I walked and got to know there, probably only 4-5 would have made me nervous to take on. Very few came from legit breeders.
Jung
We got our Ollie from a Romania charity, we had a 2hr home visit were we talked about some of the issue we could face. We then had to provide the vet we were going to register him at and we also had to sign up to puppy school, both of which the charity verified before we had even been given the green light to say we could take Ollie.
They have also changed what dogs they will bring across now, so no dogs under a year, youngest dogs they allow to travel to the UK are now 1.5 years. Our experience was a positive one and we felt that they put the dogs interest first, rather then just getting another dog off their books.