Can I Have A Bit Of A Rant?

[urchin]

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......about a well known animal rescue organisation?

I found a pup this morning straying on a very busy road in Birmingham. When she ran in front of my car I was just about to remonstrate with her 'owner' when i noticed he was trying to shoo her away. So, I turned the car round and pulled in front asking him " is this not your dog?" politely - honest! o

He said she wasn't so i said if he gave me a hand getting her into my car I'd take her to the aforementioned well known animal rescue organisation. He did, and I did ............and was met with the most unhelpful response you could imagine. I explained where i'd found her and asked if they could take her and the girl wouldn't open the door more than 6 inches - said something to someone over her shoulder and said 'nah, can't elp' i asked what i should do ' you'll have to take her to the dogs home' all said in the whiney drone of a teenager trying to get out of household chores!

Now i can understand that they may well have been full - in which case " we're very sorry but we haven't got room...........lets at least scan to see if she's chipped and if not you're best bet is to take her to the dog's home etc" would have been perfectly ok :rant: :rant:

So, back in the car and off to my vets for a scan - no chip and they told me to take her to the local cop shop.........who i must say were very helpful. :cheers:

So, i was an hour late for work - my car which was only valeted last week (following an incident with a rat - don't ask!) is again trashed, smelly and muddy.

But at least the little girl is safe and well and hopefully will be back where she belongs very soon :wub:

This is just my latest gripe with the well known animal rescue organisation - if you're not leaving them huge piles in your will, they just don't seem to want to help :rant:

 

[urchin]

thanks - feel better now!

 

[~Helen~]

that doesn't sound good. Rant away and get it all off your chest :cheers: :lol:

I'm glad for the little dog's sake that she ran into someone like you who helped to get her to a safe place :thumbsup:

 

[wilfred]

about a well known animal rescue organisation?

Hmmmm that wouldn't be the one which is commonly-known by 5 capital letters, the first one being R, the last one being A, and the letters S, P and C being scattered about in the middle?

What about writing to the Centre Manager and politely complaining about their policy and the way you (and the dog you rescued) were treated? Along with copies to the local paper, the national dog press, etc etc etc

Well done you anyway, for doing the right thing, it is galling when you feel like you've been slapped in the face by this "organisation". Grrrr

Hope you feel better now?

Gill

 

[kris]

well done you for bothering to do something to help this poor dog who would surely be dead now, killed by a car if not for you. :thumbsup: id send a letter to their headquarters telling them of this centres behaviour and unhelpful attitude.and id tell them i was gonna send copies to national press too! :- "

 

[Scott Frodsham]

well done you for bothering to do something to help this poor dog who would surely be dead now, killed by a car if not for you. :thumbsup: id send a letter to their headquarters telling them of this centres behaviour and unhelpful attitude.and id tell them i was gonna send copies to national press too! :- "

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Would that be their new headquarters that have reportedly cost £20, 000,000? :- "

 

[mazza]

Thank goodness there are kind people like yourself. Hate to think how this poor dog may have ended up if not for you. :thumbsup: Well done.

Do you think with hindsight the man shooing her away was trying to dump her?

I'd certainly write to the headquarters of the organization and let them know what kind of people they are employing......... inefficient, incompetent, uncaring, poor attitude and useless springs to mind.

They really need to be shaken up.

Hope this dog gets reunited with owners if genuinely lost or it is rehomed with a good family.

 

[whippynit]

Well done to you for helping the little mite :thumbsup:

 

[Seraphina]

I would definitely write to the organization, but I wouls send the letter not just to the manager of this particular facility but also to the head office and the papers. They have money to waste on all sort of stuff.

As far as the man dumping the dog, I doubt it. To do dump a dog people drive at night to some quite street and chuck it out of car where nobody can see them. I know; I always choose to live in some quite dead end street (for sake all my anumals and kids), and the midnight sound of car stopping then speeding off is a sure sign to go to look for the latest "delivery" :rant:

 

[urchin]

about a well known animal rescue organisation?

Hmmmm that wouldn't be the one which is commonly-known by 5 capital letters, the first one being R, the last one being A, and the letters S, P and C being scattered about in the middle?

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..............i couldn't possibly say............ :- " :- " :- "

 

[clairej810]

Poor baby :wub: , well done for helping her! :thumbsup:

Some "animal rescue associations" really make me spit!

 

[posh totty]

well done you for doing something for the poor little mite! had very similar with a cat at xmas time and i was spitting feathers too! but still people will give hard earned cash for new buildings and offices etc! has anyone watched the sky prog about the new recruits? got wound up this week as they were at appleby horse fair in cumbria, and saw a yearling being driven up and down the sale lane, oh we must keep an eye on that its only a year old, they said! GET REAL IT IS ILLEGAL to drive a horse or pony that young! they left that one? hello?????? oh but the one being washed in the river they gave a stern talking to????? hello again get real!!!!! still they knew best! rant over sorry! :rant: :rant:

 

[jue332]

Well done you for helping this dog, terrible that this organisation wouldn't help :rant: :rant: :rant:

Hope the dog is reunited with their family :luck: :luck: :luck:

Julie

 

[waggi]

THIS WASNT A YOUNG BC WAS IT

we are desperatlly searching for a young collie who went missing yesturday

and hasnt been seen since

she was lost 30 miles away from home and Birmingham is about in the middle somewhere i think

 

[shane]

If it was the R---A they have never been helpfull when I have contacted them!!

 

[trac]

:- " the R...A were not helpful either when i contacted them about a dog living outside in freezing weather they said they would come & speak to the owner but never did :rant: