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Post by gsdgroupie on Jun 30, 2020 13:23:20 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52150821This is a good idea but I couldn't part with mine, I know that probably sounds selfish but I would worry about them if they were with someone else. It may not be so bad with a cat because they can stay indoors, but I would be concerned about someone else walking the dogs. 
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Post by gtrmacs on Jun 30, 2020 14:15:15 GMT
Good luck to anyone trying to cope with Tasha ... and our cats don't like 'other' people - the neighbour who feeds them when we go on holiday had never seen a previous one in 9 years, but the food kept disappearing   |
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Post by goodie on Jun 30, 2020 15:39:01 GMT
Basically a good idea - but we would not want to part with Axel, plus, he would be too much of a handful for somebody elderly anyway, little or medium sized dogs fair enough, but sheps or dogs the size of sheps or bigger not a good idea.... If we still had cats I would have been happy to lend Missy out, she would have been okay with anybody as long as she was treated okay. All the other cats we ever had would not have liked to be "rehomed" |
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Post by caryll on Jun 30, 2020 15:45:59 GMT
Well, there's no way I would have trusted anyone else to look after Dempsey. He was a challenge to US!
He would have'got away' - either run away, or literally got away with everything.
But really, I don't think it's a great idea. Surely it's better to call on people (by phone or at the doorstep - socially distancing) who are lonely or worried.
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Post by goodie on Jun 30, 2020 15:54:36 GMT
But really, I don't think it's a great idea. Surely it's better to call on people (by phone or at the doorstep - socially distancing) who are lonely or worried. Fair comment, but you would not be able to hug them. No amount of phone calls and calling on doorsteps can replace hugs. A lot of the elderly are really lonely at the moment and want some sort of comfort through hugs, which a pet would be able to give them through warmth and companionship. It just needs to be the right pet...
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Post by cockneychris on Jun 30, 2020 17:26:26 GMT
Doesn’t make any sense to me. You can’t be loaning out a dog to somebody who probably has no idea about dogs, their behaviour or their body language. How many times have people come on here with hopes to breed their dog but we have put them off because they haven’t a clue as to what it involves. I can see that if you took your dog to the person on a long lead it may be helpful to them but you would have to put the dog through a car wash once you had finished. Having said that I do know a woman that takes a Shetland pony into a care home for the residents to pet but that was before the troubles.
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Post by goodie on Jun 30, 2020 17:42:55 GMT
You are of course right about most dogs chris, but cats or rabbits should be fine, I would not recommend to loan out any of the sheps on here (Thor being an exception of course   , but as said before, our Missy (cat) would have helped somebody who was in need of affection. |
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Post by cloud on Jun 30, 2020 18:16:00 GMT
I wouldn't part with mine and would be worried about a cat escaping a house, could rescue centers not loan out dogs and cats etc some of them may find a home.
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Post by goodie on Jun 30, 2020 18:49:13 GMT
That sounds like a brilliant idea in principle but a lot of rescue pets come with issues
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Post by caryll on Jul 1, 2020 10:31:26 GMT
To be honest, though, I'd be concerned about a stranger cuddling a strange animal without supervision.
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Post by cloud on Jul 1, 2020 10:59:40 GMT
Rescue centers rehome there animals anyway, my 91 year old neighbour adopted a elderly cat last year it helped both of them, the cat had been neglected and was lonely and scared, my elderly neighbour was lonely without any pets and the cat is now thriving, happy and confident and my elderly neighbour is no longer so lonely.
I don't really see much difference between loaning and adopting, though animals do find it stressful to part with the people they've come to know but like I said some animals may find a permanent home.
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Post by caryll on Jul 1, 2020 13:09:58 GMT
Rescue centers rehome there animals anyway, my 91 year old neighbour adopted a elderly cat last year it helped both of them, the cat had been neglected and was lonely and scared, my elderly neighbour was lonely without anyr pets and the cat is now thriving, happy and confident and my elderly neighbour is no longer so lonely. I don't really see much difference between loaning and adopting, though animals do find it stressful to part with the people they've come to know but like I said some animals may find a permanent home. Totally agree.
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Post by foxyjess on Jul 2, 2020 5:54:07 GMT
These things always sound so great in theory.
Lending Lilah to someone would NOT be a happy experience for them 😂🤦♀️
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Post by gsdgroupie on Jul 2, 2020 8:39:24 GMT
These things always sound so great in theory. Lending Lilah to someone would NOT be a happy experience for them 😂🤦♀️ If you lent her to me, you'd have a problem getting her back!!! 
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Post by foxyjess on Jul 3, 2020 16:22:03 GMT
These things always sound so great in theory. Lending Lilah to someone would NOT be a happy experience for them 😂🤦♀️ If you lent her to me, you'd have a problem getting her back!!! Don’t tempt me...... I could have a tidy house and a lie in again!!!!! 😂 (Only joking I love her way too much) |
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, but as said before, our Missy (cat) would have helped somebody who was in need of affection. 
