The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Pets & Working Animals => Dogs => Topic started by: sokel on November 07, 2013, 08:56:56 am
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We have recently rescued a badly treated/neglected Lurcher dog with the intentions of finding him a good home.
A fantastic home has come up for him but its in Orkney.
Can anyone help with transporting him up to Aberdeen/Fetterangus/ Dundee/Peterhead or any of the surrounding areas. The new owners are coming over to the mainland on Thursday the 14th November until Saturday the 16th November and can meet up any time from 7am on the 14th.
She is happy to pay the fuel costs.
We are in Northumberland NE47 area but can meet up with anyone who can help
The dog is a 3 1/2 yr old Male, very friendly with all ages and 200% with all livestock and about the size of a large Whippet
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We're near Dundee and would be happy to help - I don't mind going south a bit and north a bit. I can't overnight him though because we've got my parents-in-laws dog as well as our own two - unless he can sleep in an outbuilding.
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The new owner is coming over from Orkney to fetterangus and can drive so far to meet up, just cant drive right down.
We can drive about an hour and a half to meet up with someone at this end.
If anyone can do any part of the journey we could always set up a car train to get him all of the way up.
doing it in the one day would be best but he has only known sleeping in an outbuilding and not even having any bedding :(
He is sleeping in the stables here on a night and loose during the day when we are out there.
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It's 100 miles from Fetterangus to here. I'd be quite happy to either go north 50 miles and meet the new owners half way or come south 50 miles to meet someone coming up from the south.
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Can't help with the transport but I live pretty close to Fetterangus about 7 miles away - I can offer accommodation for the dog till his new owner come over if that helps at all.
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I could go south to Lanarkshire (50 miles ish) and meet up with Rosemary here if anyone can get him up to there - Lesmahogow/Lanark
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Thanks for the kind Offers of help. I have no idea on the different parts of Scotland.
I am Guessing that by the posts we would need to sort out the 110 miles up too Lesmahogow/Lanark to meet Doganjo then the 100 miles from Rosemary up to Fetterangus ?
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Just had a call from the new owner and the ferry is fully booked for next week so they are having to come over on the Catamaran ferry from Orkney to Inverness on Monday :o
they will then drive down to Fetterangus adding another 100 miles onto the journey
They can now do this on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week if anyone can help as they have to get the ferry back on Thursday
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Is Fetterangus important? Inverness to Fetterangus is more across than down.If you look at the map, they are going along the Moray coast and I'm going up the east coast to Fetterangus.
It's 130 miles from Inverness to Dundee; Braemar is half way and I could meet them there.
I'm happy to help, just tell me what you want me to do.
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I don't understand going to Fetterangus either. Inverness to Perth is just over two hours.. Inverness to fetterangus is 2 and three quarter hours. Look at Google Maps for distances and times.
http://goo.gl/maps/13bvf (http://goo.gl/maps/13bvf)
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Sorry didn't realize that I had not explained. They used to live in fetterangus they now live in Orkney. The house in fetterangus is empty so they have to go there to check it's ok and will be staying there for the 3 nights that they are over
She is limited to when and how long she can be away as she is a woman priest
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not sure if this helps or hinders but I am going up to fife tomorrow to pick some ducks up so hexham to fife I can do but only tomorrow
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A friend of ours (doganjo and I) does dog boarding in Fife. Do you want me to see if she can board him until next week?
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OK our friend can do it if we're desperate - can Hexhammeasure get the dog to Fife? I can collect tomorrow evening after a dog show
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OK our friend can do it if we're desperate - can Hexhammeasure get the dog to Fife? I can collect tomorrow evening after a dog show
Sorry we have had no internet all day and our mobiles are not working as we are on generators with low power so the mast is down
Doganjo where would you want to pick him up from and where would you be taking him ?
just there is mention of kennels in fife and hexhammeasure taking him to fife :-\
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Thanks for all of the kind offers but we have decided to use a dog transport courier, he will be collected from our place and dropped off at the house in Fetterangus so only the one van all of the way :thumbsup:
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Simplest method, hope it doesn't cost your rescue society too much. The courtiers do a special deal for rescues sometimes.
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It's costing us £150 from door to door they could have done it cheaper if we had waited for another run heading that way but this is him being the only dog in the van
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This has all fallen through so the poor dog will be looking for a home again :(
I will be starting a new thread for him
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i didnt know dog couriers existed. we went 400 miles for our pup, then broke down on the way home. was a nightmare.
who do you recommend?
sorry to hear about home falling through, hopefully he will find a place soon.
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We where going to use Paws on the road http://www.pawsontheroad.co.uk/ (http://www.pawsontheroad.co.uk/) heard some good reports about them
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What a shame - hope you find a new home fro him soon. What happened? Just a change of heart or was the long journey a step too far? Where is he just now?
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??? , so sad, after all that planning, hope the dog gets re homed very soon, we all like a happy ending! :fc:
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They decided the journey would be too much as after getting to fetterangus he then had a 6hr ferry journey
He is here with us
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Pity they didn't think of that before saying they'd take him.
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Hope something more stable works out for him :fc: . Hope it's closer for you too. Keep us posted. Can I just say what a lovely lot you all are offering to help so readily. Find that really heartwarming.