Emergency photography!

[bunn]

We heard today that Dogs Today magazine would feature a couple of Oldies Club dogs seeking homes if we could supply large high-quality photos of them.  One of the dogs in question was Blue, who has been waiting for a home for well over a year.

Comments

[huinare]

Good luck finding a home for Blue! I love the idea of this Oldies Club. Elderly animals are actually my favorites; they tend to bring an air of calm and wisdom with them. If I'm ever in a stable financial position to have a cat or two(or dog, but there are only a few breeds I would be keen on), I want to get an elderly one from the shelter. Even though I know I wouldn't get to spend much time with it, I would appreciate the time I had, and would be helping a pet demographic that many people overlook.

[bunn]

As you say, they are much calmer and less demanding than youngsters!

none of us really intended to start a rescue for old animals. It just sort of happened. It had not previously occurred to me that you could end up running a charity basically by accident!

[huinare]

I'm familiar with finding I've done useful things without intending to. X) Is the story of how it started online anywhere?

[bunn]

There's a bit about it here : http://www.oldies.org.uk/?page_id=2 but that does leave out a lot of the random good ideas, awesome volunteers, nightmare volunteers, flailing, arguing, panicking, running out of money, trying things that didn't work, and bizarre fundraising... :-D

[bunn]

Thanks. He is a charming old dog, very sweetnatured. Homes for ginormous lumps of old dogs are not thick on the ground, but I am hopeful!

[demon_rum]

I would SO take that dog home, if not for the pesky don't-live-in-your-hemisphere problem. Just look at the expression on his face!

[bunn]

Good! That was the effect I was trying to get that photo to convey. Now let's hope someone within adopting distance is sucked in by the Aura of Cute.

[demon_rum]

how could they not be?

also, do older dogs tend to do well as pets? I am so used to the adopt-a-puppy idea, and I always think that older pets come with all sorts of bad behaviours that can't be trained out, or whatever. But (if and when I get a pet, once I live in a place that will let me, and I can afford the food) I'd love to get one or two of the dogs that don't have anywhere else to go. (I also want a Lhasa Apso-Maltese mix, but that's neither hear nor there.)

in other words, what are the challenges of an older pet? Or is that all covered in the website for the organization you volunteer for?

[bunn]

LOL, I mentioned this in a post a few years back and smirnoffmule (who is trained in these matters) came up with a good line on puppies: they don't have issues apart from the "BIG GIANT ISSUE OF BEING A PUPPY". They are like babies: they don't know how to do anything apart from eat and pee, and therefore you have to teach them everything. And they have loooooooads of energy, which they turn to eating your underpants, because nobody has yet taught them that underpants are not edible. Also they have incredibly tiny bladders and therefore need to pee very, very often

[puddleshark]

A very venerable old Rottie, indeed. I hope the publicity does the trick.

[bunn]

New photos seem to be getting shared a lot on Facebook, so I am hopeful they have something the old photos didn't.

[inzilbeth_liz]

Good luck! He looks adorable and I just love the expression on his face.