I have been watching Victoria's tv series here in the UK on sky3 for a couple of weeks now and so much of what she says are the things I tell people and also have learnt lots from her also.
I have been a home checker for various animal rescues within the UK for about 15 years now, not sure what you call them in the states but when a person wishes to adopt an animal from a rescue their home and them have to be checked to see if they are suitable before the animal can be homed and thats what I do.
This is on a volunteer basis and there are loads of us who do this around the country.
I also foster occasionally if a certain dog is in need of my help and I am free to do so.
I currently have a 7 yr old Cavelier Spaniel crossed with a Cocker Spaniel.
Have had her 12 weeks now and she came from a home with a mother who had an autistic son and she basically was abused for all her life byt the son and the mother allowed this to go on. Although she just saw it as the way things were rather than abuse. Then after 7 years she had a dog who was aggressive and would bite. And so she decided that having to lock her son in one room and the dog in another everytime she wanted to have a bath was no good and she handed Bella into a rescue.
She went to another fosterer who had dogs and children and Bella would just growl and go to bite them all so she had to keep Bella separate which was a problem so I offered to take her as I have no children or animals and am very good with abuse cases.
Thought I would join this forum as it is nice to network and you can never stop learning.
Debbie x
