Nearly dead dog?

Most rescue centres do great work, and will offer support and help to owners who take animals on. Sometimes veterinary problems occur which they cannot forsee. If you have been offered another if the animals dies within a week, it does not sound good - it seems a bit unfeeling. You don't say how long they have had the dog, so it is hard to comment in this case.

Animals end up in rescue homes for a reason, and it's usually not connected with previous owners having had much concern over their health.

A rescue pet should, however, have been given a check by a vet prior to being sold, and obvious problems ought to have been brought to the buyer's attention. One should be prepared for vet fees when taking on any pet, of course, and I think moreso in the case of rescue animals, where the fee paid to the rescue home is likely to be next to nothing in comparison with the costs of maintaining the pet.

My old cat lasted about eight years after I took her from a rescue home, whose vet had not spotted serious dental decay. Hundreds of pounds and many extractions later, she was a changed cat, still nervous of humans, but free of the wretched pain of toothache, which had made her appear ill-tempered and difficult. Over the course of her life, until we eventually had to have her put down when serious kidney failure ruined her health, we spent a four-figure sum on vet fees alone, but her quality of life improved enormously and we never regretted or resented the cost.

I don't think a rescue home is a good source for family pets, especially if it's a child's pet. For this, a reputable breeder or dealer should be the source. Those who take animals from a rescue home should be prepared for a higher maintenance cost -- even if the buying fee is less, it's not a cheaper option.

the same thing happened to my brother he got a puppy that died of distemper about a month later. its a living creature though you can't garuntee everything's going to go smoothley.

it might be worth talking to the rescue centre though, they paid my brothers vets bill.

"if I take a run over cat to the in laws do you think I could get a tenner out of them?"

wow you are a really nice person.

im glad i don't know you.

thats bad what if it takes 2 wks to die will they get a hamster ??

that's terrible. i thought they were supposed to care about animals. how can anyone that cares about animals talk like that?

I once bought a parrot...the shopkeeper said it was sleeping but I suspect it was dead as when we fried it it didn't make a sound...didn't even say Polly put the kettle on...

i got lots of cats want one?