Over the years I adopted two little dogs from Silverfox and on both occasions the fosterers were at fault for neglect. One of the dogs had a collar on so tight that he had a red bald ring around his neck and understandably had developed a fear of harnesses. My other dog was EXTREMELY overweight and was still being given treats and huge portions of food when we collected him.I contacted the charity last year after I had received a health diagnosis which meant that I was no longer able to give my dogs the lives that they deserved. My health condition also meant that I had to move house and find rented accommodation and with 3 small dogs it was proving to be near impossible. I gave the decision a lot of thought, and I mean weeks of tearing my hair out trying to find an alternative solution because my dogs were my life. It was hopeless. I kept coming back to the fact that rehoming them was the best thing that I could do for them and my emotions were not the most important part in making this decision. I reached out to the charity for help and explained what was happening. I also told them that one of my dogs (my first dog) had started to change since I had adopted my last dog and that she needed to be rehomed alone. She had become more aloof and anxious and clearly wasn’t happy. I had her for 10 years and she was my best friend so I knew her and what she was trying to tell me. I also requested that my other two be rehomed together as one of them gained confidence from the other, but they were unable to guarantee this so I backed out of handing over the anxious one last minute as that didn’t sit right with me.When we were told that there were spaces in foster homes for two of the dogs, a volunteer picked them up and I was (and I think I always will be) completely heartbroken. The paperwork that I had completed before handing over my babies was very formal - all to do with microchips and vets and only a tiny space for talking about their personalities, fears, needs, likes and dislikes etc. Only 5 days after entering her foster home, they listed my dog of 10 years on their Facebook page and wrote that she is happy to live with other dogs. I emailed the charity to plead with them to change this as all she really wanted was to be an only dog. She was so different in a multi-dog home, especially with competitive dogs. Having known her for half of my adult life, I could see from the photos they had uploaded of her that she was on the back of the sofa, looking down at the other dogs as she was trying to get away from them. This is when things got really nasty. The woman who runs the charity instantly started judging me for rehoming them, accused me of being a bad owner, a liar and claimed to know my dog better than me, despite her having not met my dog and me having had her by my side for 10 years. I told her that I had absolutely nothing to gain from her being rehomed as an only dog and that all of this had been for her to live a happier life, yet they did nothing.I am absolutely disgusted by this charity. Despite what they say, they do not have the dogs’ best interests at heart and they certainly don’t have any respect for the owners. Some of the fosterers have absolutely no idea what they are doing and should not be allowed to care for animals.Giving up a pet is an extremely difficult decision to make and after nearly a year, I am still devastated, but it could have been so much easier if the people who run this charity had listened or had even pretended to care.
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