Rehoming dogs from abroad

As a dog lover I can understand this to an extent, but I have to agree with you Flora the money would have helped a children's hospice or similar. I think I would have considered best use of £6,000 if I had that amount to spare. As you say though people can do as they wish with their own money.

There are 2 dogs homes within 5 miles of where i live both import dogs from overseas. Both fund raise in the local community but i wont give them a penny as i dont see the need to import or how the can justify the cost.Surely there are more than enough unwanted dogs in this country without importing a problem

I'm flabbergasted!! I can almost understand an individual spending their own money to do it but why on earth would a dogs home import dogs from overseas when Battersea is overrun with dogs needing homes? The mind boggles.

As well as the 'charity begins at home' thing re adopting dogs, when they are brought into the country, particularly from Eastern Europe(there's quite a thriving trade in 'orphaned' dogs from Romania)there is no way of checking out their characteristics/personality or even their history.
At the moment there are quite a number of podencos, or Spanish hunting dogs, being re-homed in the UK. They are usually brought over by well- meaning animal lovers, half a dozen or so at a time. I will admit, they have been treated abominably by owners who then dump them at the end of the hunting season, but these are dogs who have never lived indoors and still retain their hunting instincts. 'Domesticating' such a
dog requires expert knowledge of the breed,something which few UK dog lovers have.
I do wish anyone wanting to adopt a dog would just use their local dog rehoming organisation who, if they are reputable will offer advice, and in difficult cases take a dog back for retraining or re-housing with a more suitable family.

Animal immigration now
Agree with others, it's potty bringing them here, there are animal charities in every country.

My son lives in Spain with his Spanish wife and is involved with a group who rescue these greyhounds. They have adopted two themselves and have fostered two others at different times. They stay with the foster family until ready to be rehomed. I have to say that the two they have adopted are the gentlest creatures imaginable. The fostered ones did go abroad, to Belgium, I think.

It seems crazy to import dogs for rehoming when our own dog rescue charities are overwhelmed with dogs in need of adoption. Willsmadnan is so right about the hunting dogs, I know two such animals who twelve months after being placed with experienced and dedicated owners retain the high prey urge, that neeed to hunt and kill prey.

to be honest with you there are so many dogs in the UK that need rehoming i think its crazy to go abroad, but each to their own i guess