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[Gog Magog]

Hi All

Its been a while since I've had to post here as we've had good success with kennel spaces but we find ourselves in dire circumstances now:
We have a slight problem with our pound in that Cotswold DC have a staff x in there with suspected kennel cough so the pound is closed. Our back up kennels is miles away and costs us quite a lot so we need to get the pound cleared ASAP so it can be cleansed and disinfected and reopened. This means unless we can get the current dogs moved out pretty swiftish they will be put to sleep

Please cross post to see if anyone can help - would possibly even consider if anyone can foster until the incubation period passes and we can get them onto kennels.
NO history with any of them although temperaments of all are very good but won't foster/rehome with children/other animals just in case.

They are:
Tan with little white staff type - castrated male. V friendly with other dogs (my colleague found him whilst jogging with her very mouthy dog, he completely ignored her yelling at him and happily trotted along beside!). Pic to follow 3144

White scruffy terrier type with small patch of tan by left eye - entire male 3143

Black and tan terrier type - male, smooth coated 3146

Liver and white springer - male, older 3145

And the cotswold staff x of course - I don't know if that's a boy or a girl yet.

Also, just had a small scruffy terrier come in at the weekend in poor condition, very bad abcess by its eye (turned out to be dental abcess) which has had to be operated on so think he's been dumped. Op was succesful and vets confident he needs no further treatment, just fattening up. He has been in hospital allt he time so NOT exposed to Kennel Cough. Pic to follow 3150




pics of the other two to follow tomorrow...
If you can help with any of them please let me know ASAP - I'm not sure how long I can hold them for but may be only a couple of days [
Ali - 07766368220 awaine@swindon.gov.uk
x

[Gog Magog]

All of ours now have places

Am waiting to hear if Cotswold has their dog sorted but think he may be looking. Still waiting for a photo but have some more details but know he's large staff x (of course!!), red and white, about 3 years old, v affectionate with people and shown no sign of aggression towards other dogs - although we can't mix them of course. He's the one that's been coughing

ant possibilities let me know x

[gremlin22]

they close stray kennels becuase of kennel cough?? bl**dy hell every stray kennels up here has KC, but they don't go on shutdown for it, if a boarding kennels got a full outbreak then they would but not a stray kennels.

[Gog Magog]

Gog Magog, on 14 July 2010 - 11:15 AM, said:

Cotswold boy now sorted and hopefully off to rescue on Friday.

I couldn't agree more btw about the nonsense of it - I'm now arguing as they have said it will take them 2-3 days to cleanse and disinfect the kennels and then want a week for it to lie empty to prevent reinfection??!! Has anyone else come across this?

should point out the closure and the above is the requirements of the kennels not us - and no its not a boarding kennels, just run by a vets

Edited by Gog Magog, 14 July 2010 - 11:19 AM.

[Ruthi (borrowadog)]

I think you will find that different local authorities interpret the law in different ways. As a home boarder(and I think its all the kennels too), if I have a kennel cough outbreak here, I have to be shut down for 2 weeks for KC. 5 miles away the local authority doesn't even bother with home boarders - they can have 10 dogs in a cottage if they want to.

[gremlin22]

Wow I never realised that. learn something new every day

[Gog Magog]

although we do require homeboarders to be licenced (and dog creches), we don't have anything regarding being shut down after a disease outbreak. They have to notify us and we would advise accordingly but I've not been able to find any guidance or info requiring the necessity of being closed down - esp for Kennel Cough. I could see in a home boarding environment it would be more difficult to eradicate but there's nothing out there to specifically state a shutdown.

Most councils do licence homeboarders now and it is what defra advises us to do. It is frustrating when someone over the border isn't though!