Her argument is absolutely ridiculous. Her saying, "Guide dogs are put in dangerous situations" doesn't make any sense. Guide dogs are better trained than regular dogs to specifically AVOID putting themselves and their owners in dangerous situations (like when crossing a road, for example). Also, if the technology was available as an alternative to dogs then great, but technology simply isn't there yet. Until it is, guide dogs are a perfectly safe, useful, and brilliant alternative.
I have wanted a service dog ever since I was 5 years old but my mom is really scared of dogs so I won't able to get a service dog and also the care facility that I live in doesn't allow any dogs at all and that is so very upsetting to me but I do respect it
Piers missed the big hypocrisy. Wendy was concerned about the 25% of Guide Dog puppies who don't make the grade adding to our "rehoming problem". Yet her personal dog is a European rescue. 🤦♀️
I’m not exactly anti-guide dog. If the dogs are well-cared for and well-loved (by which I mean as family members, as friends, as best friends, as soulmates, beyond just solely being valued for the work they do), then fine. I do think that the guide dogs should defo consider using rescued pups if the situation where there were some lab/retriever pups of the right age were available and suitable, though, however, I respect that, with service dogs, it isn’t always possible to use rescues, as they need specific dogs with specific temperaments and behaviour and the right ages/breeds/types, etc, but rescue dogs should be used/considered where possible. I will also say that my personal view on adopting dogs/cats from abroad is still a good thing. An animal in need is an animal in need, wherever they are from. An animal from anywhere else in the world has as much right to a good home as any British animal. Although some people abroad do adopt animals, it’s less likely to happen than it would be in the UK, as we’re supposedly a nation of animal lovers and, although we have a poverty crisis and a housing crisis, we’re also more well off than a lot of other people in the world. If more people adopted rescued animals, whether they were British or foreign, rather than buying from breeders, it would still be a good thing. Rescuing dogs and cats from abroad also isn’t as simple as just popping any stray cat or dog off the streets of India, Romania, Cyprus, Greece, Thailand (etc) and onto a plane to the UK. The animals would need to be vaccinated, health-checked, approved, have a passport/Government approval, etc.
@@victoriasalter1701 The UK rescue industry is in crisis right now. Barely any new adoptions so no space freeing up for new surrenders. Yet people are still buying puppies and importing rescues, while hundreds of needy dogs already in this country are being killed. For the poor street dogs it's not so simple as hopping on a plane, ferry or the Eurotunnel. They are wrenched from the only life they know, free to roam, often mishandled by well meaning but inexperienced local rescuers and frequently kept in substandard facilities. There's the first set of traumas. Then they are subjected to half a dozen (mostly unecessary because they probably have environmental immunity) vaccinations, being handled for the vet check without any prior acclimatisation or training to consider their comfort and mental wellbeing. Next they spend an obligatory 3 weeks back in kennels before they can travel, which involves a terrifying experience for many in a dark box on wheels for multiple hours at a time. More trauma! They arrive over here in, to them, an alien planet, because everything looks and smells different to their 'home'. Oh, and let's not forget the friends and family they've lost. Their new owners and living in a house are unknown quantities. Yet they're taken out for walks almost immediately and expected to cope with the hustle and bustle of this new life. Some are lucky. They get rescued by truly awesome people who own compounds for the dogs to run around in. They work tirelessly to prepare the dog for all to come and seek out adopters over here who understand the need for space and time to settle in once they arrive. But this isn't the norm. The majority of rescues who import don't have any facilities over here for when the adoption fails. Those poor dogs end up being taken in by UK rescues, placed in kennels or maybe a foster home. Those dogs are also being killed for lack of rescue space anywhere right now.
Yes, she could’ve rehomed a dog in Britain! And why couldn’t she have rehomed, retired, guide, dog, or a rejected guide dog that didn’t make the grade, if she was so concerned about their welfare?
The presenters showed how bad they are at understanding of what Wendy is advocating and saying , her horse riding days were in the time before enlightenment of animal cruelty issues
Her argument is absolutely ridiculous. Her saying, "Guide dogs are put in dangerous situations" doesn't make any sense. Guide dogs are better trained than regular dogs to specifically AVOID putting themselves and their owners in dangerous situations (like when crossing a road, for example). Also, if the technology was available as an alternative to dogs then great, but technology simply isn't there yet. Until it is, guide dogs are a perfectly safe, useful, and brilliant alternative.
She’s an ableist
And a Karen!
I have wanted a service dog ever since I was 5 years old but my mom is really scared of dogs so I won't able to get a service dog and also the care facility that I live in doesn't allow any dogs at all and that is so very upsetting to me but I do respect it
Piers missed the big hypocrisy.
Wendy was concerned about the 25% of Guide Dog puppies who don't make the grade adding to our "rehoming problem". Yet her personal dog is a European rescue. 🤦♀️
I’m not exactly anti-guide dog. If the dogs are well-cared for and well-loved (by which I mean as family members, as friends, as best friends, as soulmates, beyond just solely being valued for the work they do), then fine. I do think that the guide dogs should defo consider using rescued pups if the situation where there were some lab/retriever pups of the right age were available and suitable, though, however, I respect that, with service dogs, it isn’t always possible to use rescues, as they need specific dogs with specific temperaments and behaviour and the right ages/breeds/types, etc, but rescue dogs should be used/considered where possible.
I will also say that my personal view on adopting dogs/cats from abroad is still a good thing. An animal in need is an animal in need, wherever they are from. An animal from anywhere else in the world has as much right to a good home as any British animal. Although some people abroad do adopt animals, it’s less likely to happen than it would be in the UK, as we’re supposedly a nation of animal lovers and, although we have a poverty crisis and a housing crisis, we’re also more well off than a lot of other people in the world. If more people adopted rescued animals, whether they were British or foreign, rather than buying from breeders, it would still be a good thing.
Rescuing dogs and cats from abroad also isn’t as simple as just popping any stray cat or dog off the streets of India, Romania, Cyprus, Greece, Thailand (etc) and onto a plane to the UK. The animals would need to be vaccinated, health-checked, approved, have a passport/Government approval, etc.
@@victoriasalter1701 The UK rescue industry is in crisis right now. Barely any new adoptions so no space freeing up for new surrenders.
Yet people are still buying puppies and importing rescues, while hundreds of needy dogs already in this country are being killed.
For the poor street dogs it's not so simple as hopping on a plane, ferry or the Eurotunnel. They are wrenched from the only life they know, free to roam, often mishandled by well meaning but inexperienced local rescuers and frequently kept in substandard facilities. There's the first set of traumas.
Then they are subjected to half a dozen (mostly unecessary because they probably have environmental immunity) vaccinations, being handled for the vet check without any prior acclimatisation or training to consider their comfort and mental wellbeing.
Next they spend an obligatory 3 weeks back in kennels before they can travel, which involves a terrifying experience for many in a dark box on wheels for multiple hours at a time. More trauma!
They arrive over here in, to them, an alien planet, because everything looks and smells different to their 'home'. Oh, and let's not forget the friends and family they've lost.
Their new owners and living in a house are unknown quantities. Yet they're taken out for walks almost immediately and expected to cope with the hustle and bustle of this new life.
Some are lucky. They get rescued by truly awesome people who own compounds for the dogs to run around in. They work tirelessly to prepare the dog for all to come and seek out adopters over here who understand the need for space and time to settle in once they arrive. But this isn't the norm.
The majority of rescues who import don't have any facilities over here for when the adoption fails. Those poor dogs end up being taken in by UK rescues, placed in kennels or maybe a foster home.
Those dogs are also being killed for lack of rescue space anywhere right now.
Yes, she could’ve rehomed a dog in Britain!
And why couldn’t she have rehomed, retired, guide, dog, or a rejected guide dog that didn’t make the grade, if she was so concerned about their welfare?
The presenters showed how bad they are at understanding of what Wendy is advocating and saying , her horse riding days were in the time before enlightenment of animal cruelty issues