The Hungarian Vizsla Club has a welfare section, for the rescue and re-homing of Vizslas that can no longer stay with their owners, for whatever reason.

If you have a vizsla that needs rehoming, for whatever reason, then contact one of our welfare officers, Sue Millson or Claire Aldridge, in the first instance. Contact details are at the foot of the page. There are some basic questions that you will be asked, some of whch require some thought - these are summarised below:

If you are thinking about owning a Welfare boy or girl from the Hungarian Vizsla Club, here are some details we will need to know about you when you enquire, and some issues that you need to bear in mind:

• What are your work commitments
• Do you have children? And what ages are they?
• Do you have experience with Vizslak or other Hunt, Point & Retrieve breeds (HPRs) or with any other breeds?
• Do you have other pets?
• Do you have a preference for a dog or a bitch?
• What are the minimum and maximum ages you are prepared to take on?

When you contact us, you will need to provide us with your home address, mobile, landline and email address. If we find a welfare dog that may suit you, we will ask someone who lives near you to come and home check for us. We would contact you first and tell you who will be calling you to book an appointment to visit.

Once the home check is done, we will then invite you down to Kent to meet the dog and us. Also if you have another dog please bring them down when you come to visit so all of us can see them together.

We remain in contact with the dogs for the whole of their lives – if for any reason the dog has to be rehomed again, they must come back to Club Welfare.

We do not charge for the dogs – but a donation is always welcome to help cover expenses.

If any Club Welfare dog has an existing condition that is uninsurable but considered by our vet not to compromise the dog’s quality of life, then, if required, Welfare will pay the expenses related to that condition for the adoptive owner.

All dogs and bitches must be neutered or spayed. If this has not been carried out by the time of adoption, it must be done once they have settled in to their new families or when maturity has been reached in the case of a puppy (i.e. after 12-14 months of age if a male and three months after the bitches first season)

Welfare will be here if there are any unforeseen problems that arise with the adoptive dog and we will be happy to guide you through them.

Some people can wait for some time for the right dog to come along – once your name has been placed on our waiting list, if you find another dog in the meantime please let us know and we can remove your name.

Your details will remain on the waiting list for 6months then they will be removed at the end of the month. i.e. if you went on the waiting list in January and by June you are still waiting, contact us at the beginning of the month of June and say you wish to remain on for a further six months - if we have not heard from you by the end of the month then your details will be removed.

You may be the last one placed on the list and the first to be offered a dog – as it is not “first come, first served” - it is always the person or family that suits them the best.

Sue

Sue Millson	Claire Aldridge
Welfare Officer	Welfare Officer
Hungarian Vizsla Club	Hungarian Vizsla Club.
Tel: 01892 834178	Tel:01959 573317
email: sue@lutra.me.uk	email: claireraldridge@aol.com

If emailing, please make sure you include the information required - see above.

For up to date information on dogs requiring rehoming, please contact our welfare officer, Sue Millson, 01892 834178 (between 9am and 8pm if possible please)
or email: sue@lutra.me.uk

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Gilda, was a bitch who was found wandering in Cyprus. HVC welfare was contacted to see if they would be willing to help, and a campaign was started to raise the funds to bring her to the UK. The funds required were soon raised and Gilda was flown to the UK.

 

 

Welfare received the following message from her new owner:

 

 

 

 

 

 

"When Gilda flew in from Cyprus in July 2006 Claire Aldridge who collected her from the airport said "she's delightful"and so she is.Very friendly and very good at getting her own way especially with Monty our other Vizsla. If there is only one chair available for dogs and Monty gets in the chair first Gilda asks to go out, Monty follows, Gilda nips back in first into the chair.
Typical Vizsla Bitch I am told!

Valerie"

Bored Vizsla.

 

One our Welfare girls recently underwent an operation to repair a cruciate ligament in her knee. Nothing unusual in that all went well. The owner followed advice to the letter from the Orthopaedic Specialist - cage rest required for 6 weeks. The bitch concerned took it all in her stride (so to speak) and languished on a special Orthopaedic mattress bought for madams comfort.
Till the end of 4 weeks- she was left for a very short while as usual having been outside on a lead to relieve her self and then back in. When the owner returned - Christmas snow had come early -she had shredded her mattress into tiny pieces in a very small space of time, obviously deciding enough was enough. I was sent a photograph of the area:

A real temper tantrum - and a lesson in just what a thoroughly fed-up Vizsla can do!