FabSwingers.com forum: 'Rescue dogs'

By *ornucopia OP Man
over a year ago

Bexley

Currently listening to a radio discussion about dog ownership and for the 'umpteenth time I groaned on hearing the stupid expression 'rescue dog' when clearly they mean 'rescued dog'.

Surely a 'rescue dog is something like a St Bernard delivering a cask of brandy to someone it has dug out of an avalanche or perhaps a Labrador frantically directing earthquake workers to someone alive and trapped.

'Rescue dog' used as it is can only be an example of how poor many people's grasp of the English language is.

For goodness sake call the damned things 'rescued dogs'. it is more accurate and as such can't be a bad way forward for all concerned including the dogs!

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

welcome to my world.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What do we call a rescued dog that is yet to be rescued?

What do we call a retired rescue dog?

Maybe the name is referring what the owner is doing not what the dog is doing, dogs that need rescue, rather than provide it

Might as well get pedantic about why we don’t have rescue bitches, surely they’re actually rescued canines….

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By *odgerMooreMan
over a year ago

Fulwood

I think their are to many grammer and speeling natsis on fab !!

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

Pedantry is a curse I suffer from. There are a few phrases (which typically I can't think of off hand) that make me go

I also know that I get things wrong

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

At a meeting I was on Tues night .....

someone wrote ...... been instead of being .......

All I could do to clamp the jaws shut and keep them shut..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Pedantry is a curse I suffer from. There are a few phrases (which typically I can't think of off hand) that make me go

I also know that I get things wrong "

I pacifically hate this one.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What do we call a rescued dog that is yet to be rescued? "

Dog.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

"Pedantry is a curse I suffer from. There are a few phrases (which typically I can't think of off hand) that make me go

I also know that I get things wrong

I pacifically hate this one. "

You can prod all you like, I ain't biting

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My life has changed so much for the better from getting ours that rescue dog also works

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What do we call a rescued dog that is yet to be rescued?

What do we call a retired rescue dog? "

In trouble dog.

Veteran dog.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"My life has changed so much for the better from getting ours that rescue dog also works

That's a great way of describing it. We ask cats at a rehoming centre to choose to live with us and they genuinely make a huge difference to our lives. I won't say we choose them because it wouldn't be true.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What do we call a rescued dog that is yet to be rescued?

What do we call a retired rescue dog?

In trouble dog.

Veteran dog.

Someone’s had their coffee …

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By *hrista BellendWoman
over a year ago

surrounded by twinkly lights

"Currently listening to a radio discussion about dog ownership and for the 'umpteenth time I groaned on hearing the stupid expression 'rescue dog' when clearly they mean 'rescued dog'.

'Rescue dog' used as it is can only be an example of how poor many people's grasp of the English language is.

For goodness sake call the damned things 'rescued dogs'. it is more accurate and as such can't be a bad way forward for all concerned including the dogs!"

The common umbrella term is a 'Working Dog' for any dog in employment of a service to animals or humans

So adopted can be rescue or rescued depending on whether you want to add the d or not

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By *odgerMooreMan
over a year ago

Fulwood

"Currently listening to a radio discussion about dog ownership and for the 'umpteenth time I groaned on hearing the stupid expression 'rescue dog' when clearly they mean 'rescued dog'.

'Rescue dog' used as it is can only be an example of how poor many people's grasp of the English language is.

For goodness sake call the damned things 'rescued dogs'. it is more accurate and as such can't be a bad way forward for all concerned including the dogs!

The common umbrella term is a 'Working Dog' for any dog in employment of a service to animals or humans

So adopted can be rescue or rescued depending on whether you want to add the d or not

Could working dog also be attributed to a dog that provides sexual services to other dogs for a biscuit or bit of cheese??

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

The dog was rescued.

The women was fucked.

The woman is a good fucked.

I went out with a woman she was a right fucked....

See that women over there. She is the current fucked of him over there.

Go upstairs woman .... that is where we will fucked.

Hmmmmm the woman is a fuck

The dog is a rescue.

Can't argue with that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It doesn't matter what you call them as long as they get a forever-home.

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By *arker secrets 321Man
over a year ago

West Bromwich

Both my dogs were rescued dogs both gave so much happiness x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It doesn't matter what you call them as long as they get a forever-home.

What he said

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well said sir ,just another example of the not so slow demise of the English language.

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By *oly Fuck Sticks BatmanCouple
over a year ago

here & there

Same as the Union flag….. ffs it’s only the Union Jack when flown on a boat!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I adopted a rescue

and we adore him. I not going to correct what I refer to him as. (Sometimes my kids call him plus-sized rat though - they love him really!)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Same as the Union flag….. ffs it’s only the Union Jack when flown on a boat!! "

Prime example of the correction needing correction because it’s actually a fallacy

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

Their, their , their OP ..

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By *ersey GirlCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

"Your wee dog is so timid"

"It's a rescue"

"Your wee dog is so timid"

"It's a rescued"

The latter doesn't sound right

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By *ornucopia OP Man
over a year ago

Bexley

""Your wee dog is so timid"

"It's a rescue"

"Your wee dog is so timid"

"It's a rescued"

The latter doesn't sound right

It would sound right if you simply called it 'a rescued dog'. not that difficult and having the big advantage of making sense.

Surely a 'rescue' is the scenario of someone or even a dog, being rescued.

None of this would be a problem if so many people weren't abysmal in their use of English.

So sad when you think that educational opportunities have never been better but are so often wasted on drivel culture (and no it isn't spelt 'dribble' as so many seem to think).

I make no apologies for being pedantic but some of us like to maintain standards. The alternative is descent into inaccuracy and ambiguity, of which there is already quite enough. Let's use our language properly and with pride.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

""Your wee dog is so timid"

"It's a rescue"

"Your wee dog is so timid"

"It's a rescued"

The latter doesn't sound right

It would sound right if you simply called it 'a rescued dog'. not that difficult and having the big advantage of making sense.

Surely a 'rescue' is the scenario of someone or even a dog, being rescued.

None of this would be a problem if so many people weren't abysmal in their use of English.

So sad when you think that educational opportunities have never been better but are so often wasted on drivel culture (and no it isn't spelt 'dribble' as so many seem to think).

I use the English language correctly 95% of the time. Despite being Australian, I maintain standards. I make no apology for calling my beloved pooch a rescue dog.

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By *nfin8yWoman
over a year ago

Newcastle-under-Lyme

"Pedantry is a curse I suffer from. There are a few phrases (which typically I can't think of off hand) that make me go

I also know that I get things wrong

I pacifically hate this one. "

I particularly disliked a woman I used to work with saying pacific instead of specific

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By *ersey GirlCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

Google search

Rescue dog meaning

A dog that has been placed in a new home after being abused, neglected or abandoned by it's previous owner

Definitions.net

What does rescue dog mean

A homeless, lost or abandoned dog which has been or will be re-homed by an animal rescue centre or charity

The Free Dictionary

Rescue dog

1 A dog trained to assist rescue workers

2 A dog that has been placed in a new home after being abused, neglected or abandoned by it's previous owner

Your Dictionary

Rescue dog meaning

A homeless, lost or abandoned dog which has been, or will be, rehomed by an animal rescue centre or charity

What does rescue dog mean in English

Rescue dog

A rescue dog is a dog that is rescued from a possible euthanasia after being found as a stray a dog that has been saved by an animal rescue organisation such as RSPCA

LEXICO

Rescue dog

1 a dog trained to aid in rescue operations

2 a dog that has been rescued from abuse, neglect etc

Wiktionary

Rescue dog

1 a homeless, lost or abandoned dog which has been or will be re-homed by an animal rescue centre or charity

2 A dog utilised in search and rescue

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By *ersey GirlCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

If you put in rescued dog meaning into google it doesn't even come up. It says "do you mean rescue dog"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

""Your wee dog is so timid"

"It's a rescue"

"Your wee dog is so timid"

"It's a rescued"

The latter doesn't sound right

It would sound right if you simply called it 'a rescued dog'. not that difficult and having the big advantage of making sense.

Surely a 'rescue' is the scenario of someone or even a dog, being rescued.

None of this would be a problem if so many people weren't abysmal in their use of English.

So sad when you think that educational opportunities have never been better but are so often wasted on drivel culture (and no it isn't spelt 'dribble' as so many seem to think).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It doesn't matter what you call them as long as they get a forever-home.

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Perhaps they do say it correctly, but since the letters end and start the next word, double d, it blends into one.

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By *ersey GirlCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

English language and usage

Rescue dog v rescued dog

Why is a dog that has been rescued from the pound called a rescue dog rather than a rescued dog

A rescue dog is a dog that has been placed in a home that has been abandoned, neglected or abused by it's previous owner. A dog that has been rescued however is simply a dog that has been rescued from a bad situation. More often than not a rescued dog is returned to it's family. Rescue dogs have been rescued from something. A rescued dog is not necessarily homeless, lost or abandoned

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It doesn't matter what you call them as long as they get a forever-home.

Prize to that man

I have a beautiful “chien abandonné” and for the last 2 weeks have been fostering another.

Doesn’t matter how you describe them as long as you recognise that humans have let them down.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

While we're here, it's arsed not asked

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By *tephanjMan
over a year ago

Kettering

I will be rescuing a dog soon once I can get my house sorted out, at present it's a death trap for a dog. As far as I'm concerned it's a rescue dog who will be rescuing me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Good luck with the Labrador, their job originally was (and still is) as a gun dog. To swim out and bring back the fallen bird (usually ducks) much like the Golden Retriever but their job is on land, whereas Working Cocker Spaniels (wockers) their job is with the beaters, to the chase the bird out of its hiding place in to the air so some git with a gun can shoot it. Then the GR goes to get it.

As for the RESCUE dog, it never becomes RESCUED as it might always have issues that relate back to its previous life, which if the rescue (charity) is responsible, will always offer RBU (Rescue Back Up, which could include trainers/behaviourists & vet care) if the dog were to become “RESCUED” then RBU will not be needed.

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By *ersey GirlCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

OP is it still rescued dog?

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By *ornucopia OP Man
over a year ago

Bexley

"OP is it still rescued dog?

i am totally clear in my mind that a dog which has been rescued, to whatever degree of success is a 'rescued dog' and a dog which takes part in rescue work is a 'rescue dog'.

It couldn't be simpler really.

Unfortunately, when rescuing dogs and re-homing them became well known about, the incorrect term 'rescue dog' (or cat)fell into popular usage because there are so many nitwits around with no decent grasp on proper English.

It is not going to go away but it will still grate on me and one or two other pedants. I will leave it there because I cannot change it but at least I can try and educate, albeit far too late! That's it from me, now, on this topic.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So, 'rescue dog' is OK then, purely because it's become accepted language through constant use, regardless of the semantics of grammar? I have 'a rescue' and happy to call him such.

As for pedantry over poor use of the English language that appears to be becoming widely accepted, mine is "should of". Boils my piss.

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By *ersey GirlCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

"OP is it still rescued dog?

i am totally clear in my mind that a dog which has been rescued, to whatever degree of success is a 'rescued dog' and a dog which takes part in rescue work is a 'rescue dog'.

It couldn't be simpler really.

So Google, Definitions.net, The Free Dictionary, Your Dictionary, Wikipedia, LEXICO and a dozen or so more sites are wrong then?

Can you also explain why the term rescued dog doesn't come up on any search then. Like not one

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The horse has long since bolted.

While I take your point, we often have odd adjectives for animals. A sheep dog. A gun dog. A house rabbit.

One could argue it's a dog from a rescue. Rather than a dog that is rescued. Maybe.

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By *ornucopia OP Man
over a year ago

Bexley

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So Google, Definitions.net, The Free Dictionary, Your Dictionary, Wikipedia, LEXICO and a dozen or so more sites are wrong then?

Can you also explain why the term rescued dog doesn't come up on any search then. Like not one

R"
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I wasn't going to get further drawn on this but as what you wrote sounded like piffle, I googled it.

Don't know how you didn't find anything but I hovered my mouse over 'rescued dog' asked Google and straight away got the RSPCA (what better authority on the subject?) saying:

Rehome Or Adopt A Rescued Pet | RSPCA

Rehoming rescued dogs.

Need I say any more? At least the RSPCA know how to use English correctly. I will leave it wth them

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By *essie.Woman
over a year ago

Serendipity

"It doesn't matter what you call them as long as they get a forever-home.

Exactly this. My dog is a rescue and the charity she is from, has rescue in its title.

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

This used to piss me off.

As a former member of a search and rescue team that uses dogs to find missing people it was ridiculous the number of people who approached us on collection days and asked where we had rescued the dogs from.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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So Google, Definitions.net, The Free Dictionary, Your Dictionary, Wikipedia, LEXICO and a dozen or so more sites are wrong then?

Can you also explain why the term rescued dog doesn't come up on any search then. Like not one

R;p

I wasn't going to get further drawn on this but as what you wrote sounded like piffle, I googled it.

Don't know how you didn't find anything but I hovered my mouse over 'rescued dog' asked Google and straight away got the RSPCA (what better authority on the subject?) saying:

Rehome Or Adopt A Rescued Pet | RSPCA

Rehoming rescued dogs.

Need I say any more? At least the RSPCA know how to use English correctly. I will leave it wth them"

“Better authority” you are kidding? I know of several stories this so called “organisation” have executed HEALTHY animals and sold land given to them because they simply can’t be bothered. They were gifted a small animal sanctuary when the owner died, they euthanised ALL the animals, and sold the land because a) the money from the sale was better in their pocket, and b. It hadn’t been stipulated on the gifting that they had to continue to use the sanctuary as it was. So they killed the animals to sell the land!

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