Adoption Rant....

[flnatv]

I guess some states are better than others.... I live in such a rural place, that they are too lax and adopt out to anyone who has the fee... no questions asked.

I will say that while living in Nashville and working with dog rescue, I was at the shelter there to pick up some puppies and ran across a gorgeous GSD puppy.. dubbed "AGRESSIVE". I met him while waiting, played with him... SOOOO NOT agressive!!! I waited until the day he was to be put down and went back, adopted him (5min before euth)... 5 years later Radar (because of his huge ears as a puppy) is now a huge lap dog with an 11yo little boy to play with... (he is my sister's dog

Wonderful turnout for a starved, neglected little guy.

Shelter workers many times have no clue on animal behavior and are not able to recognize signs.... this guy was starved... no matter how much you fed him, he attacked his bowl aggressively. It turned out he needed a food higher in protein for him to maintain weight. Problem Solved.

This guy wouldn't have been given a chance otherwise.

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

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Wow! That is an amazing story. I am so happy you were able to save him.

5 MINUTES before beng euthanized. Wow! He is a lucky little dog!

 

[scbatz33]

My DH adopted an american bulldog from a shelter. It had been abused, it was aggressive towards women, was food aggressive and would bite with out provocation. The shelter KNEW it was aggressive.

We TRIED to get the shelter to take it back. Know what they said - We can't it's a liability if it bites someone here.


SERIOUSLY!!!!!! You KNOWINGLY adopted out an aggressive dog that weighs over 125 pounds and you won't take it back because it's a liability???????


We did everything we could to work with the dog. We had it evaluated. Our vet told us to have it put down. We wanted to give him one last shot so we contacted a behaviorist. We made the appointment but before we could get him there, he bit our daughter. She, fortunately only needed 5 stitches in her hand, but that was it. DH took him to the sherriff's office(the shelter is next door, animal control was closed. this was on a sunday) and told the sherriff to put the dog down, or he would. The sherriff called the ACO and he came in and euthanized the dog on the spot.

BTW, the reason the dog attacked my daughter, she hugged my husband. We were lucky he only got her hand. If he had been faster or my DH husband slower, he could have seriously mangled her arm.

 

[carolinagirl58]

I understand completely because some rescue places are too strict. But that being said, I do believe dogs need to be fenced regardless of how much land you have. 20 acres is not much! I have 25 and trust me...it only takes my dog a couple of minutes to be totally off of my property if she chooses to do so. Go to the top of the forum and see how many people are having problems with neighbor's unfenced dogs coming into their yards and chasing livestock. Those dogs end up being shot! So I can see how a rescue place would not want to adopt to a home with no fence. It's really easy to fence in the back yard area of your house even if the rest of your 20 acres is unfenced. No one should allow their dog to run loose for the safety of the dogs. Sometimes dogs stay at home....and sometimes they don't.

 

[hollyclyff]

I understand a lot of the shelter/rescue requirements even if I don't always agree with them. I can still understand why they have them. BUT in this case I think it is beyond insane. No one should be under any obligation to keep or find a home for a stray animal - aggressive or not. The OP turned in a stray and now can't adopt? That's just nuts! In fact it's actually against the law where I live to keep or rehome a stray animal without going through AC. That's what the shelter director told me a couple of weeks ago when I called about a stray cat that was bullying my existing cats. He said that by law it HAD to go to them.

Good luck getting the puppy!

 

[chickened]

Shelter takes in a vicious dog, shelter re-homes vicious dog for profit (hmm...), vicious dog eats neighbors chicken, neighbor shoots vicious dog. Maybe vicious dog should have been shot to begin with. Just a thought.

 

[Matthew3590]

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Goes back to shelter to be sold again?

 

[BookWorm243]

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That is a great story, I am glad you saved him

At our shelter there was a pit bull named Sissy, they said she as aggressive with dogs, cats, children, and would eat any small animal. For almost 6 years she sat in a kennel because no one would adopt her. We tried to but they know we have animals

Finally just this year the shelter got a revamp and they have new people working there now. Thankfully they figured out she wasn't aggressive (which I could of told you) It just makes me so mad that shelters don't care about anything

 

[Dar]

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its not a matter of fencing or no fencing... they ASSUME because I dont have a fence I will allow the dog to roam... an unfenced yard means the dog is on leash ALL the time and for them to assume I am not suitable because of a fence is crazy... I am responsible! my dogs are NEVER outside without a leash. If I am outside just chilling my dogs have what I call a zip line... I have 100ft long clothes line... I attach a 50ft flexi lead to that clothes line so the dogs have total roam of the yard are are still on a leash. I had my 100+lb malamute on this line and she could not pull it down and she was a sled dog!

My dogs will get tangled every once and a while and yep I gotta get off my butt and untangle them BUT I know where they are..

 

[carolinagirl58]

Yes, you may be a responsible pet owner but the majority of people who don't have fenced yards let their pets out and expect them to stay at home. Which they usually don't. And the majority of people who have their dogs on zip lines don't keep them untangled too well. History has shown these things to be true which is why they have rules in place. They can't be expected to override rules based on your word that you won't let the dogs run free. They don't know you personally so why should they believe you? I am sorry...I am just looking at this from the adoption place's viewpoint.