I am involved with two breed Rescues, Shelties and MinPins. I have dealt with both good and bad people in both of these groups. I have done the home visits, reviewed and worked applications for both breeds.
A responsible rescue group will have certain guidelines regarding how and who they adopt these dogs out to. These dogs that are in foster homes are there because people didn't have the time to deal with the dog, didn't do the research on the breed, couldn't keep them because of family situations, finances, illness, or in some of the cases need to be rehomed do to being deployed overseas.
The foster homes are responsible for taking care of the dog(s) including the proper vetting of the dog, spay/neuter, as well as working with these dogs to find out if they have any behavior problems and working with those dogs. If they are sanctioned by a National Organization, then these volunteers may or may not be re-imbursed for certain expenses.
Both breeds I help out with do background checks, home visits, and interviews with potential adopters. We do screen applicants carefully because we want to make sure that these dogs are going to a forever home. We want to make sure that the people that are adopting one of these dogs understands the needs of the breed and what it all entails.
I have 6 MinPins currently, that I was just going to foster originally,
and I wound up adopting as my own. The first four are a father, mother, aged 6, and their two pups, male and female, aged 5. I couldn't see breaking them up as they had all been together since they were puppies. The next was a return to the rescue because the couple that adopted him were getting a divorce and he supposedly had behavior issues. After a week in my home, his supposed behavior issues mostly disappeared, and he is only 4 years old. The last one is the grand dame of the house, she is over 10 years old, was picked up as a stray and was scheduled to be euthanized. Of them all she is the most independent and stubborn. Because of her age and medical conditions her vet bills came to over $500.00. She had never been spayed, had a skin condition and a couple of infections.
I am sorry that you had such a bad experience, but I would contact the national organization about the situation. Just state the facts, the fact that she didn't even review your app is inexcusable and made her judgement because you asked a few intelligent questions. I wish more adopters would take the time to research the breeds that they are interested in first before they decide to adopt. I have turned down applications because they failed to provide the required information, or just wanted the dog because they felt it looked cute, or they wanted a small dog.
The Shelties I help my friend Karen with(she keeps them at her kennels) are placed with just the same rigourous methods.
Good luck, and it looks like you have one more for your family so far.
They are my buddies and they sleep with me at night
A responsible rescue group will have certain guidelines regarding how and who they adopt these dogs out to. These dogs that are in foster homes are there because people didn't have the time to deal with the dog, didn't do the research on the breed, couldn't keep them because of family situations, finances, illness, or in some of the cases need to be rehomed do to being deployed overseas.
The foster homes are responsible for taking care of the dog(s) including the proper vetting of the dog, spay/neuter, as well as working with these dogs to find out if they have any behavior problems and working with those dogs. If they are sanctioned by a National Organization, then these volunteers may or may not be re-imbursed for certain expenses.
Both breeds I help out with do background checks, home visits, and interviews with potential adopters. We do screen applicants carefully because we want to make sure that these dogs are going to a forever home. We want to make sure that the people that are adopting one of these dogs understands the needs of the breed and what it all entails.
I have 6 MinPins currently, that I was just going to foster originally,
and I wound up adopting as my own. The first four are a father, mother, aged 6, and their two pups, male and female, aged 5. I couldn't see breaking them up as they had all been together since they were puppies. The next was a return to the rescue because the couple that adopted him were getting a divorce and he supposedly had behavior issues. After a week in my home, his supposed behavior issues mostly disappeared, and he is only 4 years old. The last one is the grand dame of the house, she is over 10 years old, was picked up as a stray and was scheduled to be euthanized. Of them all she is the most independent and stubborn. Because of her age and medical conditions her vet bills came to over $500.00. She had never been spayed, had a skin condition and a couple of infections.
I am sorry that you had such a bad experience, but I would contact the national organization about the situation. Just state the facts, the fact that she didn't even review your app is inexcusable and made her judgement because you asked a few intelligent questions. I wish more adopters would take the time to research the breeds that they are interested in first before they decide to adopt. I have turned down applications because they failed to provide the required information, or just wanted the dog because they felt it looked cute, or they wanted a small dog.
The Shelties I help my friend Karen with(she keeps them at her kennels) are placed with just the same rigourous methods.
Good luck, and it looks like you have one more for your family so far.
They are my buddies and they sleep with me at night
