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I know what you mean. I help run a rescue and one of the things were trying to do it not make it so hard for people....it's a turn off for sure. There's one rescue in Norco that has you fill out a ridiculously long application and make you committ to buying a dog food that they sell. They state if you don't give them their dog food they can come and take the dog back at any time. What amazes me it that people still adopt from them!! Rescues serve a good purpose. I think many of them fear that the dog they saved, often from horrendous situations, will end up in a less than ideal situation. The worse thing is to get a call from a shelter that they have a dog with your rescue's microchip in them and the dog has been abused or neglected by the very people that you screened and found suitable to adopt them!!! I've gotten many dogs from the county shelter. That's where most of the rescue dogs come from anyhow....may as well skip the middle man.
Like you Knock Kneed Hen, I can sympathise with both sides. I have seen some would be adopters find out about the home visit and then they would drop out of the process. I think what some people do not understand is that MOST of the rescues want what is best for their dogs and do not want them to end up in the predictaments that got them into their rescues in the first place. Some rescues may be a little over zealous put I think all in all they have the dogs or animals best interest in mind.
It really does seem like jumping hurdles to adopt a dog sometimes and of course it is so much easier to open up the pocketbook and buy but think about it long and hard. Think about the overcrowding and how many dogs lose their lives daily. That is what keeps me going and the reason I have 4 dogs and fostering another. I always tell people that if you do not want to go to a rescue then please please go to a animal shelter and save a life. All of mine were either turned in or roaming the streets and ended up in the shelter. The rescue I work for bailed them out and I was in the right place at the right time and got them at different times.
I am pretty sure I know who you are talking about. Batman and Robin fame? I totally understand that adoption fees barely cover the boarding, vet bills, spay & neuter but have you seen their adoption fees.
I came back from Europe and had played w/ a Leonburger and wanted one so badly. I of course wanted to adopt but there are so few of them around. This rescue had one but I read their contract and said no thanks.
Nancy
I know what you mean. I help run a rescue and one of the things were trying to do it not make it so hard for people....it's a turn off for sure. There's one rescue in Norco that has you fill out a ridiculously long application and make you committ to buying a dog food that they sell. They state if you don't give them their dog food they can come and take the dog back at any time. What amazes me it that people still adopt from them!! Rescues serve a good purpose. I think many of them fear that the dog they saved, often from horrendous situations, will end up in a less than ideal situation. The worse thing is to get a call from a shelter that they have a dog with your rescue's microchip in them and the dog has been abused or neglected by the very people that you screened and found suitable to adopt them!!! I've gotten many dogs from the county shelter. That's where most of the rescue dogs come from anyhow....may as well skip the middle man.
Like you Knock Kneed Hen, I can sympathise with both sides. I have seen some would be adopters find out about the home visit and then they would drop out of the process. I think what some people do not understand is that MOST of the rescues want what is best for their dogs and do not want them to end up in the predictaments that got them into their rescues in the first place. Some rescues may be a little over zealous put I think all in all they have the dogs or animals best interest in mind.
It really does seem like jumping hurdles to adopt a dog sometimes and of course it is so much easier to open up the pocketbook and buy but think about it long and hard. Think about the overcrowding and how many dogs lose their lives daily. That is what keeps me going and the reason I have 4 dogs and fostering another. I always tell people that if you do not want to go to a rescue then please please go to a animal shelter and save a life. All of mine were either turned in or roaming the streets and ended up in the shelter. The rescue I work for bailed them out and I was in the right place at the right time and got them at different times.
I am pretty sure I know who you are talking about. Batman and Robin fame? I totally understand that adoption fees barely cover the boarding, vet bills, spay & neuter but have you seen their adoption fees.
Nancy
