Some animal lovers go to extremes when judging situations with pets. My guess is you have some OC-area pretentiousness combined with a volunteer who sees dogs the same as human children who need a specific type of home.
So when a family wants to adopt a dog they see as a pet and not equal to a child, there are going to be conflicts and mismatches.
We adopted a collie from a collie rescue here in the IE (we moved from OC 5 years ago) and they did a home visit. I was concerned that we were going to have one of those situations like yours, but instead she was just looking to see that we had the basic accomodations for the dog and wanted assurances that he wouldn’t be outside all day/night. These people were very down-to-earth and good people.
Maybe try a GS rescue in the IE or just visit a county shelter regularly and pick one up directly.
Best to you.
I dont adopt any animal,I buy thm. Refering to animals as adopted is a PETA move.
People are adopted.