Posted on 01/29/2012 7:56:10 PM PST by Altariel
No Pet For You Want to adopt a dog or cat? Prepare for an inquisition at the animal rescue.
eople who rescue animals can be reluctant to believe anyone deserves the furry creatures. Some rescue groups think potential owners shouldn’t have full-time jobs. Others reject families with children. Some rescuers think apartment dwelling is OK for humans but not for dogs, or object to a cat’s litter box being placed in a basement. Some say no to people who would let a dog run around the fenced backyard “unsupervised,” or allow a cat outside, ever.
It used to be that people who wanted to get an abandoned or abused animal went to the local pound, saw one they liked, paid a small fee, and drove home with a new pet. Since the 1990s, however, the movement to reduce animal euthanasia and the arrival of the Internet have given rise to a new breed of rescuer. These are private groups, or even individuals, who create networks of volunteers to care for needy animals.
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This is so true! We ended up with a chocolate lab mix from the pound who gets to run around on 3 acres. After having her a year, I’m glad the animal adoption people dragged their feet. My dog’s better anyway!
Then don’t expect a free pet.
PAWS would rather put down an animal than place it for adoption. They have the worst record of animal euthanasia.
I have no problem with animals rescue places making rules & requirements before adopting out an animal.
I’ve adopted 2 cats & 2 dogs from rescue organizations that had requirements before they’d let you adopt.
If they don’t think an apartment is a suitable environment for a pet, it shows their level of ignorance as to how big a canine’s den is or the size of a place a wildcat keeps.
What matters is that I’m giving adequate exercise to it, not the size of an apartment.
Abut twenty years ago they asked me “who was going to car for my puppy while I was working” I refused to quit my job hence they turned me down. No puppy.
Abut twenty years ago they asked me “who was going to car for my puppy while I was working” I refused to quit my job hence they turned me down. No puppy.
I got this treatment, three page form, agreement to allow them to come and follow up and verify the info, third degree etc., for a sickly little five month old kitty they had named Franklin.
We never heard from them again, though we kept the name. Franklin is 13 years old.
The shelters don't provide a free pet. They charge a small fee.
If you want a free pet you should hang out along the river and pull in burlap sacks. Once in awhile, one out of five burlap sacks will have something twitching. The rest will have the makings of a fine gumbo.
I think my answer might have been along the lines of, “My Doberman” will look after it.
That’s the great thing about America, people can set their own rules for things and if you don’t like them you can find a place you do like.
If a place had requirements I didn’t like, I’d adopt from some place I could deal with their requirements.
And please no idiot responses about racist or gender rules that obviously are illegal. If they were stupid enough to have such policies I’d be grateful to know because I wouldn’t want a thing to do with them just because of that.
Among other things. If you can't handle them, leave.
So from this one experience did you stop going to other shelters to see if you could adopt, or go back once in awhile to see if the shelter changed its policies, or did you let this one time turn you off forever and assume all shelters were the same as this one?
Having 100% rescue and pund animals and having worked with the rescues for years, I know our groups were careful, but quick. I’ve done the pre-screen work as well. We worked on adopting the most difficult dogs, Great Danes, since they are very often destructive in their puppy years (I mean they eat couches!) And people get one and don’t understand the scale of having a moose in the house. Our most recent Dane came to us after being returned to the rescue 2 times and he is deaf. He is a sweety, and needed to learn boundaries, but a novice Dane owner would have been in too deep for their own good. This is exactly why he was returned 2 times and why they are careful on adoptions. Also we had (and still have) an owner surrender female already who was more than capable in being a role model for him and bigger than him so he couldn’t bully her. These kind of dogs need extra careful placement, a dog that is 180+ Lbs. Is NOT a dog to give to someone without serious consideration.
I also know the cat rescue people do the impossible, they get a fee for cats. Our 2 cats are rescue and I paid 100 bucks for one of them because it will save more cats in the future. Kittens in the paper are still free.
We adopted a black lab from a lab rescue society in DFW.
They do look you over. They even looked all over my house.
It seemed a little extreme, but they are wonderful people and we got a great dog, not free, but reasonable.
However, my niece, who is an extreme dog lover works and leaves her dogs in the yard. Some rescue group wouldn’t let her have a dog because of this.
They may have gone a little overboard, some of them anyway.
I think it’s good to ensure a prospective pet owner will treat his pet well. I think that it’s good to match a pet to an owner based on lifestyle, or kids, or whatever.
Unfortunately, a lot of these pet rescue groups are run by anti-humans who believe that no human should ever own pets and, if they had their way, we’d all be locked within teeming cities completely devoid of animals.
My terrier mix was a street rescue puppy. And he stays outdoors on a long trolley-line in good weather as he will jump or climb the chain link fence. I take him to work some days and to the oil patch when I can. Found him seven years ago and he’s asleep at my feet as I write this. Never barks, too friendly with strangers, and will chase any cat he sees.
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