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Originally posted by Schmelby:
Went to the county animal shelter, walked in and said Hi, I want to see if anyone likes me
and she abruptly said NO! No one can see the dogs. We changed that rule last year. She plopped a binder on the counter in front of me with pics of about 40 dogs
of which about 30 were Pit Bulls. She said if I see a dog I like I can schedule an appointment to see if we are compatible or whatever...

Our family has fostered nine dogs through a local rescue group over the last two years. One thing I can tell you about the volunteers who do this type of work, many tend to be dog people, but not necessarily people, people, if you catch my drift.

All nine dogs found their forever homes. If you want to adopt a rescue, please don't give up. The rules are in place for the safety of the dogs and for the safety of the people. There are plenty of dogs out there that need forever homes.

The rescue group we worked with would allow (after training) to take dogs out on a Doggie Venture (D.V.). This could be for a few hours, or for a few days/weekend. Also, after going through an interview process you could be cleared to foster. This helps get a dog acclimated to being in a home and allows the foster family to observe them in a home environment. The benefit of this is that the foster family can give prospective adopters an idea about the personality of the dog to help prospective adopters determine if the dog would be a good fit for the family.

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posted December 21, 2024 12:21 PM
Be forewarned, some "rescue organizations"* will grill you harder than Level 5 security background check or a wife if you come back from a fishing trip with glitter on your dirty laundry.

My daughter, who has 2 Labs, said it was easier to adopt her son than to adopt her dogs.

We were grilled via email when we inquired about a pup from a rescue. Turned me off. Stopped by Petsmart where the pup was & had the opposite experience.
They did have a few odd stipulations on the contract, must have a fence, living inside only, etc. mostly to avoid the crazies. We have 2 acres, not putting up a fence.

We have to fill out a form every time we adopt a new rescue cat and the cat rescue people know us about as well as they know family.

Hell, one time we even fetched a rescue for them. (Woman was losing her home and couldn't keep her cat, and the rescue had nobody available to come fetch it. She cried. It was sad )

But the rescue with which we work has a guarantee: If the cat doesn't work out you can return it. (I think they refund your adoption fee, but I'm not certain.)

We had to do that once. We went to donate something to the rescue. Met them at the pet store where they hold adoption events. I fell in love with one little guy. But, when we got him home, none of our existing three cats would have anything to do with him. Even the smallest of our cats, who is about the most docile, laid-back cat ever and hasn't a mean bone in his body, hissed at him.

So back he went

Luckily, he found his forever home with somebody else shortly thereafter.

You kind of have to look at all this from the rescue's PoV: A lot of people adopt animals not understanding what they're getting into or treat them like self-powered stuffed animals--or worse. Then, if the animal ends-up being "too much trouble" or the owner falls out of love with it, it ends up a stray or picked up by animal control.

These people that operate rescues are usually paying massive amounts of money out of their own pockets for the love of the animals. Never mind the time they spend. They truly love the animals and are doing their best to find their charges true forever homes.

These animals are so lucky such people exist.