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Dog shelters
Captplaid
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Have you ever tried to "adapt" a homeless dog. The application is insane. OK I'll pay an "adoption fee" but no I will not pay an "application fee" with a vet background check. Any moron can buy a puppy. These people need to realize that's the competition. No, adding frivolous hurdles doesn't make the dog better. All it means is the people behind these shelters are control freaks who get their rocks off on making people bend backward, plead and beg for a year and a half old dog. Adding a bunch of BS doesn't mean you will love the dog or give it a good home. It doesn't mean you're shelter is "selective" or "discriminating". It a poor marketing gimmick. People don't enjoy wasting their time stroking some hippies ego.
These people are nut jobs who need to do society a favor and getting spayed and neutered themselves.
"What is bloat and how do you treat it?" who gets a dog bloated? Is it anything like floundering a cow? I wonder how many people respond "feed it some rolaids".
The application is insane. Maddening.
These people are nut jobs who need to do society a favor and getting spayed and neutered themselves.
"What is bloat and how do you treat it?" who gets a dog bloated? Is it anything like floundering a cow? I wonder how many people respond "feed it some rolaids".
The application is insane. Maddening.
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We had an adoption day recently here and went to see what they had that might need a home.
Application Fee
Adoption Fee
Wanted to inspect my dwelling
Wanted to meet with my wife (who lives in another state as I am working here in Texas) to ensure she was in agreement with adoption
The application form was about 7 pages long and asked a crap load of questions that I basically felt they had no need to know information about.
Told them that I felt sorry for the dogs as no one had the time or inclination to subject themselves to all of this crap. I will keep my eyes open for a farmer/rancher who has a good mannered pup to sell.
which I doubt they ever did a home visit to check on any one .
I have heard some places its like trying to adopt a kid if not worse.
the shelter went under it had way too much debt from the previous management passed on they could just never get out of debt [:(]
Macie our recent rescue was suppose to have been spayed , we found out she was not as she came into heat a few weeks after the shelter closed so we had to have it done our vet told us it was not uncommon coming from the shelter they had others the same condition but as they were closed no way to recover the cost [:(!][:(!]
regardless to save rescue a new buddy was worth the efforts
she is pulling on my arm as I am typing wanting to play [:D]
If you like drama get a rescue dog. Otherwise find a breed you like and then find a good breeder. Wipe hands on pants and repeat....
My sister is the poster girl of trying to rescue dogs. Holy Crap. She is one for 6 and the one good dog got out of the gate and was stolen. The other 5 either were so stupid they shoved their face into a fire ant mound (Willy), clawed their way out of the room they were in through a hollow core door and got eaten by the boyfriends Python (larry). Honey dug her way under a fence and got hit by a car. Glory was a hell of a good dog but got the cancer when she was about 4 . I don't remember what happened to the Teacup Chihuahua (Fenton) and the Great Dane whose name escapes me at the moment. Her current dog has more separation anxiety than the maximum paxil dose can handle. It has eaten its way out of 5 welded steel cages when left alone. HOLY COW....
If you like drama get a rescue dog. Otherwise find a breed you like and then find a good breeder. Wipe hands on pants and repeat....
Our dog is a rescue and Paxil didn't do anything for her separation anxiety either. We had to adjust our lifestyle to hers and I would do it again in a heartbeat. These dogs need a family too. Not everyone can handle their issues, but if you can, the devotion that you get in return is worth a 1000 times the sacrifices you make.
The shelter she most recently worked at is awful about making people jump through hoops to adopt.
We're hoping to sell both of our houses in town and buy a country home with a barn and trying to run a small rescue operation.
My g/f worked in animal shelters for much of her life. When I met her she had 8 dogs and 2 cats. We adopted most of the dogs out (one had to be put down) leaving 2 small dogs and my 100# mutt. She can't get out of the habit of going to the rescue. She's captured and neutered 3 feral felines, we got a $40 adoption fee from one kitten but one is 6 months old and I think we're stuck with him as an indoor cat.
The shelter she most recently worked at is awful about making people jump through hoops to adopt.
We're hoping to sell both of our houses in town and buy a country home with a barn and trying to run a small rescue operation.
That would be pretty neat Henry!
Jon
When we do adoption events we could adopt out every dog we have in half a day, but we do not allow on site adoptions. We make them take an application, and do vet checks and I bet maybe 1 in 10 actually follow through because they were only impulsively wanting the dog. It does us no good to adopt a dog out so that they can bring it back a couple days later with buyers remorse and say it's not working out.
I've lost a German Shepherd (source of my handle Shiloh) to bloat AKA Gastric Torsion...it was a very sad event.
It was the best money we ever spent and he is worth a thousand times what we had to spend. I've had a ton of dogs over my life time and never had one as loving, as tolerant, as loyal or as thankful as Milo.
Rescue dogs know that you have given them a chance for a loving, respectful forever home. Milo was two when we got him four years ago, we went through the heart worm treatment (nearly a year) and he is now a well adjusted happy guy living on the golf course and getting fat along with the rest of us.
Anyone looking for a dog, PLEASE look into a rescue dog, they need a chance for a decent life and they will know what you have done for them and will reward you with a lifetime of loyalty and love.
when they can get a trainable puppy at the pet store for $50 or $75.
Never, and I mean NEVER buy a pup from a pet store unless you know the owner personaly and know Where their pets come from. Most puppies sold in pet stores come from puppy mills.
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Though not all are that horrendous, there are some that are even worse.
USDA regulates commercial breeders. Just their minimum cage size requirements is appalling. L=the length of the standing dog. W=the length of the standing dog. H=high enough for the dog to stand erect. And then there are the unlicensed mills with whatever cramped conditions they see fit to provide.
My boy Merlin was a puppy mill rescue. They had a pen that was 20'x20' with over thirty weaned pups and two bitches still suckling litters. The ground was mostly dog poop and mud over just ankle deep. There were only two dog houses in the pen and No overhead cover. No straw, no cedar chip, just 6" +- of dog poop and mud for them to walk in, lay in and eat in.
I'm gonna' stop there. The poop pisses me off to no end.
The big question is: Why did the shelter even offer a dog infected with heartworm?
I've never had a "shelter dog" although I did take a couple of "give away dogs"(and neither of them turned out well). My current "barn dogs" came from a relative from an unintended litter of "mixed heritage". They do a job and I take care of them. One still has some "issues" that are not likely to go away since she's now 2 years old. I can't imagine trying to overcome some of the "issues" with truly abused dogs.
The big question is: Why did the shelter even offer a dog infected with heartworm?
The rescue group that we got Milo from did not know that he had heart worms (we all found out together at the Vets office) and they almost quashed the adoption because of it. It was our decision to proceed with the adoption and stand by him through his treatment. The treatment is a heart breaking thing to see, they suffer so much through it but it bonded us as a family and we never had one second of regret.
Home Inspection??? NOT going to happen. I do NOT know the person/people coming over to "Inspect" my property. How do I know they won't be casing my place in preparation for an unauthorized visit when I am at work?
Heck - I didn't even let my mortgage company send someone over for an "Insurance check" until they sent an official notice on company letterhead announcing the visit, including the ID info of the 'inspector' with a picture.
They ask for too much, IMO. Sometimes it seems they really DON'T want to adopt out the critters......
Ive had several 'rescue' dogs ( & cats ) : Have four (4) dogs and a cat now !!!
Great !!!
Bullshot : good looking dog ! looks almost like my "Flash" !!!!!
I would Never jump thru crazy hoops @ a shelter , its Not that bad here !!!
Thanks !!!
I Grew Old Too Fast (And Smart Too damn Slow !!!) !!!
Whats "adapt" ????
Thanks !!!
I Grew Old Too Fast (And Smart Too damn Slow !!!) !!!
Just to clear the air, I told them I had back yard for exercise and they did the check from the street.Pretty much they didn't want to see her chained outside side or in a pen (part of deal) I signed). I am with you nobody comes cowling around in my poop either.
I am in the market for a 'new' dog. Have been perusing the animal shelter websites as well as private ads. When I look at the adoption requirements from the shelters I get a tad frustrated. Some shelters say you can only live in certain areas/countys. That's silly, imo, as if you are a better potential pet owner because you live in St Clair county as opposed to Phelps County.
Home Inspection??? NOT going to happen. I do NOT know the person/people coming over to "Inspect" my property. How do I know they won't be casing my place in preparation for an unauthorized visit when I am at work?
Heck - I didn't even let my mortgage company send someone over for an "Insurance check" until they sent an official notice on company letterhead announcing the visit, including the ID info of the 'inspector' with a picture.
They ask for too much, IMO. Sometimes it seems they really DON'T want to adopt out the critters......
Seriously?
Went to Alabama for the first one and Oklahoma for the other. Both good family dogs.
My sister is the poster girl of trying to rescue dogs. Holy Crap. She is one for 6 and the one good dog got out of the gate and was stolen. The other 5 either were so stupid they shoved their face into a fire ant mound (Willy), clawed their way out of the room they were in through a hollow core door and got eaten by the boyfriends Python (larry). Honey dug her way under a fence and got hit by a car. Glory was a hell of a good dog but got the cancer when she was about 4 . I don't remember what happened to the Teacup Chihuahua (Fenton) and the Great Dane whose name escapes me at the moment. Her current dog has more separation anxiety than the maximum paxil dose can handle. It has eaten its way out of 5 welded steel cages when left alone. HOLY COW....
If you like drama get a rescue dog. Otherwise find a breed you like and then find a good breeder. Wipe hands on pants and repeat....
I actually hate to say it Capt'n... But you're absolutely right.
By the time a shelter has rescued a dog, the damages have been done.
VERY FEW times does a shelter dog not have 'something' wrong that requires excessive time by the owner..
I loved my dachshund, Bea-Jay... Had him since he was a pup.
And, I could leave the house without worry, have someone come in without fear, take him with me without concern...
He was a damn fine dog! But he had his own issues. Issues I could handle on my own.
My daughter has a rescue dog who has exhibited sever separation anxiety amongst MANY other things.
My daughter has to have us intervene often enough that I wonder 'WHY' go to all this trouble.
My daughter loves her dog, but he's more than she can handle alone. [:(]
Captfun, your sister sounds like a clone to mine! I have traveled with her and watched one time when she stopped her car along a very busy highway to help a mother duck and her brood of little ducklettes cross the road. She came pretty close to self sacrifice in doing so!
Several years ago she asked me and my wife to watch her dog "Baily" for a weekend while her and her husband went on a business trip.
Baily was a rescue mutt of various breeds and of medium size about 50-60 lbs. or so.
Long story short, we left Baily in our house and did a quick run to the grocery store. Gone less than 45 minutes. Coming home we saw a dog running down the road that looked just like Baily?!
Well heck, he only took out all of our windows in the living room, slamming into each one just hard enough to crack and ruin the inner glass until he found the one that completely gave way to the great outdoors! Sister failed to tell us to never leave the dog alone[:(!]
We now have the HEART Ordinance, which spells out EXACTLY what pet owners SHALL do to maintain their critters, under threat of fines & incarceration.
Owners SHALL clean their pet's water bowl (stainless steel, shallow lip, at least 3 quart capacity) every day with an "approved" cleaner, replacing water every 6 hours.
Animals SHALL not be placed on a chain, trolley or in a pen for more than 1 hour per day.
Semi-annual Vet visits SHALL be provided & paid for by the owner.
Sturdy, insulated, weatherproof structures SHALL be used for housing pets. Ordinary doghouses will not be adequate.
In temperatures below 40?, animals SHALL be kept indoors.
These are just the milder provisions, the restrictions and mandatory requirements are stringently ridiculous.
Along with the rectal exam on the application, unannounced home inspections, microchip fees, adoption fees, sustainable shelter fees, neutering fees & initial Vet fees; getting another critter costs close to $850, and that's before buying the first bag of grub!