Keep in mind when dealing with animal rescue organizations

[VikingMan]

that the marotiy of the people who run the rescure organizations are anti-social people with some serious personality disorders. They WANT to turn you down. They also do not want help from anyone in any way (other than cash donations)

They prefer to wherehouse hundreds of dogs instead of answering emails and phone calls from people wanting to adopt.

When you walk into their rescue to fill out the application they will often treat you with total disrespect in order to try to get you to to walk out.

This is not ALL animial rescue organizations but it seems to be the majority.

My opinion has been developed in the 5 years I have been involved in animal rescue both working at the front counter and in the administration side.

So the dogs are the ones who suffer. So many dogs could be saved but the anti-social rescue people turn thousands of good people away every year. I have seen them even "get off on it. They laugh as the people walk out the door.

Do not let this discourage you. Just play their game. Do not let them offend you when you meet them. Do not give up just because you called and emailed them numerous times with offers to help only to be ignored.

I am 5 weeks out from my attempts at getting a foster dog to share my big gated yard instead of sitting in a kennel. Not even one person has come out here to do a house check yet.

I realize that I can just go to the city pound but I cannot adopt another dog at this time, I just want to foster a dog so the rescue organization can have extra space for their dogs. I will also work every day to hopd find a home for my foster dog.

Also, when you are a single person who is trying to adopt out a dog it is much much much more difficult to find a home than if you are connected with an animal rescue. I guess pyschology plays a huge role as people feel more comfortable dong biz with a non-profit.

Hope this helps anyone looking to adopt. It can be a very very frustratinog process but it is worth it becuse these animals do not deserve to be just tossed aside like garbage.

[minddust]

Adoption should always be #1

Just after Easter, the shelters are flooded with rabbits and such. Fucking parents that buy their kids animal for one day and they leave it the day after.

[VikingMan]

Originally Posted by minddust

Adoption should always be #1

Just after Easter, the shelters are flooded with rabbits and such. Fucking parents that buy their kids animal for one day and they leave it the day after.

City pounds are east to get a dog from. But once they reach the rescue organizations they are nearly impossible to adopt.

[Xrated J]

i always adopt, my ex is a vet tech for a rescue foundation.

[tranza]

Thanks for sharing. But is there a point to this thread?

[pornmasta]

you are working in ... porn ?

[minddust]

Originally Posted by *******

City pounds are east to get a dog from. But once they reach the rescue organizations they are nearly impossible to adopt.

It's so sad, they can't talk, and when they try to save their life their put down.

They are such a good complement to a life. I wish I didn't wait 15 years to have my first dog.

Man's best man? by far the best.

[Babaganoosh]

I have to agree. We tried to adopt a cat from a rescue organization many years ago. The people there were rude, obnoxious, holier-than-thou bitches. They checked our references and all that horseshit but in the end they wouldn't let us adopt the cat.

They seemed more interested in finding a reason to turn us down than letting us adopt that cat. The two cats we adopted still have great lives and are happy and healthy almost 10 years later.

[Anthony]

I also have to agree. I tried adopting a dog, filled out the questionairre and got told that I wasn't fit to own a pet. I asked him wtf do you mean, and he went off about how you need to be with your pet 24 hours, he saved them not to give to another person who would treat them less than what he thought, blah blah blah. I told him he was an idiot, and he promised to email all the organizations not to let me adopt from them.

I went off on the fucker, then found his ass when he was at Petsmart for adopt a pet day. The only thing that saved his ass was he was 5 foot tall and a dweeb.

[WarChild]

My sister, a vet, keeps giving me damned Rottweilers she rescues

[VikingMan]

Originally Posted by pornmasta

you are working in ... porn ?

Yes, one of my tentacles is in the adult industry. Why do you ask?

[VikingMan]

Originally Posted by tranza

Thanks for sharing. But is there a point to this thread?

The point is to prepare peolpe who are seeing to adopt. If they know up front that the people who they will be dealing with a anti-social fucktards then perhaps they won't give up and just go buy a dog from one of the toothless talentless fucks selling puppies in the newspaper.

Play their game. Dont let their rudeness discourage you from saving that animal!!!!!!

[Peaches]

In dealing with pug rescue for the past 11 years, I can say that the applications are there for a reason.

In my rescue group the dogs aren't warehoused - they are taken care of in foster homes. Very good homes IMHO as I've been one myself. During this foster time the dogs personality is evaluated. That is when the application comes in handy. Do you have small kids? Well, the foster parent is observing the dog in question attacks small kids. Do you have a 3 story building? The dog in question is lame and cannot get up and down stairs so please add that you're willing to carry it up and down. Don't like shedding? Then you don't want a pug. Travel a lot and board your dog? Again - no pug for you - they are companion dogs and will go crazy if deprived of a "person".

They also want to make sure you're going to spay/neuter your pet if you adopt it as a puppy and reserve the right to visit you home later to see if you've followed through.

I seriously doubt there's anyone in pet rescue who's doing it to make money (I haven't seen one yet that did) or keep decent people from adopting pets.

[Peaches]

Let me also add that the majority of pugs in pug rescue are older and/or have medical problems. Many are from puppy mills, have been bred almost to death, have had no human interaction and it takes months to get them even used to being around a person without quivering and peeing all over themselves.

They need to make sure you're willing to deal with eye drops every day, spending the extra $$$ for prescription medicine, deal with the liver shunt that the rescue group spent thousands to put in instead of dumping it back at rescue the first time it gets sick, etc.

It always breaks my heart when I see a pug returned even AFTER every step was taken to make sure it was a "forever home".

[VikingMan]

Originally Posted by Peaches

In dealing with pug rescue for the past 11 years, I can say that the applications are there for a reason.

In my rescue group the dogs aren't warehoused - they are taken care of in foster homes. Very good homes IMHO as I've been one myself. During this foster time the dogs personality is evaluated. That is when the application comes in handy. Do you have small kids? Well, the foster parent is observing the dog in question attacks small kids. Do you have a 3 story building? The dog in question is lame and cannot get up and down stairs so please add that you're willing to carry it up and down. Don't like shedding? Then you don't want a pug. Travel a lot and board your dog? Again - no pug for you - they are companion dogs and will go crazy if deprived of a "person".

They also want to make sure you're going to spay/neuter your pet if you adopt it as a puppy and reserve the right to visit you home later to see if you've followed through.

I seriously doubt there's anyone in pet rescue who's doing it to make money (I haven't seen one yet that did) or keep decent people from adopting pets.

Thank you peaches, you sound like one of the good ones Yes, there should be applicatons, house checks, interviews, etc. The last thing the dog needs is another owner who is either an asshole or neglects their dog.

But there lots of these organizations who turn away thousands of potential great homes due to their "god complex" How many animals in shelters are not saved every year becase these anti social fucks rarely adopt out the animals?

[Eva PSC]

*******, have you gotten your foster doggy yet?

[Peaches]

Originally Posted by *******

Thank you peaches, you sound like one of the good ones Yes, there should be applicatons, house checks, interviews, etc. The last thing the dog needs is another owner who is either an asshole or neglects their dog.

But there lots of these organizations who turn away thousands of potential great homes due to their "god complex" How many animals in shelters are not saved every year becase these anti social fucks rarely adopt out the animals?

Let's make this clear - a shelter is NOT a rescue organization. In fact, pure bred rescue organizations also have troubles adopting from shelters. The shelter's reasoning is that they don't want just the "mutts" there, they want the purebreds too. Some will call the rescue groups right before they put a purebred down, some will not.

From what I've seen, people who work (not volunteers) in shelters are more interested in the business aspect, not the animal care.

[Sansa]

Originally Posted by minddust

Adoption should always be #1

Just after Easter, the shelters are flooded with rabbits and such. Fucking parents that buy their kids animal for one day and they leave it the day after.

Every time I go to a pet store and see kids playing with bunnies and parents standing by I make a point to walk up to their parents and make sure they aren't getting a bunny. Before I developed some serious allergies I used to volunteer at a shelter and have seen so many baby bunnies turned in it made me sick.

[VikingMan]

Originally Posted by Eva PSC

*******, have you gotten your foster doggy yet?

Not yet, and might have to wait till after the Phoenix Forum now because my house sitters should not be made repsonsible for another dog. As soon as I get back I will find him/her.