2Greys
Well-Known Member
Rescue places all vary, some could do with being more flexible and some for the dogs welfare could do with being more thorough. Many people give up after being turned down initially rather than hunt out the more flexible rescues.
This article got my back up, especially all the moaning about costs. The only thing which seemed a little unfair perhaps was the 3 visits but presume if you buy a pup from a decent breeder you'd probably visit more than just to collect it. Lady moaned about all the hoops, but sure they would've been told or at least should've asked about that rescue's adoption procedure early on so could try elsewhere if not happy to jump through them. I expect she'd have preferred if the rescue had not asked any questions, done any checks and they were able to pay & take home same day.
I was able to adopt my dogs while working full-time easily enough, i did visit 3 times both adoptions out of choice even though its about an hour away. We had a home check, which i wasn't impressed with given they didn't check the garden boundary, but they're volunteers. I don't mind the contract, i doubt they'd try to reclaim the dogs and its security for the dogs future. Neither of my dogs were chipped to the rescue which in a way i prefer, but i can understand why some rescues prefer to keep dogs registered to them, like with this LL dog http://www.lurcher.org/llink/forum/viewtopic.php?t=73358&sid=4a11ab6a080a91305ad1f7252ac0b4ae
This article got my back up, especially all the moaning about costs. The only thing which seemed a little unfair perhaps was the 3 visits but presume if you buy a pup from a decent breeder you'd probably visit more than just to collect it. Lady moaned about all the hoops, but sure they would've been told or at least should've asked about that rescue's adoption procedure early on so could try elsewhere if not happy to jump through them. I expect she'd have preferred if the rescue had not asked any questions, done any checks and they were able to pay & take home same day.
I was able to adopt my dogs while working full-time easily enough, i did visit 3 times both adoptions out of choice even though its about an hour away. We had a home check, which i wasn't impressed with given they didn't check the garden boundary, but they're volunteers. I don't mind the contract, i doubt they'd try to reclaim the dogs and its security for the dogs future. Neither of my dogs were chipped to the rescue which in a way i prefer, but i can understand why some rescues prefer to keep dogs registered to them, like with this LL dog http://www.lurcher.org/llink/forum/viewtopic.php?t=73358&sid=4a11ab6a080a91305ad1f7252ac0b4ae