I love adopting from rescues but had such a hard time doing so that I am not going to do it again. I love persian cats, so I thought that I would adopt a persian from a rescue near me, well the requirements said must be in san bernadino or riverside county...I am, 2nd must currently have a persian and or have knowledge...I have a red tabby persian and have lots of experience. Well my husband and I applied for this cute blue and white van and the lady emalied me back saying no that we are too far and we didn't own a house. Well after informing her that we were actually closing on a house in a week and that we are in the county she still said no. That poor cat remained up for adoption for 7 months!! Needless to say I now only get my persians from a local breeder. Recently though we had a child who is now 2, so we wanted to adopt a dog....it took 6 months before we found an awesome rescue who said that she would never deny an application without meeting the applicant and seeing how the child interacts with the dog. I wish more rescues were like that |