I also forgot to mention in my last post that (as almost everyone knows) a lot of shelter dogs have come from abusive/neglectful situations. Many people are not willing to "train" and help these dogs get over their fears. People want dogs who have not been emotionally (and sometimes physically) abused. My mom adopted a cat from my shelter and the cat was positive for feline lukemia. Plus, when she came in she had SEVERE burn marks all over her body. The vet said they looked like burn marks from cigarettes. This cat was WILD and would never allow anyone to pet her, let alone hold her. It took my parents a LONG time to help their cat come around but after about 2 years, she finally became a sweet, docile little cat. But normally a cat like that would have been euthanized because she was just too wild to be placed. The shelterd only allowed my parents to adopt her because I worked there and begged them. I just couldn't stand to see her all scared and in a cage.
Sorry that I digressed. hee hee But I was just trying to point out another reason why sadly some people do not want to adopt from shelters. |