[livingdustmops]

I am guessing one of the things rescue looked at is your age and the future potential for having children. This is a dog that doesn't like children and they probably did not want to take the chance that in 4/5 years he is back in rescue because you might have children and he is now nipping or biting your children. We have seen YT members have to rehome their Yorkies after they had children because not all Yorkies like children but in this case the dog was given to rescue because of this. In regards to having children these are not questions rescue can really ask and be guaranteed an answer. I hope you can understand the concern they would feel with this dog and children.

Also, when rescue places a dog it has to be with the intention of the last home placement and not with the idea of a trial basis. They do accept dogs back but they work very hard not to have the dog going through rotating doors. It is not good for the dogs. A reputable rescue will always place the interest of the dog over individuals to find the perfect home in their opinion.

I don't have statistic's on reputable rescue groups and what % of dogs stay with the homes they are placed with but I am sure it is higher than animal control which is 50% of the dogs placed are returned to animal control. Animal control usually are under state laws to place dogs within so much time or the dogs are put down so they figure at least 50% of the dogs have a shot. They are just trying to place as many dogs/cats as they can in a very short period of time and they hope for the best.