Well, I have friends and relatives I would not give a dog to. I have a friend of a friend who made me hold on to a retired girl for six months, one excuse after another why she couldn't take the dog home just yet, finally saying she changed her mind and didn't want her after all. That was the first time I used this rehoming agency. My girl is now a happy, pampered only child and she could have been home six months earlier. Right now I have what will be a fabulous home waiting for a retiring girl, but I told them they would have to pass scrutiny of the agency. I just think they can do a better job than I, and I'd gladly pay them well if I could use them to screen the homes my puppies go to. This past year I took back, for full refund, four puppies--two for "allergies" and two for crying at night, and these too were fabulous looking homes. Despite turning away a good number of people looking at my puppies, I'm still not screening well enough it seems. |