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Originally Posted by ladyjane  I have seen this remark from you before and I honestly think you might be more effective focusing on the breeders who keep pumping these poor little babies out and selling them to just anyone with a buck.
Rescues are strict...and you say you understand; yet it does not seem to me that you do. You really are not correct when you say there is one set of rules. I have told you this before, but you somehow don't seem to understand it. I cannot even begin to tell you what an agonizing, time consuming job it is to find the right home for each pup.....we put a lot of time and love into these darling pups who have been through hell in many cases and NOT because they were poorly placed by a rescue....and we don't want them ever to be in another bad place.
While I can only speak for how I adopt a pup out, I know that many rescuers do exactly as I do...always looking at the needs of the pup first. We are the ones who are saving pups from places where they ended up because they were sold to the wrong people in the first place. I have rarely had a pup come to me that was poorly placed by a rescuer. It is more often one that was purchased from a breeder.
So, perhaps you need to refocus a bit on where the problem begins. It is not with rescue. |
A good rescue is much like that of a good breeder. They are tuff and do run you through your paces. But, both have one thing in common the welfare of the pup.
I have certain criteria when placing pups, one is not placing a pup in a home where the kids are younger than 12. However, I just recently placed a pup in a home with a single mom and a son that was 8 years old. However, we had several meet and greets. I monitored both closely. The mother and child relationship was wonderful. He listened to everything she said. I think the first thing that made me feel everything would work out was he knew instinctively to leave his shoes at the front door. When he went into the kitchen he immediately layed down flat and let the pups climb all over him. Giggling the whole time while the pups nibbled on his ears and ran on his back.
Not every situation is the same, but we do set rules into place, based on the law of averages.