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Originally Posted by QuickSilver  ladyjane, I think you misunderstood at least part of my post. I didn't say breeders should be less stringent.
Fosters are often not ideal for pets for a variety of reasons, the simplest being that some of the dogs may not like each other. Almost by definition, if you are rescuing, you are not "family planning" the way you would if you just have just a few dogs, and you're planning to stick with those for the next fifteen years +. And generally, I think dogs are happiest when they are in a permanent situation with a stable number of family members. So for me, while a dog can stay in permanent foster, I do not see that as a success story.
Obviously it can be a different story if you are picking the really hard luck cases that need major rehab work and are not likely to ever be adopted. There's a continuum between a high volume shelter and a permanent home. It sounds like you are a lot closer on the scale to a home.
I'm not saying this as a personal criticism in any way, which appears to be how you have taken it. I'm simply trying to explain my perspective on how a rescue should operate to do the most good. They don't all have to have the same goals. However, IMO, it's not helpful for people to get rejected over and over by rescues, and I was trying to explain part of that. |
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Originally Posted by quicksilver guess for me, I do think that rescues should be less stringent than breeders. |
Honestly if we were less stringent than breeders (not talking about reputable breeders who DO care where their pups go), we might as well just toss our rescues out to the first person coming along. I don't know if you have done any shelter walking lately, but if so, surely you have seen the unbelievable numbers of purebred rejects. Do you not think this is the fault of breeders pumping out too many and selling to anyone with a buck?
I am not taking anything personal at all. I make no apologies for how I rescue.
I am curious though.....have you volunteered and/or fostered for a rescue? You say you have a perspective about how rescues could operate to do the most good. You also mention that it is not helpful for people to get turned down ....... are you saying that we should feel sorry for people and let them have a pup even knowing that they have perhaps never vetted their dogs properly, they let their dogs run free, they don't provide heartworm preventatives? The list goes on and on. If you have done rescue, surely you do know about the vast numbers of irresponsible pet owners??
Trust me, I don't want to make a home for the rescues I take in. I have my personal pets. I want to FIND a home for each of my fosters...a good home where they will stay for the rest of their lives. Those I want to keep have already been adopted by me. There are many people who feel as you do and many who do not. Our group is composed of a group of the latter.
You and I obviously feel differently about how rescues should operate.
And......I believe that anyone who is turned down over and over by a rescue or rescues has something going on that they are not sharing.