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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. |
I have to agree with Quick Silver.... Ive been turned down 3x, the reasons stated is "no fenced in yard", "work full time" . Ok.... there is NOTHING else going on. My dogs are on proper preventative, see the vet, do not run free, are never out of my sight, fed top of the line foods, groomed regularly, socialized, friendly, neutered. Being turned down multiple times does not mean there is something wrong with YOU. Its not even nice to imply that. I think rescues DO need to be less stringent than breeders. Rescues place dogs... ideal situations in a VERY non-ideal world are extremely hard to find. Loving homes on the other hand with perfectly qualified people can be found much easier. So it's not IDEAL... but will the pup get the care and love it needs, from someone like me? Someone like QuickSilver? I COULD have provided a good loving stable home to 2 yorkies.
I'm not saying our views are right over yours. I'm just saying that if rescues did work on a case by case basis, i'd have 2 of them right now. Because anyone who walked into my home and spoke to me and saw my boys, would know they can trust a pup to my care for the long term.