[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by Furbaby Friend

capt_noonie: I didn't know that being a college age person makes me too irresponsible for a pup in rescues' eyes. It seems kind of unfair to disqualify me just based on age and deny a pup a possible loving home, but it is good to know that they do that. I will have my mom reapply/call in at all the shelters/rescues I've contacted already... Gosh that's going to take awhile...but I do want a call back so I'll get right on it.

Thank you for the first part of your post as it was very informative, but...

"I haven't read all of this, but..."

You really should have, as I did go over more in depth on my mother's feelings about potty in the house and how no one really *likes* potty in the house, but it isn't like she would freak completely out. She knows what dogs are like (she's had several in the past including larger breeds (all mixed) and her baby Maltese) and she knows what she is in for. She actually asked me how to go about obtaining a new pup and explained to me what she wanted. She was originally thinking about another small mixed breed, but then we met the little Morkie that day and she fell in love like I did.

You also would have caught how I don't appreciate judgments on myself or my family when you don't even know us. Rest assured this is a *family* decision and we all want a pup. If we all weren't in agreement we wouldn't have moved forward with getting a dog. An environment where everyone isn't on board is no environment to bring a new furbaby into. Now, I don't feel it is fair to say what my mother does and does not want, when you don't even know her and haven't even heard from her in any medium at all. I've at least typed here, but I still think making judgments about if I'm qualified for a pup or not via the internet is not something people should be doing.

Therefore, I don't feel a pound is my only option because I'm sure my family would pass whatever tests rescues have with flying colors. We are loving, will have all the proper information (which I've spent many hours scouring sources to gather), and will take great care of our pup. Perhaps I won't be applying at YTNR though, since I apparently would be rejected. I'm sure another rescue would be happy to give a pup a good home.

A lot at the ones I've applied at (and haven't heard from), don't have any Morkies available right now at all, which is why I haven't heard from them. Others have a certain distance from the rescue requirement, which I'm not qualified for because sometimes I'm a 5 hour drive away (which I would gladly make, but I respect that they want an easy distance home visit). At others I jumped on the bandwagon of a dog too late. I was informed they were already pending adoption, which is also understandable because they seem to be quite popular and snapped up quickly. The waiting lists are long for a Morkie, or so I've been told by every shelter/rescue/pound I've contacted.

And since we're getting to the point where the thread is getting too long... I'd like for posters to read the entire thread if possible. Or, if they don't have the time, to at least read all *my* posts as this thread does pertain to me and respect my feelings on the matter of judgmental posts which has been gone over several times at this point. Thank you.

Actually, I haven't read all of the other posters comments, but I have read YOURS. No where did I judge you, I just stated the facts. My state director would not even forward me an application if the person was too young, in her opinion and in mine.

Working with rescue, the goal is to place the dog in a family that will care for it till the end, no matter what. The last thing we want is the pup to be placed with the wrong home and see it returned back into rescue or worse abandoned or left at a shelter. Most of our dogs are special needs, often times seen as worthless to their former owners, sometimes abused, neglected etc, and for that reason we don't place them with just anyone. And when I say "wrong home" I mean the dog and the family is not the right match. I am not saying your home is a wrong environment for a dog.

If your mother wants to try to rescue, her name would be on the applications not yours.

What you wrote above:

..but I still think making judgments about if I'm qualified for a pup or not via the internet is not something people should be doing.

Actually the first step in trying to adopt through rescue is to fill out an application online over the internet, and if it meets qualifications, then it is passed on to the next step. if it does not meet qualifications, then that is the end. One does not get notice that they did not meet qualifications.

I'm trying to help you out. I'm telling you how it is, how rescue works. The last thing I want is for another person to buy a morkie from a petshop or byb bc they couldn't get one through rescue (not you I'm just saying.) If you keep filling out apps in your name you are wasting your time. you need to have your mother fill them out. If you still think I'm judging you, then I'll stop giving you advice.