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Originally Posted by kjc  My Tink was surrendered twice. She had to have her anal glands expressed twice a week, also they would just start dripping intermittantly.
She also had high liver enzymes on her last bloodwork with the previous owner. The only reason I know is because we used the same vet and they recognized her when I took her in to be checked. Tink also came with some serious behavior problems, one of which was biting. She had been inappropriately placed in a household with 6 children, all under the age of 12 years old.
Peek A Boo was a runaway, inappropriate urinator, and had two bouts of HGE and a bout of pancreatitis with his previous owner. I was able to decipher the previous owner's phone number off the paperwork and I called her. She said they could not afford to spend any more money on his medical needs.
I spoke with a local rescue here and she said urinating in the house was the #1 reason, not being able to afford medical care was #2. I would imagine behavior problems being high up on that list too. |
I see these reasons alot. I'd say in all my years of rescue, #1 reason I see dogs surrendered is house soiling (and almost without exception, I've been able to quickly train these dogs with just a little consistency and positive reinfocement!), #2 would be other behavioral problems they couldn't or wouldn't spend the time/money to resolve, and #3 would be the inability to afford proper medical care - And even though that's not as common as the other to as to why they're surrendered, most of them over 4-5 years old do have medical problems, especially infections of the mouth, that have to be addressed before I can adopt them back out to someone.