Originally Posted by Belle Noir  Strawman argument much? Because I don't feel the way some people feel then I should do this or that, because I don't care, is that what you're saying? Take issue with what I'm saying, keep the personal attacks to yourself, because I will call you on it. You want to feel self righteous for whatever reason, do it off someone else's back, not mine. If you aren't a rescue that does that, then OBVIOUSLY I wasn't talking about you, so there is no need to be defensive. However, if you have dogs in foster for years at a time, and there's nothing wrong with them, maybe you want to re-evaluate your policies, and there's no wonder you're being so defensive. But so what someone on the internet doesn't like what you do. That's no reason to attack THEM, when YOU were not attacked. That's not what grown ups do.
Come again another time with another train of thought, that one has derailed. You're so busy being pissed at me saying that there are a number of rescues run by people with control issues that you missed me saying that rescue is not a bad thing and some rescuers are saints.
And guess what? Of the close to 50 pit bulls I PERSONALLY rescued, rehabbed and rehomed, NOT ONE ever found it's way back into the shelter system, and EVERY ONE stayed in the home that adopted them until they died.. In other words, been there done that.
And in your zeal to put me in my place for having an opinion perhaps you missed the part where I mentioned I was fostering.
However, you should know that one of the reasons that the ASPCA, HSUS and Best Friends (not usually my favorite organizations, but they do have their place) fought against Oreo's Law is because there ARE a number of rescue groups that are pretty much hoarding cats and dogs. They want the pet to go to a good home, but NO ONE is ever good enough for them.
I have personally SEEN this in action when my godbrother, a man with a PhD, single, never getting married, so no kids, older nieces and nephews, no small children in the family to come and visit was turned down for a cat. This man makes 6 figures a year, and was turned down for arbitrary reasons that had nothing to do with his ability to care for a cat.
AND he already has a cat, he had the cat for 10 years at that time, and the cat was an adult when he got it, AND he was looking to adopt an older cat, something traditionally harder to place.
You can feel how you want about no kill. I can agree with what Nathan Winograd says without agreeing with everything he says and I personally do not believe in no kill myself.
You missed the point, and it's OK. Let me restate it. IF I adopt a yorkie from a yorkie rescue that has a repossession clause, and IF I decide that I want to have ONE more baby, it is POSSIBLE that this rescue could repossess that dog, because I broke an arbitrary rule that had nothing to do with my ability to take care of the dog, and every thing to do with a rule they had about their dogs going into a home with children under a certain age.
Even better, something happens to my sister, and I have to take in my nieces and nephews. I'm going to lose my dog because of a family emergency that had (again) nothing to do with my ability to take care of my dog?
Do what you want, I'm buying a DOG, not indefinite guardian privileges that can be revoked at any time because of stupid rules. That is why I buy my dogs, and don't go through rescues. Those people that do, are great and wonderful people, more power to them. As I already said, they have a fortitude and a patience I don't. |