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Originally Posted by gemy  When I was young there was nothing wrong with saying oh he/she is a mix of something like xyz. We also did not *rescue* I got my dog from the pound or my next door neighbour had a litter etc. No shame in that.
We were not *saving* dogs - we wanted a dog and so we got one. We did not say adoption - adoption is for children, or at least it used to be.
Back then folks were mainly savey about how to be around strange dogs, gosh gee and golly kids were even trained by their parents to be so... Today not so much.
Nothing wrong with saying when asked I think my dog is a mixed breed. |
I'm not really sure what the correct term is when I am asked about my puppies. They were never in the pound but they were in a "foster" home. I never referred to them as rescues when people asked me about them until a friend started referring to them as rescues. I have had my pups for a little over a year and they are still trying to overcome many fears.
Yesterday the neighbor's frisbee came in my yard and a young man came to my gate to retrieve it. I asked him not to come in the yard because my pups were going crazy barking at him. I explained to him that they were "rescues" and not used to strangers coming in the yard and I wasn't sure how they would react. I told him I couldn't guarantee that they wouldn't bite him. I thought that by telling him that he would understand their "rough" behavior and that they are not normal little puppies that will run to him to get petted. I hate to make my little guys sound like they are not as good as the next dog, but I just want to make people aware so they will approach them slowly and cautiously so they won't startle my already scared little guys. My pups are just recently trusting us enough to willingly (somewhat) let us pick them up. I don't know what they went through for the first 7 or 8 months of their lives but whatever it was it made them terrified of humans.