I am a rescue reject :(
 

Well I am just venting here.... I finally got a phone call from a rescue for one of the million applications I've filled out! Yippee I thought. But no this was for 2 dogs that HAVE to be saved together & my husband adamently says no to 2 more dogs. One new dog is it because of the vet bills, food, toys etc. Anyway I talk to the fostermom for an hour & then she calls my refeerences & says they all checked out EXCEPT the vet! WHAT THE HECK?! She said they told her Precious was a yr & a half behind on her shots!!! I emailed her back because I have only had Precious for 1 year this week as a matter of fact! Plus I told them on the application that Precious started out with a vet that was very old & had a stroke or something & I then had to find another vet to continue treating her kidney infection & do her spaying!!!! I copied all the paperwork from vet #1 & gave it to vet#2 & it should be in her file!! Like the vet would have done the spaying without her shots being up to date. And to boot we already have an appointment set up for her next well visit & boosters! Well it wasn't meant to be since my husband said I can only have 1 more dog but maybe that's why I never got a call from any of the other applications I've sent in. Well when I go to the vet in 2 weeks you better believe they are going to get a piece of my mind! Can the office staff actually open her chart before they give people false information! Oh well thanks for listening to me vent. When I'm meant to find my next perfect pup I'm sure I will:)

MOMMY OF PRECIOUS:aimeeyork

There was a reason why this time didnt work out. I bet once you have sorted your vet out, the next rescue to come along will be perfect and you will understand why you had to wait a bit. I'll be watching out for your next posting and news hopefully of a new furbaby.

That's horrible!!! I think I would be looking for another vet! Or complain to the vet about the office staff. Sometimes the doctors have no idea what goes on up front.
I'm so sorry about your applications...
I'm mad for you!:mad:

New vet?
 

I'd call the staff right now and demand answers. After all you are paying them for a service that they are not giving. Don't wait until you go there and she needs her shots, call now and get them to call the foster back with an explaination. It's not fair to you. Why pay them all that money and them stab you in the back like that. There are too many vets out there to put up with that. And if they don't then you still have two weeks to look for a new vet. It amazes me how some vets treat you like you have to use them. You don't have to. Amazing how stupid the foster lady was to think they'd spay her and not have her shots up to date.

Working with rescue and being aware of the new vaccine protocols, I've wondered if this is going to be a problem for potential new fosters and adopting families. What some vets may consider "behind on vaccinations" may be a pet owner just following the new guidelines that some other vets aren't on board with yet.

I would think as long as you've had a well check within a year, and are current on vaccinations according to the new protocols you would still be considered.

Don't you think that if you were that far behind on shots they would have called you to set up an appointment. All I can say is IDIOTS!! They certainly would hear me when I got there next visit. Ask them why they spayed your baby without having the proper shots then. Put it back on them. They are fools.

That is what you need to remember....



My mother tried to rescue a dog off of petfinder about a year and a half ago. He is a hairless dog who is by most standards pretty ugly and homely looking... Anyway long story short she was treated really ruthlessly by the 'rescue lady' , she was ignored and never replied to after her application. Mind you that this was 3 months after first seeing the dog, knowing this WAS the dog for her, the dog was 300 miles away and my mom was more than ready to drive all that way for 'Dooley". My mom was patient, and is by all standards a wonderful, educated, caring person who would treat any animal like gold. She is a registered nurse, makes good money etc. Finally after a few more months of being disrespectfully treated I suggested she find another dog. She could not consider it, she knew this was the one for her. Finally, they gave in and set up an appointmant for a home inspection, that went wonderful and it turns out the person inspecting our home was an aquaintance fromt the hospital she works at. Turns out the lady who was treating my mom that way didn't even have the dog, she was 'covering' for someone else who really cared for him. The whole situation was very unprofessional. She was quickly approved after that to go get her new dog and she did just that. The dog came and the first day she noticed her was FULL of worms! (It was disgusting) He was filthy and was really in need of some skin care too (hairless dog) My mom really rescued the dog from the rescuers!.
She has hand sewn him more than 30 sets of P.J.'s, oufits etc. She installed a basket for him to go on bike rides with her, and she also has made a real cubby in the side of her bedroom, drywall and all so he has his own little space to hide in. (it is really extensive what she's done for him)They are a match made in heaven.

My point is you cannot get too bent out of shape because of someone judging you by paperwork etc. because sometimes they are real retarts themselves that don't even care correctly for what they have in their care. How many times have you heard of a 'rescue org.' that the dogs are living in terrible, overcrowded, hoarding style conditions? It happens a lot (not saying always) but keep your chin up. The right thing will work out for you that is meant to be. Don't let people make you feel bad.

I think what would worry me the most was the incorrect information from the Vet. What happens if for some reason you need to to another Vet and they too are miss informed. I would seriously consider another Vet. As for the rescue, you really can't blame her, she was looking out for the best interest of the dog and is'nt that what she is supposed to do.

I don't know how I feel about rescues checking veterinary history. I get why some do it, but as I've said before, that precludes all first time pet owners. Isn't the point of rescue to get pets to their forever homes? I'm pretty sure I would have been turned down for a rescue dog before I had Thor, and I got lucky with him (he belonged to an acquaintance of mine).

Anyway, I definitely want to get a rescue in six months to a year. Keep your chin up! It is a great thing you are doing, giving a dog a second chance at a wonderful home.

All I can say is some rescues are more professional than the others and still in the professional rescues, there are some volunteers who still could be quite unprofessional so I think you have to pick the rescues before you rescue. I learnt this lesson from experience but I didn't manage to rescue because I have not owned a pet in Canada back then therefore no vet references and I lived in a condo that allows pets but no rescues would believed me. If only they check with my condo's concierge first they would have understood how many dogs are actually living in my building from chihuahuas to a rottweiler and our building had a run designed for dogs.

I understand looking out for the best interest of the dog BUT I said on the application that I had dealt with two vets & the original vet had a stroke or something & I had to find vet #2. Of course I am pissed off at vet #2 or I should say the office staff because I copied all of vet #1's paperwork & gave it to them (vet #2)

Whatever I'm sure I will eventually find another dog to rescue. I even think of Precious as a rescue because the family I got her from at (1 1/2 yrs old) took horrible care of her her nails were ungodly long, she had a raging kidney infection & was peeing blood & wasn't fixed! Now she is perfectly healthy, happy & spoiled to death!!!!!!!!!!!:D

MOMMY OF PRECIOUS:aimeeyork

I had NO idea I just assumed all rescues were good!!!!!!! Holy cow how do you pick a rescue? What kind of things should I be looking for? Do I interview them before I fill out an application? What would I ask them? Honestly some of these rescues are alittle strange, one application asked is your yard fenced, what is it made of, how high is it & is the fence buried to curtail tunneling? Who the heck buries the bottom of their fence & if it made out of wood it would rot for pete sakes.

I dont mean to hord in but what is the new pet protocol.

Make sure the info was actually transferred and when before you yell at the office staff. I used to work in a Vet clinic and faxes sometimes don't arrive and if we didn't know it was coming we didn't know to miss it if it didn't show up.

Awww sorry this has happened to you but just remember when its the right time it will come!

i am sorry to all who have had a bad experience with rescues. i have also had a bad experience with a rescue, anyone interested can read about it here:

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...ed-fairly.html

i do hope that people who have had good experiences with rescues can share their stories so that it is something encouraging for us to read, because after my experience with that rescue, it really really put a bad taste in my mouth, and i have become pretty unwilling and reluctant to work with rescues, even though logically i know that NOT all rescues are like that!

Well I'm pretty sure I can yell at at the vets office staff because I hand delivered the paperwork at my dog's 1st visit to vet #2! And I really don't think vet #2 would have spayed her if he didn't see the paperwork! They were the ones that asked for the paperwork and they looked at everything to make sure she wasn't due for anymore shots at the first visit and they made sure the rabies certificate was good before she was spayed as well. So yeah I think I'm going to be yelling just a little.

Maybe the rescue placed got your application confused with someone else? My advice would be think twice before confronting vet. Ask them if that is what they really told the rescue people and then if so you can get mad. If not then maybe call the rescue place back and say I've talked to the vet and they never told you that perhaps you had me confused with someone else ????


Sorry... when it's right, the one you are supposed to have will come your way.

This is actually a very important lesson that anyone looking to rescue should take notice with. Prior to my first rescue I called the vet to make sure that all of my information was correct and up to date. If you cannot get past the vet check you will not be able to be approved ~ever. I would suggest to anyone considering to apply to a rescue to call your vet, let them know they will be getting a call from a rescue, that you are compliant with spay/neuter, vaccines, heartworm, and that they are willing to give you a good reference. It does not matter if all of your other references are good if the vet does not have your paperwork together then you will never be approved.

I am sorry that this happened to you but I guess it was a lesson that was hard to learn. At least you will know for the future and if one other person learns you can consider it a lesson learned by all.

that is very frustrating. I am sorry you had to go through all the red tape, and still get denied by A vet error. There is a new vaccination shedule and if I am correct they are every three years now. I am not sure about the Rabies vaccine though.
Rescue groups are very, very selective and IMO too picky. My parents were turned down over something about the vet too. From there last dog not having A blood test. All my parents dogs have lived to 16-17 yrs old . And are wealthy, retired couple. they did adopt a cute Lapso Alpso mix , eventually.
Don't give up! Keep trying , and do go to your vet office and nicely get copies of your dog records, even discuss it over with the vet, and make sure everything is in order. That is if you are going to try getting a dog from a different rescue group. :animal36

Picking a rescue group...
 

Maybe asking for their references. I got to say after getting Barley in such poor condition from a "rescue" group, I will definitely do my research before working with another rescue group.

They made me verbal promises that never happened. Like he would be micro chipped when he was neutered. Didn't happen at all. When I questioned them about these things the answers I got were...the lady whom I spoke to was just a volunteer and she was misinformed. When asked how a vet could see him for the neuter and shots he received and miss his kennel cough and bad ear infections. They simply replied that they only get shots and neuter, not vet exams. I was like how does a vet neuter a dog and not know he has kennel cough...they have to put them to sleep and listen to their lungs. They said maybe he didn't have it then. It was four days before I got him! I wonder if he was even put to sleep as his testicles were so swollen my vet thought they missed one of them, but it was a blood clot.

Long story to tell you....checking into the rescue group is very sound advise. Do a google search on them, call the animal control where they are located and see if they have had any problems, ask for past adopters to see if they recommend this group.

Knowledge is power and it will help you find a rescue group that you can rely on for advise and maybe make some new friends. I know I'll be more proactive the next time I use one. Good luck :animal36

Quite honestly I don't imagine alot of these rescues would be too keen on the adoptive parent asking tons of questions! Alot of these people really are rude. Not that it will stop me from asking questions now especially the question of being put in contact with other adoptive parents! Seriously sometimes I think it would be easier to adopt a kid from Nairobi or some other far away place than it is to adopt a rescue dog sadly.:confused:

I tried to send you a PM or post to your profile but you have both options turned off :confused: I'm very curious to know what rescue that you got your little guy from? That seems very suspicious to me that they ANY rescue would send a dog to a new owner with any of these conditions. Sounds more like a mill posing as a rescue. Seems to be the newest mill scam out there. If what you are saying is true you need to expose them so that others will learn from your experience. Believe me there are plenty of great rescues out there that take excellent care of ALL of their dogs. Makes me very angry to hear stories like yours. It gives all a bad rap :mad:

Not sure what rescue that you are talking about but I have always had good experiences with the rescues that I have adopted from :confused: I have 2 rescues and it was a good experience for me. My little ones are great but like I said before I was prepared for any and all questions that they might have regarding how I take care of my pets. For some reason people assume that because a dog was unwanted by their original owner or is a cast off that is should be easy to take them in. IMO it should be even harder because they have already been tossed aside and the rescue just wants to make sure they are taken very good care of and will never need another home ever again in their lifetime. Why is that such a bad thing?:confused:

I totally agree and also feel there are scams of all sorts going on .... I hope the person who said this posts the rescue's website...

I had not heard about this scam. How awful!

I really don't think that people feel rescue animals are "mark downs". As nice as the rescue is, the dog is going to be happier placed in a loving home where he has space to move around and humans of his very own. Every time a rescue turns down a viable candidate, they potentially deny their dogs a nice life.

Additionally, that means that the rescue can't take in more animals, and of course, it can turn people off the rescue idea entirely. With so many animals euthanized every year, the cycle of pet ownership simply cannot stop at the shelter. These animals need and deserve new homes.

I'm not saying that rescues should throw dogs at anyone who comes in the door, but dogs do not process "abandonment" the way people do. A dog can have several owners in its lifetime and be blissfully happy with all of them.

I volunteer at a shelter, and while almost all of the placements are successful, a few dogs are returned. Even these dogs do eventually find their "forever" homes. It's nice to be in a place with so many happy endings.

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I've had bad experiences with two shelters myself.

That just crazy. I wish you luck and hope you find a good rescue....My Scottie rescue in Dallas checked me out and even came to my home for an inspection. But they are so nice....

I have been watching the rescue sites in my state with the hopes of finding a playmate for my 1 yr old girl. I've been a little put off by all the stories I've read and am worried that I wouldn't pass inspection. I don't have a fenced yard ( we live in a rural area ) and I've lost two 4 legged family members in the last 4 years. One to illness and 1 a freak accident. I was also listed as a reference for a friend trying to adopt from a rescue and when I contacted the foster mom she was very rude and not interested at all in talking to me. So far, my experiences haven't been positive. But we're still trying!