Teresa the OP wound up getting good news, she reconnected with the breeder they received their first dog from, so they will be getting a puppy from her, I believe she posted a new thread on it, you might have seen it by now, but letting you and others know. I forgot what she called the thread, but she sounds very very happy

I was thinking hte same thing. When I responded to your first post mentioning the same response (which was no response) we got when we tried to rescue. I never thought people were s passionate both pro and con about this issue. This was certainly a hot button issue.

It is very disappointing when there is no response at all...I know, because it happened to me.

I do think that rescues should respond to emails and applications. Just totally ignoring them is rude.

Thanks Donna. I actually saw that new thread AFTER I wrote my reply on this thread. But yeah, I'm so happy for her! Funny the way things work out, huh?

When I was looking to rescue I discovered there are more than 200 rescue organizations in Florida alone. Certainly the supply of needed pets is endless compare to the number of humans willing to adopt. This last fact makes me think we need a different approach, from rescuers, as for the needed pets to benefit more from the "not approved to adopt" list of applicants. Lets face it these candidates will, in most cases, adquire a dog anyways!

We may need more eucation or maybe even more involvement from the Industry's big players as to create bigger awareness. I. D. K.

One thing is for certain, this is as safe a place to have this discussions.

I hear you. I went through the same thing. I am huge on rescuing. I can not see how people can toss away cats and dogs they way that they do. My kitties were rescues. I ended up going to a reputable show breeder. I have Galen. I can't not imagine not having him. Sometimes things are just ment to be. Good luck in your search

It is true, there will always be more pets in need than there are good homes to adopt them. But we as rescuers do all this as volunteers. This is not something we get paid to do. In fact we use out own money many times to help out other people's dogs in need. I certainly am not going to waste my time and money by allowing the wrong person or family to adopt. You can't take that chance to let the dog go back into the system, rescue, shelter or what have you. If the dog goes back, that's wasted time and money that could have been used to save another. However, I don't think it's right to say that it's rescuers that are causing the problem of not allowing people to adopt! It's not bc of us that are too many pets in need in the first place!

And yes, some of these people who are not approved will acquire a dog anyway. But not all of these people should have a dog in the first place. So how are these people getting their dogs? And what happens when it doesn't work out with the dog?

The reason why there are too many pets is bc there are too many people not spaying and neutering, too many bybs, mills, etc. We as rescue people cannot clean up the mess made by others. We try, but you have to consider why there are too many pets in the first place. So I urge everyone once again, please spay and neuter your pets!

Great post and I so much agree with everything you said! So much time and energy is spent on each foster and the last thing we want is for the pup not to work out in their adoptive home.

Of course, ditto 100% about the spaying and neutering, bybs, etc. :thumbup:

The only thing to help the overpopulation of cats and dogs would be mandatory spay and neuter laws and their enforcement. Make the fine high enough that it's cheaper to have your pet altered. If you want to breed get a license. Require standards to be met. INFORCE the standards. No reputable breeder or pet owner should have a problem with this. If you make the fines high enough that the local governments see they can make money they may go for this. Yes, some rescues are a bit ridiclous with some of their rules but unless you work with them you have no idea what the volunteers and the dogs go through. We use our vacation and sick days to take care of a puppy with giardia, to bottle feed a 4 day old puppy knowing it's chance of survival is slim, to sit on the floor with a puppy mill dog for 4 hours until it trust you enough to let you pet it. Last month alone I'm out $1000 in vet bills that won't be reimbursed. For 1 dog alone. If people would foster a dog they would understand. They would also get the joy of having an abused dog grow into a trusting dog that instead of hiding under a chair will climb on your lap because it now knows it is safe and will be welcome

I keep hearing walk a mile or if people would foster a dog... The problem is willing candidates are not given the opportunity to HELP! For whatever reason rescue organizations do not take advantage of candidates who are willing to adopt. How many post, here alone, complaining about ZERO responses to their applications? If I was runing a rescue operation I would encourage my applicants to foster or even more, to go ahead and get involved with, even for short time, with my daily operations.
In short, my strategy would be to bring in as many candidates as possible as to increase awareness of the "problem" our society is suffering as to make people want to get involved. It certainly would not be to ignore candidates to the point of frustation. Frustation that most likely would turn them to BYB or mills and thus contributing to the never ending "problem" .

So, you would adopt to just anyone? How do you think that would solve the problem? Do you know how many of those dogs you would place to just anyone would end up either lost on the streets or in shelters?? The vast numbers of people who are "rehoming" their dogs because they have decided they cannot keep them because they are married and don't have time, have children and it is not fair to keep the dog, or are moving and cannot take the dog where they are moving are ridiculous. You would not solve a thing by recruiting just anyone. That is the problem now....backyard breeders, stores and mills don't give a darn who they sell to......and then we have all of the oopsies and the people who want to educate their children about the miracles of birth. Oh the list is endless of people who in my humble opinion should only have stuffed animals.

As for me....I am involved in rescue NOT to fix the problem of overpopulation. I believe that one day there hopefully will be laws that MIGHT fix that problem. It is not a problem that rescuers can fix. I can only fix it for the pups that *I* help....and I am NOT going to give them to someone who is at high risk of failing them. If I make a mistake and miss a good home every now and then, oh well. No apologies....I am making a difference in the lives of the pups that come to me....that is all I can do besides trying to educate about responsible pet ownership.

We are in desperate need for foster homes. Have you called your local rescues to volunteer to foster? There is a need everywhere for homes. You just need patience and love. Everyone wants a "teacup", 1-2 years old, housetrained, perfect health, good personality and no bad habits. Those are already in homes. Fosters need someone to train and teach them. The persoal rewards are endless. And yes we do respond to Emails. People only want the perfect dog. Yes they need to be a good match. That is what fostering does. Search out your local rescues. They are everywhere. We do all breeds and always have yorkies, so do most rescues.

Ok people what part of "no responses" and get "people involved in the ACTUAL care of a dog" you didn't understand in my post?
All I am saying is it would make for faster and better solution if rescue organizations could get possible candidates more involved instead of just telling people you can't adopt this particular dog. Instead of just rejecting an application for X or Y reasons have candidates involved in the care of a dog under the supervision of the rescue volunteer. Candidates will realize what it takes to care for any particular dog and decide this is or is not for me. In the mean time the rescue organization created awareness of the problem on the "flesh" of the candidate (actually went thru what volunteers go thru every day) and "free" labor from another person who did not volunteer before. All of those solutions would alleviate any rescue organization daily troubles as well as would probably produce more volunteers.

I am not saying give the dogs to the first one that call or email you. All I am saying spend a little extra time communicating with your potential " customers" and you will be in a WIN-WIN situation.

God bless you for what you do. A you can read in this thread, the frustration caused by lack of communication keeps people from helping. In a business if I ignore my customers' inquiries, as crazy as they can be, I would be out of business pretty quick.

I can/do understand both sides of this issue. When I first wanted a yorkie 25+ years ago, no good breeder OR rescue would let me have a pup because I had small children (2 under 8yrs). I was extremely frustrated because I really wanted a yorkie. I knew the pup would be well supervised & my children would be taught to be very gentle and to NEVER pick up the pup. Looking back, I now realize that the breeders & rescues who turned me down didn't know me, and had no way of knowing how well my children and pups would be supervised. I finally adopted a pair of "teapot" yorkies from a local shelter, and it worked out wonderfully well.

Since that time, I've fostered & transported pups for 3 different rescues. I know firsthand the time, effort, money, and love that goes into caring for and saving these pups. I've been astounded by people who have applied to adopt a rescue. It's amazing when someone says they plan on letting the 5# yorkie they want to adopt be an "outside" dog. Or when they tell you that their last dog couldn't be trained to stay in their unfenced yard & so got hit by a car.

These things make me wholeheartedly agree with rescues being so "picky" about who gets to adopt their babies. On the other hand, some of the rules can be a little too tight. For example, my home in florida is a townhouse, and does not have a fenced in yard. That disqualifies me as an adopter to many rescues. I think many rescues are unwilling/unable to look at adopters on a case by case basis. Most rescues are fully staffed by volunteers, and unfortunately there aren't enough volunteers to do all that needs to be done. One poster stated that potential adopters should be offered the ability of fostering etc.. That sounds wonderful, but all volunteers need to be screened/approved. It would be crazy to hand over a rescue pup to someone with no screening just because they said they wanted to volunteer.

I know that many people complain about the high cost of adopting some rescue pups compaired to what a shelter charges. What these people don't understand is that most rescues FULLY vet each dog including dentals before adopting them out. There is NO WAY a rescue will get the $1000.00 back that they spent on a 13 yr old yorkie. They may charge a $100 adoption fee for a 15 yr old, but charge $700 for the cute healthy 1 yr pup. If they didn't do this, they couldn't help the sicker, older dogs.

Sorry this post is sooo long. This is something near to my heart!

I have fostered many dogs through out the years. But I have never had a rescued dog as my own. I prefer to purchase my dogs, I get them young, train them myself, and keep them up until they go to the bridge. I provide the best in food, training, travel, socialization and all around care. I do not want to deal with someone's problems on a permanent basis. I will foster puppies of any breed, no large breed dogs anymore. My health will not allow me to deal with large breed dogs anymore. I applaud anyone who goes with a rescue dog, it takes a special person to do that.
A lot of people go into rescue to save money on the purchase of a yorkie, poodle, etc. Most times this will not prove to be the case, remember people surrendered those dogs for a reason. IE, health issues, that are expensive, social issues, house training issues and the list goes on. You save no money, you just takes on issues that you did not expect. That is my opinion.

In the 25 years I've been a yorkie owner, I have always had only rescue pups. That's not because I don't believe in purchasing from a good breeder though. It was just because reputable breeders wouldn't consider me while my children were small, and later I was involved in rescue & my pups sort of fell into my lap lol. I am currently on a slow hunt for a "teen" from a good breeder. Since I have never purchased a pup from a breeder I am taking my time to find just the right breeder & pup to add to my family.

I agree that most rescue pups DO have issues. I have found that many issues/problems are the result of owner neglect or inexperience. Many of these pups just need love, training, and consistant vet care to become "perfect" pets. My little 3 1/2 # 2 year old Phoebe was rescued from a home full of wild small childern! When I went to pick her up, I couldn't believe that she had survived 7 months in that enviroment without any broken bones.

After just a little bit of time and training, Phoebe is the light of my life. In my opionion, she is the "perfect" pup! Yes, rescues can have issues, but many are easily overcome.

In my opionion it doesn't matter if you choose to purchase your pup from a REPUTABLE breeder or if you decide to rescue. Both are great ways to add a pup to your family.

While people surrender for the reasons you listed.....the largest amount surrender for other reasons such as:

I got married and my husband does not like my yorkie.

I have children now and we don't have time for the yorkie.

I am moving and cannot take my yorkie with me.