Am going to say it now I HATE DOG RESCUES. Nothing more than people adopting dogs with a 501c. They have no intention of adopting those dogs out they just pretend to.
They certainly know how to turn off adoptive families... some want to be able to drop in and visit the dog for the rest of its life. Really? They want visitation rights? Only if they pay for the food and vet care for its lifetime, otherwise they can pound sand.
I’d love to adopt a dog, but I have no intention of adopting a human Snoopy too.
...”Rescue groups generally are organized as nonprofit charities and raise money through fundraisers, adoption fees, grants and bequests. Shelters and rescue groups connected to the auction bidders have annual revenue that runs from $12,000 to $1.5 million, and they charge adoption fees that range from $50 to $1,850 per dog. The individuals who run these organizations receive salaries as high as $78,000, but many receive no compensation, according to tax forms.
The rescue movement used to include only shelters, but today it has an expansive network of home-based nonprofits, too. The noticeable increase in the number of such rescuers at the Missouri auctions began around 2005, about the same time that the nation’s rescue movement began to evolve. That is also about the time that self-described “puppy mill rescue” began to move into the mainstream.” . . .
I ‘picked up’ Dieter, a 14 YO Belgian Malinois when he was 2YO in a small town 80 miles from my home.
I have spent the last 12 years ‘untraining’ him.
He just about has ‘it’...
At 14 he has me on a short leash.
I’m very grateful for the rescue organization from which we got our dog. They called once to see how things were going and that was it. All rescue places aren’t the same.