So I get an e-mail back yesterday from the dog shelter in CT. It said, "congratulations, your
adoption is approved but so sorry, that dog is spoken for." GGGRRRRRRR! I wrote back and
asked why I was told the dog was available and got an explanation that was either all lies or
meant that they already had people interested in the pup when they told me she was available to us. This brings back memories of 1995 when we were looking for a dog. The old bait and switch tactics are still being used. I like to rescue a dog
because I find purebred dogs tend to have more health problems so I like the mutts(though Sophie cost us a lot of money in vet bills in her lifetime). Oh heck, I woulda given that dog my kidney if she
needed it. Anyway, the problem with rescuing dogs is mainly the amount of pitbulls or unhealthy dogs they are trying to unload. While I am sure there are many good pitbulls and staffordshire terriers, they are not for me. I have heard too many stories and they scare me. We had a woman killed not far from here a few years ago and Tim's aunt's dog( a little poodle)
was attacked and killed by one out in CA last year. I don't totally believe that they have to be trained to fight as too many that are involved in attacks were not. We had several shelters call us back then telling me they had lab mixes(which I specified was all that I was interested in) only to drive out there to see a litter of pits they were hoping we'd
fall in love with once we saw them. One time, after several of these episodes, I had a shelter call me and say they got a batch of lab mix puppies in and I better come quick because they would go fast. I told them straight out that my husband would have to cancel an estimate and it would take an hour to drive there
so they better not show me pitbulls. She said, "oh no, these are labs." He cancelled his appt. and we drove out during rush hour to see a litter of pits again. I let them know I was NOT happy with them. While I have all the respect in the world for folks that give so much of themselves to
help animals, these kinds of tactics are just wrong and give them all a bad name. Too many of
these people are not above lying and telling people what they want to hear to get rid of an animal only to complain how many are turned back in to shelters. Well, DUH! This is not something I want to do especially with our kid involved. It takes us 3 seconds to fall in love with an animal so I am trying to get as much useful information out of these folks as I can before we lay eyes
on more than just a photo. So, though I am second in line, that first shelter said, to pick from the litter that the other pup was from, I'm not sure I want to deal with them now. I'm also a little afraid of how muscular in the front legs and the chest the pups look to be in the pictures as that is one way you can tell you have pit in there. Also, they are being trucked up from Georgia so I really don't think they know much about these dogs at all other than what the mother is 'cause she was rescued with the pups. I thought these dogs were found in CT. We found this other pup(for now we'll call her Plan B) but we have to travel 2 1/2 hours one way to see the little thing. The woman I'm dealing with seems pretty nice so I hope she is being straight with me. I've got better things to do than drive 5 hours to get ticked off. Heck, I can get ticked off at home.
adoption is approved but so sorry, that dog is spoken for." GGGRRRRRRR! I wrote back and
asked why I was told the dog was available and got an explanation that was either all lies or
meant that they already had people interested in the pup when they told me she was available to us. This brings back memories of 1995 when we were looking for a dog. The old bait and switch tactics are still being used. I like to rescue a dog
because I find purebred dogs tend to have more health problems so I like the mutts(though Sophie cost us a lot of money in vet bills in her lifetime). Oh heck, I woulda given that dog my kidney if she
needed it. Anyway, the problem with rescuing dogs is mainly the amount of pitbulls or unhealthy dogs they are trying to unload. While I am sure there are many good pitbulls and staffordshire terriers, they are not for me. I have heard too many stories and they scare me. We had a woman killed not far from here a few years ago and Tim's aunt's dog( a little poodle)
was attacked and killed by one out in CA last year. I don't totally believe that they have to be trained to fight as too many that are involved in attacks were not. We had several shelters call us back then telling me they had lab mixes(which I specified was all that I was interested in) only to drive out there to see a litter of pits they were hoping we'd
fall in love with once we saw them. One time, after several of these episodes, I had a shelter call me and say they got a batch of lab mix puppies in and I better come quick because they would go fast. I told them straight out that my husband would have to cancel an estimate and it would take an hour to drive there
so they better not show me pitbulls. She said, "oh no, these are labs." He cancelled his appt. and we drove out during rush hour to see a litter of pits again. I let them know I was NOT happy with them. While I have all the respect in the world for folks that give so much of themselves to
help animals, these kinds of tactics are just wrong and give them all a bad name. Too many of
these people are not above lying and telling people what they want to hear to get rid of an animal only to complain how many are turned back in to shelters. Well, DUH! This is not something I want to do especially with our kid involved. It takes us 3 seconds to fall in love with an animal so I am trying to get as much useful information out of these folks as I can before we lay eyes
on more than just a photo. So, though I am second in line, that first shelter said, to pick from the litter that the other pup was from, I'm not sure I want to deal with them now. I'm also a little afraid of how muscular in the front legs and the chest the pups look to be in the pictures as that is one way you can tell you have pit in there. Also, they are being trucked up from Georgia so I really don't think they know much about these dogs at all other than what the mother is 'cause she was rescued with the pups. I thought these dogs were found in CT. We found this other pup(for now we'll call her Plan B) but we have to travel 2 1/2 hours one way to see the little thing. The woman I'm dealing with seems pretty nice so I hope she is being straight with me. I've got better things to do than drive 5 hours to get ticked off. Heck, I can get ticked off at home.
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Sounds like you really need a "blue-tick hound" to go with getting ticked off... ha ha
What about the local shelters? Wishing you well in this new search...
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