This is just my rant about how hard it is to rescue a dog, having been searching and applying to different rescue centres for months!
After finding a dog we liked, we applied to the rescue centre, arranged a homecheck, successfully completed the homecheck, to be told that dog has already been adopted. We enquired about a further dog, to be told that has also been adopted. I ask if they could suggest dogs that may be suitable, and then get no further response.
We go to the dogs trust, to be told that there are no dogs that meet our requirements.
I apply to another rescue centre, fill out pre-adoption questionnaires, talk on the phone to them for about an hour, about what we are looking for, they then do another homecheck. They then decide we are not suitable, as they don?t rehome to families with children under the age of 8. Now we don?t actually have any children under the age of 8, however since I mentioned that we may decide in a few years that we may choose to have a baby, (all just a vague possibility) this means we are therefore unsuitable.
I then contact another rescue centre, fill out yet another pre-adoption questionnaire, talk to them for ages, they say they will arrange a homecheck, although just don?t bother. Several follow up emails and phone conversations, and they say they are still waiting to arrange it, and since they rely on volunteers it can take a while (this was 10 weeks ago)
So I contact another rescue centre. Fill out another pre-adoption questionnaire, talk to the rehoming advisor about suitable dogs, have conversations with the fostering advisor, they talk to me about this fantastic dog, that we visit, love, they arrange a homecheck, although before they do it, that dog has also been adopted, and therefore they cancel the homecheck
This goes on. I have contacted six different rescue centres, had 4 homechecks (and passed 3 of them) and they have all said we are fine to adopt one of their dogs. Yet when I actually enquire about any, I don?t get a response, or they say the dogs aren?t suitable, but when I ask them to suggest dogs that are, I also don?t get a response.
All we are looking for is a dog that is good with people, and other dogs. We are not specific on age, sex, colour, breed, previous training, we don?t have cats, we don?t need to leave the dog for a working day. I just don?t get why it is all so hard. We want to provide a rescue dog with a loving home, yet none of the rescue centres appear to want to actually rehome any of the dogs, and everytime I feel we are getting somewhere, nobody ever responds to the emails. This has been going on now for months, and I?m just fed up with it. I really don?t want a puppy, don?t want to just go and buy a puppy, but it is so tempting, because all of this is exhausting, and I am fed up with it
Why do they make adopting a dog so hard?
(and this is really long - sorry, i just really needed a rant, because pretty much everybody i know, is just fed up with hearing about it!)
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izzywillynilly · 25/10/2012 18:58
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