Before I got Yaris, I looked into adopting a rescue dog. It seemed like the thing to do. There are dogs out there that need a home and I have a home that needs a dog. Seems like the very logical and a good match. On top of that, I’ve raised several dogs so there won’t really be any surprises for me, unlike with first-time dog owners. I really didn’t think it would be much of a problem.
Well…it was. I really wanted a GSD and the two GSD rescue operations in my area were…really snotty. They wouldn’t answer emails, phone calls…basically, they wouldn’t acknowledge you. Finally, I just resorted to filling out their posted application form and sending it straight to one of the employees. I never got a reply. And those application questions are DETAILED. Why do they need so much detail? Yes, they need to know that the dogs are going to responsible owners but do they really need to interrogate you?
But maybe they were just really busy. Extremely busy. The busiest. So busy that they couldn’t even set an auto-reply about how my application was being considered and they would get back to me at a later date.
I thought maybe it was just a one-off experience. Perhaps I was just unlucky and contacted all the super busy, snotty people. Apparently not. One of my co-workers said she also got that treatment when she tried to adopt a dog. She is also an experienced pet owner. And I recently came across this article. It seems like this is almost the norm for pet rescue agencies.
So, the question is this: why are you rescuing pets? A lot of the mission statements say that the agency rescues pets so that they can be adopted by loving families. And yet, it doesn’t seem like they allow any family to adopt the pets. I cannot understand this at all. I think rescue agencies are heading the way of PETA (here is what I think of PETA).
Btw, did you know the ASPCA sided with Ellen DeGeneres when that whole situation about her adopted rescue blew up? At least someone has their head on straight.
Random moosages as I see fit. 