GCChris
Walking the driveway
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- 8/28/15
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So we've been looking into adopting another dog. I wanted to do right by homeless pets and adopt a "rescue dog" and have been looking on petfinder.com, and found a few pups that would have been perfect for us. But I'm starting to realize many "rescuers" and "fosters" are more like people who just bought a dog from the shelter to re-sell. Or they already have given the dog a perfect home, and find any possible reason to deny adopting it to someone. The MOST FRUSTRATING issue for me is the "must have fenced yard" rule. No matter that I explain I want a dog to go for long walks, hikes and play time. No matter that I already have a VERY high energy dog who we keep satisfied. No matter that many people with yards just open the door a couple times a day to let the dog there to pee, or leave it out there all the time. No they don't care, they just want to know if you have a fence, and if not, well its "non-negotiable". Sorry but that's ^*@(! stupid. If these dogs truly need "rescuing" they shouldn't be so damn picky and especially ignore all the good things you are saying and focus on that one stupid fact. I know many people with huge fenced yards who are crap dog owners, cause guess what...the dog spends all its time in that fenced yard, never goes for walks or gets to see the world. I think we are going to skip the "rescue" part and just find a dog on kijiji the owners are rehoming themselves before it gets into the hands of these hoard...ahem, rescuers. I'm sure most rescue groups truly just have the best interest of the dogs in mind. It just frustrates me all these people who are "fostering" a dog, in that the dog is totally happy and has all its needs met with them, but they got it with the intention of "rehoming" it...to me, that's called being an animal flipper. I just wish people wouldn't be so quick to label a dog a "rescue dog" when it doesn't actually need "rescuing" from anything, except the person who would like a new dog from the shelter to play with as soon as possible, to then re-sell. Ugh. I also don't see how pulling a dog from a shelter into your "rescue group"...which consists of several dogs crated in their living room, getting way less time, attention, and socialization than they would have at the shelter, is a good thing. I've just become really disenchanted with the whole situation.
one more rant; there's also sexism involved. I went to look at one rescue pup, beagle, the female owner, sorry "rescue martyr" was VERY suspicious of me and hostile. I was trying to call Joseph to ask him to come down to see him, she says "so just why does your buddy need to see your dog too?" in a very sarcastic way. When I explained I'm gay an he's my partner, her whole attitude changed and she then seemed to be trying to make up for being rude. But why? Why the hostility when she thought I was a straight guy? Hmmmm....
one more rant; there's also sexism involved. I went to look at one rescue pup, beagle, the female owner, sorry "rescue martyr" was VERY suspicious of me and hostile. I was trying to call Joseph to ask him to come down to see him, she says "so just why does your buddy need to see your dog too?" in a very sarcastic way. When I explained I'm gay an he's my partner, her whole attitude changed and she then seemed to be trying to make up for being rude. But why? Why the hostility when she thought I was a straight guy? Hmmmm....
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