The last dogs to be adopted?

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What do you think are the last dogs to be adopted?

[DrKym]

By far in 25 years of rescue work with many of the so called aggressive breeds ( Rotties, dobies , pitts etc.) and many mutts. The hardest to place are those that need lifelong med care or are visibly handicapped

[Sophist]

Actually, in my experience, the correct answer is "seniors".


But statistically, I know it is the big, black dogs.


Third? Maybe hounds.

Whenever I have volunteered at a shelter, the handicapped pets had to have owners very carefully screened because so many people attempted to adopt on an impulse due to pity. Even with extra careful screening, they never seemed to stay in the shelters long at all.

[Kfamr]

I think it's a tie between black dogs and bully breeds.

[k9krazee]

I think it's a tie between black dogs and bully breeds.

That's what I was thinking too.

[BC_MoM]

Actually, around here.. the "bad" breeds are almost the first to go! From what I've seen, it's the black dogs that are last.. seniors not too far behind.

[Miss Z]

At the shelter I volunteer at it seems the largest dogs are the last to go. Not particularly large as in muscular, but large breeds in general. The staffies and small breeds actually get rehomed fairly quickly. There's sadly been a German Shepherd and a rottie there ever since I started, which is over 2 months now. The other dogs, such as Akitas and American Bulldogs seem to take a long time to rehome too.

[luvofallhorses]

labs, bully breeds especially pit bulls, and black dogs. don't forget hounds, too. nobody wants a hound here anyways. we have a hound at the shelter where I volunteer that in an ex-hunting dog and I would bring her home if she was good with cats.. she's just miserable. the small dogs and pups go fast around here! and the seniors go slow, too. We have a senior GSD at the shelter where I volunteer and she is soo sweet.

[K9soul]

It probably depends some on the region, but my vote had to go for black dogs based on watching my local humane society's page. It's become somewhat of an addiction since I was looking before I ended up with Raven.

I would say dogs with special needs or senior dogs are close. There was a pure dachshund with a lot of special needs and health quirks but she was a red dapple color and she still got adopted quickly. There was a young pitbull there with luxating patellas who needed an owner willing to help pay for the surgery and she was adopted quickly. She ended up being returned because she was chasing their chihuahua. She was adopted again 24 hours later.

Hounds and sporting types get taken up quickly here as well. This is an outdoorsy state overall though and sporting and hunting breeds are very popular. Purebreds get adopted fairly quickly, and small dogs and usually puppies although I've seen some black puppies spend some time there, Raven did herself.

The day I got Raven they had just gotten in some bully mix puppies the day before (fawn colored). I was adopting Raven when the last of the litter of 6 was being adopted already, where Raven had been there over two weeks. My shelter always has an overabundance of black dogs.

[Glacier]

I think it will vary by where you live. Around here, a rottie, bully breed ect is fairly unusual and gets adopted quickly. Most small dogs never even make it to our shelter website. They are adopted in hours usually. A black and white husky cross is going to stay at the shelter for a very long time. Even a puppy is likely to grow up there; an adult is going to be there for months or years.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Bully breeds. Roxy was one of those, and she was on her last day before we thankfully adopted her.

[pitc9]

Big black dogs.

[dab_20]

I also think it depends where you live. It's usually Bully breeds around here, and many older dogs.

[Giselle]

Around here, non-pitties rarely stay over a week at our shelter. I've known some pitties who spend years at the shelter. Without a doubt, pitties are the last to go. Goes to show you how stereotypical and presumptuous people can be.

[Twisterdog]

We actually always had a waiting list for any pit bulls we happened to get in. I had never seen hounds stay too long at our shelter either. Maybe because there aren't too many of either in this area.

Far and away, the last dogs to be adopted were large black dogs. Most of them around here were either lab mixes or border collie mixes. Those two mixes probably comprise easily 75% of the dogs in our shelters and animal controls at any given moment.