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[Karen]

Can someone post about experiences they've had with breed rescue? I only know of one person locally who was given such a run-around, and then her calls were not returned, and she eventually gave up, even though she would have been an excellent home, and was willing to follow the group's protocols. It was quite disheartening.

[Beauty17]

I will post about the Greyhound Rescue Society in my area - somewhere slightly upstate NY. Although I know that other Greyhound Rescue Societies are very good (my sister has two greyhounds), these people took our initial application fee and never contacted for us afterward. We did not follow further, because we were offended at their lack of courtesy.

[Ginger's Mom]

Can someone post about experiences they've had with breed rescue? I only know of one person locally who was given such a run-around, and then her calls were not returned, and she eventually gave up, even though she would have been an excellent home, and was willing to follow the group's protocols. It was quite disheartening.

I think a lot of breed rescue group are very small individually run programs. I fostered for an American Eskimo breed rescue that covered from Massachusetts through New Jersey. That rescue organization was actually just two women who also had full time jobs (and one had a husband and son to care for), who just cared very deeply about the breed. They would receive many many e-mails from people who wanted to adopt, just wanted more info. about the breed, wanted to turn in their unwanted Eskies, etc. And they were extremely busy answering those e-mails, transporting dogs, and doing home checks. Please don't get discouraged if it takes a while for a breed rescue to get back to you, as I said it is usually only a small group of people who do this in their "spare" time. I think that breed rescue does try to match the right dog with the right home, and "rescuers" are always there to answer questions about the breed if certain problems should pop up once you get the dog home.

[Sudilar]

Can someone post about experiences they've had with breed rescue? I only know of one person locally who was given such a run-around, and then her calls were not returned, and she eventually gave up, even though she would have been an excellent home, and was willing to follow the group's protocols. It was quite disheartening.

When you go through a breed rescue, it can be quite disheartening. The reason for all the things we make potential adopters go through is for the good of the dog. The dog in rescue has been uprooted already once, so a permanent forever home must be found. This takes a lot of work. First there is the application...I believe ours is 10-11 pages long with lots of questions with a vet referral and other referrals which we do check. Next is the home visit. Then the application and home visit is reviewed. If the applicant is approved, then we will see if there is a dog that will fit that particular home. Sometimes it is not the dog that the potential adopter had his eye on. If we don't feel the fit is good, then it will not happen. Many times the potential adopter will have to wait til a dog that fits his needs comes along...and that may take a while. Then there is the "Meet and Greet" where the potential adopter meets the dog. If all goes well, then shortly after that the adoption will be approved and the dog goes off to his forever home (hopefully). We do everything in our power to place the dog in a forever home. It is all about the dog. Sometimes it may seem too strict, but it is what is necessary so that the dog is not returned to us.
If you go to http://gsdrni.org/forms.htm you can see what the application looks like and what our policies are.

[DrKym]

Can someone post about experiences they've had with breed rescue? I only know of one person locally who was given such a run-around, and then her calls were not returned, and she eventually gave up, even though she would have been an excellent home, and was willing to follow the group's protocols. It was quite disheartening.

Karen I used St Louis Purebred rescue to adopt Rusty the amazing felon, he is vWB and has thyroid issues but they were amazing! I am sorry to hear your friend had a problem with a rescue, but Donna was amazing, she emailed me back the same day, called that night to talk in depth arranged a meeting in our home with Rusty as he had never been around cats or small dogs or guinea pigs, or small kids for that matter. She arrived at 9 am stayed until 3 and Rusty has been an incredible addition, she still emails us and drops a line now and again. She bent a few rules so we could adopt him as he fit so perfect.(our fencing wasn't fully up yet and we lived out of state) so I would reccommend rescues highly btw Rusty is a red doberman.

[ratchet22]

Yes I agree petfinder.com is the best place
I am at www.arlingtonkittensandcats.petfinder.com