I turned someone down once!
I was called by a rescue in Souther Ohio to do an inspection in my area and there was NO way I was going to let the rescue give a dog to these people!
It was a mother and father and 3 kids.
They started showing me pictures of the dogs they had in the past and one kid was sitting at the table with us and said "That one ran away, that one was hit by a car... etc"
They did not have a fence and when I said then what they planned on doing they said they would teach the dog to stay in the yard. I asked them what they would do if the dog didn't stay in the yard they said they would chain it up!! Then I noticed that as soon as I got to the house the husband went in the garage and didn't come out! So when I went to leave I asked where he was and the mom said "Oh he's a jerk, don't worry about him we'll being getting a divorce soon" Then one kid said "Yeah, he's mean"
The entire time all 3 kids were screaming and jumping off the furniture and never stopped when she told them to.
It new it was bad from the start, and there was NO way I would ever want them to have a dog.
I didn't feel bad at all telling the rescue not to give them a dog!