Question about Rescue Dogs...

[buttercup132]

Before ANY dog is put up for adoption they go through a series of test to make sure they are adoptable. Most are placed in a foster home where they are also monitored on things like behavior issues etc.

The shelter makes sure they aren't foos agressive, people agressive, animal agressive, child agressive, good manners, etc all to see how adoptable and what to say to people. They aren't just going to hand out a dog that they dont know how it's like. They couldnt be sending a dog home to a place that has children and the dog could have had a bad past with kids and be agressive towards them and if the dog bite the kid I'm sure there could be some financial issues with the shelter. That's why most shelters won't adopted out pit's they they have seized from fighting.

[critter crazy]

Before ANY dog is put up for adoption they go through a series of test to make sure they are adoptable. Most are placed in a foster home where they are also monitored on things like behavior issues etc.

The shelter makes sure they aren't foos agressive, people agressive, animal agressive, child agressive, good manners, etc all to see how adoptable and what to say to people. They aren't just going to hand out a dog that they dont know how it's like. They couldnt be sending a dog home to a place that has children and the dog could have had a bad past with kids and be agressive towards them and if the dog bite the kid I'm sure there could be some financial issues with the shelter. That's why most shelters won't adopted out pit's they they have seized from fighting.

Not all shelters do this!!! You have to be very careful! our shelter did not do this when we adopted a dog, and my son has scars on his face now for the rest of his life from getting bit! as well as my nephew on him arm, from the same dog! You have to be very careful, and ask the shelter if they tempermant test teir dogs, before adopting them out!

[luvofallhorses]

critter crazy is right not all shelters go through that process. we do testing but unfortunately we don't have enough foster homes for dogs that need extra TLC... but we do work with them while we are there and that counts, too. we do everything we can for them. I can't wait for the day that I am able to foster.

[K9karen]

*Clap* *Clap* Mz Logan unpacked her baggage less than a month after I rescued her from a shelter. Patience, retraining, observation and bundles of love. Best thing I ever did.

My SPCA is always full so they never test the dog's behavior. They have no time and not enough help. Dogs can suffer from neurological diseases, like humans, and that happened to a friends adopted Lab. The poor thing could not be helped or saved, but my unprofessional guess is that it's rare. Some poor souls may have been so traumatically abused too.

Excuse me for this comparison, but when a human baby is adopted, from unknown genetics, you have no idea how that child will turn out despite all the love in the world. It happened to a friend of mine.

I agree with Pam. I will never ever do anything but adopt from a shelter. I used to take Mz Klo to visit every month, but had to stop because I couldn't resist seeing the other poor sweethearts, and hearing them whine and bark broke my heart. Right now, I can't get a 2nd dog, but that may change. Logan and I are even. We saved each other and we both know it.