Last Chance Highway

[luvofallhorses]

Well if she is doing more thorough checks they should play it on TV.

I'm not saying long-distance adoptions are bad; but I still think she should meet them in person on the out of state drives. Those drivers seem very trustworthy though and I am sure she asks them to make sure they are the right people for the dog.

Heck - we do long-distance adoptions but the people must come to our shelter as we don't have the resources for transport all of the time. I think it's great they do though.

[Karen]

Well if she is doing more thorough checks they should play it on TV.

Maybe you should write to the producers of the show, so they can make that change for next season. As many of the shots are wintry, I am sure this was all filmed months ago, but there's always room for changes in a future show!

[Cataholic]

I agree with loveofallhorses.

Week in and week out, I get emails about transports from the south all the way to Canada. Passenger cars, sometimes three to a leg, with maybe 4 dogs in a car. I do mean week in and week out. Same people doing the driving, every time.

Mugsy, of this site, does this week in and week out- arranging for transports, from a shelter she probably has never visited, as it is hours away from her, to shelters in NE and Canada.

I just finished a foster for two puppies whose days were, literally, numbered, in KY. The person that got it put together? A lady north of Ontario. These dogs went separately on to Canada, a few weeks apart, to homes that had been personally home visited. A practice I suggest is the best way to go.

So, yeah, shows like this are nice. But, they glorify one woman's efforts. The people in the trenches do this all the time, for no fame or glory, all for the love of dogs they have yet to meet, and will "know" for an hour or two.

I hope this show does encourage other people to do transport/foster. The need is so flipping great. Two weekends ago, I had 6 overnighters, and one foster, and my own newly adopted formerly foster dog, Jasper. The 8 cats and a kid were just gravy. I figure if I can do it, singlely, many others could, too. I wish they would.