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Adopting Thru A Rescue
A couple of you know I had to euthanize my sweet, little, 16 y/o Chihuahua, Maddie this past week. The tears I've cried could probably resolve California's drought. I have had a canine companion for the past 31 years, and the hole in my heart is unbearable. Her tiny paws left a HUGE impression there.
Many have told me to consider adopting to a (help me, and b) help another dog... I know my Maddie would want me to share the love I so willing gave her, so I browsed thru my local agency listings the other evening and found one (Chihuahua) whose eyes spoke to me, and when I read she loved to go for rides in the car lay in the sun (Maddie's favorite pastimes), I felt she was guiding me to her,
I filled out the online application to meet Skipper and waited for a response... Now I know these are volunteer's, and in a situation when you are looking to place animals in need, I would think people would respond to emails more than once a day, but really.... That's beside the point here.
30 hours later, I got this reply from the foster mom... "Unfortunately Skipper and all our dogs need to be apart of the family. Skipper currently sleeps in bed with me and would be unhappy away from her human.....You might try one of your local shelters and possibly find a perfect fit for your life,"
Because I don't sleep with my dog (health reasons), I don't consider them part of my family? IMO, this woman is CLEARLY transferring her emotional needs onto Skipper. Dogs, like humans, adjust to their situations with time and patience. What the foster failed to realize is Skipper would have her human nearby roughly 15 hours a day most days of the week as I don't work outside of the home.
If this (ego/human emotion) is what I have to look forward to anytime a potential rescue catches my eye, I'm not so sure I'd choose to adopt, and sadly... Skipper lost out on a great and loving home.
Many have told me to consider adopting to a (help me, and b) help another dog... I know my Maddie would want me to share the love I so willing gave her, so I browsed thru my local agency listings the other evening and found one (Chihuahua) whose eyes spoke to me, and when I read she loved to go for rides in the car lay in the sun (Maddie's favorite pastimes), I felt she was guiding me to her,
I filled out the online application to meet Skipper and waited for a response... Now I know these are volunteer's, and in a situation when you are looking to place animals in need, I would think people would respond to emails more than once a day, but really.... That's beside the point here.
30 hours later, I got this reply from the foster mom... "Unfortunately Skipper and all our dogs need to be apart of the family. Skipper currently sleeps in bed with me and would be unhappy away from her human.....You might try one of your local shelters and possibly find a perfect fit for your life,"
Because I don't sleep with my dog (health reasons), I don't consider them part of my family? IMO, this woman is CLEARLY transferring her emotional needs onto Skipper. Dogs, like humans, adjust to their situations with time and patience. What the foster failed to realize is Skipper would have her human nearby roughly 15 hours a day most days of the week as I don't work outside of the home.
If this (ego/human emotion) is what I have to look forward to anytime a potential rescue catches my eye, I'm not so sure I'd choose to adopt, and sadly... Skipper lost out on a great and loving home.
Hello to you......WOW! I'd be upset, too! That's rather unusual to have gone to that length and not be accepted! However, TRY again......They're not all like that!
I wish you were here.....We have two Female Chi's in our program...Both came from different situations at different times, but they both are around 3 yrs. old and BOTH are real sweethearts....."Pixie" was found freezing to death at a convenience store during the night....We just knew someone would be looking for her, but they never came.....To our surprise, she delivered 5 babies a couple of weeks later.....3 were stillborn, but the other 2 are 6 weeks old and growing like weeds.....They will be ready for adoption in a couple more weeks.....Pixie, too....
Penelope is new to the program.... Her Human Daddy (That LOVED her so) passed away & no other family member wants her! :( We will find someone that does!
Again, YOU would pass our application with flying colors, so please try again....There are so very many waiting for a momma like you!
Good plan about fire and earthquakes...Wish more people would take things like that into consideration....Around here, it's Tornadoes....Blessings to you & good luck with your search. The right one will come along, I promise.....Then you'll know why the first one didn't work out.! :) Karla
I wish you were here.....We have two Female Chi's in our program...Both came from different situations at different times, but they both are around 3 yrs. old and BOTH are real sweethearts....."Pixie" was found freezing to death at a convenience store during the night....We just knew someone would be looking for her, but they never came.....To our surprise, she delivered 5 babies a couple of weeks later.....3 were stillborn, but the other 2 are 6 weeks old and growing like weeds.....They will be ready for adoption in a couple more weeks.....Pixie, too....
Penelope is new to the program.... Her Human Daddy (That LOVED her so) passed away & no other family member wants her! :( We will find someone that does!
Again, YOU would pass our application with flying colors, so please try again....There are so very many waiting for a momma like you!
Good plan about fire and earthquakes...Wish more people would take things like that into consideration....Around here, it's Tornadoes....Blessings to you & good luck with your search. The right one will come along, I promise.....Then you'll know why the first one didn't work out.! :) Karla
Hi Karla... I found this agency thru Petfinders. On the application, it point blank asked were said pet would sleep. I told them I have a huge (6x12) bathroom where mine slept at night, in her kennel with the door open, so she had access to water and her pee pee pads should she need/want it. I also explained on the application, I learned first hand from the Northridge earthquake that pets should not be allowed to roam free during the night. When all the shaking stopped, I could not find the pom I had at the time. From that moment on, my canine companion has been confined to one safe area at night. If God forbid there was ever a fire in the middle of the night, or another devastating quake (I'm in California), at least I'd know exactly where my dog is.
They also asked how long said pet would be home alone, and I told them about 4 hours per day, on occasion... Apparently that didn't register with her. With my sister and I living together, there is someone home almost 24/7.
I spent over $2000 in the past 5 months on vet bills because my Maddie had renal failure and Addison's disease. It was because of her and HER safety that I took $40,000 out of my meager savings last year to buy us a home, where I could control what cleaning products were used in the home so she didn't get sick.
For someone to suggest that my dog is not a family member was really upsetting, especially as her needs ALWAYS came first in my life.
Thanks for taking the time to respond, and for volunteering.
They also asked how long said pet would be home alone, and I told them about 4 hours per day, on occasion... Apparently that didn't register with her. With my sister and I living together, there is someone home almost 24/7.
I spent over $2000 in the past 5 months on vet bills because my Maddie had renal failure and Addison's disease. It was because of her and HER safety that I took $40,000 out of my meager savings last year to buy us a home, where I could control what cleaning products were used in the home so she didn't get sick.
For someone to suggest that my dog is not a family member was really upsetting, especially as her needs ALWAYS came first in my life.
Thanks for taking the time to respond, and for volunteering.
In my experience, Private Rescues have stricter rules and regulations & (Applications)....Humane Societies are easier to Adopt from. Most Humane Societies ARE Kill shelters, so they will let their dogs go easier that Private Rescues that are NO KILL.....SPCA is easy to adopt from and local shelters are extremely easy as they Euthanize 100's on a weekly basis.....
If your not familiar with Petfinder.com, it's a web page that does nothing but post dogs for Adoption ALL over the country.....There's a search box to narrow your search by breed, age, sex and driving range from where you live.....It's been in existence for many years and is a great resource.....
For fun, I just typed in my zip code on Petfinder.....Just Within a 500 Mile radius from me, sadly, there are 3,910 Chihuahua or Chi Mixes looking for homes! :( Three THOUSAND!
There will never be enough homes for all these fallen Angels......Please reconsider giving one a wonderful home such as yours.......Karla
If your not familiar with Petfinder.com, it's a web page that does nothing but post dogs for Adoption ALL over the country.....There's a search box to narrow your search by breed, age, sex and driving range from where you live.....It's been in existence for many years and is a great resource.....
For fun, I just typed in my zip code on Petfinder.....Just Within a 500 Mile radius from me, sadly, there are 3,910 Chihuahua or Chi Mixes looking for homes! :( Three THOUSAND!
There will never be enough homes for all these fallen Angels......Please reconsider giving one a wonderful home such as yours.......Karla
Please, Don't Judge ALL rescues by what you have just experienced......
I volunteer for a Rescue (9 years) and we're LUCKY to get ONE Email out in 36 hrs., much less TWO! It has nothing to do w/how badly we want to place our animals in need. It's just we do the best we can with what we're given!
With SO FEW people willing to spend their time to volunteer, It's hard for 4 or 5 to get all the work done. We all also have daily jobs, families, our own dogs to care for, husbands, church, meetings, 20 calls a day to help another dog in the area, many owner turn-ins w/stories of why they must get rid of their dog, Chained, starving animals on people's properties, daily calls of people needing food because they cannot afford to feed their pets any longer & then more calls with even more horrors! This is EVERY DAY.......
Then there's all the Vet visits, Applications to go over, photos to take , Facebook & Petfinder pages to keep up with or update.....Not to mention the 21 Foster dogs in homes with only 6 people willing to open up their home to help, but again, we want nothing more than "To place an animal in need!".......2 of us travel 60 miles (One way) to a larger town, take our rickety, old Van, Loaded w/crates and dogs and spend ALL day, EVERY Saturday at Petsmart adoption day.....Why? Because we desperately want to "Place an animal in need!"
Some days, we don't even get to go to the bathroom because it's more important to us to feed a desperate animal or get to an Emergency Clinic, covered with blood, poop, vomit and urine because someone else left a injured animal on the side of the road to die!
And then somewhere in ALL this, we (3 of us) manage to provide a Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic every 6 weeks to help low income folks be able to fix their pets and not risk pregnancy and more unwanted puppies....
So, What did the application consist of; that they would know you didn't allow the dog to sleep w/you, BUT didn't know your working (Or at home) Hours? That's kinda odd to me.....Just curious......Karla
I volunteer for a Rescue (9 years) and we're LUCKY to get ONE Email out in 36 hrs., much less TWO! It has nothing to do w/how badly we want to place our animals in need. It's just we do the best we can with what we're given!
With SO FEW people willing to spend their time to volunteer, It's hard for 4 or 5 to get all the work done. We all also have daily jobs, families, our own dogs to care for, husbands, church, meetings, 20 calls a day to help another dog in the area, many owner turn-ins w/stories of why they must get rid of their dog, Chained, starving animals on people's properties, daily calls of people needing food because they cannot afford to feed their pets any longer & then more calls with even more horrors! This is EVERY DAY.......
Then there's all the Vet visits, Applications to go over, photos to take , Facebook & Petfinder pages to keep up with or update.....Not to mention the 21 Foster dogs in homes with only 6 people willing to open up their home to help, but again, we want nothing more than "To place an animal in need!".......2 of us travel 60 miles (One way) to a larger town, take our rickety, old Van, Loaded w/crates and dogs and spend ALL day, EVERY Saturday at Petsmart adoption day.....Why? Because we desperately want to "Place an animal in need!"
Some days, we don't even get to go to the bathroom because it's more important to us to feed a desperate animal or get to an Emergency Clinic, covered with blood, poop, vomit and urine because someone else left a injured animal on the side of the road to die!
And then somewhere in ALL this, we (3 of us) manage to provide a Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic every 6 weeks to help low income folks be able to fix their pets and not risk pregnancy and more unwanted puppies....
So, What did the application consist of; that they would know you didn't allow the dog to sleep w/you, BUT didn't know your working (Or at home) Hours? That's kinda odd to me.....Just curious......Karla
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