Comments on: Do animal rescue groups make it too hard to adopt pets?

By: Animal lover

Animal lover — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:25:48 +0000

Absolutely yes… Going through rescue groups is like having no choice but to go to the dentist for a root canal. The people in the rescue groups are arrogant, judgemental, mean and condesending. I am a grown adult and rescue groups want to get too personal, ask invading questions and do a home inspection? What the Bleep!!!! Even if I was a millionare, had a full time vet that lived in the vet quarters, 5 million acres, I would rather see a dog die in the chamber than to adopt from a rescue org. I LOVE those that sell and give away in the walmart parking lot. The awesome full breed minature pinsher with papers, I bought in a walmart parking lot, no questions, no personal questions, no arrogants, I LOVED it… BUY from the parking lots people.

By: Margret

Margret — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:23:36 +0000

I am outraged at what I have to go through! I had my home visit, I agreed to spay and neuter, microchip, I took their advice on a vet and on puppy food. I agreed to home visits in the future and to give them back to the rescue if I couldn’t keep them for any reason. Now this is enough…they are MY dogs! I have established a strong relationship with the local animal hospital and I’ve taken excellent care of them yet the micochip contact information lists the rescue as the primary contact and not the name of the other dog owner. It lists the rescues address and not ours. I had no say in when they would be spayed and neutered….the vet said not before 6 months for large dogs but the rescue had it done at 4 months. We signed a binding contract but had no idea the were so unreasonable. These puppies are part of OUR family!!

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:54:18 +0000

Yes, often animal rescue groups do go too far. That said they also have that right. They are mostly run by volunteers and they are private orgs.