That's awesome, I hope you get the thumbs up and get to bring a new friend into the family :) Keep us updated!
On Dec 30, 11:31 am, deborahjeanne <[email protected]> wrote: > Problem is that the shelters around here tend to be full of big dogs, > small ones are hard to come by. This rescue as all the dogs with them > as far as I can tell. The dog is 1.5, and housetrained. thanks for > the feedback > > http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=12503754 > > On Dec 29, 7:01 pm, Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Having adopted a puppy last year, I'll offer my $.02 > > > Skip the rescue organization, go straight to the shelter. The rescue > > orgs are great, but they basically offer the same thing the shelter > > offers at a significantly higher price, and often the foster parents > > are not suited for having as many animals as they do. In my area, i > > noticed many were extremely dirty and kept outside in kennels. > > > After doing some research, I found that most of the rescues simply go > > and pick up dogs set to be put down from the shelters, then organize > > foster parents and the adoption things at pet stores. When I went > > straight to the shelter, I found that while the dogs obviously weren't > > at the Marriott, they were in large enough kennels to walk around in, > > had company because most had 4-5 dogs/kennel, and the shelter had the > > same offerings as the rescue org for half the price. I got my > > wonderful puppy with all shots, spayed, microchipped, etc. for just > > over $100, whereas the rescues were looking for $200-$300, sometimes > > not including rabies vaccine. > > > My second recommendation is to not get a puppy. If you don't work at > > home or are retired, it is just too hard to look after them and take > > them out every 2 hours as they should be. It's very likely you will > > find a wonderful 1 - 2yr old dog that hasn't necessarily been abused, > > and will have forgone most of the puppy headaches. Heck, you may even > > find one that is already housetrained. It is also a lot more likely > > that you will get a dog that is the size you expect, lol. I was > > warned that my dog would be HUGE!, and to be ready, but she is 50 lbs > > and pretty much done growing. My friend who adopted at the same time > > from a different shelter got his puppy, and had no idea she would only > > be 30 lbs max, both of our situations were surprises. > > > The people at the shelters were really great too, I am actually > > planning to bring mine back to show them how great she is doing. > > > On Dec 29, 9:23 pm, deborahjeanne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Part of my problem is the not knowing if I will get it, get all > > > excited, then someone else gets the dog. (Its hard when you have > > > specific wishes, like a small dog, and you have kids - a lot of the > > > rescue dogs say no kids) > > > > On Dec 29, 6:18 pm, Iron Brigade <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Dec 29, 7:51 pm, deborahjeanne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I sent in an application to a dog rescue to adopt a dog.... > > > > > Best thing I ever did was adopt a dog from a rescue group.- Hide quoted > > > > text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/BGG_down?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
