I agree with you. They obviously love their animals, but we were concerned about animal control taking the animal if they were reported. I think they've lived there a long time and have good neighbors. I am sure they've had more than 5 dogs at once before, just hearing them talk about their recent losses (older dogs).
:) Wendy --- Melissa Lind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Wendy, > > Such a tough choice! I'm not a shelter owner or > volunteer, but I guess I'd > ask them about the neighborhood. How tolerant are > the neighbors? Is there a > chance anyone would want to turn them in? If that's > the case, it might be > risky since you never know what would happen to the > animals if they were > "repossessed" so to speak. > > Just my thoughts! > > Melissa > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of wendy > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: OT: To shelter owners/volunteers-your > opinion needed on site > visitfor Maltese shelter > > Hey guys, > > I went on my first site visit tonight with my friend > who lives here in San Antonio. The only real > concern > she and I both had were that the family already has > 5 > dogs and 5 cats. They live in a regular subdivision > home in San Antonio (regular size plot-nothing too > large, although the backyard is nicely sized). The > municipal code says that no more than 5 dogs and 3 > cats be in one home at a time. So our question, > especially to shelter owners/volunteers, is this: if > you know adopting a dog out, even if it's to a good > family, will put that family in violation of city > codes, would you do it? My friend is not the one > making the decision; she's just reporting the > information to the shelter. We were just curious as > to what your thoughts are on this. > > :) > Wendy > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful > committed citizens can change > the world: Indeed it is the only thing that ever > has!" > > ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ________ > TV dinner still cooling? > Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. > http://tv.yahoo.com/ > > > > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: Indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
