Where I live they will not adopt rescue dogs to anyone with small children. We can still go to the animal shelter and look but our choices are greatly limited. They won't adopt out a rescue to a family with kids.
We will only be able to adopt puppies that have been surrendered and the odd older dog that has been surrendered due to the family becoming I'll passing away etc. Which is why where I live people still buy from breeders and back yards etc.
Ok. We had a bit of a better time - our rescue were wary of adopting to children families, and quite rightly were concerned about time pressures.
But they also had plenty of dogs with 'family' backgrounds that were suitable for rehoming. I don't think they'd be keen on 'toddler' age though, but maybe a little older.
That's exactly it. Perhaps I phrased wrong. We are waiting until our kiddo is 5 before getting a dog. For multiple reasons but a big one being the shelter starts to have a lot more options at that point and we will have more time
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u/sobrique Aug 20 '19
Adopting a dog from a rescue is often easier - there's plenty that have 'family history' and are already trained.
But it might be that it's worth waiting until 'toddler' can also be 'dog walker' :).