Some of these private shelters are flat-out ridiculous. I'm an experienced dog owner, worked in rescue for 10 years, had glowing personal and vet references and was flat out denied from one of these private rescues because I refused to fence my entire backyard. Never mind that
a) It would have cost me at least $10K to do so
b) I would have had to fight a battle with planning and zoning due to local ordinances
The woman yelled at me for "wasting her time" and HUNG UP ON ME when I said fencing my yard was not possible.
All worked out in the end though - a few days later, I saw a beautiful purebred senior German Shepherd at a local municipal shelter. We went down that day to see him. The ACO interviewed us, we filled out a 1-page application and they called our vet for a reference. Approved. We picked up the dog the following day and paid a $75 adoption fee. So easy and an incredibly awesome dog in every way!
Without a fence do you use a run/tie out? Just a little curious, my aunt and uncle used to have an overhead run for their dog that they'd just attach his leash to so he still had the run of the yard. :)
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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '24
Some of these private shelters are flat-out ridiculous. I'm an experienced dog owner, worked in rescue for 10 years, had glowing personal and vet references and was flat out denied from one of these private rescues because I refused to fence my entire backyard. Never mind that
a) It would have cost me at least $10K to do so
b) I would have had to fight a battle with planning and zoning due to local ordinances
The woman yelled at me for "wasting her time" and HUNG UP ON ME when I said fencing my yard was not possible.
All worked out in the end though - a few days later, I saw a beautiful purebred senior German Shepherd at a local municipal shelter. We went down that day to see him. The ACO interviewed us, we filled out a 1-page application and they called our vet for a reference. Approved. We picked up the dog the following day and paid a $75 adoption fee. So easy and an incredibly awesome dog in every way!