Having hard time adopting dog

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of rescues will put up ridiculous roadblocks on adoption, OP. If you own your home and have a fenced yard, they'll likely focus on the ages of your children - too young for some rescue interviewers.

On the other hand, you REALLY want to seriously evaluate the origin of your breeder puppy. Most of the breeders with fancy websites are puppy mills, no more, no less. In addition to being kept in cruel and unhealthy conditions, the dog might end up with inbred genetic disorders and a poorly socialized reactive personality. Finding responsible breeders that don't breed their dogs too often, and only have as many dogs as they can keep in their own family home (instead of placing them in kennels) requires some research. Please do not support puppy mills, and do that research: if the breeder allows you to visit, that's a good sign.

The price tag is not the issue here. You'll spend way more than that on food, let alone vet bills. But you want to know your hands are clean, so to speak.

This is good advice. When we went with a breeder, we talked to many. A lot looked nice but were huge puppy mills breeding 8-12+ dogs at a time so they really didn't give much attention to the dogs or puppies. We went with someone who breeds her family dogs, and said she'd never give them away after she was done breeding, raised in the house (pictures online of them), etc. She was a newer breeder too. It's terrible when the breeders give away the dogs after they are done using them for breeding. Our dog was clearly well cared for and socialized when we got her.

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IME rescues won’t adopt to people with toddlers. It’s dumb, but true.

You need to be persistent at the shelter. Just keep showing up and/or obsessively checking the website. Pre-pandemic showing up was definitely the way to go and it may be again because you catch dogs before they hit the website.

Don’t write off a pit MIX. At a certain point it’s just a mutt.

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Try lost dog rescue. They do same day adoptions at local PetSmart and have a two week trial that is fully refundable. I've seen people with toddlers adopt from them. They have adoption counselors to help you find the right dog for your family. Good luck!

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I would recommend a Westie. They are the sweetest dogs, don't shed and are less work than a lab, which is good with such young kids.

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Op here - our kids have had a large dog their whole lives. We had to put our dog down this summer and have been looking ever since.

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Anonymous wrote:I would work with a breed specific rescue - Lu’s Labs or Lab Rescue of the Potomac will approve a general application for you to adopt and then will work with you to find the right dog fit for your family. There’s no guarantee that you’ll get a purebred, but they do look specifically for labs and will make sure you get a dog that is approved for kids your childrens ages.

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Almost every breed has their own rescue - please consider! Labs, Beagles, whatever you have in mind - there is almost certainly an organized rescue for just that particular breed.

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Anonymous wrote:Try lost dog rescue. They do same day adoptions at local PetSmart and have a two week trial that is fully refundable. I've seen people with toddlers adopt from them. They have adoption counselors to help you find the right dog for your family. Good luck!

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Lost Dog or Lucky Dog - both are great!

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My lab was from a breeder for $850. We adopted our first lab when my kids were 5, 3, and 8 months old. I have loved seeing my youngest grow up with our diff, and kids love her.

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Anonymous wrote:Our pit is the sweetest dog with our kids. If you’re looking to adopt you may want to reconsider your breed restrictions.

Big mistake

Please spare us your ignorance.

Stop with the sweet little pittie nonsense. Anything bred to fight has unpredictable genetics. If you feel lucky-fine. Others don't & that's fine.

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Pit Bulls are killers. They may be sweet & loving at times, but they are killers nonetheless. NEVER let young children near a pitbull. NEVER.

I am a lifelong dog owner and dog lover who only adopts mixed breed pups.

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Our friends adult daughter ran the local pitbull rescue for years. Known as a dog lover, these friends repeatedly tried to get us to adopt a pitbull rescue. I went to one of their daughter's rescue fairs. These dogs were not safe. The friends adopted two. The two dogs got loose and went on a killing spree. Killed several llamas, chickens, and other dogs in one night. The couple quickly sold their home & moved back to Texas.

Once pitbulls associate with another dog & get the pack mentality, it will be a killing spree if they get loose.

We put up a double fence on our acre to keep the friends pitbulls from getting in to kill our dogs. Every single day for about 2 years they tried. The friends who were retired thought that it was cute. We didn't want to insult them so we just installed a double fence to protect our dogs.

Please keep any minor child away from pitbulls. It happens so fast that there is nothing that one can do to stop the vicious attack.

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OP, I volunteer with Big Fluffy Dog Rescue. We do adopt to people with young children, so please consider us. It’s a pretty large organization that places lots of dogs, so you can find pretty much any kind of dog (despite the name), in any age range. We have even started getting BMDs and doodles.

The best way to ‘window shop’ is to check the FB group, ‘Available Dogs from Big Fluffy Fog Rescue’. We also profile at least one dog a day, on the main FB page.

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Anonymous wrote:Our pit is the sweetest dog with our kids. If you’re looking to adopt you may want to reconsider your breed restrictions.

Big mistake

Please spare us your ignorance.

Stop with the sweet little pittie nonsense. Anything bred to fight has unpredictable genetics. If you feel lucky-fine. Others don't & that's fine.

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Pit Bulls are killers. They may be sweet & loving at times, but they are killers nonetheless. NEVER let young children near a pitbull. NEVER.

I am a lifelong dog owner and dog lover who only adopts mixed breed pups.

Pit bulls + 2 year olds is a deadly combo. Those kids in Tennessee were literally torn to pieces. No pits ever.

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Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue was great to work with, so that’s another one to consider. It’s a bit of a drive but we found them very responsive and reasonable, as far as rescues go. Many of the dogs they get will only be able to go to families with older kids but they do tend to have a few former family dogs that people couldn’t care for or older puppies that breeders couldn’t sell and those can be okay with young kids.

https://www.dvgrr.org/

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I volunteer with Big Fluffy Dog Rescue. We do adopt to people with young children, so please consider us. It’s a pretty large organization that places lots of dogs, so you can find pretty much any kind of dog (despite the name), in any age range. We have even started getting BMDs and doodles.

The best way to ‘window shop’ is to check the FB group, ‘Available Dogs from Big Fluffy Fog Rescue’. We also profile at least one dog a day, on the main FB page.

Thank you for your work! We adopted a Big Fluffy Dog and he is the absolute best.

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We had to jump through hoops to adopt a hamster from the Montgomery county shelter. It was ridiculous and next time I’ll just buy one at the pet store. I can’t even imagine the hoops to adopt a dog.