Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?

[Anonymous]

Because they are mutts and that explains that they weren't bred which is why they aren't any breed or their age is unknown. So the dog didn't knock on their door, and that means the dog was rescued. They are called rescues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People ask what kind of dog mine is all the time. I say "I don't know, he's a rescue" or they ask how old he is and I say "well, he came to us X years ago, but he's a rescue so we don't know how old he is. The vet thinks he's about Y."

This. Saying he’s a rescue fends off questions nobody has the answers to

Why don’t you just say “I adopted him when he was four? I’m not sure.”

Because as an adoptive parent to a human child, I don't like using the same word for my dog.

And if I knew he was 4 when I rescued him, then I would be sure. The whole point is that I don't know how old he was when he came to me.

You are too much.

Why is OP having a fit because people use one word instead of the other not the one who gets labeled "too much"?

I didn't say you can't use whatever word you want, OP is the one who did that. I explained why I use the word I do.

As an adult adoptee, I prefer "rescue" for pets and "adopted" for people. I do not refer to my cat as a rescue--she's just my cat.

It’s weird for people or pets. It infers second best. We adopted kids. They are our children who joined our family through adoption. I’d never call them my adopted kid

[Anonymous]

*implies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People ask what kind of dog mine is all the time. I say "I don't know, he's a rescue" or they ask how old he is and I say "well, he came to us X years ago, but he's a rescue so we don't know how old he is. The vet thinks he's about Y."

This is why. I have one of each (rescue and pup from breeder) and I get asked a lot what they are and how old. I know for one but the other is a guess so it helps with the explanation. They look alike so people think they were littermates.

[Anonymous]

I agree, it’s dumb and annoying but it’s the new word that lots of people use.

I bought my dog from a rescue. I paid about the same as if I would’ve bought him from a breeder. $900

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree, it’s dumb and annoying but it’s the new word that lots of people use.

I bought my dog from a rescue. I paid about the same as if I would’ve bought him from a breeder. $900

The point of rescuing a dog is not to save money.

[Anonymous]

I agree that it is silly. Do we "rescue" cats too? Nope, people don't use that word when talking about the kitten they got from FOHA or HART groups. They just say "we got him when he was 3 months old."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree, it’s dumb and annoying but it’s the new word that lots of people use.

I bought my dog from a rescue. I paid about the same as if I would’ve bought him from a breeder. $900

The point of rescuing a dog is not to save money.

Only recently have people been brainwashed to think that. Rescue dogs used to cost like 12 bucks from the pound. The point of a rescue was to literally rescue a dog from a shelter from almost certain death. Rescues used to save dogs and it was cheap.

Today’s rescues are feel good dog and puppy mills. They keep importing dogs from other states and countries so they can make money.

I got my dog from a “rescue” but since they’re importing dogs from breeders and puppy mills, imo they’re just secondhand puppy mills. I’m realistic.

I was open to getting my dog from any location. I just found the perfect dog who happens to be from a rescue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree, it’s dumb and annoying but it’s the new word that lots of people use.

I bought my dog from a rescue. I paid about the same as if I would’ve bought him from a breeder. $900

The point of rescuing a dog is not to save money.

Only recently have people been brainwashed to think that. Rescue dogs used to cost like 12 bucks from the pound. The point of a rescue was to literally rescue a dog from a shelter from almost certain death. Rescues used to save dogs and it was cheap.

Today’s rescues are feel good dog and puppy mills. They keep importing dogs from other states and countries so they can make money.

I got my dog from a “rescue” but since they’re importing dogs from breeders and puppy mills, imo they’re just secondhand puppy mills. I’m realistic.

I was open to getting my dog from any location. I just found the perfect dog who happens to be from a rescue.

Then don't call him a rescue. Just say you got him when he was around XX months/years old. We got our perfect dog from Lost Dog and Cat when he was about 8 to 12 months old. In no way was he a "rescue" -- he was a friendly, cute, easily adoptable dog, and we just happened to be first in line to get him.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

I wonder if it is a regional thing. If people ask me what kind of dog mine is, I shrug and say we got her from a shelter. I realized my sister in law and uncle says the same thing.

Maybe “rescue” is a mid-Atlantic/DC thing label, but it certainly doesn’t both me. Adopted doesn’t either. But I think my region just uses “shelter dog.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree, it’s dumb and annoying but it’s the new word that lots of people use.

I bought my dog from a rescue. I paid about the same as if I would’ve bought him from a breeder. $900

The point of rescuing a dog is not to save money.

Only recently have people been brainwashed to think that. Rescue dogs used to cost like 12 bucks from the pound. The point of a rescue was to literally rescue a dog from a shelter from almost certain death. Rescues used to save dogs and it was cheap.

Today’s rescues are feel good dog and puppy mills. They keep importing dogs from other states and countries so they can make money.

I got my dog from a “rescue” but since they’re importing dogs from breeders and puppy mills, imo they’re just secondhand puppy mills. I’m realistic.

I was open to getting my dog from any location. I just found the perfect dog who happens to be from a rescue.

No one is making money off of rescuing dogs.

[Anonymous]

I say "rescue" because I love how it makes insecure patrons of breedera and mills squirm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if it is a regional thing. If people ask me what kind of dog mine is, I shrug and say we got her from a shelter. I realized my sister in law and uncle says the same thing.

Maybe “rescue” is a mid-Atlantic/DC thing label, but it certainly doesn’t both me. Adopted doesn’t either. But I think my region just uses “shelter dog.”

Some people get their dog from a rescue. Different operations have different names and practices

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree, it’s dumb and annoying but it’s the new word that lots of people use.

I bought my dog from a rescue. I paid about the same as if I would’ve bought him from a breeder. $900

The point of rescuing a dog is not to save money.

The point is these recuses should not be charing such high amounts claiming its fees when they are basically reselling dogs they got for free.