Dog Adoption Without Info About Dog

[Anonymous]

All our dogs were members of the family. All rescues. One now is reactive towards others, but loved us. None had housebreaking issues.

Love love love

[Anonymous]

We got our 14 week old puppy a few weeks ago off the truck from Lucky Dog. We had zero information about him. He has been the BEST dog ever!!!! This is not our first dog so we know what we’re getting into. You can usually get some idea of the breed by looking at the dog. You generally get the characteristics of that dog breed. That being said he was labeled a shepherd but we knew he wasn’t. And we now know he is 0% Shepherd

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, any update? Did your family make any progress on finding a dog?

OP here-- we ended up getting a lab puppy from a breeder. We had been working diligently with a lab rescue, as we were primarily seeking a lab or lab/mix, but we have a cat, and the majority of their rescues cannot go to homes with cats if the dog has never had exposure to a cat, and we were also knocked out of a few potential adoptions with them because we have a child under the age of 10. Their puppy requirements were so stringent and the demand for puppy rescues were so high with them, that we couldn't go that route either. We continued to keep our eye out at other rescue orgs after our Lucky Dog experience, but I tried contacting some and never even heard back. A good friend of ours put in a word with their breeder, a reputable lab breeder in the area, and we were able to get on the list for a puppy fairly quickly by referral. Given the age of our cat (ancient) and that one of our kids is elementary age, and our desire to move quickly with bringing a dog into our home, this seemed like the best option for us. I do think most rescue organizations are doing an amazing job out there, especially in the current environment and these are just extra challenging times for adoption given the high demand. Rescue organizations do seem to have requirements in place that often times have unintended consequences such as going to a breeder instead, but I do understand why they have those requirements in place.

[Anonymous]

OP this dog Tommy must have been very cute and lovable and they gave him away to one of their friends. The rescue organizations are full of SUPER CRAZY people who think nothing of hurting people and getting rid of (ie placing) problem dogs with whoever they can talk into. Do you really think 65 dogs cane from a shelter? No they bought them from a puppy farm. Just older.
Signed very experienced with this industry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We got our 14 week old puppy a few weeks ago off the truck from Lucky Dog. We had zero information about him. He has been the BEST dog ever!!!! This is not our first dog so we know what we’re getting into. You can usually get some idea of the breed by looking at the dog. You generally get the characteristics of that dog breed. That being said he was labeled a shepherd but we knew he wasn’t. And we now know he is 0% Shepherd

signed Lucky Dog worker

[Anonymous]

OP I think you made the right decision in the end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP this dog Tommy must have been very cute and lovable and they gave him away to one of their friends. The rescue organizations are full of SUPER CRAZY people who think nothing of hurting people and getting rid of (ie placing) problem dogs with whoever they can talk into. Do you really think 65 dogs cane from a shelter? No they bought them from a puppy farm. Just older.
Signed very experienced with this industry.

How do you know he was given away to a friend of a lucky dog volunteer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP this dog Tommy must have been very cute and lovable and they gave him away to one of their friends. The rescue organizations are full of SUPER CRAZY people who think nothing of hurting people and getting rid of (ie placing) problem dogs with whoever they can talk into. Do you really think 65 dogs cane from a shelter? No they bought them from a puppy farm. Just older.
Signed very experienced with this industry.

How do you know he was given away to a friend of a lucky dog volunteer?

Inside information. Ever notice how the cute ones always say adopted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, any update? Did your family make any progress on finding a dog?

OP here-- we ended up getting a lab puppy from a breeder. We had been working diligently with a lab rescue, as we were primarily seeking a lab or lab/mix, but we have a cat, and the majority of their rescues cannot go to homes with cats if the dog has never had exposure to a cat, and we were also knocked out of a few potential adoptions with them because we have a child under the age of 10. Their puppy requirements were so stringent and the demand for puppy rescues were so high with them, that we couldn't go that route either. We continued to keep our eye out at other rescue orgs after our Lucky Dog experience, but I tried contacting some and never even heard back. A good friend of ours put in a word with their breeder, a reputable lab breeder in the area, and we were able to get on the list for a puppy fairly quickly by referral. Given the age of our cat (ancient) and that one of our kids is elementary age, and our desire to move quickly with bringing a dog into our home, this seemed like the best option for us. I do think most rescue organizations are doing an amazing job out there, especially in the current environment and these are just extra challenging times for adoption given the high demand. Rescue organizations do seem to have requirements in place that often times have unintended consequences such as going to a breeder instead, but I do understand why they have those requirements in place.

Glad you found your puppy, OP! Enjoy him! We adopted an adult lab mix earlier this year and our family adores her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, any update? Did your family make any progress on finding a dog?

OP here-- we ended up getting a lab puppy from a breeder. We had been working diligently with a lab rescue, as we were primarily seeking a lab or lab/mix, but we have a cat, and the majority of their rescues cannot go to homes with cats if the dog has never had exposure to a cat, and we were also knocked out of a few potential adoptions with them because we have a child under the age of 10. Their puppy requirements were so stringent and the demand for puppy rescues were so high with them, that we couldn't go that route either. We continued to keep our eye out at other rescue orgs after our Lucky Dog experience, but I tried contacting some and never even heard back. A good friend of ours put in a word with their breeder, a reputable lab breeder in the area, and we were able to get on the list for a puppy fairly quickly by referral. Given the age of our cat (ancient) and that one of our kids is elementary age, and our desire to move quickly with bringing a dog into our home, this seemed like the best option for us. I do think most rescue organizations are doing an amazing job out there, especially in the current environment and these are just extra challenging times for adoption given the high demand. Rescue organizations do seem to have requirements in place that often times have unintended consequences such as going to a breeder instead, but I do understand why they have those requirements in place.

I have three children under the age of 5 and a cat and I was approved as a puppy adopter by Lucky Dog. It took a month to get approved because of their backlog but they didn't blink an eye so not sure why you think that would prevent you from getting a puppy through them. It sounds like you were just impatient and using that as an excuse to get a dog from a puppy mill.

[Anonymous]

Dogs from Lucky Dog ARE from a puppy mill. Do you think those puppy mill owners are stupid? They sell the mutts to the rescues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To all the people saying don’t adopt a pit mix you should really own one first before commenting. Admittedly when we adopted our 10 week old puppy we didn’t want a pit. Well our 10 week old lab beagle /puppy grew into a pit mix that looks very much like a pit bull. In all honesty, this dog is now almost 2 years old and we’ve never heard her growl. She is the sweetest least aggressive dog I’ve ever owned. Don’t label a dog based on its looks. Look at commercials on TV, most contain pit mixes. They’re the “in” dog right now because people are realizing that stereotypes don’t define animals and they are readily available at shelters. “Racism is the pits”.

Weird that this thread was resurrected...Anyway, my pit bull mix (70% pit, 20% boston terrier?!, 10% random mutt--we did a dna test) is THE sweetest dog I have ever had. She just wants to be with her people. Everyone she meets is a new friend who might give her a pet. Gets concerned when our "pack" gets split up. Never leaves our side. Loves our kids. Doesn't care about our cat. She is a precious angel pup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dogs from Lucky Dog ARE from a puppy mill. Do you think those puppy mill owners are stupid? They sell the mutts to the rescues.

wow, I had no idea. Disgusting. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/investigations/dog-auction-rescue-groups-donations/?utm_term=.2ea68793d8f3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, any update? Did your family make any progress on finding a dog?

OP here-- we ended up getting a lab puppy from a breeder. We had been working diligently with a lab rescue, as we were primarily seeking a lab or lab/mix, but we have a cat, and the majority of their rescues cannot go to homes with cats if the dog has never had exposure to a cat, and we were also knocked out of a few potential adoptions with them because we have a child under the age of 10. Their puppy requirements were so stringent and the demand for puppy rescues were so high with them, that we couldn't go that route either. We continued to keep our eye out at other rescue orgs after our Lucky Dog experience, but I tried contacting some and never even heard back. A good friend of ours put in a word with their breeder, a reputable lab breeder in the area, and we were able to get on the list for a puppy fairly quickly by referral. Given the age of our cat (ancient) and that one of our kids is elementary age, and our desire to move quickly with bringing a dog into our home, this seemed like the best option for us. I do think most rescue organizations are doing an amazing job out there, especially in the current environment and these are just extra challenging times for adoption given the high demand. Rescue organizations do seem to have requirements in place that often times have unintended consequences such as going to a breeder instead, but I do understand why they have those requirements in place.

I have three children under the age of 5 and a cat and I was approved as a puppy adopter by Lucky Dog. It took a month to get approved because of their backlog but they didn't blink an eye so not sure why you think that would prevent you from getting a puppy through them. It sounds like you were just impatient and using that as an excuse to get a dog from a puppy mill.

We weren't trying to get a puppy from Lucky Dog. We were trying from a lab rescue and their requirements were stringent. No very young children (with very few exceptions), etc. We did not go through a puppy mill. We went through a reputable, well-established breeder who takes excellent care of her labs. I am a proponent of rescuing animals. Just wasn't the right time for us on this one. Perhaps we were impatient, but we had to do what's best for us

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dogs from Lucky Dog ARE from a puppy mill. Do you think those puppy mill owners are stupid? They sell the mutts to the rescues.

wow, I had no idea. Disgusting. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/investigations/dog-auction-rescue-groups-donations/?utm_term=.2ea68793d8f3

This article nowhere mentions Lucky Dog. Seems like if they were paying breeders they would have a lot more pure-bred dogs than the approximately zero I have ever seen on their website.