A tail of two failed service dogs

[Anonymous]

I was looking into adopting a failed service dog on the recommendation of a friend, and came across this site with two dogs available for adoption- the difference is hilarious:
https://www.littleangelsservicedogs.org/adopt-a-pet/

Leila is an English golden retriever, and basically made it through all of the training. She is obedience trained, crate trained, and socialized in all kinds of environments. The issue is: she sometimes barks at strangers. Adoption fee: $10,000.

Coda Bo is of undetermined breed. His accomplishments are that he loves to play. The description goes on to say that there were "just so many rules" that Coda Bo didn't mean to break... but did. His picture shows a very guilty looking puppy in a superhero costume. Adoption fee: $75.

To be honest, poor Coda Bo won my heart, and I'd totally pursue adopting him if they didn't recommend he had a home without kids.

[Anonymous]

Funny. Those people are clever!

[Anonymous]

$10,000?!?!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$10,000?!?!?

+1 I love the idea of adopting a service dog and I do think it's worth money to get a dog with training/socialization, but ... $10,000 buys a lot of obedience classes. Get the cute mutt and drop a G on a dog trainer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$10,000?!?!?

+1 I love the idea of adopting a service dog and I do think it's worth money to get a dog with training/socialization, but ... $10,000 buys a lot of obedience classes. Get the cute mutt and drop a G on a dog trainer.

They are pretty clear that the $10,000 is in part a donation to cover the cost of training service dogs and that Leila would be suitable for in-home assistance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$10,000?!?!?

+1 I love the idea of adopting a service dog and I do think it's worth money to get a dog with training/socialization, but ... $10,000 buys a lot of obedience classes. Get the cute mutt and drop a G on a dog trainer.

They are pretty clear that the $10,000 is in part a donation to cover the cost of training service dogs and that Leila would be suitable for in-home assistance.

Okay but OP set out to find a failed service dog to adopt, presumably as a pet, not a dog to assist her in the home. Still makes no sense to spend $10k on this dog.

[Anonymous]

I also love the name Coda Bo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$10,000?!?!?

+1 I love the idea of adopting a service dog and I do think it's worth money to get a dog with training/socialization, but ... $10,000 buys a lot of obedience classes. Get the cute mutt and drop a G on a dog trainer.

They are pretty clear that the $10,000 is in part a donation to cover the cost of training service dogs and that Leila would be suitable for in-home assistance.

Okay but OP set out to find a failed service dog to adopt, presumably as a pet, not a dog to assist her in the home. Still makes no sense to spend $10k on this dog.

OP here. To be clear, I am not going to adopt Leila. #1, I don't have 10k to spend on a dog, and #2, I think she might actually be smarter than me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Funny. Those people are clever!

I don't actually think it was put up as a joke.

[Anonymous]

I watched a documentary recently (on Hulu, I think) about a litter of 5 puppies bred and trained by the organization for seeing eye dogs. It was really interesting and moving. Of the 5, two were successfully trained for service, 1 became a breeder in their program, and two flunked out.

[Anonymous]

I own a failed herding dog. She's an Aussie, and one of 11 siblings. The breeder/rancher fully trained the pups. You can imagine, there are always star achievers in any class, and then suitable students, and then...there are those that really don't make the cut.

However; to figure out who will work out and who won't, they are all fully trained. So our dog is fully trained, and her fault is she is not aggressive. Meaning: she's the perfect family pet!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I own a failed herding dog. She's an Aussie, and one of 11 siblings. The breeder/rancher fully trained the pups. You can imagine, there are always star achievers in any class, and then suitable students, and then...there are those that really don't make the cut.

However; to figure out who will work out and who won't, they are all fully trained. So our dog is fully trained, and her fault is she is not aggressive. Meaning: she's the perfect family pet!

Op again- interesting! I didn't think about herding dogs. I'm also looking for a good family pet. Most of the sites that I looked at for failed service dogs have waiting lists of several years though.

[Anonymous]

I've looked at partially or fully trained failed hunting dogs. They typically cost thousands though.

[Anonymous]

My parents have a yellow lab who was a failed service dog. My dad could use the help (he had Parkinson's) but my parents felt they were too "soft" for a service dog. Our old dogs were spoiled rotten. They spent about 1K. The dog is extremely helpful for my dog,but he likes attention and is a bit too goofy to be a full service animal. He's absolutely perfect for my parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've looked at partially or fully trained failed hunting dogs. They typically cost thousands though.

Where? and what kind of hunting dog? I can't imagine anyone paying thousands of dollars for some hunter's washout.