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[quote=Anonymous]Rescues can be difficult to work with and may not be willing to adopt to a family with kids. When we were looking for a golden retriever, we were told by one that they wouldn’t adopt any dog to a family with kids under age 6. Our youngest was five. Another would only adopt to a family where one adult could take a six week leave of absence to be home with the dog. We ended up going with a breeder and got an amazing puppy who grew up to be an amazing dog.

The reason that shelters are filled with pit bulls, huskies, GSD and chihuahuas is that the rescues swoop in and grab all the more adoptable dogs. 
The rescues can charge much higher adoption fees and seek out the purebred dogs. This does give the shelters more space for less adoptable dogs but it makes it harder for families willing to take a rescue dog.

Rescues also don’t put all their dogs up on petfinder because they do matching and will call people on their list. This can sometimes work great but not always. I had a friend who was constantly being pressured to take dogs that she really didn’t want and made to feel guilty about it. [/quote]

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