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[quote=Anonymous]I feel I have to chime in since we just adopted our second dog 5 weeks ago.  We've had a yorkie (rescued) for 9 years and though she's great with our 4 yr. old, she can be nippy with guests - but we love her.  We talked and talked about getting a second dog, mostly because my son wanted his "own" dog so we toyed with the idea for a long time.  I'm on a list serve for "urgent" dogs, dogs on death row at shelters across the US.  I finally contacted a particular shelter in GA (we're in N. VA) that was in the process of destroying the dogs that no one had spoken for and inquired about a small mixed dog.  That particular dog was going to a rescue, so I inquired about a hound mix with a sweet face and was told he was to be destroyed the very next day, so before asking my husband, I offered to take him.  They arranged transport and 3 days later, he was in VA.  He is the most sweetest, loving, funny dogs I have ever been around!  He came to us filthy, not neutered, but full of life and love.  He's so gentle with our son, who continues to hang on him, tries to ride him, and never gives him a free moment - when I think of him being destroyed because no one wanted him, my heart breaks.  He buries his bones in my vegetable garden, tears up our recycling, but offers his food to our yorkie before he eats, and will entertain my son for hours on end.

There are so many great family dogs sitting in shelters, especially rural shelters, and because they're mixes, or black, they're overlooked and ultimately destroyed.  We couldn't have asked for a better family dog, in both temperment and personality.  We are completely in love and feel so fortunate that he found us.

There are some shelters that only have a 10% adoption rate, only because they're rural and have no other outlets for rescue.  [/quote]

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