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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is so worth it! Do it OP. Older dogs need homes and they are potty trained and so sweet and grateful. [/quote] They are not often potty trained--which is why they were given away. And they could be crankier and bitey.[/quote] As someone who has worked in dog rescue for 15 years, I can say that this is absolutely not the case with the vast majority of rescue dogs. In the most cases, they were either lost and had no tags so never found their way home, they were dumped in a shelter due to the family not having time or space (new baby came along, people moved to a place that didn't allow dogs, etc), or the family lost their home/had no money for them so they were given up. Especially when you're dealing with rescues that place their dogs in fosters before adopting them, you can find out any pre-existing issues prior to adopting. Sometimes a dog who has been in a shelter a long time needs a "refresher" on housetraining, but this is different than not being trained at all. And honestly and bluntly, in a world with so many dogs needing homes, the "bitey" ones (especially the older ones who will be hard to adopt out anyway) by and large don't make it into rescues. [/quote]
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