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[quote=Anonymous]So I work with Lucky Dog as a volunteer and have to say that it is super well-run on almost entirely on volunteer labor.  OP I get your frustration but they have made number of changes to their operations since COVID-19 hit.  It sounds like what you are looking for is an adoption event where you could meet the dog ahead of time.  This is how it used to work- fosters would come to the transport location on Saturdays (often at their offices in Arlington) to pick up the dog that they had volunteered to foster.  The next day the fosters would bring the dogs to the adoption event (which were held around DC at pet stores) to give people a chance to meet the dogs, etc.  Each dog would have a handler (usually the same person that was fostering).  If the dog was not adopted that day the foster would take it home or it would go into boarding (not all fosters were ale to foster full-time).

Now with COVID-19 they have cancelled their adoption events so that they do not have too many people congregating in one place.  So they now have the option to do an off transport adoption with a two week trial.  That was not an option previously- you either adopted the dog or you didn't at an adoption event.

I am on their foster list and they circulate a list of all dogs coming on transport a f ew days before the transport day.  I looked back at the email where Tommy came up and there were 26 dogs total that came up on various transports that day.  OP wanted to come to the transport with her husband and kids to see if the dog was OK with them- imagine if all 26 of those dogs had potential adopters who wanted to do that- you would have 100 plus people seeing if the dogs were the right fit.

THEN, if the potential adopters didn't want the dog then they would have to find a place for them that night- Lucky Dog does NOT have a shelter so they would have to have 26 additional people waiting to take the dogs home in case they were not adopted.  This not only adds to the number of people at transport but also adds to uncertainty for fosters- people foster because they want to take care of a dog for a few days, not because they want to drive to Arlington to be backup in case people don't want to take a dog.  There are a ton of moving pieces to getting dogs up from Southern shelters (they rescue dogs from kill shelters) and adding on more uncertainty would make it really hard for them to make sure the dogs all have places to go.

You are right that it seems inconsistent that they would not let you adopt once they got to know the dog but that is what the two week trial would have been for- it basically takes the place of the adoption events where they used to let you get to know the dog.

I looked back at Tommy's profile and he has been adopted but at some point the profile was amended to say that they would not let anyone with kids under 12 adopt him- so they obviously worked on information from the foster to come to that conclusion.

Anyway, just wanted to give some context as I have always found the organization to be well run and they have had to pivot with the pandemic and I think they are doing the best they can with the limitations they have.  [/quote]

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