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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not the why people have dogs in small living spaces that stumps me, but the how. We have a decent sized house near tons of walking trails, but have been turned down numerous times by rescues because we don't have a fenced yard.

Ironically, our neighbors with fenced yards, just put the dogs in the yard and never take them out for walks or socialization with other dogs.

I don't see that as being better for the dog.[/quote]

I foster for a rescue. Rescues are insane with the interview questions, owning vs renting and fence thing. As the foster human, talking to prospective adopters but not having the last word on who gets to go home with the dog, I've seen perfectly responsible potential adopters get refused while slightly off-kilter people get the dog just because they own their house. Or just because they have a fence. As if any of these was a good predictor of how well a committed human can care for a dog! The most dedicated dog lovers I've known live in apartments.
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I'm the PP with the spoiled Golden who also fostered for awhile until the "no fenced yard" thing became an issue, and it's a ridiculous requirement. I'd send a dog to a studio who gets 5 walks a day vs a home where they're pitched out alone on a stake 24/7 alone in a fenced yard. The foster I worked with would have put a dog in what I felt was a neglectful situation before giving a dog to a committed owner in an apartment and I just couldn't stomach that. It's a huge blind spot in terms of recue and adoption as far as I am concerned. [/quote]

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