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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People ask what kind of dog mine is all the time.  I say "I don't know, he's a rescue" or they ask how old he is and I say "well, he came to us X years ago, but he's a rescue so we don't know how old he is.  The vet thinks he's about Y."  [/quote]

This. Saying he’s a rescue fends off questions nobody has the answers to [/quote]

Why don’t you just say “I adopted him when he was four? I’m not sure.”[/quote]

Because as an adoptive parent to a human child, I don't like using the same word for my dog.

And if I knew he was 4 when I rescued him, then I would be sure.  The whole point is that I don't know how old he was when he came to me.[/quote]

You are too much.[/quote]

Why is OP having a fit because people use one word instead of the other not the one who gets labeled "too much"?

I didn't say you can't use whatever word you want, OP is the one who did that.  I explained why I use the word I do. [/quote]

As an adult adoptee,  I prefer "rescue" for pets and "adopted" for people.  I do not refer to my cat as a rescue--she's just my cat.[/quote]

It’s weird for people or pets. It infers second best.  We adopted kids.  They are our children who joined our family through adoption.  I’d never call them my adopted kid [/quote]

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