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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not want to get a dog who will be unhappy.  I want to save a dog who's had a tough time and has no other alternatives left. [/quote]

OP, I respect your desire to help a shelter dog.  But it's important to remember that dogs cannot reason like people.  There is no dog capable of thinking, "Well, I'm lonely and bored now, but at least I'm not dead and that's where I was headed before I came here."  The dog is just lonely and bored, and therefore unhappy: it can't contemplate alternatives or tell itself that it's better off now.

Several PPs have suggested you could accomplish your goal more effectively by supporting a no-kill shelter that rescues dogs from kill shelters and places them in homes and/or keeps them until homes can be found.  I agree, but I would add to that, you might consider fostering a dog for such an organization: that way the commitment is shorter term and the organization often will cover some or all expenses if the foster cannot or chooses not to.  When you foster, you provide a home for an animal that does not have one, but rather than committing for years you are a temporary way station on its road to a better life.  This might offer you some flexibility or a trial period if you need it.  And, often, fosters end up keeping the harder-to-adopt dogs (like the older ones) for extended periods anyway.

I wish you good luck.[/quote]

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