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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Friends of Homeless Animals--foha.org--is great. They are a no-kill rescue out in Loudoun County with lots of trails and play areas for you to interact with individual dogs.

You do have to have a phone interview and an in-home visit/interview before being approved to adopt, but I'm glad they do it. It wasn't an issue for us. I wonder why you're getting rejected--they don't give you a reason?[/quote]

OP here - in the first instance, they felt that the dog was likely to jump our fence and run away.  It was a mix, but mostly hound, and we have one section of fence that's lower than the rest.  (I think they envisioned us letting the dog into the back yard and then ignoring it, which is not our intention at all.  We would like to eventually be able to just let the dog out, but I assume that for a long time - maybe even a year - we will need to be right there with the dog when s/he is out in the back yard.)

[b]The second time, they said that they have found that the particular dog is very unhappy when by itself, and that we were going to be leaving it alone too much, due to our work schedules.  (Again, it's sort of a yes & no.  We currently are gone from the house for up to 9 hours at a time, but starting in July it will be more like 6 hours)[/b]

Thanks to everyone for the feedback & suggestions - we are going to continue to look and to refine our expectations![/quote]

If they tell you that, they know the dog has anxiety that manifests in destructive behavior when left alone for too long. Some dogs can not be left alone for a few hours.  They are just that way. The rescue was trying to prevent getting the dog back or it being sent to a shelter.  And you consider yourself lucky bc I grew up with such a dog and it really was a pain dealing with cleaning up and fixing up all the messes.  As the dog aged, the amount of time he would tolerate being alone began to shrink.[/quote]

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