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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just got this message in my FB feed and am passing it along if it's helpful to anyone!

"'Sunshine and Shelter Dogs

"$20 adoption fee on all dogs and puppies.

"To kick off this week, we have 26 available dogs. Some of the breeds to choose from include Chihuahua, Jindo, Bichon, Maltese, Cocker Spaniel, Staffordshire Terrier, Labrador Retriever, Shepherd mix and more!"   [/quote]

DUH -- I should mention that this is from the Fairfax County Animal Shelter!  [/quote]

6 of the 14 dogs are pits or mixes.  1 0r 2 are jack russells or mixes. 1 is a mastiff mix. That leaves 5 dogs:
Charlie-the 2 year old unneutered collie -photo looks like a real collie 
Riley-a young male marketed as GSD/lab mix -definitely shepherd or malinois but lab part ?.  Adopted and returned. 
Toby-pom/yorkie
Lucky-white GSD mix. Shy and needs to be only dog.  
Bailey-9 old pug/beagle

So there you have it.  A few looked promising at Lab rescue and sheltie rescue has a pair whose owner went into assisted living.  Some of those really nice dogs from owners entring assisted living never make the ads at big rescues/shelters because regulars go in and check intake at least weekly.  
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This has been my experience.  We got a wonderful (mostly?) lab from Friends of Homeless Animals 15 years ago, but most of the adoption events I've been to locally were almost all "Staffordshire Terriers/mixes."  The good (relatively young, not neurotic, friendly, not pit bull) dogs seem to go fast.  [/quote]

Lot of the foster groups get hunting dog cast offs. A-holes in some states use the dogs for hunting for the season and then they're too cheap to care for them over the winter so they release them to the woods or to the shelters. Rescues then pick them up and drive them here.

Or you get the backyard breeder special. Susie thinks she's going to make money breeding her dog with whatever her neighbors got. But when she tries to sell them in the Walmart parking lot one day people don't buy them all so off to the shelter those dogs go.

I've seen people in this area try to breed dogs with what should be a good mix (two pleasant breeds) and they create Frankendogs from hell.

Some of these creations just don't fit that well with every family situation.[/quote]

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