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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People say this over and over again, and yet I have adopted dogs easily from two area shelters - the Animal Welfare Leagues of Arlington and Alexandria. They WANT to help you find an animal. [/quote]

It is fairly simple. People seem to think they're entitled from these rescues to get a dog and they refuse to see why the rescues have their process.

The OP who has a completely overbooked schedule might not have the time she thinks she has for a dog.

And the kind she is looking for is high energy, high needs. Seriously.

This is why rescues have a process--to try to match you appropriately.

OP is clueless. [/quote]

Yeah, I think people are confusing the process they often see with breed-specific rescues as well. You're generally going to have a pretty easy time adopting a dog from a shelter, but you're also going to have less say in what type of dog that is. If you have all these specifications like many folks do, you're just simply going to have to jump through more hoops.

We sought out and adopted from a breed specific rescue and our dog was with them for 9 months with 2 adoptions falling through prior to us. The $450 fee hardly even covered them for his care over that period much less the vet bills to get him healthy from the situation he was rescued from. They also worked with us after the fact on training and diet. With all the effort the rescue put in, they certainly wanted and deserved to come to our house, interview us, do whatever it took to ensure that this dog was going to a safe, permanent home.

Not that traditional shelters don't also do great work and care for their animals, but they don't generally have the resources to provide this level of scrutiny. So bottom line is it's not hard to adopt A dog, it may just be hard to adopt the dog you think you want. [/quote]

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