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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I adopted my first dog from a FL rescue that trucked the dogs up here to an adoption event at a Pet Supplies Plus in Tysons.

I had tried to adopt many dogs here but no one would give me a dog due to various and sundry reasons -- no yard, had never had a dog before, etc., etc., etc. So I was grateful when the rescue that did adopt to me approved my application. Ten years later and my sweet mutt is still living her best life. I've since volunteered in rescue here in NoVA and things are very different now fortunately; the rules are no longer ridiculously strict with this no-yard-no-dog stuff (some dogs need a yard, yes, but others do not -- my dog has done amazingly with 3 walks per day, and that has been better for her than the dogs that are just let out into a yard).

We adopted our second dog a couple of years ago from a big NoVA rescue I was fostering with. She had been rescued from a puppy mill situation in FL and had been brought up here from FL as well. This is pretty common. [/quote]

They BUY them from puppy mills. In auctions. It’s not like they’re doing commando raids on the Amish. [/quote]

They also come in and take dogs from backyard breeders/hoarders when animal welfare gets called in, when strays get picked up and no owner can be found, when municipal shelters are full, or when owners just suck.

My current dog was left to his own devices by his first owner, sort of taken in/taken care of by a neighbor, and turned in to a rescue when the neighbor couldn't afford his medical bills. The rescue treated his heartworm and the adoption fee covered less than half of what the vet bills were.[/quote]

Sure, and there will always be a flow of homeless, viable dogs and I totally support adoption processes for them. But the “rescues” are also full of intentionally bred and then discarded southern puppies, accidentally bred southern puppies that are a direct result of bad public policy, and dogs purchased from the very breeders they claim to despise and then resold as “rescued from a puppy mill.”

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Name the rescues that you allege are doing this.[/quote]

Not PP but Lucky Dog. [/quote]
Are you saying Lucky Dog paying backyard breeders for dogs??? Do you have any proof for those accusations?[/quote]

Where do you think they're getting their constant supply of "desirable breed" dogs? Kickbacks, subsidizing, and cash, sweetie. Lucky Dog is a fraud from the top down. The only people there who MIGHT be honest are the lowest level volunteers, few of whom stick around for long. I was one of them.[/quote]
Cash to backyard breeders? can you find me a line on their financial you think it's being expensed under? You know 990s are public information, so shouldn't be hard for you to support your claim[/quote]

Either you're one of them, or you don't have a clue. If the former, I don't expect you to be honest about your practices (here or there). If the latter, go volunteer for them for a bit. It's not a tightly-held secret. [/quote]
I'm just an accountant that always follows the money. When I see a claim like yours - I go and read reports. Couldn't find where that cash can be hidden in audited financials, so was hoping for your help.
But looks like you have nothing but baseless accusations [/quote]

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