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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like a lot of people now prefer getting a dog from a rescue/foster situation because they can provide some knowledge about the dog.
I know with my fosters i've had I can tell a prospective adopter if the dog is house trained, good with other animals, kids, age of kids, good on the leash, good off leash, food aggressive etc etc......its hard to get this accurate info from a dog in a shelter environment.[/quote]

This is one of many advantages rescue volunteers give abandoned pets. Not only does time in a home instead of a shelter benefit the dog, it provides MUCH more information about how the dog might be in a home environment than can possibly be guessed by evaluating the dog in its overwhelmed/anxious state in a loud, smelly, scary shelter.

Ideally, we'd have enough fosters for all the dogs who didn't need medical supervision or behavioral concerns addressed to stay out of the shelter entirely. That labor is worth the minor increase in adoption fees, for sure. [/quote]

Its cruel to bounce around these dogs and jump from shelter to rescue to fosters to a final home.  Thats why they are so anxious.[/quote]
It's cruel for a puppy/young dog to grow up in shelter environment.
I once fostered dog that spent about a year in TX non-kill shelter, then was transported here. It took almost 6 months for that dog to be her happy spanky happy self. First couple of weeks in my house was brutal - she refused to leave her crate, would not leave the house without my dog in tow, would not pee on leash (only off leash in the fenced yard), wouldn't use the stairs. List goes on and on. She was finally adapted after 8 month in foster care.    She had zero chances of being adapted from the shelter.[/quote]

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