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[quote=Anonymous]We're another family who is seriously limited in what breeds we can get due to allergies.

Fortunately there are breed specific rescues that can help those of us who need specific breeds, but that's limited too, since the breed specific rescues will often pick up mixes.

Dog rescue people can also be nuts. We were looking for a dog, after having lost our previous dog to a terrible (genetic) illness about a year before. We had spent a fortune keeping her happy and with us as long as possible, got notes of recommendation from our vet, and so on. And the rescue people were still very suspicious and weird. It's not always due to owner negligence that a dog dies at a younger age. You'd think the recommendation from the vet and providing the health records would have been enough. I got the impression the rescue people weren't particularly interested in placing their dogs. We ended up getting a pet-quality dog from a breeder and he's been a wonderful addition to our family.

We had a previous experience with a breed specific rescue that wasn't anywhere near as weird, and in retrospect I wonder if it's because the first time we were looking for an older (5+ years old) dog, and this more recent time we were looking for a younger (under 3 years old) dog.[/quote]

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