Anonymous wrote:They will have you sign a contract that if you ever give the dog up you have to give it back to them. But if the reason you are giving it back is that it is aggressive, they won't take it back.

Won’t people simply lie in that case?

Anonymous wrote:I have a dog from lucky dog too. They’re basically a pipeline from SC shelters to here. I’m not at all sure about it. I think it just creates a market and then there’s no pressure to do anything locally to prevent so many unwanted dogs. These linked are older but the adoption event I went to was 75% pit puppies. I don’t have the sense they want to work themselves out of a job, if that makes sense. And I just don’t see why this is the best long term solution.

The best long-term solution would be to require all dogs to be licensed and almost all dogs to be spayed or neutered. But that's not going to happen, especially in Southern states, so this is what we're left with.

They will have you sign a contract that if you ever give the dog up you have to give it back to them. But if the reason you are giving it back is that it is aggressive, they won't take it back.

I have a dog from lucky dog too. They’re basically a pipeline from SC shelters to here. I’m not at all sure about it. I think it just creates a market and then there’s no pressure to do anything locally to prevent so many unwanted dogs. These linked are older but the adoption event I went to was 75% pit puppies. I don’t have the sense they want to work themselves out of a job, if that makes sense. And I just don’t see why this is the best long term solution.

Anonymous wrote:I'd have to drive all the way to SC?

Lucky Dog brings a lot of dogs up from SC that would be euthanized in the shelters down there. Part of the adoption fee goes towards that transport. My yellow lab mix is thru Lucky Dog and was found running in a rural road down there at 10 mos. He’s lovely, he’s 12 this month ( we think) and has cancer but he and my daughter are besties and he had been the most loving dog.

I'd have to drive all the way to SC?

Anonymous wrote:That's insane to charge $475 for a rescue.

$475 didn’t cover the cost of the veterinary care my rescue gave my dog prior to adoption, let alone his food, their travel expenses to pick him up, etc. He got a full examination, was neutered, had his teeth cleaned, was dewormed, and brought up to date on his shots. I was given the veterinary paperwork, including the receipt. Upon adoption, I was provided with a collar, a muzzle, a toothbrush and toothpaste, and a week’s worth of food. Our rescue loses money on adoption fees. That’s why we have fundraisers throughout the year.

Anonymous wrote:That's insane to charge $475 for a rescue.

It’s really not. This will only be a very small amount of financial responsibility the owner will have over the dog’s life. Anyone who balks at that isn’t prepared financially for a puppy.
I haven’t rescued from this place before, so I don’t know what it includes. I can say for the rescue I foster for, transportation from the south, sterilization and first rounds of vet care are included. The rescue is losing money even at this price.

there are also schnauzer rescues who bring dogs up to DC and NY from Tennessee

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who doesn't want to end up with a pit mix should not get a rescue, because unless the rescue does a DNA test, there's no way to be sure there's no pit in a dog.

I say this as someone who doesn't care one way or the other about pits and who does have a rescue

Your first statement contradicts your second. So many haters.

There are, but I'm not one. I just don't want people with a pit phobia adopting a dog, doing a DNA test, and freaking out.

That's insane to charge $475 for a rescue.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who doesn't want to end up with a pit mix should not get a rescue, because unless the rescue does a DNA test, there's no way to be sure there's no pit in a dog.

I say this as someone who doesn't care one way or the other about pits and who does have a rescue

Your first statement contradicts your second. So many haters.

Anyone who doesn't want to end up with a pit mix should not get a rescue, because unless the rescue does a DNA test, there's no way to be sure there's no pit in a dog.

I say this as someone who doesn't care one way or the other about pits and who does have a rescue

Aww so cute

I often see posts of folks looking for a rescue dog that would be good for a family, not elderly and not a pitt mix. I'm on lucky dog looking (can't take another dog, but I am browsing!), and say two ones that look really great -- a young spaniel, and a 3-year old flat-coated retriever, both currently in So Carolina.

https://toolkit.rescuegroups.org/javascript/v2.0/template1?animalID=19113930&key=Mqr6gy1W

https://toolkit.rescuegroups.org/javascript/v2.0/template1?animalID=19067996&key=Mqr6gy1W

Also this adorable australian shephard mix (but those are often tough dogs to own!):

https://toolkit.rescuegroups.org/javascript/v2.0/template1?animalID=19119871&key=Mqr6gy1W