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Anonymous wrote:I'm fed up with trying to adopt a dog from a rescue. Everyone has a different excuse (you have a kid who is 8, you just moved into your house less than a year ago, you don't work from home full time, etc.). We've owned a dog before and understand what is required. We're looking for a lab. What are some responsible breeders that we could look into?

Dont have a suggestion but totally understand your pain. Our husky passed 7 months ago. The breed rescues are impossible. We work from home, no kids, have 12 years experience with the breed-our fence isn't high enough. SMH!

+1 I found a wonderful lab mix and am very grateful because I looked at rescue sites for months with pictures of "lab mixes" that might have been 5% lab? I know every dog deserves a loving home, but if you want a lab, they are hard to find.

Anonymous wrote:Check out these beauties! https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=516639647164509&set=pcb.516640150497792

Those pics are wonderful, but it appears none of those dogs are actually up for adoption. When you go to their website, it's mostly pit mixes and senior dogs. That's the thing. The local shelters that have reasonable adoption processes just have pits and old dogs. All the young labs and other desirable breeds somehow end up with these private rescues. Not really sure how they get them. The story is always "shelters in the south."

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Anonymous wrote:A rescue. Go to a rescue.

According to the rescues I need to give up my child in order to get a dog. Not willing to do that.

Some are unreasonable, but not all. I volunteer with Big Fluffy Dog Rescue and have been fostering for them since my daughter was 4 (she’s now 12). Didn’t even have a fence.

We looked into rescues too and none would give us a dog because our child is too young.

My impression is that they don’t enforce these rules in an evenhanded way. They decide whether they like you and then use the rules as an excuse if they don’t. 95% of the population doesn’t fit their rules so they’d adopt out virtually no dogs if they actually enforced them across the board.

The lab rescues would only allow us to adopt dogs if they had a proven track record with living with kids prior to being given up for adoption. They wouldn’t even send us profiles of dogs who didn’t meet this criteria.

Crazy. Labs are known as one of most kid friendly breeds.

Yeah. Like the PP said, maybe they just didn’t like us anyway. We have a fenced in yard but not a huge one because it’s a townhouse. Maybe that was our problem? Anyway, we went with a reputable breeder and have a great dog.

One of the local Lab rescues no longer put very many Labs in townhouses even if you have a fenced yard. That’s why we applied to a second rescue. Lu’s Labs were equally particular about other things and after waiting for nearly a year, we got a puppy from a breeder.

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Anonymous wrote:A rescue. Go to a rescue.

According to the rescues I need to give up my child in order to get a dog. Not willing to do that.

Some are unreasonable, but not all. I volunteer with Big Fluffy Dog Rescue and have been fostering for them since my daughter was 4 (she’s now 12). Didn’t even have a fence.

We looked into rescues too and none would give us a dog because our child is too young.

My impression is that they don’t enforce these rules in an evenhanded way. They decide whether they like you and then use the rules as an excuse if they don’t. 95% of the population doesn’t fit their rules so they’d adopt out virtually no dogs if they actually enforced them across the board.

The lab rescues would only allow us to adopt dogs if they had a proven track record with living with kids prior to being given up for adoption. They wouldn’t even send us profiles of dogs who didn’t meet this criteria.

Crazy. Labs are known as one of most kid friendly breeds.

Yeah. Like the PP said, maybe they just didn’t like us anyway. We have a fenced in yard but not a huge one because it’s a townhouse. Maybe that was our problem? Anyway, we went with a reputable breeder and have a great dog.

We tried going the rescue route first, too. We've been turned down numerous times because we don't have a fenced yard. Once it was because we don't understand dog language (??).The thing is we don't have kids in the house, work from home full-time and have the time/resources to provide a good home to a dog.

Like others, we just gave up on the rescues and I'm contacting breeders. I'm looking for a golden though, not a lab.

Sorry… Here is the correct link!

https://www.griffinsburgenglishlabradors.com

We have been very happy with our wonderful yellow lab from Griffinsburg English Labradors in Boston, Va. Danielle and Tristan are fantastic breeders (and people) and we have a very loving puppy! They are also always available for advice and truly love the dogs they breed!

https://www.griffinsburgenglishlabradors.com/The

Anonymous wrote:A rescue. Go to a rescue.

You need to read the sticky at the top of the forum. You are in violation. Really you should have your access to DCUM dropped for 24 hours for this violation.

Check out these beauties! https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=516639647164509&set=pcb.516640150497792

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Anonymous wrote:A rescue. Go to a rescue.

According to the rescues I need to give up my child in order to get a dog. Not willing to do that.

Some are unreasonable, but not all. I volunteer with Big Fluffy Dog Rescue and have been fostering for them since my daughter was 4 (she’s now 12). Didn’t even have a fence.

We looked into rescues too and none would give us a dog because our child is too young.

My impression is that they don’t enforce these rules in an evenhanded way. They decide whether they like you and then use the rules as an excuse if they don’t. 95% of the population doesn’t fit their rules so they’d adopt out virtually no dogs if they actually enforced them across the board.

The lab rescues would only allow us to adopt dogs if they had a proven track record with living with kids prior to being given up for adoption. They wouldn’t even send us profiles of dogs who didn’t meet this criteria.

Crazy. Labs are known as one of most kid friendly breeds.

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Anonymous wrote:A rescue. Go to a rescue.

According to the rescues I need to give up my child in order to get a dog. Not willing to do that.

Some are unreasonable, but not all. I volunteer with Big Fluffy Dog Rescue and have been fostering for them since my daughter was 4 (she’s now 12). Didn’t even have a fence.

We looked into rescues too and none would give us a dog because our child is too young.

My impression is that they don’t enforce these rules in an evenhanded way. They decide whether they like you and then use the rules as an excuse if they don’t. 95% of the population doesn’t fit their rules so they’d adopt out virtually no dogs if they actually enforced them across the board.

The lab rescues would only allow us to adopt dogs if they had a proven track record with living with kids prior to being given up for adoption. They wouldn’t even send us profiles of dogs who didn’t meet this criteria.

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Anonymous wrote:A rescue. Go to a rescue.

According to the rescues I need to give up my child in order to get a dog. Not willing to do that.

Some are unreasonable, but not all. I volunteer with Big Fluffy Dog Rescue and have been fostering for them since my daughter was 4 (she’s now 12). Didn’t even have a fence.

We looked into rescues too and none would give us a dog because our child is too young.

My impression is that they don’t enforce these rules in an evenhanded way. They decide whether they like you and then use the rules as an excuse if they don’t. 95% of the population doesn’t fit their rules so they’d adopt out virtually no dogs if they actually enforced them across the board.

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Anonymous wrote:A rescue. Go to a rescue.

According to the rescues I need to give up my child in order to get a dog. Not willing to do that.

Some are unreasonable, but not all. I volunteer with Big Fluffy Dog Rescue and have been fostering for them since my daughter was 4 (she’s now 12). Didn’t even have a fence.

We looked into rescues too and none would give us a dog because our child is too young.

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Anonymous wrote:A rescue. Go to a rescue.

According to the rescues I need to give up my child in order to get a dog. Not willing to do that.

Some are unreasonable, but not all. I volunteer with Big Fluffy Dog Rescue and have been fostering for them since my daughter was 4 (she’s now 12). Didn’t even have a fence.

Anonymous wrote:A rescue. Go to a rescue.

According to the rescues I need to give up my child in order to get a dog. Not willing to do that.