NP. Mostly it’s annoying people who do this, so you can use that as an FYI. Bonus points if they have a bumper sticker saying “Who rescued who?”

Anonymous wrote:Because they are annoyed that you paid thousands for a designer breed and they want everyone to adopt not shop.

Some of these rescuses are almost as much as breeders. They should not be charging fees.

Anonymous wrote:People ask what kind of dog mine is all the time. I say "I don't know, he's a rescue" or they ask how old he is and I say "well, he came to us X years ago, but he's a rescue so we don't know how old he is. The vet thinks he's about Y."

You're not bothered by this, are you OP? No virtue signaling here.

Frequent topic around here.

Calling your dog a "rescue"
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/316191.page

Also see the pinned post in this forum
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/947816.page

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Anonymous wrote:People ask what kind of dog mine is all the time. I say "I don't know, he's a rescue" or they ask how old he is and I say "well, he came to us X years ago, but he's a rescue so we don't know how old he is. The vet thinks he's about Y."

This. Saying he’s a rescue fends off questions nobody has the answers to

Why don’t you just say “I adopted him when he was four? I’m not sure.”

Because as an adoptive parent to a human child, I don't like using the same word for my dog.

And if I knew he was 4 when I rescued him, then I would be sure. The whole point is that I don't know how old he was when he came to me.

You are too much.

Why is OP having a fit because people use one word instead of the other not the one who gets labeled "too much"?

I didn't say you can't use whatever word you want, OP is the one who did that. I explained why I use the word I do.

As an adult adoptee, I prefer "rescue" for pets and "adopted" for people. I do not refer to my cat as a rescue--she's just my cat.

Because they are annoyed that you paid thousands for a designer breed and they want everyone to adopt not shop.

Anonymous wrote:Wondering why so many people who rescue dogs refer to them as rescues for years and years after the adoption. My neighbor rescued an awesome dog about 7 years ago, and she still refers to him as her rescue dog when talking about him in casual conversation. It seems that in the past ten years, no one ever says they adopted a dog any more, it's always "I rescued a dog." I love all dogs, but can't figure out the reason for always having to tell everyone a dog is a rescue.

I've never "adopted" a dog. I've failed fostering a couple times; I refer to those dogs as my failed fosters. I've rescued a few dogs, and their backstory is what it is, so I tell it. But it's not like I go around wearing it on a t-shirt. If you're asking me about my dogs, I'm going to tell you the story of how they came to be my dogs. It's not about you; I don't care what you think about my fostering/rescuing. I do that for the dogs, and for myself because volunteering makes me happy.

That you're ascribing some kind of eyeroll-worthy insultability to it is about you, OP. Maybe you should go volunteer at a shelter and rescue some animals so you understand what we're talking about before you insult it? Your heart seems a few sizes too small if this is what's bothering you today.

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Among others.

I thought this post sounded familiar. OP, is this really your second (or more?) post on this subject? Got some puppy mill guilt you need to get over?

I say it about our dog because it is the answer to all those questions I cannot answer. It is not to validate us for rescuing him or signal virtue. Only cynical and unsympathetic asswipes think that way.

Anonymous wrote:They want everyone to know. Insufferable.

It's the insecure people who are desperate for kudos.

If I ask what type of dog it is and the owner says "not sure, it's a rescue" I don't think anything of it.

If I ask what is your dog's name and they say "our rescue dog's name is Spot" then I roll my eyes as it is just virtue signaling.

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Anonymous wrote:People ask what kind of dog mine is all the time. I say "I don't know, he's a rescue" or they ask how old he is and I say "well, he came to us X years ago, but he's a rescue so we don't know how old he is. The vet thinks he's about Y."

You could also say I don’t know he’s a mutt. No one cares how you obtain your dog

My dog was not a mutt. He was a “designer breed” that we got from a California shelter (long story). Anyway, because we didn’t know his history, we always told people he was a rescue. It had nothing to do with “virtue signaling” or whatever.

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Anonymous wrote:People ask what kind of dog mine is all the time. I say "I don't know, he's a rescue" or they ask how old he is and I say "well, he came to us X years ago, but he's a rescue so we don't know how old he is. The vet thinks he's about Y."

This. Saying he’s a rescue fends off questions nobody has the answers to

Why don’t you just say “I adopted him when he was four? I’m not sure.”

Because as an adoptive parent to a human child, I don't like using the same word for my dog.

And if I knew he was 4 when I rescued him, then I would be sure. The whole point is that I don't know how old he was when he came to me.

You are too much.

Why is OP having a fit because people use one word instead of the other not the one who gets labeled "too much"?

I didn't say you can't use whatever word you want, OP is the one who did that. I explained why I use the word I do.

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When I hear rescue, it tells me more about the owner than the dog.

That says more about you than anything else. It's no one's problem but your own that you are insecure about your own choices.

Anonymous wrote:Virtue signaling.

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When I hear rescue, it tells me more about the owner than the dog.