Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 15:21     Subject: Re:Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?
I was telling an acquaintance that I have two dogs. That’s all I said. She asked me, “Are they rescues?”

I told her no, and that I got them from breeders. (Both responsible show breeders, but I didn’t tell her that.)

This woman had the nerve to turn her nose up at me. Like, WTF?

These aDoPt DoNt ShOp people are so unserious.

[NP]
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2024 18:49     Subject: Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?
Anonymous wrote:I have 2 dogs, both were adopted from rescues, and I refer to each as a "rescue" but for different reasons.

I call my mutt a "rescue" because it tends to head off the inevitable "What is she???" questions because she's really beautiful. The answer is "She's a dog" and there isn't much more to it than that.

My second dog is a toy poodle, and I mention her status as a rescue because she suffered horribly in a puppy mill and many poodles are in that situation because of the doodle craze, and I don't want anyone thinking I bought her.


Why do you care what people think?
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2024 18:45     Subject: Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have 2 dogs, both were adopted from rescues, and I refer to each as a "rescue" but for different reasons.

I call my mutt a "rescue" because it tends to head off the inevitable "What is she???" questions because she's really beautiful. The answer is "She's a dog" and there isn't much more to it than that.

My second dog is a toy poodle, and I mention her status as a rescue because she suffered horribly in a puppy mill and many poodles are in that situation because of the doodle craze, and I don't want anyone thinking I bought her.


Why don't you just call your mutt a mutt? It is a very common, accepted term. Person -- "What is she?" You -- "She's just a mutt. We think she might have a little sheltie in there, but who knows! We love her."

Regarding your poodle, you are clearly virtue signaling. You "don't want anyone thinking [you] bought her"? I mean, feel free to explain her horrible past life, but you can also just say nothing at all.


dp we did dna so we know what our dog is. To strangers I say "mutt" because if I don't think they are that interested. Depending on further questions I might say 'he is a rescue from so and so"


My dog is part GSD, part lab, part "terrier" (type unknown), part Australian cattle dog, part chow chow, and part supermutt. To say "rescue" tends to head off the "what is she" questions better than mutt for us, and with mutt they often follow up wanting to know if we did DNA, and this long-ass list is a pita and people are sorry they asked.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2024 18:42     Subject: Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have 2 dogs, both were adopted from rescues, and I refer to each as a "rescue" but for different reasons.

I call my mutt a "rescue" because it tends to head off the inevitable "What is she???" questions because she's really beautiful. The answer is "She's a dog" and there isn't much more to it than that.

My second dog is a toy poodle, and I mention her status as a rescue because she suffered horribly in a puppy mill and many poodles are in that situation because of the doodle craze, and I don't want anyone thinking I bought her.


Why don't you just call your mutt a mutt? It is a very common, accepted term. Person -- "What is she?" You -- "She's just a mutt. We think she might have a little sheltie in there, but who knows! We love her."

Regarding your poodle, you are clearly virtue signaling. You "don't want anyone thinking [you] bought her"? I mean, feel free to explain her horrible past life, but you can also just say nothing at all.


I don't think you know what "virtue signaling" means.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2024 18:24     Subject: Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have 2 dogs, both were adopted from rescues, and I refer to each as a "rescue" but for different reasons.

I call my mutt a "rescue" because it tends to head off the inevitable "What is she???" questions because she's really beautiful. The answer is "She's a dog" and there isn't much more to it than that.

My second dog is a toy poodle, and I mention her status as a rescue because she suffered horribly in a puppy mill and many poodles are in that situation because of the doodle craze, and I don't want anyone thinking I bought her.


Why don't you just call your mutt a mutt? It is a very common, accepted term. Person -- "What is she?" You -- "She's just a mutt. We think she might have a little sheltie in there, but who knows! We love her."

Regarding your poodle, you are clearly virtue signaling. You "don't want anyone thinking [you] bought her"? I mean, feel free to explain her horrible past life, but you can also just say nothing at all.


dp we did dna so we know what our dog is. To strangers I say "mutt" because if I don't think they are that interested. Depending on further questions I might say 'he is a rescue from so and so"
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2024 08:12     Subject: Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?
Anonymous wrote:I have 2 dogs, both were adopted from rescues, and I refer to each as a "rescue" but for different reasons.

I call my mutt a "rescue" because it tends to head off the inevitable "What is she???" questions because she's really beautiful. The answer is "She's a dog" and there isn't much more to it than that.

My second dog is a toy poodle, and I mention her status as a rescue because she suffered horribly in a puppy mill and many poodles are in that situation because of the doodle craze, and I don't want anyone thinking I bought her.


Why don't you just call your mutt a mutt? It is a very common, accepted term. Person -- "What is she?" You -- "She's just a mutt. We think she might have a little sheltie in there, but who knows! We love her."

Regarding your poodle, you are clearly virtue signaling. You "don't want anyone thinking [you] bought her"? I mean, feel free to explain her horrible past life, but you can also just say nothing at all.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2024 22:13     Subject: Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Virtue signaling. Are you really so dense that you don’t understand this?


Adopting/rescuing/owning a dog is not a flex, nor is it "virtue signaling".

If anything, it's wealth signaling. Who can afford a pet, rescue or not? There are no free dogs.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2024 19:16     Subject: Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Virtue signaling. Are you really so dense that you don’t understand this?


So cynical. I didn't adopt to virtue signal. And even if some people did what they are doing is a good thing!
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2024 18:09     Subject: Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?
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.


Virtue signaling. Are you really so dense that you don’t understand this?
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2024 18:08     Subject: Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?
Anonymous wrote:

Progressives love to show off moral vanity. They can’t help themselves.


+10000000

This gets us 99% of the way there. The only thing I'd change is to generalize it as "People love to show off moral vanity".... our human desire to inflate ourselves holds is universal and holds no political boundaries.


Take your politics to the political forum
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2024 11:31     Subject: Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?

Progressives love to show off moral vanity. They can’t help themselves.


+10000000

This gets us 99% of the way there. The only thing I'd change is to generalize it as "People love to show off moral vanity".... our human desire to inflate ourselves holds is universal and holds no political boundaries.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2024 11:23     Subject: Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?
I have 2 dogs, both were adopted from rescues, and I refer to each as a "rescue" but for different reasons.

I call my mutt a "rescue" because it tends to head off the inevitable "What is she???" questions because she's really beautiful. The answer is "She's a dog" and there isn't much more to it than that.

My second dog is a toy poodle, and I mention her status as a rescue because she suffered horribly in a puppy mill and many poodles are in that situation because of the doodle craze, and I don't want anyone thinking I bought her.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2024 10:01     Subject: Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?
Anonymous wrote:I wonder if it is a regional thing. If people ask me what kind of dog mine is, I shrug and say we got her from a shelter. I realized my sister in law and uncle says the same thing.

Maybe “rescue” is a mid-Atlantic/DC thing label, but it certainly doesn’t both me. Adopted doesn’t either. But I think my region just uses “shelter dog.”

+1
I just say he's a shelter dog when asked because people do pry and pry about him. I've gotten several comments of "I want a dog just like that" but can't really guide them on how to get one like him.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2024 10:00     Subject: Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I agree, it’s dumb and annoying but it’s the new word that lots of people use.

I bought my dog from a rescue. I paid about the same as if I would’ve bought him from a breeder. $900



The point of rescuing a dog is not to save money.


True, but $900?! PP got taken.


I’m $900. My dog from a breeder was between 1200 and as high as 4000. I would never pay 4000. But I was considering 1200. 900 was a bargain for my dog had it been from a breeder, but seems very overpriced for a rescue. The rescue knew exactly what they had value wise. That’s why I joked that I bought my dog from a rescue. “Scammed” but at least I have my dog.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2024 09:53     Subject: Always Referring to Dog as a Rescue?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I agree, it’s dumb and annoying but it’s the new word that lots of people use.

I bought my dog from a rescue. I paid about the same as if I would’ve bought him from a breeder. $900



The point of rescuing a dog is not to save money.


True, but $900?! PP got taken.