I adopted a dog 10 days ago from Lost Dog and Cat Rescue in Arlington. Had picked out the dog on their website, went to meet him at the foster home and left with him an hour later. He's a great dog and the whole process was very easy.

But I had owned rescue dogs before, I think that has a lot to do with it. Took all my late dog's medical records and pictures to show them.

If you want to buy a second hand dogs that came from a puppy farm and has had multiple owners trucked all over the place lived in a crate it’s whole life and been part of an ugly scheme to become a “rescue” that’s fine. Just don’t feel so superior. You bought a cheap abused animal and participated in an ugly fraud. Yes you are morally superior!

Anonymous wrote:We tried to adopt a dog/puppy from WARL. We made multiple visits and filled out applications for 4 dogs. It was ridiculous. Our kids were too young for one dog and another dog wasn't ready to be placed. I can't remember the reasons for the other two dogs, but we ended up buying a lab from a breeder.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with any of the reasons that WARL gave you for not giving you the dogs you wanted. THose reasons are completely valid. Why you feel entitled to anything is beyond me.

Enjoy your lab. The rescue is better off without you.

I definitely think we need stricter spay and neuter laws in the Mid-West and the South. Cheaper and/or free spay and neuter options should be made available.

https://getyourpet.com/about-us/

A DC based start up is addressing this

(Not connected to them other than being an acquaintance of a founder)

It's easier to drive down to the Carolinas and just adopt dogs from a kill shelter there rather than get them from rescues here.

Anonymous wrote:https://abc11.com/pets-animals/nc-kills-more-shelter-animals-than-nearly-any-state-study/5437586/?fbclid=IwAR0y9tNMsrM6c9Mmf-lxlZhZwerMesbOWZBAk9_aYKcD41X55MCoV1cEsMc

My rescue brings shelter dogs up from the Carolinas. Where they kill 50,000 dogs a year.

Yes the “Carolinas” where all dogs come from. No they come from Pennsylvania and the Midwest home if the puppy mill

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Anonymous wrote:The rescue people justify buying dogs from mills to save them. The don’t fully realize that they are building a market. Then they hire some other folks to donate and take care of the dogs. Layers and layers because it is SO profitable. You might as well cut out the middle man and get a dog from a breeder. It’s come full circle.

+1 The rescues often think they are doing a good deed by "saving" these dogs from the auction. And sure, it is helpful for those individual dogs. But the rescues don't realize that they are just incentivizing the puppy mills to breed more and more puppies.

I don't know which rescues buy dogs. All I can say is that I've never seen it.

Of course you haven’t. Do you think they are going to share that with you? All dogs come by truck from an “all kill shelter in the South where we saved them just in time!”

https://abc11.com/pets-animals/nc-kills-more-shelter-animals-than-nearly-any-state-study/5437586/?fbclid=IwAR0y9tNMsrM6c9Mmf-lxlZhZwerMesbOWZBAk9_aYKcD41X55MCoV1cEsMc

My rescue brings shelter dogs up from the Carolinas. Where they kill 50,000 dogs a year.

Anonymous wrote:Those criticizing buying worn out puppy mill moms at auction: what do you think will happen to those dogs if rescues don’t take them? They will be destroyed.

First, the rescues buy puppies at auction, not just older dogs. Second, it would be more merciful to a larger group of dogs to not buy from auctions at all. Auctions do a booming business from rescue people. I think it would be more merciful to that mother and her many puppies to let her be destroyed, and shut the auctions down for lack of business.

Those criticizing buying worn out puppy mill moms at auction: what do you think will happen to those dogs if rescues don’t take them? They will be destroyed.

Pet rescue alliance. I’m fostering a great black lab for them right now. Adopted from them too, easy peasey.

We tried to adopt a dog/puppy from WARL. We made multiple visits and filled out applications for 4 dogs. It was ridiculous. Our kids were too young for one dog and another dog wasn't ready to be placed. I can't remember the reasons for the other two dogs, but we ended up buying a lab from a breeder.

You really showed those rescues, OP! Good on you!

OPH ..the most reasonable rescue.