I know of a guy that went to a shelter for a dog, and they refused because he works with animals, in a farm. And they just hated him for it, excusing the refusal in “he is just going to use the dog as a dog guard”, when this is not true at all, he already had a dog who is incredibly well treated and loved. But this shelter just hated farms, even this traditional farm which consisted in a 2-3 cows in a natural pasture, and refused to give this guy a dog.
Imfao, I just saw a cat in the pet store (a rescue put their cats in those transparent cages and just left them on display in the pet store), I applied online, answered a list of questions over email, then a few days later went there to meet with the volunteer at the organization, paid the adoption fee fee, and got a cat.
Man that article can fuck off, there are tons of dogs in shelters that need homes instead of buying a dog from a shit bag breeder
Tried it twice. Couldn’t get a dog from the shelter. Why? We weren’t married. (?) The both of us worked 4 days. We had a child.
So we shrugged it off, waved and snuggled with the sad doggies and never came back.
And we just bought a puppy. No rules. No problems. Now, 20+ years later we’re on to our third very happy dog.
Anyway: a lot of shelters do their best to scare people away. And they succeed.
Damn, my local shelter just charges a 100 dollar adoption fee
I know of a guy that went to a shelter for a dog, and they refused because he works with animals, in a farm. And they just hated him for it, excusing the refusal in “he is just going to use the dog as a dog guard”, when this is not true at all, he already had a dog who is incredibly well treated and loved. But this shelter just hated farms, even this traditional farm which consisted in a 2-3 cows in a natural pasture, and refused to give this guy a dog.
I don’t know what’s going on with shelters.
Imfao, I just saw a cat in the pet store (a rescue put their cats in those transparent cages and just left them on display in the pet store), I applied online, answered a list of questions over email, then a few days later went there to meet with the volunteer at the organization, paid the adoption fee fee, and got a cat.
Like lol, do dogs really get that complicated?
Adopting humans is in the same ballpark though I get why.
Yeah the article addresses some of those issues. It isn’t taking some stand, it is just a guide to someone who already is considering buying one.
what if the article says to reconsider shelter dogs first
Exactly.