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    New Rescue

    So I just put in an application to be a foster home for a lab only rescue!!! Many of you know my issues with the current one and she continues to play games with me so time to move on. Wish me luck they pick me!!!!

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    First and foremost, thank you for helping these dogs on their journey to the homes they should have had in the first place. Glad you could find a another rescue. The other sounded really sketchy.
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    That is great you found another rescue to work with, keeping our fingers and paws crossed for you.
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    i can't see them not wanting you as a foster home!

    it's important to find a rescue you gel with. i left two rescues i didn't trust for various reasons. at this point i am a bit too picky about how rescues should run haha

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    I hope it works out for you. I started out here with a new rescue. I'm not fostering or getting hands on with the animals but they have homed several that were returned and I'm pretty leery of how they are screening adopters. And of how they are evaluating the dogs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowshoe View Post
    I hope it works out for you. I started out here with a new rescue. I'm not fostering or getting hands on with the animals but they have homed several that were returned and I'm pretty leery of how they are screening adopters. And of how they are evaluating the dogs.
    yep that's on my list of concerns with some rescues. some returned dogs is normal for any rescue (or breeder!) it happens. but at one point your return rate gets a bit high and questions should be asked. mind you many pet owners really are against being questioned to adopt a dog saying "any home is a good home right".

    Other issues are supporting the fosters (or rather not!), working on dogs that need work, keeping dogs long enough to assess and vet, money management (while there may not be any malicious intent, lack of proper management and tracking in some rescues is frustrating), choice of "trainers", lack of process (even if they say they have one some rescues put all the work on the actual foster to do everything from a to z so no consistency or check that they actually do everythign properly), repeatedly taking in dogs they have no room for or committed foster spot then bouncing the dogs around...

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    I hope they accept your kindness.

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    I got a reply back and we are setting up a time for her to come do a home check and meet my crazy boys I hope they behave lol.

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    I have a meeting tomorrow with the lab rescue wish me luck. I have found out so much more about the rescue I was fostering for its not even funny. She should be shut down and I'm so glad I got out when I did. She doesn't care about the animals at all its all about the money. 3 different people have told me the same thing. Glad I got out when I did. Hopefully this rescue will have a lot more ediquite when it comes to the well being of the animals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sheltieluver View Post
    I have a meeting tomorrow with the lab rescue wish me luck. I have found out so much more about the rescue I was fostering for its not even funny. She should be shut down and I'm so glad I got out when I did. She doesn't care about the animals at all its all about the money. 3 different people have told me the same thing. Glad I got out when I did. Hopefully this rescue will have a lot more ediquite when it comes to the well being of the animals.
    Good luck (not that you need it!) - hopefully this rescue turns up to be solid

    I have become so jaded on rescues lately. I have their theory of what a rescue should do and none seem to really live up to it haha. But yes even if it's not about money, some rescues do NOT do well by their dogs.

 



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