Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and needing to know the truth lovers, (not to mention what I think)!
This headline has been causing a big sensation in Northern Kentucky……….
RETIRED COUPLE’S PUDDY ADOPTION DENIED
The article is not very long but very interesting. I have worked in rescue for about 15 years and I have seen a fair amount of situations like this one.
This couple tried to do the right thing by rescuing and they were denied. So, instead of dealing with the insanity of this rescue they went to a breeder and bought a dog. Now, the rescue puppy is still in it’s foster home. This story is getting all kinds of attention. Last night on the news, they interviewed Kathleen Winter at Dachshund Rescue of OH and she put the blame on the woman who runs the website out of IN. Kathleen went on to say that the woman in IN had made a previous recommendation that the cut off age for a puppy be 50! Then Kathleen went on to say that she would be dropping off all her puppy fosters to her. The IN woman backed down.
I think it is great that rescues have a protocol they follow, but some of them are just over the top. There has to be some room for flexibility. I have said it before and I will say it again, I was denied a basset hound from an area rescue about 17 years ago because I did not have a fenced in yard. That is just insane. I know why rescues want that box checked yes, but is there no compromise? I hear plea after plea for foster homes and how many dogs they have bursting at the seams everyone of them. All of the pounds in my area cannot place one basset hound in a rescue. Everyone of them is full.
But one bad check mark on an application and you never even get a reply back. I have been e-mailing a rescue out West for weeks and, nothing. Not even a peep. That is just rude!
Hey, I can rant and rave all I want because I work in rescue. I do rescue. I network for rescues and I do my part so I can point out what I don’t like. I am constantly pointing out what I do like.
I am appalled that this couple was denied a puppy. I am thrilled they are putting this under the media spotlight.
I was placing a basset hound recently who was on death row. The hound’s time was up. I had a place all set for the hound to go to and I got several e-mails from a rescue person who told me I was wrong to place this dog in a home where the person had some medical issues. That I was doing more harm than good for the hound. This e-mail person harassed me for days and days and tried to get others on board to tell me how bad I was. She was not able to accomplish that and I was able to block her e-mails. The pound told me she even called them to try and block me picking up the hound. They thought she was a crazy person.
OK – this is a perfect example of insanity. This person preferred that the hound be put down rather than be placed in a forever home. I am serious. This person is a part of a rescue group. I placed the hound with much success.
Another thing that gets in my crawl is the wording that are on some rescue sites about their adoption rules. Here is the wording on Dachshund Rescue of OH……..
“Who we are. We are a 501c3 non for profit rescue. We have been in rescue for over 20 years. All of our dogs are in private foster homes. We do not have a shelter / kennel. We require a physical fenced in yard with no exceptions. We may consider adopting to a family with children over 10 years of age. Please email for an adoption application. Adoption fees range from $150.00 to $250.00. wildwieneranch@hotmail.com “
Give me a break.
“We may consider adopting to a family with children over 10 years of age”?
Just utter nonsense. You have to have kids over 10 and they will only “consider” adopting. Kids love dogs!!!!! How much you want to bet that they would take a donation from families with infants? Believe you me they are out there begging for money right along with all of the other rescues. If you go to their petfinder page every single dog listed says NO KIDS! They should add no old fogies as well.
Don’t forget the no exceptions rules! Get off your high horse. Sounds like someone needs to retire herself. I wonder if she has any puppies and how old she is?
Anyway, I guess you can tell I am fired up over this topic.
I cannot stand rigid, uptight behaviour. Not everyone can check every box correctly. Dogs are being left in back yards tied to trees with no food and water. Pounds are inundated with these family members at the bottom of the totem pole and you have the gaul to refuse a perfectly sound adoption? Let’s see, no kids and no old people. If the woman in IN had it her way you would have to be between 18 and 50 to adopt from them, not to mention all of her other pristine requirements.
The rescue has removed the abrasive IN lady from her disapproving pedestal for the time being.
Geesh, it reminds me of my younger days waiting in line to get into a club that charged a 10.00 cover hoping our group would be selected by the omnipotent person behind the velvet rope!
So, to try and end on an up note, I am sure this group has done plenty of good for their homeless dogs. Probably one of the best things they have done is to remove the IN lady. I bet you anything if she was reviewing her own application she would be shot down. OK, sorry. I was trying to end on a good note.
More checking the boxes later…..Cat, Chaps and Emma
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