Mr. Tan Man spent two years in a South Carolina “no kill” shelter - most of it living outdoors. Located on a dirt road with farm animals wandering around, it wasn’t like a typical shelter. The folks running it were very passionate about animal rescue and had taken good care of him, but they required vet references and a home visit before we could become his “guardians.” Requirements like this - or that adopters have fenced yards, be home during the day, etc. - are why dogs languish. #DogsOfCoSo
A local dog rescue group wouldn’t allow my veterinarian to adopt a dog because she worked during the day, even though she could bring her dog to work. Some of the dogs at that establishment had been there for years. People running some of these “no kill” shelters are very rigorous. Perhaps they should just refer to these establishments as “no adopt” shelters rather than “no kill.”
@cassandra17lina It’s impossible to adult in my area of Wisconsin. We tried. We were approved but the process was insane with references, a home visit, etc. The dog we tried bit my husband during our pick up enough to cause a scar. Apparently, vetting the dogs is non existent. They’re lucky we didn’t sue for medical. We ended up getting a dog out of state, purchased, where the money went to a church pastor running a summer camp for the disabled. Never again.
@cassandra17lina ADOPT but adulting is hard too here. Oy.
@SaltyVeruca Adulting and adopting should always go hand in paw!
@cassandra17lina 😀 I’m honestly convinced these shelters here are just doing I don’t know what but they’re hella expensive. Even the state ones. As much as purchasing expensive. Hundreds. I honestly don’t think there are enough wealthy saints here for all the dogs.
That's wild.
The city shelter in Dallas frequently has free adoptions, because they get overcrowded. And when they do charge, it's typically like, $40. They also don't require anything but an ID. They'd like to screen more, but as I said--overcrowding.
The cost to neuter/spay is a few hundred, so that's where the adoption cost is often passed on to the adopter, but the Dallas Shelter never charges for that.
Oh, and they put a tracker in the animal, so if anything happens to it, the animal is at least tied to your ID and phone/address at the time of adoption
@tyghebright @cassandra17lina Same in MO where I’m originally from. I was shocked.