Kind of angry right now......

MollieMae01 · Moderator

Kind of angry right now......

Paige · ~Grand Champion~ Gold Medal Poster!

Sorry I don't know what to say only that I feel she would be better in a foster home. I know here when there is even a lab at the humane socity he/she goes to the lab rescue. Same with Danes.

Hopefully though Lexy will get adopted to a great family soon.

puttin510 · ~Grand Champion~ Gold Medal Poster!

Exactly, she would be way better off in a warm home being fostered. Plus they would have more room at the Inn so to speak. To bring in a new dog. Very frustrating.

MollieMae01 · Moderator

That's why I just don't get it!! Who would rather see a dog sitting in a kennel, even for a week, than to see it in a foster home?? Stupid people!!! I guess I've never really liked the HS here. They're always......I don't know.........it just seems as though they want to keep her there because they'll get the adoption money or something. I guess I could tell them that we'd be happy to give them the adoption money, if only to have her in rescue then......I don't know. I hate emailing Alice all the time, I know she's got it hard enough, she's (i think) in her 70s and has 4 dobes right now!!! And she's the one that does the paper work and answers ALL the emails and what not, so I really hate to bother her like that. She's got enough on her plate right now, but I can't help but wonder if she wouldn't be willing to do that, pay the adoption fee for her??

oasis05 · Moderator

IMO, i would adopt her and then place her. If you or the rescue lady pay the adoption fee, you'll get that back if either of you find her a home right? Just my opinion.

MollieMae01 · Moderator

True. I will email Alice at the rescue and see if she would be willing to do that.......

huronbreeze · MAD DOG!

Mollie..im sorry that your frustrated with that whole system...I have been out of rescueing for a few years now and i dont regret doing it one minute..i love the act of placing a good well deserving dog in an approiate home..dont get me wrong..just the hoops you have to jump in order to do things..its ok for me to tromp through the sleet, mudd , snow to rescue a God awful abuse or neglected dog and expose my pets to God nos what..share my food, house accomidations time energy and love when it suits them..but when the table is turned they can be outright rediculious..ive saved and relinguished too many dogs to name over the 25 plus years I have done this...and it isnt easy...its a racket to many places any more...the money is just too good to resist..and i cant tell who to trust any more..I say dont take it persoanl..my own shelter is nortorious for spiriting off any purebreds and they never hit the adoption floor..when rescues are suposted to get them after the 4 days they are on the adoption floor..not first dibs..the only thing you can get in my county is the perverbial black dog..unknow decent...but lab is in there some where..its crazy...then peopel wonder why they dont even go to the shelters to look..if you can get in with the squrly hours they post but never seem to keep...then they dont have anything..but if they contact you they expect you to make room in yopur house for a new one in a hour..or else ...doom and gloom will happen...I got so darn burned out with all the stuff..seeing abuse and neglrst take it out of you...and the only reward is seeing a good dog going to a wonderful family...but..one can never be too sure..migh only appear to be wonderfulll...we all know the standard answwers to put on questionares...pretty sad state of affairs...well...im bumbing myself oput..so ill stop...i just wanted to let you know not to take this thing personal...take care...

Kittys Mom · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

This may not be the case where you live, but if it were here, I would guess...They have done the work, and now they want their money. Dog pounds around here charge good money for an adoption, I doubt they want to lose that to someone else. Also, the dog pounds hereabouts have their own screening and adoption programs and doubtless don't trust many rescues that are often animal collectors or brokers, not that the people that you are associated with are...just that may be how they are thinking...

MollieMae01 · Moderator

Thanks Huron. I just am totally apalled by the fact that they'd rather have her in the HS than in a breed specific rescue!! Just the fact that DRON does a home visit would be enough for me to let her go to rescue, if I was a volunteer at the HS!! I just don't get it!! I know some ppl have to lie to the HS to get their dogs, because I know that some of these people, I wouldn't adopt a dog out to them if they paid me $1000 for it!!! Just p*sses me off!! Am actually getting angrier by the minute here, so I think I should stop reading this for a while, lol.

BTW, Brad and I would love to have the opportunity to foster this dog. I need a doberman while he's in basic for 9 weeks. I refuse to let him go, if I don't have my big protective dobe!! lol

MollieMae01 · Moderator

OK, I can understand all of that, Kitty, but I really don't think they have to worry about brokers and collectors and what not, going into rescue. This is a VERY small area, and it seems as though everybody knows everybody, so they usually know who not to adopt to. BUT, DRON is a credible rescue, with a website and all sorts of contact info on there. Plus, success stories and newsletters and an adoption form, and a home visit, upon completion of the adoption form. I'd just think that they'd rather see her in rescue. It's very frustrating to me!! I've emailed Alice at DRON, asking her if we could "adopt" her or just give them the money in exchange for the dog going into rescue:

I was wondering if maybe we could adopt Lexy and then put her into rescue?? Maybe they just don't want to lose the money that they'll get for her adoption fee?? I think Brad and I would be willing to foster her. I don't know, just a thought. I have posted a thread on a discussion forum about this. I'm rather upset that they'd rather see the dog in a kennel, waiting for her forever home, than to see her in a comfy, warm foster home, waiting for her forever home. It's just very puzzling to me. Seems that they don't have the animal's best interests in mind at all, but rather their own. Tell me if I'm wrong for thinking this way, but it's very frustrating to me. Maybe we could donate the money to them for her rescue?? I guess not really "adopt" her, but at least put her in a foster home!! Ugghh!!! Tell me what you think, please. I'm sorry I'm always buggin ya about something, I know you have a whole lot going on right now, with 4 dobes at home and doing the adoption stuff.

I don't know what else to do!! I would looooovvveeee to foster this dog!! And possibly adopt her. Since DRON serves all of Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, and Kansas, why wouldn't they rather see her in there?? Alice has also told me of a dog they adopted to someone in Idaho!!! So, that said, I still just don't get it!! LOL Still seems to me that the HS is only keeping her for the money- they say on their site that adoption fees for dogs are $85, and can vary depending on age/breed of dog. They're asking $150 for her!! That, to me, is more than varying, not that I'd have any problem paying $150 for a nice young dobe, but geesh!! Varying to me is like a $20-$40 difference, not $65. ARRGGHH!! Ok, I'm done now!! LOL

Casper · 9:39 PM, 06/09/05

Ok I will try this again LOL Mollie... We have a place in Milford about 2 blocks from this very shelter. I try and stop in there to check out the animals occasionally. Anyway one day I walked over about a 1/2 hour before they closed and the lady would not let me in as she said they were closing and she didn't have time for me to look ???? They are kinda different over there and not the friendliest .... sorry to say. I have a hard time with the conditions some of the shelters have and I totally agree that this dog would be in a much better place in a rescue home!!! good luck with your efforts

Casper

MollieMae01 · Moderator

Caspers Jubilee!!!! Is that reallly you?? WELCOME!!!
Thanks for understanding, btw. Great to see a fellow Iowan here, from the same area!!! I'm ecstatic now!! w00t

-- Edited by MollieMae01 at 22:46, 2005-06-09

Casper · 9:54 PM, 06/09/05

LOL Mollie... YES it is me Caspers Jubilee!! How sweet of you to remember me :0)

I just had to sign up and post on this one .....as this VERY shelter has rubbed me the wrong one more than once. It makes no sense why they would be happy to let a dog go to a good rescue home I think it is kinda greedy of them

Casper

MollieMae01 · Moderator

Hey, check your pm...i sent you one. was just wondering where exactly do you live.....the pm box is in the top right on your screen, where it says your name, under it, it should say "you have 1 new messages, click here". just to give you a heads up on the pm box thingy, it's usually pretty confusing to those that are new to this site.

Casper · 10:13 PM, 06/09/05

Thanks for the heads up.... learning the in's and outs of a new forum can be a challange LOL I keep popping in and out when trying to post ??? Oh and got the PM thanks and right back at ya "wink"
casper

MollieMae01 · Moderator

OK, these were the last emails I got from Alice and the ones I sent back to her. It really doesn't sound like they want to give her to rescue.

IF the dog doesn't get adopted out, maybe we can get her. Can you foster her?

thanks
Alice

Believe we can forget about getting this dog.

Alice

If you want Lexy and feel that she would work fine in your home, then you can make arrangements for her to go to your home. We will be happy to give you a recommendation.

You will have to contact the shelter and see if they would adopt her out to you. (Are you ready for another Dobie?) Then we can reimburse you for the expense of adopting her. We do owe you a dog. I do not know if the shelter would let he come to us IF you did not want to keep her all the time. Some adoption contract are very rigid in their rules

Alice

Probably could foster her. I'll have to do some sweet-talkin to Brad though, lol ;) He's thinking of going into the Nat'l Guard, so he'd be gone for 9 weeks down in Ft. Sill, OK, so I want a doberman, if not a protective one, one that will scare off anyone thinking of messing with me while he's gone. This house is just too large to be alone with Mollie and Chopper for that long without some sort of scare tactic, you know?? I would be delighted to foster her, however, we are going to be caring for our friends' female Great Dane and male English Mastiff for a week, in August, I think. So I'll really have to sweet talk him!! LOL. I'm sure he won't mind fostering her. That'll just get us ready to adopt, should we so choose

Yeah, it doesn't sound like they want her going into rescue, which I'm still finding it hard to understand. I know of other people that have thought their ways of doing things were somewhat.......unorthodox?? I think that's the word. Most other shelters would be delighted to have a rescue come and get some of their dogs from them. It's not like we have a shortage of backyard breeders and uneducated adopters around here, sad but true. I think they're just greedy with the money they'd get for her. I don't know. I do know of people having probs adopting from there though. They say their price for dogs is $85 and varies with age and breed of dog. Lexy is 1 year old and they are asking $150 for her. I think that's a bit more than a LITTLE VARIANCE, not that it's too much, but still. She is a very desirable dog, and I hope she gets a good home. I dont' know if Brad would allow it, adopting her. I'd rather just adopt from you guys because I know you actually WORK with the people that adopt from you. Pray that she gets a great home!!