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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.
Ugh, we went to the RSPCA once and they were looking at our house on streetview and had this entire complicated process of introducing the cats to our existing cat by exchanging scented blankets over weeks. We went straight to the local shelter and took a stray they’d just got in. She’s great.
Often pets taken in by the RSPCA have been mistreated and need more patience and tlc than your average bear. But yes, it is a huge faff sometimes
Damn, my local shelter just charges a 100 dollar adoption fee
Man the ones in Melbourne Australia cost up to $3,000 to adopt, unless you get Pitbulls and mastiffs, then it's $600. I just adopted a little Maltese looking thing for 1.5k
Strays are, i think, a much bigger issue in the United States. So most shelters are just happy they dont have to euthanize.
Aww didn't see the pic originally.
Did you go to a shelter ir the humane society? The city run shelters just want to make sure you own the home you are in or at least have the owner's permission before you get a dog. Humane societies are private entities that pick and choose and are almost impossible to get a pet from anymore.
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.
That sounds like an issue with the employee(s) at one specific shelter. Surely that's not a systemic issue.
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.