Grrr...I'm mad!

[Guest Anonymous]

About a year ago I adopted a dog from the animal shelter--a golden retriever mix named Max. The first day that Max was home he bit me, and my handicapped son. I called the animal shelter and told them, and they told me to bring Max back immediately. They advised me to relinquish Max to the shelter. I argued that perhaps he was over excited, and that resulted in his behavior, but they told me Max should remain in the shelter. I allowed the animal shelter to retain the fee I paid for Max.

Well, today I tried to adopt a puppy at the shelter and I was told that I was on the list of people who could NOT adopt because I had returned a dog. I said, "But you told me to," and that cut absolutely no slack with them.

What is this about? Are they saying that a dog would be better off dead than with me? I was trying to aid the overpopulation of pets by adopting at a shelter rather than buying from a breeder. I already have two happy dogs and wanted a third. Does it make any sense at all that I shouldn't be able to adopt a pet?

[Guest Anonymous]

Hey, most on this board believe shelters can do NO wrong (Im not one of them.)
I would suggest buying a pup from an accredited breeder. You can start training at a young age and he would prob. protect your son and be a better companion to him better than a shelter dog.

[Guest Anonymous]

Their are foolish people at shelters...just as their are anywhere else. Perhaps there was a misunderstanding.

At any rate, a shelter mixed breed can be ever bit as loving and protective as dog for which you pay out a lot of money.

Mixbreeds...or hybrids....or often healthier due to too many people breeding who should not or breeding for type and creating dogs with health problems such as:

hip dysplasia in labs and many other large breeds.

bone cancer in danes

retina problems in schnauzers

rage syndrome in cockers

[Guest Anonymous]

Shelters do put people on don't adopt lists. If you feel this was unfairly done I would suggest outlining the situation in a letter to the directors of the shelter. Blaming you because the shelter adopted out an untemperament tested dog to a home seems unfair. If that does not get you any recourse then I would suggest a nice letter to your local newspapers on the subject.

On 2002-05-04 12:19, Anonymous wrote:
About a year ago I adopted a dog from the animal shelter--a golden retriever mix named Max. The first day that Max was home he bit me, and my handicapped son. I called the animal shelter and told them, and they told me to bring Max back immediately. They advised me to relinquish Max to the shelter. I argued that perhaps he was over excited, and that resulted in his behavior, but they told me Max should remain in the shelter. I allowed the animal shelter to retain the fee I paid for Max.

Well, today I tried to adopt a puppy at the shelter and I was told that I was on the list of people who could NOT adopt because I had returned a dog. I said, "But you told me to," and that cut absolutely no slack with them.

What is this about? Are they saying that a dog would be better off dead than with me? I was trying to aid the overpopulation of pets by adopting at a shelter rather than buying from a breeder. I already have two happy dogs and wanted a third. Does it make any sense at all that I shouldn't be able to adopt a pet?