Rescue -- Just Not Into It?
- Thread starter Absolute Peril
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I hear that a lot 
but for lurkers who really want to go the rescue route, not ALL rescues are like that some are very understanding and base adoptions on individuals and their specific situations. It's easy to get calloused rescuing and make rules "cut and dry" like that, but not all
But, to point out, OFAs and CERFs are not everthing. Mia's parents OFA hips & knees ratings were excellent. Only one of her grandparents were"good". Mia herself, rated fair. She just turned 6 and now needs surgery for luxating patellas
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but for lurkers who really want to go the rescue route, not ALL rescues are like that some are very understanding and base adoptions on individuals and their specific situations. It's easy to get calloused rescuing and make rules "cut and dry" like that, but not all But, to point out, OFAs and CERFs are not everthing. Mia's parents OFA hips & knees ratings were excellent. Only one of her grandparents were"good". Mia herself, rated fair. She just turned 6 and now needs surgery for luxating patellas
Don't forget, though, that ethical breeders also participate in breed rescue in some form or fashion.
Sorry, I'm coming into this thread a little late. OP, I respect your opinion that shelter dogs are not for you, BUT I do agree that your reasoning behind it seems a bit ignorant.
I work for a service dog training organization that gets 100% of our dogs from shelters. Our organization's average is a 50% success rate - 50% of dogs we pull from shelters will make it as service dogs - while the average for organizations that breed their own dogs is 20-40%. Last year, I personally pulled 13 dogs, and 4 were released (three of those were released for hip dysplasia, although they showed no outward symptoms and it was not severe enough for surgery).
Now no, I don't expect John Q Public to be able to evaluate dogs as accurately as someone who does it professionally and has years of experience.... as well as a tried and tested evaluation process that has been evolving over 20+ years. AND I think a lot of our success rate has to do with our training methods and procedures, which have also been tried and tested for over 20 years. But to say that shelter dogs aren't good for anything but "just being a pet," or to say that you have NO idea what you're getting when you're looking at shelter dogs, is, IME, just incorrect.
ETA: BTW, I hope to get my next personal dog from a breeder. Though it's mostly because 1.) I want a puppy, and I don't trust the accuracy of puppy evaluations... and I'm VERY specific about the type of dog I want, and 2.) if I find a dog in a shelter that's exactly what I want, it would actually also make a great service dog and I'd feel guilty about keeping it instead of giving it to someone on our waiting list.
I work for a service dog training organization that gets 100% of our dogs from shelters. Our organization's average is a 50% success rate - 50% of dogs we pull from shelters will make it as service dogs - while the average for organizations that breed their own dogs is 20-40%. Last year, I personally pulled 13 dogs, and 4 were released (three of those were released for hip dysplasia, although they showed no outward symptoms and it was not severe enough for surgery).
Now no, I don't expect John Q Public to be able to evaluate dogs as accurately as someone who does it professionally and has years of experience.... as well as a tried and tested evaluation process that has been evolving over 20+ years. AND I think a lot of our success rate has to do with our training methods and procedures, which have also been tried and tested for over 20 years. But to say that shelter dogs aren't good for anything but "just being a pet," or to say that you have NO idea what you're getting when you're looking at shelter dogs, is, IME, just incorrect.
ETA: BTW, I hope to get my next personal dog from a breeder.
Though it's mostly because 1.) I want a puppy, and I don't trust the accuracy of puppy evaluations... and I'm VERY specific about the type of dog I want, and 2.) if I find a dog in a shelter that's exactly what I want, it would actually also make a great service dog and I'd feel guilty about keeping it instead of giving it to someone on our waiting list.
I'm really not going to argue anymore, with you or anyone else. It really isn't worth it.Lets just let the thread die.
Okay hun.
Okay hun.
how do I get points? No one ever wants to be in hufflepuff.
