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How rescue dogs went from being lowly
mutts to luxe status symbols

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Posted By: DCGIRL, 1/29/2023 7:58:34 AM

In October of 1990, the Peninsula Humane Society, a nonprofit animal adoption facility based in San Mateo, shocked the San Francisco Bay Area with a newspaper ad that felt like something out of grindhouse cinema. Published in the San Francisco Chronicle and other local newspapers, the four-page ad’s central image featured three barrels overflowing with recently euthanized cats, captured in various stages of rigor mortis. The headline read “This is one HELL of a job,” and then in smaller print, “And we couldn’t do it without you.”

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I have never bought a dog, I always adopted. The dogs in my life have brought me so much happiness.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: pros7767 1/29/2023 8:20:25 AM (No. 1389874)
We had two dobies before we got our first rescue. If I had it to do over, they all would have been rescues! We loved all our dogs but but the rescue was the best. We're on our second rescue now and he is the BEST dog we've ever had!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Corndoggies 1/29/2023 8:38:11 AM (No. 1389884)
One of our dogs is a purebred Akita but I got her from the shelter. The excuse was allergies but who knows. She was only 5 months old and has been the best dog. They have a rep for being hard to get along with other dogs but she’s low key. Thank goodness cause she’s huge.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: sw penn 1/29/2023 9:14:34 AM (No. 1389916)
“And we couldn’t do it without you.” And your community couldn't do it without you euthanizing their messes. Another case of, "how much is the solution part of the problem?" Further, keep letting the WEF put you over a barrel, and you may come to wish you had those little protein balls...
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Reply 4 - Posted by: vrb8m 1/29/2023 9:49:56 AM (No. 1389943)
I had a miniature schnauzer rescue -- what a marvelous little fella he was. I now have another rescue -- I think he's a maltipoo. He's so funny -- and smart! When I give him a cookie he starts doing all of his tricks at one time.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: sunshinehorses 1/29/2023 10:02:11 AM (No. 1389951)
I would get a dog from a shelter but they want my life history and some even want to inspect my home. Several actually retain ownership of the dogs and can pull them at any time if they feel the dog isn't being taken care of to their standards. Also the only large dogs at shelters here in Iowa that I can find are pits or pittie mixes - a dog I won't own. The cost of adopting is getting to rival buying from a breeder in some cases if you can find a large dog that isn't a pit mix. Yes I currently have a rescue - one that I personally resued that had been dumped at a neighboring farm. He is 19 years old now - an oversized border collie mix. I also have a Bernese Mountain dog that is not a rescue. Over the years of living on a farm, we had lots of dogs dumped on us. Some we kept and others we found homes for. So I am not adverse to a rescue just the "rules" and cost to get one. I would love a German Shepherd mix (lab or collie maybe), but the last one I found, the shelter wanted $500 for. I can buy a registered puppy for that price.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 1/29/2023 10:12:43 AM (No. 1389962)
There is a serious movement going on in the United States to make all shelters no kill shelters. Their goal is to make all US shelters committed to no kill. Hope they are successful. One comment regarding the headline about people turning their dogs like a status symbol. It's a dog, and nothing more. Treat your dog as something other than a dog causes confusion, and likely causes unwanted behavior. Love your dog and take care of its needs and it will love you back unconditionally.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: wilarrbie 1/29/2023 10:36:48 AM (No. 1389978)
Rescue operations do tend to be more selective of their adopters, and more expensive as often, rescues involve more treatment for health. Shelters can be, but there are many smaller ones less stringent. Fees cover first shots and neutering as generally a bargain compared to a vet visit. Our city shelter is very reasonable. Also, if at all possible - volunteer. Sometimes all a little furball needs is a kind touch and a walk on a leash to get ready for a new home.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Strike3 1/29/2023 11:11:35 AM (No. 1390013)
I prefer to adopt dogs although there is always that chance that they bring emotional problems with them from the previous owners. It's gratifying to watch the progress you can make in erasing those bad traits and replacing them with good behavior instilled by actually caring for and spending time with the dog. If a dog has a problem it is more than likely human-caused. Puppy mills may be outlawed in many states but in my own, if you want a pure-bred dog from newborn puppy status, the waiting period can be up to a year so I doubt if legal breeders are suffering from loss of business due to adoptions. California is weird about everything so... form your own opinion.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: MickTurn 1/29/2023 12:05:39 PM (No. 1390048)
It is apparent that mongrel dogs belong with Mongrel Leftists, what a pair!
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Reply 10 - Posted by: LadyHen 1/29/2023 1:13:26 PM (No. 1390081)
In this 30 year span all our kitties chose us... usually showing up at our door pregnant and/or hungry and skinny. We get them (and their babies) fixed, get them vetted, and they either get adopted out or stay inside with us in the lap of luxury for the rest of their days. We also sterilize, vet, and feed our neighborhood stray community cats. We haven't had any new litters in our little area in over 5 years now and our fixed community cats live a good life with good shelter and food.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: earlybird 1/29/2023 1:45:33 PM (No. 1390093)
This guy is very windy. Rambles. We have adopted rescue dogs and, in one case, a rescue cat. And then there were the neighborhood strays that our son brought home or from a neighbor’s house where they bred many of more than one breed indiscriminately and then threatened to drown the babies. That said,I have no sympathy for feral cats. I have had them “move into” our yard because, as the local humane society manager (a friend) told us “you have no other animals at this time,so your yard is their ‘passion pit’” He kindly brought humane trap cages. As I recall they took feral cats to the nearby mountains and turned them loose...
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Reply 12 - Posted by: DCGIRL 1/29/2023 4:19:14 PM (No. 1390149)
Thank you #10, you did the right thing. I support a local humane society that is working with our townships to catch, sterile, vaccinate and release. The cat population is decreasing. They do very good work. Many of the release cats are workers and stay in the local farmer's barns. We had a pregnant cat dropped off when we were building our home here in PA. We had her for 16 years (indoor) and had to put her down recently because of strokes. We still have two of her offspring.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: bighambone 1/29/2023 6:39:15 PM (No. 1390193)
Around here the local Humane Society has hundreds of dogs that could be adopted, almost all are huge pit bulls or some sort of bully dog crosses. They are essentially having a hard time getting people to adopt them because of the chance of such dogs attacking other dogs or people. The law here is that owners of such dogs must carry one hundred thousand dollars liability insurance covering the dog who must always when outside be on a lead and wear a muzzle. As a kid I had a couple of great mixed breed dogs of unknown heritage. Then as a married adult with a good number of children, started out with two pure bred German Shepherd dogs that were great dogs with adults and kids, then a Labrador Retriever of unknown heritage who had great temperament that our son brought home from college. Then we had two hunting line Airedale Terriers, who were born on family farms, and lived with us, one after the other for over 11 years each, both had great temperaments and got along great with everyone. Now we have another Airedale Terrier female who is 8 months old, and right now in the house during the winter is a pain in the neck always wanting attention 24/7, is smart as heck, always thinking that every dog or person she meets wants to play with her. That does not always work out when she meets what is usually a nasty bully type dog on the walking trails who does not want to play but intends to eat her up. She definitely does not realize the trouble she could be in if such dogs ever got loose as she stands there with her tail up barking back at those dogs. I would say from my experience with dogs, that it always just depends on the dog’s temperament that is bred into the dog, and the training that a dog masters, no matter if the dog is a mixed or pure bred dog.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: homefry 1/30/2023 8:22:40 AM (No. 1390378)
Same thing happened with celebrities adopting children from 3rd world countries.
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