BS Gal
Voted Nicest in 08
I got really pissed off at that form. I found it very invasive. CAWL's is much easier and they don't ask you to list every sin you have ever committed in your entire life.
Try them. You'll adore them.
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I got really pissed off at that form. I found it very invasive. CAWL's is much easier and they don't ask you to list every sin you have ever committed in your entire life.
Try them. You'll adore them.
Cowgirl
Well-Known Member
I adopted Scooter from SMAWL 12 yrs ago, and it was very easy. Shoot, Ros (Roz?) even let us take him home without paying the fee first. We payed her the next day. I guess it's changed a lot.
When I adopted Tucker from Animal Control here, they practically threw him in the car with me.
I guess it's changed a lot. When I adopted Tucker from Animal Control here, they practically threw him in the car with me.
BS Gal
Voted Nicest in 08
I adopted Scooter from SMAWL 12 yrs ago, and it was very easy. Shoot, Ros (Roz?) even let us take him home without paying the fee first. We payed her the next day.
When I adopted Tucker from Animal Control here, they practically threw him in the car with me.
We got Tipper from them 16 years ago and they were very easy. Times have changed, I guess.
CraneTaker77
New Member
The rescue groups that charge an adoption fee are right in there ways. Think about it, the cat/dog comes neutered/spayed, it has its shots the cats have been tested for FELV and Feline aids. If you were to just find a cat or dog and go to a vet like Tidewater, you would be paying well over $200 dollars.It is cheap in no way to get your pet vetted, and I'm sure all you animal lovers know that, heck it's just as expensive to take your cat/dog to the vet as me going to my doctor. I just adopted a kitten from the Tri-County and it cost us $85 dollars, after they put down the first kitten I picked out and failed to call us and tell us,that it tested positive for Feline aids. Which I still think sounds kind of fishy. So on the obligation that we would get him fixed they let me take my kitten I picked home that night. There was no way I was leaving my poor Charlie there another night. Since my boyfriend rents we also had to get a note from his landlords saying that we could have a pet. Which I don't mind because ALOT of people get a pet and turn right around and give it up because they're landlord wont allow it.
After the trouble I went through with the pound, the next time I adopt, I'm definately going to a rescue group.
After the trouble I went through with the pound, the next time I adopt, I'm definately going to a rescue group.
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Chasey_Lane
Salt Life
He's the psycho one, right? Can you blame them?When I adopted Tucker from Animal Control here, they practically threw him in the car with me.
Cowgirl
Well-Known Member
He's the psycho one, right? Can you blame them?
He's not the psycho one. He's the lovebug that pees in the house. He'd been there a month.
Chasey_Lane
Salt Life
I got confuseded.
foodcritic
New Member
Camily,
I learned a long time ago on this forum that you can never say anything that is negative toward animals or animal rescue groups and not expect to get your head cut off with nasty comments.
camily
Peace
I knew it was coming. But I knew there are reasonable people that would know what I mean as well. It wasn't so much about the money as the "we'll decide if your worthy of Spike or wether we should keep him in a foster home longer" attitude. Isn't a vet referral enough to proove that you care for your pets if you currently have them. Shot records and the like? CAWL's contract says they can come and inspect your home at any time after the adoption. Forever.
Maybe that's standard, even at the pound and Humane Society.
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MysticalMom
Witchy Woman
I have a good friend who fostered for a dog rescue in No. Va. This rescue got loads of puppies and dogs from shelters in North Carolina all the time. (This particular rescue was also busted some months back for having too many dogs at the facility and were shut down.)
At one time she was fostering 11 dogs at one time (kept separately from her own 3 HUGE great danes) that she fed, took care of, crate trained herself, loved, made sure they were vetted and fixed and got them ready for their forever homes. Once she got 5 YOUNG puppies with Parvo. She nursed those puppies back herself. Staying up all night and even giving them the intravenous fluids and everything! None of the other dogs in the house got it. I saw the work and time and vet care that went into those puppies. It took over her life! ( not to mention her gigantic house)
She had some that would come back to her over and over for one reason or another but she never gave up.
I know the application process can be tedious and sometimes even ridiculous, but rescuers usually just REALLY want to make sure that the placed dogs are placed in good, loving, FOREVER homes They get tired of and don't want them to end up chained up outside, being shuffled around anymore than they already have or worse yet, end up at a kill shelter.
Sorry Cam. I think It's worth the process and every penny!
At one time she was fostering 11 dogs at one time (kept separately from her own 3 HUGE great danes) that she fed, took care of, crate trained herself, loved, made sure they were vetted and fixed and got them ready for their forever homes. Once she got 5 YOUNG puppies with Parvo. She nursed those puppies back herself. Staying up all night and even giving them the intravenous fluids and everything! None of the other dogs in the house got it. I saw the work and time and vet care that went into those puppies. It took over her life! ( not to mention her gigantic house)
She had some that would come back to her over and over for one reason or another but she never gave up.
I know the application process can be tedious and sometimes even ridiculous, but rescuers usually just REALLY want to make sure that the placed dogs are placed in good, loving, FOREVER homes They get tired of and don't want them to end up chained up outside, being shuffled around anymore than they already have or worse yet, end up at a kill shelter.
Sorry Cam. I think It's worth the process and every penny!
Cowgirl
Well-Known Member
That's not true at all. I, for one, have complained about rescue groups being too picky before.
Well, your first sentence was about money. :shrug: That's why I responded about money.
BS Gal
Voted Nicest in 08
CAWL's contract says they can come and inspect your home at any time after the adoption. Forever.
Maybe that's standard, even at the pound and Humane Society.
CAWL has never been back to my house in over a year. :shrug:
desertrat
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camily
Peace
tipsymcgee
Active Member
The Beagle Rescue of Southern MD doesn't even talk to you if you don't have a fully fenced yard. And I mean fully fenced. That just seems so counteractive given the number of beagles. Some rescue orgs do come across kind of high and mighty.
I think the visit by most people is to really see the home and situation, not inspect. I think they're just getting a feel for you and the home situation, cleanliness, etc.
But if you believe in rescue, the difference in fees shouldn't stop you.
I think the visit by most people is to really see the home and situation, not inspect. I think they're just getting a feel for you and the home situation, cleanliness, etc.
But if you believe in rescue, the difference in fees shouldn't stop you.
SPF001
New Member
We have one dog from tri-county and one from SMAWL. We have had them over 6 years and with don't know if I would be accepted with the new rules/regulations. We have a vet out once a year to check on the farm animals (horses, goats, sheep) for blood work and rabies shots. The dogs go to a rabies clinic every couple years and we do all the other shots ourselves. I can't see paying a vet 3-10 times the cost of a vaccine on 20 animals. I order them online. The only one we can't do is rabies. so a $1 shot costs us between $5-$10 at the clinic. The vets wanted between $25 and $50.
We have asked to foster a dog for a couple places and they haven't asked us to fill out any background checks or anything so our next dog will be a foster dog. Our neighbor has 4 she fosters and over the last 3 years has only had 1 get a home. Sounds like a great deal to me, free healthy dog.
Think about it, it might make sense??
We have asked to foster a dog for a couple places and they haven't asked us to fill out any background checks or anything so our next dog will be a foster dog. Our neighbor has 4 she fosters and over the last 3 years has only had 1 get a home. Sounds like a great deal to me, free healthy dog.
Think about it, it might make sense??