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From:Canfield, Ohio 44406
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posted 02-23-2004 06:34 PM         

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We went to a local shelter tonight to look into adopting a new family member, they asked us about our lifestyles and if we had any other pets. Of course I said yes. Well, then the lady went on about our pets, and asked if our dog was neutered. I said no, and she said I would have to get himn fixed before they would let me adopt one of their pets. I told her that was out of the question, Since I am considering breeding Zeus in a couple of years, if he passes all of the health tests and after I have him examined by the AKC. I feel that he is of excellent Breed standard, plus he has a great temperment. Well, she asked me if I had his papers and I said yes and then she asked me what breed and I told her Rottweiler. She gave me a really nasty look. She judged me and decided that I cannot adopt a dog because of my Zeus. Like I want a "BAIT" dog or something. I just want another companion, and a friend for Zeus to romp with. I cannot believe this. I am so mad at that place.

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posted 02-23-2004 10:11 PM         

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keep spreading the word about this place! thats just unfair and rude what happened to you.

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posted 02-23-2004 11:01 PM         

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Thats horrible! Rotties are wonderfully sweet and affectionate dogs. Its not like you were trying to adopt a baby kitten or something! I feel you though....I have had horrible experiences personally with the SPCA in vegas, the main shelter, and the humane society here in vegas. The only shelter I THOUGHT was okay...was on the news recently as they were adopting out cats they had picked up that were microchipped! They hadnt been scanning any of their animals so owners would come to claim their pets only to find out someone else owned them now. I no longer have a blind faith that these kinds of places do everything in the best interest of their animals seeing how I have yet to have no horrible experiences with any. Sometimes rescuing animals from these organizations is a rescue in itself....you're not saving a dog from the street...you're saving it from people that dont deserve to be caring for animals.

Maybe there is someone else that could give you a second opinion or a second interview? Or maybe it is one of the places you can bring your own dog to to see if your dog is compatible with other dogs?

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posted 02-24-2004 06:22 AM         

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gotta play the devil's advocate on this one...think of the number of dogs shelters have to PTS every year cause of irresponsible people not spaying/neutering (I'm not implying you are on that list BTW). I can understand why they would hesitate to adopt to someone who does want to breed. The people working in shelters see a lot due to dog/cats not being wanted.

The shelter I volunteer for gets purebred Rotties all the time, this past weekend a beautiful all Saint Bernard was adopted out. They have a Basset Hound, a white Shepherd - all of these dogs were probably the product of a good intention breeding also...now they sit at the shelter hoping to find a forever home.

I'm not saying you won't be careful where your puppies end up and I'm not saying you'll be irresponsible about the breeding of your Rottie...but looking at this from the shelter's perspective I can understand where they are coming from. I know a rescue group that would never adopt their cats out to potential breeders either...they see so much in rescuing these animals.

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posted 02-24-2004 08:43 AM         

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Mary I can understand where you are coming from except in the fact that all the pets from this particular shelter are fixed before they go to their new homes. So, even still I don't understand why my dog has to be fixed.... It's not like I can breed my dog with a desexed dog anyway. And we are preferring to get a male, so even if it wasn't fixed before it got to my home, I don't think two males can make puppies. Zeus is a very affectionate dog. In fact he likes to "mother" and bathe my male cat. But anyways, we have decided to look at the local pounds, and rescue a dog from death row. He locally they give each dog that comes in 10 day to be there. SO we are going to keep calling them and see what they have. I am just upset about the prejudice of some people when it comes to certain dogs.

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posted 02-24-2004 08:47 AM         

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Rottiezues, I can understand the issue of your dog not being fixed and they have concerns, but if you have the papers, to prove she is a pure bred, it should be okay. But of all places to say no because you have a rottie is inexuable. I would make a complaint against the shelter or that particular person. It could be just the person and not the thoughts of the shelter. Many shelters have strict adoption rules and I am all for it most of the time. where we used oto live our shelter had very srict adoption rules. someone he worked with tried adopting a dog and had 2 boys under 5 and they said no.
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posted 02-24-2004 09:13 AM         

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Whether a persons dog at home is fixed or not should be a non issue..I dont know a single shelter that lets dogs go home unfixed. I know of one shelter that does not fix their kittens simply because 75% of the kittens that leave the shelter die due to upper resp. and they wish to save money and not waste time spaying animals that have such a low chance of survival BUT they always fix the puppies no matter the age.

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posted 02-24-2004 11:19 AM         

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I think the feeling is that if a pet owner is responsible, they will get their dog fixed. However, in the case of a purebred, this rule should not apply.

I agree that discriminating against rottweilers is unfair. They should at least want to meet Zeus and evaluate him with whichever dog you were interested in.

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posted 02-24-2004 12:22 PM         

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Oh I have to start typing slower and re-read my message, I am so embarrassed by what I just typed! And you are right the animal comes to you fixed so why do they care!
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posted 02-24-2004 01:54 PM         

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A couple years ago when we tried to adopt another dog, we lived on the same property as our in laws. They had a female that was not fixed and we were looking into a female. They would not let us get one because we were honest and told them that our in laws had one. Then we went to another shelter who would not let us adopt b/c we lived too far away from the shelter. I have to tell you we really wanted to help out a dog in a shelter but no one would let us have one. I can understand if dogs of a seperate sex were going to be together but two females? WE live out in the country so every shelter is far away. Anyway we finally found a nice dog at a petsmart where a shelter was having an adoption day, they did not mind that we lived far away and said since she was fixed it was not a problem having another dog on the property. So long story short we got our dog and she was a great companion but sure didnt think it was going to be that hard to adopt a dog. Good luck Rottie in finding a new companion.

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posted 02-25-2004 03:39 PM         

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OH MAN. BEEN THERE DONE THAT RECENTLY ROTTIE. I GOT SO AGGRAVATED AT THE RED TAPE AT SEVERAL PLACES THAT I WROTE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE TOWN'S PAPER. IT IS PRACTICALLY AS IF THEY DO NOT WANT THESE ANIMALS ADOPTED. I ENDED UP AT A PUPPY RESCUE AND WAS EASILY ABLE TO ADOPT THE PUPPY I WANTED. SHE IS TRULY A SWEETHEART TOO AND THE OTHER TWO DOGS AND CAT GET ALONG FAMOUSLY WITH HER. THEY SEEM TO BE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT CHILDREN. MINE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AROUND ANIMALS, LARGE AND SMALL. THEY SHOULD JUDGE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS BECAUSE EVERYONE IS NOT IRRESPONSIBLE AND THEY BYPASS MANY GREAT HOMES FOR THESE POOR ANIMALS.

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posted 02-25-2004 09:53 PM         

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YIKES, I know what you've gone through! 2 months ago my husband & I adopted a beautiful Shepherd/Chow mix from our local shelter. We had to wait until our application was verified and they even went as far as contacting our vet to verify we were "good people" that took care of their pets. I understand the need to make sure pets go to good homes but this was a little extreme. I even had to show the last exam/shot record for our deceased 17 & 15 year old American Eskimos (one passed away last year and the other 4 months ago). After that entire ordeal and we brought Rusty home, we found out that he had Distemper. We cared for him for 3 weeks before we had to put him down and we were devistated! In going through all this, we were able to contact a dog sanctuary outside of town and have adopted again. This was a wonderful experience and I would encourage you to look at adopting from a rescue group or sanctuary. They actually care about the animals there and can help you make a great match with someone.

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