over-stringent rehoming requirements and an adoption fee of 100-150 being too high? It's time for a reality check. There are some very good rescues and adoption programmes out there who work 18 hours a day for their dogs, and that 100-150 is a bargain for adopting a dog who is vaccinated, wormed, neutuered, assessed, clean, in good condition and maybe even microchipped. Over stringent homing requirements? What? A fenced garden is too demanding? Not adopting to homes where the dog will have to sleep outside at night is being picky? What's so stringent about that? It's called responsible dog ownership. It's what you do to make sure the greyhound you took in goes to a home as a pet and not some thing out in the back garden who gets a bit of food thrown out to it once a day. It's too make sure the dog is adopted as a real pet and member of the family. And yes, there are many who give the dog away without checking. They end up as strays and get pulled out of the pound by adoption programmes. And when they are traced to the last registered owner, that person says "ooooh, I gave that dog away MONTHS ago! Sure he was a real nice man." |