Question about animal shelter?????

Question

I will be moving to Japan and will need to find a new home for my 1 year old female Boxer who I love dearly but cannot take her with! How do animal shelters care for owner turn in dogs or should I just try to give her away with and add in the paper? This is my first pet and this is so hard for me because I want her to have a loving home! Can you tell me how animal shelters work?

Answer 1

Is she a purebred? If so, find a breed rescue. They will find her the best home possible. If that doesnt work, next would be to find a NO KILL shelter. They will make sure she is healthy and screen owners to get her a wonderful home. If you want, adopt her out yourself, however you always have to worry about people wanting her for the wrong reason and not knowing what to look for when placing her. Thats why you should find a breed rescue or a no kill shelter (preferrably one with foster homes instead of kennels). Good luck, but im going to say this, next time you decide to get an animal, make sure you are in the sitiuation where you can keep it its whole life before jumping into it. Animals are not disposable and you should look at every option you can possibly look at before giving them up. (not saying that you havent, just remember this in the future and dont get another pet for a LONG time)

Answer 2

Contact the Boxer Rescue agency in your area. You can type "boxer rescue" and your state into a web browser and voila! you get contacts. Here is a more national site:

http://americanboxerrescue.org/

Rescue organizations understand the specific requirements of the breed and will find appropriate owners. However, they are sometimes short of foster families. Hopefully you didn't wait until the last minute to place your dog and can keep her with you until the rescue either finds a new owner or a foster family. Please offer them some money so they can keep doing this important service.

I would avoid animal shelters except as a last resort. If they are required to take all dogs that people bring them (like the Humane Society in my area), and they don't have room, they have no choice but to put them down. Other animal shelters (that are not required to take all dogs) are typically full.

If you bought your dog from a reputable breeder, contact them. They are often willing to take the dog back and either keep her or re-home her. Of course, don't expect a refund.

I would not use a newspaper. They are expensive and you will not be in the position of checking up on the dog in the future to ensure it got a good home. If you must use advertising, please do a home visit, require that the new owners sign a contract (dog won't be sold for research, won't be used in fighting, will be seen by vet, won't be kept outdoors, etc.), and contact their references. You can also list your dog on petfinders.com.

I know that you are moving to a country that has a very long quarantine period (6 months I think) so that moving your dog with you is not an option. I just ask everyone to realize that owning a dog is a 15 year commitment and if you know you will be moving out of country, either don't get the dog or ensure beforehand that you can take it with you. I realize that either you didn't know you would be going to Japan or that you didn't know you couldn't take your pet with you. It is obvious you care about her.

Answer 3

I would recommend you finding a Boxer Rescue group only because most of them are no kill shelters and take better care of the dog until it finds a new home. I would feel very uneasy about dropping a dog off at a shelter, Only because the stay kenneled until they find a new home. Some dogs change and become unwanted dogs. If there are any behavior issues alot of times the dog is put to sleep and the shelters only hold the dog for so long until they are put to sleep. Time frames vary depending on the shelter size.

Answer 4

I have worked in an animal Shelter for about 8 going on 9 years. The shelter i work at screen the people before we let them adopted a dog or a cat. The dogs go through a temperament test and as long as they pass they stay there in till they are adopted or as long as they can handle being in a kennel all the time. Not that ours are they come out into the front office with us too. We only can have 18 dogs at one time, i know of others shelters that have alot more at one time. But if it is a prue breed i would take it to a rescue.

Answer 5

Shelter dogs are usually kept in a cag/kennel run. They are fed and watered and usually taken outside to go to the batroom, but other than that, there isn't a whole lot more the staff can do because there are just so many animals. You can try an ad in the paper, or find a rescue for boxers, or find a no-kill shelter. She's young which gives er an advantage in a shelter, but still no guarantee she'll get adopted. I know it's going to be hard to give her up, I had to give up 2 dogs when I was 6, and I still miss them.

Answer 6

I've always heard that after 5-7 days at a shelter the animal is put down. I'm sure it depends on the state in which you live. My suggestion would be to post some flyers at your local pet supply store, or as you said in a newspaper. It depends on what you feel is best for your dog. Do you want to take the chance of giving him to an owner that could possibly be abusive or have him put to sleep at a shelter. Not an easy decision. Good Luck

Answer 7

Try putting an add in the paper and see if anyone would want her. There are animal shelters that will put a dog to sleep after a certain amount of time if nobody wants the animal. I really would not take a chance.

Answer 8

For all you human beings announcing NO, i imagine your questioning about how the undesirable lil animals get killed for no reason. My husband works for animal facilities and that i comprehend what hazards there are. How may you experience if a rabid dogs growls and tries to bites you and chases you? Or a feral cat that scratches and bites you till you BLEED. OR the ill little kittens that are going to have a loooong drawn out lack of existence. i'm enthusiastic about the killing of those animals because it makes the typical public AND different animals safer! And no I dont accept as true with them killing animals after a week yet that in common words occurs at FEW animal shelters interior the country. What else may you do with the overpopulated animals? they say there is 7 dogs for a million human...thats the clarification everyone could spay or neuter their dogs and cats. so that they dont have un necessary positioned downs.

Answer 9

Don't take her to a shelter! She might never make it out! Don't offer her "free to good home". I like the others ideas about rescue groups or no-kill shelters. If I didn't already have two dogs I would seriously want your dog. I love boxers!

Answer 10

Boxer rescue is your best bet. You can go to the AKC website and look under rescues and find the Boxer rescue that is closer to you. NEVER put and ad in the paper, because you never know who would get the dog. If you take the dog to the shelter, you never know what will happen to her.

If you live in Florida, e-mail me. I may be able to help you out. Good luck to you!