Do you think todays adoption process is necessary?

Question

The adoption centers today often require adopters allow a home inspection and pass on everything a-z. Not to mention pre-adoption forms, normal adoption forms and even post adoption forms. I understand they want a good home for the dogs, but they offer nothing to help you make sure it will work. We want to adopt from a shelter that doesn't offer a in home period where the animals can live with you nor do they offer a backout or return period if it doesn't work out. Where will this crazy crap end? When they get a sample from you?

Not to mention the staff are nasty as hell.

If you say go to another shelter, that would work except I am the picky adopter. I don't like too many animals enough to adopt them. I searched Petfinder over 500 dogs and only 1 I would adopt. Yep, I know picky I am.

I'd gladly jump through hoops for them if they aren't such assholes.

Answer 1

I'm so surprised that they are being so rude to you. Some people are just a--holes and will never change. The fact is, you deal with them a little and then you'll get your dog. I'm sorry to hear they are not being encouraging.

As for the process, unfortunately, it's necessary. Lots of people have adopted pets so they can sell them for research, sell them for a higher price, or even abuse them. There are people who hoard animals and ones who just dispose of them when they get tired of them. So all the questions and the homecheck are for that. They just want to make sure you're a normal person just getting the dog as a pet. When they do the home check, they don't want to go through your stuff; they just want to make sure you don't live in incredible filth, hoard animals, or some other freak situation. The goal is to make sure the dog finds a permanent home with you.

I am so glad to hear that you are adopting- these people are messed up. Adopting is about rescuing your new dog. I hope you will still consider rescue.

Answer 2

I completely think it's needed. They're making it as hard to adopt a dog as a child. That way only the people who honestly want a dog and to give that dog a good home will go through it. So many animals are sent back because it just doesn't work or whatever. If you do feel that the shelter is asking too much or is just a bit rude you could always find another shelter. Or, better yet, ask them politely the reasons behind their negative attitude.

Most shelter staff have seen the best and worst types of people walk in trying to adopt and believe me, after seeing a coupld of the worst I can understand the negative attitude. While you may not be a bad owner, they don't know that. You have to realize they have to deal with people coming in and asking some really not smart questions and making demands on them in ways that really would rub anyone the wrong way.

Answer 3

The adoption process is very neccesary to ensure that he animals are going to a good and safe home. No one thinks they are a bad pet owner, but a lot of people are. If you just ask someone they will say "Oh yeah, I am a perfect dog owner" Then you find out their current dog has never been to the vet and runs loose or is kept chained out in the yard all day every day.

Most reputable shelters will have you sign a contract that if for whatever reason it doesn't work out you are REQUIRED to return the animal to them.

I don't know where you are adopting from but if the people are so rude, find a different shelter or rescue to adopt from.

Answer 4

I know what you mean, it is ridiculous. I wanted to adopt a dog and I had to go through such a rigmarole I told them to forget it. They wanted me to fill out about 10 forms, get a letter of recommendation from my vet etc. It is too bad, I'm sure a lot of these animals are missing out on a good home because if this. The only plus of this pound was they would let you try the dog out.

Answer 5

If you had to rehome your precious pet would you just hand it off to a stranger or would you want a background check, reference check, vet check and home visit to make sure they were going to be treated with the love, kindness and respect you had treated them?

Shelters and rescues save these animals lives and feel responsible for them. The animals cannot speak for themselves so the shelters and rescues must.

Bouncing an animal in and out of houses for "in-home" periods is cruel. The animal just gets confused as it bounces from one place to another, learning new rules, only to be bounced back to the shelter. These animals need stability. That's why there are applications, home visits, etc. The shelter/rescue wants to make sure the adoption is forever. Too many people want an animal, keep it for a few weeks, then decide it's too much work and want to dump it again. NOT FAIR to the animal.

You may think you're a responsible person, but the shelter/rescue has no way of knowing it without all of the "hoops" they ask you to "jump through"

To you it may be "just an animal" but most rescues foster their animals in their homes and treat them as one of the family and want them to be adopted and treated as such.

Answer 6

I think it's absoloutley necessary. They do these checks to decrease the chances of the dogs being sent back into the sytem which further stresses the dogs and increases paperwork for these people.

Most pet shops just want to make money, they don't care who they sell the dogs to. Many of these people abuse them and subject these dogs to inhumane conditions. Some neglect them and get tired of them and send them to shelters or just leave them somewhere.

If you have the animal channel, there is a program that shows all the horrible things that people subject their pets to.

They are just trying to prevent all this from happening. As a pet owner you should be glad they carry out and enforce such strict rules and regulations for adopting a pet...

Answer 7

There are a plethora of shelters that offer dogs and cats and other pets for "adoption" and even "fostering". Many adoptions are available from vets and if you have a local S.P.C.A. they generallt do not do the home visit and checks that the no-kill shelters do. It is really a matter of some somewhat inflated sense of humanitarinism.

Answer 8

If you don't have a relationship there are plenty of children out there that need good homes. This would be a lasting love that will last a lifetime for you both. I would for a boy though, little girls are cute, but you will worry so much more about them. My recommendation, being a single parent myself is find a child that is in school already. Babies are a lot of work with working and all, it wouldn't be fair to either one of you. Good luck and congrats on wanting to be a dad, you will love it.

Answer 9

yes i think it is sooooo stupid now. they are to over obsessive on the whole back yard more than 40ft or summit rediculous like that, and most of the time the inspectors dont even know what the size the dog is your getting!! thats what happend to me and he didnt know what breed or size it was and i only wanted a wee small one, i was raging about it so ive never went to a rescue center again and now i just go to the news paper for ANY animal that i want to buy...

ps i have also got 3 healthy guniea pigs and a dog and 2 birds from the paper and they have all been healthy and ar still happily alive and my dog was my first i gt her when she was one and now she is 13. so ppl cant say that they are not healthy from papers

Answer 10

i think that most of those dogs ended up there because of bad owners and they just dont want to see them back in the shelter agaiN! i think most of it is unnecesarry but i think overall if you pass you are qualified and are ready to have a pet!!