What I mean is, what happens if the dog was brough in, and its been say... 6 months? and he is still there? Does he remain there forever, well untill he is adopted?
2007-10-10 21:31:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Geez, well which is it?
I think I'll just leave it up to voters, since everyone has a different answer, and I still dont realy know the real answer.
2007-10-11 14:53:04 · update #1
A lot of no-kill shelters 'cheat', in that they only take on animals that have a very good chance of being rehomed. This is how they can exist as no-kill.
Pounds and most large shelters don't have that option- they have to take the animals with behavioural problems or health problems that are either completely unsuitable for adoption or who are unlikely to be adopted and so have to euthanase animals after a certain period of time.
Some shelters have a system of foster carers who look after the dog in their own home until a permanent home can be found. Some of these that I know of, a dog only stays with a particular carer for a couple of months and is then moved on to prevent the carer (and the dog) becoming too attached.
Actually kristen m, this IS the way a lot of no-kill shelters work. I've had to do a lot of shelter and pound work, so I know exactly what I'm talking about.
2007-10-10 21:46:14 · answer #1 · answered by Loz 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Once a dog is accepted into a no-kill shelter he will generally stay there (or in a foster situation) for the duration. I've seen dogs in no-kill shelters for years and it is very sad.
However, the dogs are put through multiple evaluations and temperament tests. If a dog fails due to aggression is is NOT accepted into a no kill facility, it is recommended at that point that any dog that doesn't pass is euthanized.
So yes, the dog already there for 6 months may be there forever, but it's getting IN to the shelter that's hard.
I hope that helped.
2007-10-11 00:54:22 · answer #2 · answered by Rachel 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have only dealt with a few no kill shleters in my area, and I have seen no indication of leaving animals to die alone, or sticking them in a cage and forgetting about them. I see more of that in kill shelters, where the sheer volume of dogs prohibits the amount of attention any of them receive.
The no kill shelter I donate to has many volunteers who come each day to walk, groom and play with dogs. They help to train and in general try to give the dogs as normal a life as they can. In addition, the sickly ones or terminally ill ones usually go into foster care so they can be comfortable. I adopted a very troubled dog from this shelter; she was so traumatized by the kennel environment that the head of the shelter took her home to foster her himself-he knew she wasn't doing well. There are a few dogs who have been there for years, and some of them are old, but their adoption rate is very high, as they are publicized as a very well run shelter with a very big heart. The other two I deal with are much smaller, because of funding, but also with many volunteers who all foster.
I think it really depends on the shelter and who is running it, as well as what kind of volunteer roster it has. I see alot of posts from people who say there are not enough people helping, and that is never the fault of the shelter. I thank my stars I live in an area where there are plenty of people with hearts big enough to help.
I think we should stop blaming most of the shelters and start encouraging people to volunteer-it is after all, all up to us.
2007-10-11 02:03:57 · answer #3 · answered by anne b 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I can't speak for other areas, but the no-kill shelters I deal with in Florida are great. ALL dogs regardless of age or adoptablility are accepted - just like rescue. And the ones that don't get adopted within a certain period of time are either fostered in a volunteer's home or are released to a rescue group that has room to take them. They are not kept in cages. The ones I've dealt with have LARGE outdoor runs with doggie doors leading to inside kennels.
2007-10-11 03:16:14 · answer #4 · answered by Barb 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Usually there is a group of people affiliated with the shelter who will take the dogs, cats etc and foster them in their own homes. The shelter still continues to supply the food etc for the animal and it is still available for adoption if anybody asks.
These animals are generally advertised via photographs and if you want to see them you have to arrange to visit them at the foster-carer's home.
This way the animal gets a semblance of a normal life and any visitors get to see it in a home environment.
That's how it works in the UK anyway.
Terminally ill animals are NOT left to suffer.
2007-10-10 22:34:48 · answer #5 · answered by Debi 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
apparently a lot of people are misinformed about no kill shelters... the animals are not euthanized obviously, and the shelters do not "cheat" by taking only easily adoptable animals either. im from BC and none of our SPCAs here, or i believe in the rest of canada have a euthanizing policy. a lot of animals the SPCA here gets are rescues from puppy mills or animal hoarders. they arent in good condition and do require rehabilitation. some animals are in the SPCA for 6 months or more, but they are hardly left in the cage to rot and die...they are taken for daily walks around the neighborhood, allowed in the exercise yard, groomed, ect. and of course suffering or terminally ill dogs are euthanized for humane reasons if need be. if the animal is not adopted within a few months, they will often transfer that animal to another branch in the province, to see if it has a better chance of adoption in another area. the BC SPCA's are very busy and sometimes crowded, but they get along well, are clean and keep the animals healthy and happy. so i dont see the need for a euthanizing policy because we have learned to deal with overcrowding here in an efficient and managble way.
2007-10-10 22:52:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
They send any dog they don't think they can sell to a kill shelter. No Kill shelters don't deal with unsellable dogs.
2007-10-10 23:10:11 · answer #7 · answered by mama woof 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
In most cases yes. Usually left in a cage fro the rest of it's life what a wonderful life he will have.
But that's not as bad as the one that's 10 years old and has cancer and urinates all over itself but it's a no kill shelter and the dog is left to die in a cage. What a wonderful place but it's not killed as it's a NO KILL shelter
2007-10-10 22:26:08 · answer #8 · answered by Kit_kat 7 · 3⤊ 5⤋
Yeah, they sit there until someone adopts it or fosters it.
2007-10-10 21:43:06 · answer #9 · answered by J 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
there euthanized
2007-10-10 21:43:17 · answer #10 · answered by s.p 3 · 3⤊ 8⤋