Yesterday our SPCA had an 11/11/11 event. They opened at 11 and intended to stay open to 11pm. They had 123 pets available for adoption at $11 a pet. Plus, free licensing and microchipping. They were astounded. By 6pm all of the 123 pets had new homes! Awesome!
I have never heard of anything like this before - what a great idea!!!!! Did they still check out the new owners though? Here all new owners have to be vetted and their house checked to make sure it is suitable for the pet.
Here you have to pay a lot of money to adopt a pet from a re-homing centre and the process can take weeks because the people and the home have to be approved then you get a visit to check on the dog after it has been with you a few weeks and they have to see evidence that it has been registered with a vet.
I'm sure they did. I actually have a 'thing' with the SPCA. I love that they exist, and I got one of my beagles from them years ago. But now they require you to bring any pets you have to the shelter so they can make sure the dogs all get along. I can't do that for physical reasons, which means I can't adopt from them. I think that's sad, and it makes me very angry.
Many rescues here have the same requirement, eg, you have to bring along an existing pet. I have mixed views on the rule tbh....while ideally the dogs would get along together from the word go, sometimes it can take a while for the dogs to settle in together and get used to each other. Someone I knew took her dog to meet the dog in rescue, the 2 of them got along great at the meeting, they played fantastic with each other and looked like soul mates, on the way home, one dog growled at the other and the biggest dog fight on earth erupted.....
My dogs have always had their noses pushed out of joint, what with foster dogs and boarders, but they don't care anymore, one comes, one goes, life carries on.....
When my mum adopted a couple of years ago she had to take her existing dog to meet the dog she was planning to adopt. The existing dog is almost blind, frail and elderly, he got on fine with the new dog and they have since become great mates, but the cost to the older dog was massive. He was also a rescue dog and as soon as we got to the car park I am sure he could smell the fear and sadness of the place and he clung to my mum as if he feared that he would be left there. Once he got home it took him several weeks to get over his experience, then the new dog was finally released to my mum and having her around seemed to clear the older dog up a bit. In future I would think very carefully before agreeing to take a dog of mine to a re-homing centre to meet a new dog.
I just don't believe in the process because I do think it takes some time. My dogs have all come singularly. I've had 2 to 3 dogs at a time, each acquired differently at different times. We just always introduced them carefully and made sure love was spread around. We never had a dog not bond with the dogs already there. It really makes me angry that they have this rule.
Back to the event, they actually did it all weekend. The 123 dogs were all gone Friday, so they brought in dogs from other nearby shelters and ended up finding homes for a total of 250 pets.
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