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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 08:47:18 No.1987597 View Reply Report Delete

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>NEET
>want to get a dog
>local humane society asks way too many questions
>i have enough money to support a dog, but they still judge me
>nope, you can't have a dog
>i don't want to buy a dog from a sub-standard breeder
>don't want to spend $2,500 on a purebred puppy with all the papers either

What do I do now?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 08:51:03 No.1987598 Report Delete

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Do you know why they rejected you? That might help.

You could try other shelters/rescue groups. Or look on craigslist--often times people having to give their dog away for one reason or another will advertise there. You can even find tons of "free puppy" ads from people who had accidental litters.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 08:55:38 No.1987600 Report Delete

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>>1987597
Stop being a NEET

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 09:01:54 No.1987601 Report Delete

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>>1987597
Get a job then get a dog so you can make sure its properly cared for you lazy piece of shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 09:16:35 No.1987604 Report Delete

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When you have a job they tell you you won't give a puppy enough time, when you don't have a job they tell you you cant support a puppy.
Get a puppy from a farmer or yokel, look on Facebook groups dedicated to working dogs / dogs for sale. Gumtree, pets4homes ect.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 09:26:33 No.1987609 Report Delete

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>>1987597
Don't buy a dog then. There are plenty of free dogs if you looks at the classifieds. Unwanted puppies, older dogs that the owners can't keep and won't last long in shelters, dogs with minor behaviour problems. Just scope it out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 09:46:18 No.1987615 Report Delete

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>>1987597
If you live in the US, and you don't have at least 2-3000$ disposable income saved up, then don't get a dog. Personally I think you should fix your NEET problem before anything because like it or not, it is a problem.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 10:43:40 No.1987635 Report Delete

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>>1987598
>You could try other shelters/rescue groups.
this, basically. I'm not a NEET, but I am a hikikomori just the same, and I was able to find a rescue that didn't care about a home visit.

granted, it was a shitty rescue who lied about a lot of things (like that the puppy had been dewormed, vet-checked and given a good bill of health, that he'd already been microchipped and that he would be neutered before he came to me), but I got my dog nonetheless and he's great.

weim

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weim Thu 29 Oct 2015 10:44:36 No.1987636 Report Delete

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>>1987597
Craigslist or another shelter. Some shelters are crazy strict, while others try to reach a certain number of adoptions per day. Depends on who runs it and how much money they have. Shelling out that much money on a purebred tho? What kind of dog do you want? :|

A shelter that is literally across the road from me rejected my bf and I because we weren't married and they worry about couples splitting up and the dog ending up in the shelter again. They also wanted all of my roommates which were 3 other people at the time to be present at the shelter and at the home visit which was nearly impossible.

A shelter 30 min away in a different city was more than happy to adopt a dog out to us as long as we didn't keep him as an outdoor dog. They were actually fucking thrilled to have us take him and paid for most of his heartworm treatment.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 10:50:43 No.1987642 Report Delete

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>>1987597
>local humane society asks way too many questions
>i don't want to buy a dog from a sub-standard breeder

Craigslist dogs are exactly the same dogs that end up at the humane society a year or two later.

Get a free dog from Craigslist before the owners give it to a shelter. Win-win.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 01:25:09 No.1988167 Report Delete

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>>1987615
I have $50K in savings.

I can provide financially for a dog.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 01:44:34 No.1988176 Report Delete

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>>1987597

Craigslist

Alternatively, find a local kill shelter. They're a little less choosy than the humane society is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 14:13:46 No.1988444 Report Delete

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I'm always suspicious of these threads

you still haven't told us why they rejected you, anon, and they would have given you a reason . and was it just one dog you were stuck on that didn't fit your situation, or did they flat out say they wouldn't adopt out to you at all? these are important questions

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 14:20:17 No.1988450 Report Delete

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>>1988176
>They're a little less choosy than the humane society is
"humane society" is an unregulated term and organizations that call themselves humane societies aren't related to eachother

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 15:04:55 No.1988471 Report Delete

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Where the fuck you yall live

What shelter is so stingy about who adopts stray dogs? Fucking home visits? Is this a meme like penis inspections? Here as long as you pay the 70 bucks and dont say you're going to fuck it or something its yours, they're trying to get as many animals out the door as they can.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 15:34:49 No.1988484 Report Delete

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>>1988471
the thing is, shelters can never please people, since theyre always either super impatient and just want whatever dog they can get for cheap or they actually want to know the dog behaviorally will fit their situation. adopting out dogs the way that the shelter you mentioned does is typicaly an extreme liability, and it's why shelters now have a bad rap for adopting out "dogs that randomly snap", because old style high kill shelters just don't give a shit and give any dog to anyone. everyone complains about shelters being choosy about who they adopt to, but if they aren't then most of their dogs would wind up being returned or put through rehoming roulette on Craigslist.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 15:49:02 No.1988490 Report Delete

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>>1988471
>70 bucks
Is the dog fully vetted though? like spay/neuter, dewormed, flea control, med check, behavior check, vaccinated, stuff like that? cause those kinds of shelters are notorious for adopting out really sick or aggressive dogs and not telling the person. just all around low quality

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:30:16 No.1988522 Report Delete

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>>1988490
Yep, all that

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:20:01 No.1988601 Report Delete

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>>1988471
Yeah, here they do that for 100~150€ depending on the shelter.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:26:44 No.1988610 Report Delete

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Lie. They're not the Irs. They're not going to call your job. Go back and say you've been hired somewhere. It's understandable why they have the rule. But too many dogs are homeless and euthanized for such strict adherence when there is an exception that will work. I don't know why they are so strict when it won't prevent you from getting a dog. You may as well not support bybs or irresponsible owners by getting one elsewhere. So just lie for the good of the dog and to save the shelter from itself.

That's what I did when a shelter got uppity about me living in a condo instead of a house despite it being a condo that is open to dogs and I own. So I just went to another and called it a house. Fuck it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:36:05 No.1988622 Report Delete

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>>1988167
>conveniently avoiding the "why did they reject you" question

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