adopting a dog from a shelter?

[foreigngirl]

Anyone has any experience with this? We were looking at few Pit Bulls between the ages of 8 months - 2 years. Some people have not even called me back about the dogs I was interested in. If I go at one of the pets supply stores where they show them to people, would I be able to get a dog faster?

Is it worth adopting one? I just feel bad, I dont want them put to sleep. And I dont want a baby, I kinda want a dog thats already house trained. But I dont know how older dogs would accept children of 2 and 5

 

[puddlemonkey]

Tough call when children are involved. Personally I wouldn't go pit if its not a pup, you don't know how it was raised.

 

[jnevin]

My friend has rescued his last two dogs and they've been amazing. I'll probably do that from here on out since I don't have time to train a puppy. Some rescues like the dobie rescue I've been looking at are pretty picky about who they let adopt. I was looking into adopting one a couple of months ago and they came to my house and told me I had to put a higher fence in before I could take one home.

 

[vixensghost]

Sorry, I would NOT trust a pit bull no matter what age or someone had to say about their disposition.

It's wonderful that you're trying to adopt a pet from the shelter though. Perhaps you can change your mind on the breed?


Good luck!

 

[jnevin]

Get a dobie. I've never had a better dog.

 

[foreigngirl]

As Jnevin said, I dont have time to train a dog either, dealing with 2 kids at the same time. But what They look at is also how many hours would the dog be at the house on its own. And my answer to that is - none. I am a stay-at-home mom, so the dog would have attention 24/7


Puddles - a friend of ours told us the same, but I dont have the nerv to be teaching a pup and my husband doesnt want a lab, which would be fine with me

Here are the dogs I have been looking at:

Brutus:
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=8859679

Willow:
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=8990829

Ladybug:
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=5916779

Toby:
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=8784864

Missy:
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=8872497

Princess:
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=8884583

 

[jnevin]

Fahk, I love dogs.

 

[foreigngirl]

Sorry, I would NOT trust a pit bull no matter what age or someone had to say about their disposition.

It's wonderful that you're trying to adopt a pet from the shelter though. Perhaps you can change your mind on the breed?


Good luck!

My husband doesnt want a lab, cuz its too friendly to people....So I figured eithe r arottie, pit bull, bulldog or a dobbie.

Get a dobie. I've never had a better dog.

I would love to, but they didnt have any available for adoption. All they had is mixes of shepards, pit bulls, labs and some small rat dogs. I saw a beautifull rottie, but they dont know anything about her, so I wouldnt risk taking her home to my 2 kids

 

[jnevin]

http://www.utahdobes.org/augies.htm#DOBES

I'd take every one of these if my yard was big enough.

 

[jh1]

I'd so put up a fence and get 3 dogs, but with having to go out of town even a 24 hours every couple of weeks is too much.

Suxors worse that that fag ^^^