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| - The only reason I am giving two stars for this rescue is because they at least responded to me via email (a lot of other people reviewing didn't even receive that curtsey from them).
Be prepared to give all background information to this rescue. Do not leave anything out and make sure you are able and comfortable to provide any facts about the information you provide. During the process, you will feel you are adopting a child as opposed to an animal.
The site lists how they are so overpopulated with animals and need to get them adopted to good homes but they will make the potential adopter go through every loop hole to even be CONSIDERED.
In a way, I respect and understand it. They don't want to hand the animals over to just anyone because the animal might end up back in their care down the road if the applicants are completely overlooked. But, I think the whole application process is tedious and a bit over exaggerated.
My husband and I applied for a dog. I was shocked I even got a response via email (after reading other reviews). They wanted to know more about our cat which I was happy to provide. Our cat is the only animal my husband and I adopted together/care for as a married couple. They wanted the name of the vet which I was also happy to provide. In the application, they want to know ALL animals you have had and if you have experience with dogs. My husband and I both have experience with dogs as we grew up with them our whole lives. I was also happy to provide that information in the application. So, once the rescues 'processing department' spoke with our current vet about our ONLY cat, they wanted to call the previous vets of our previous family dogs (that are no longer with us). Mind you, our dogs have passed years ago. Really? As I explained via email back to them, the dogs were family dogs (technically given to my husband and me when we were much younger from our parents). The dogs would be under two completely different vets and both my husband's parents and mine would have to call and allow this kennel to speak with them about it. My husband and I are applying for this dog together as a married couple. The only pet we have and adopted together was our cat. They talked to the vet which gave them all the information they wanted. Why is this even necessary?
In response to my email, I received another email later that night stating the dog was adopted. That's nice. In my opinion, a normal person would understand the circumstances and think; well I did speak with their current vet. Clearly, that is not enough for this rescue. At that point, they might as well take your fingerprints and run a background check too. You may think because they are emailing or calling you about your application you are in the clear- but they are speaking to who knows how many other people about the same dog. After the fact, I read up on their FAQS page (linked to their email) and they state they approve more than one person for the same dog. 'Whoever gets the deposit paid first gets the dog.' So really, what are they more concerned about? Truly finding a good person/family or getting the money for it?
Please, do yourself and family a favor. There are a TON of rescues, shelters, etc. that will make the process of adopting a smooth transition for you and the animal. Save yourself the disappointment.
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