a DOG dilema........

[Ontario Chick]

Oh, @kenya have I inspired you to go shopping ? :)
Things have certainly changed since the last time we have fostered and or adopted a dog.
One of the things I find little worrisome, is the number of dogs brought in by the rescue organizations from other continents.
We were fostering when the dogs from Luisiana came in during "Katrina" rescue and half of them had Heart worm.
Hard to imagine what problems dogs from other continents might be bringing in, even without considering misguided the whole thing might be.

[Shnookie]

I find it really disappointing that shelters all across Canada euthanize thousands of cats and dogs, yet rescue groups import dogs from other countries. One problem I found was that humane societies and shelters all want to adopt pets locally. A few years ago I was interested in adopting 2 Persian cats that were available at a Humane Society in Ontario. I saw them on FindaPet.com. They were both neutered and I was prepared to pay the shipping and adoption fees, but they wouldn't let me adopt them. I think they should create policies and procedures that would allow pet adoptions from non-local humane societies and shelters.

[kenya]

I think humane societies have gotten ridiculous but then so are some of the people adopting. I know of a girl who got a puppy and is mad because it pees and poops in it's crate when left in it for 8-10 hours. I can't believe how stupid she is and flat out told her it's a baby, no baby can hold it that long.
Yes OC I'd love another dog but when I looked at the ad for that dog there were a few things that didn't add up. One place the dog is 3 years, one place says 6 years and the registration says another, plus it's 12 hours away. I've seen other adds with a beautiful golden retriever saying this is the mother this picture has shown up in multiple adds, obviously using someone else's picture.

[Ontario Chick]

Since I started "sort of" looking, I have come across few things that didn't add up, one of them checking posters "other ads" revealed many other breeds for sale.....
Even some breeders, although the website looked promising, double checking for independent reviews showed some real problems.
Wish it was 1968, when I handed over $ 15 and got the best dog ever :)
When did things get this complicated?

[labradors]

I think humane societies have gotten ridiculous but then so are some of the people adopting. I know of a girl who got a puppy and is mad because it pees and poops in it's crate when left in it for 8-10 hours. I can't believe how stupid she is and flat out told her it's a baby, no baby can hold it that long.
Yes OC I'd love another dog but when I looked at the ad for that dog there were a few things that didn't add up. One place the dog is 3 years, one place says 6 years and the registration says another, plus it's 12 hours away. I've seen other adds with a beautiful golden retriever saying this is the mother this picture has shown up in multiple adds, obviously using someone else's picture.

Don't you think that dog looks more like a Pyr? Beware!

[kenya]

Nope looks like an English cream golden retriever, a really nice one at that. That is if that is really that dogs picture or one they took off the internet. I have researched the golden retrievers well and the English cream has a longer life expectancy with fewer incidences of cancer. Plus a lot of Golden's now look just like yellow labs, which I don't like that look.

[labradors]

Since I started "sort of" looking, I have come across few things that didn't add up, one of them checking posters "other ads" revealed many other breeds for sale.....
Even some breeders, although the website looked promising, double checking for independent reviews showed some real problems.
Wish it was 1968, when I handed over $ 15 and got the best dog ever :)
When did things get this complicated?

Ontario Chick, you are SO right! I spent HOURS looking for a good dog in 2009 after we had lost our two wonderful labs within two months of each other. We went to dog shows to see what the breeders were turning out and learned that blocky heads were "in". They looked more like rotties than rotties! We visited a raw-feeding breeder in FL and almost bought from her. (Horrors! We weren't allowed inside the house, and for good reason we found out, as the conditions were not optimal!) I volunteered for months at the humane society, hoping that I would find the perfect dog, but the more time I spent trying to find the purrfect pup, the more despondent I got and we ended up getting a young pup from a local rescue group and she turned out really well :). She doesn't have much lab in her, but a lot of BC traits :).

[labradors]

Nope looks like an English cream golden retriever, a really nice one at that. That is if that is really that dogs picture or one they took off the internet. I have researched the golden retrievers well and the English cream has a longer life expectancy with fewer incidences of cancer. Plus a lot of Golden's now look just like yellow labs, which I don't like that look.

Oh that's interesting Kenya! I don't know much about Golden's (obviously!) Good to know about the English cream variety! I LOVE the Golden temperament :).

Linda

[ross]

It’s not the dogs it’s the lieing people & folks get took cause they believe .

[Ontario Chick]

Nope looks like an English cream golden retriever, a really nice one at that. That is if that is really that dogs picture or one they took off the internet. I have researched the golden retrievers well and the English cream has a longer life expectancy with fewer incidences of cancer. Plus a lot of Golden's now look just like yellow labs, which I don't like that look.

Oh that's interesting Kenya! I don't know much about Golden's (obviously!) Good to know about the English cream variety! I LOVE the Golden temperament :).

Linda

@Kbr42
posted this one, I would give my firstborn for a dog like that
https://www.regalgoldens.com