Please, help me with dog adoption!?

I have really long and good exterience with dogs. But now when I finally found one I fell in love with in rescue centre, I was told that I cant have it cos we dont have a a garden (even thou there is large linked to our block of flats).


Its kind of a shock for me now, coz I really want that dog.


And I started thinking of asking someone to adopt her for me.


Do you know if house and adopted dog are checked after you take it home. Can one sell or give to a friend the dog after adopting it, is it illigal?





THANK YOU!

Please, help me with dog adoption!?
I understand ur pain!!! I too fell in love with a dog (mind you it was 10 years old and you know how people hardly adopt senior dogs) and they refused me because I rented. I understand their ideas of many people who rent have a higher rate of giving the dog away, but I had papers to prove we already paid a pet fee where we lived!! Needless to say, I found another rescue and brought home the best puppy ever!





They will do home checks after adopting the puppy and do have a legal right to take the puppy, which i'm sure would be heartbreaking if you get attached to the dog. Just try going to different rescues.. it'll work out - good luck!!
Reply:From one of the rescues I've gotten 2 dogs from yes they do check and I had to sign a contract that if I could not keep the dog's I would have to bring them back to the rescue, If I couldn't keep, but knew someone who could take good care of them, that person would have to apply for adoption, find a rescue that does adopt out to people without a yard, if you do it the wrong way you can lose the dog which will hurt both of you.
Reply:Most agencies anymore have the policy that once the pet is adopted, it can not be sold to someone else, but rather returned to the agency to be re-homed. IF they find out that it has been given away, they have the right to go and take the dog from the person who has it. You risk having the animal taken away if they decide to do a home visit to your friends house to check in on the adopted dog and it's not there.
Reply:Garden? What in the world does a garden have to do with adoption?





I recently adopted my 3rd Pom from a rescue group. The process was very tetious and long. The application process was especially nerve wrecking - they asked everything question from our financial status to footage of our home, to the materials our fence was built out of to what kind of dog food we feed.





There are reason for these guidelines and there are certain guidelines that must be met. Once a dog has been adopted out, most agencies have a strick policy that the dog can not be sold and if for any reason something happens the dog has to be returned to the rescue/adoption group.





If this is something you really want and you have met all the appropriate guidelines, then go above their head and ask to talk to their supervisors and or council members - if you want this, don't give up...
Reply:No. When a dog is adopted, you sign papers to return it to the shelter if you cannot keep the dog. So someone else couldn't adopt it and give it to you legally. I don't know where you live, but they do home inspections before and after adoptions where we live.
Reply:You do sign a legally binding adoption contract, stating you will NOT give the dog to someone else after adoption if things don't work out.





Look for another dog elsewhere, this just isn't meant to be. Do not have a friend adopt the dog, and then give it to you.
Reply:Why must you have a garden? Surely they would prefer he stay in the house as much as possible.





Is he a puppy instead of an adult dog?





The rescue groups that gave me my dogs always reserved the right to drop by and check on them.
Reply:Most shelters will not allow people to adopt pets unless they have a yard and most shelters will have it in the contract that the pet is not to be transferred to a new owner without the shleter's consent.
Reply:It is not okay for shelters to disallow people who fall in love with a dog, to adopt it just because there is no garden. I got my dog from a shelter, and I don't have a garden. I believe it is better for my dog, because I actually take the dog and walk him, instead of letting it out for the day to fend for itself. Go back to the shelter. Tell them your point of view, explain how much time you can spend a day to walk the dog, and try to explain why you want the dog so much. Allow them to check up on you to make sure the dog is well cared for, and tell them to give your beloved dog a chance at a happy life. My dog is the happiest in the world, and I love him dearly. You should be allowed to do the same.
Reply:Whether one is required to have a yard to have a dog depends on many things including but not limited to the type of dog, the person's age and whether or not the person has real experience with owning a dog and all the responsiblities that go along with it.





It may seem like it is easy and a lot of fun to walk a dog every morning, evening and night but it is quite a responsiblity especially when it is raining and cold or very hot. There is the responsibility of having to go straight home after work because there is a living creature depending on you there. That means you cannot stop off for a drink with your friends. Not all people will be dedicated enough. Then add to that fact a large and/or active dog who may become destructive becaise he is bored and has not had enough exercise, it gets even more complicated. That is a dog who is shelter bound sooner or later.





It is the rescue group's responsibility to that animal to try to weed out the people who may not be mature enough or understand how much work this can be---day in and day out. They do not want this dog to end up in the same position as it was in when they got it.





Just because you want a dog does not mean that you should have one. If you want proof of that then go visit your local kill shelter. In fact, volunteer in the euthanasia room. Many of these dogs were in homes who thought they wanted a dog, who thought they would walk the dog, who thought they would come home every night and now they are going to die a lonely death.