Re: The Dog Whisperer

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:34:13 -0500, diddy <diddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

in thread news:p1a7b2dtognv1kkathn7a02lhkmvn6j6m2@xxxxxxx: sighthounds &
siberians <x@xxxxxxxxx> whittled the following words:

On 10 Jul 2006 22:00:19 -0700, javagsd@xxxxxxxxx wrote:


sighthounds & siberians wrote:

A lot of groups will contact people from other rescues, even other
breed rescues, in situations like that. I think it's kind of silly to
let a good home slip away because of distance - - there has to be a
better solution.

It isn't just the home visit. There's also the difficulty of doing
long distance support or intervention if there are problems.

Yes, I know.

Mustang Sally



I wouldn't need long distance intervention or support. Nor short distance
either, for that matter

Really, most people don't, for this breed. There are breed-specific
questions and concerns, but we don't often see the type of behavioral
issues that might be more common in other breeds, and most of them can
be solved with a little common sense and a decent obedience class.
It's the job of the adoption group to identify dogs with issues that
need more experienced foster homes/owners. Certainly people return
dogs they've adopted, but it usually isn't because of a behavioral
problem they were unable to solve.

Adoption groups don't know the people who are applying to them, of
course. But I think it's possible to know your dogs, and to evaluate
potential foster homes/adopters and their levels of dog experience, so
that a placement could be made in a situation like this. It isn't as
though you live in Wyoming, after all. It's too bad you didn't
contact us, Diddy; we'd have worked with you.

Mustang Sally

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