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Old 06-10-2009, 05:42 AM
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Re: Rhianna, Cross x Staffie, 5 years old

she is so beautiful, bless her!

Why is there a geographical restriction on rehoming dogs? If a prospective owner is willing to travel so far for a rescue dog, I would be more than happy to rehome to them. I work in rescue and I think it's lovely when people adopt our dogs from a bit further away, because it shows that they are commited to that dog and aren't just picking any old dog from the nearest rescue and saying "that'll have to do cos nobody else will rehome to us"

Particularly in these times and with the staffy crisis as bad as ever and showing no signs of improving, i'd have thought those sort of rules woulda been out with the trash long, long ago. Dogs are being denied perfectly good, loving homes all because of a postcode, which means they have to sit in kennels so much longer than they should. It's no wonder dogs end up in rescue for so long I can understand that rescues have certain rules and restrictions (like not rehoming to families with kids, although I don't think it should apply to every dog - only dogs which are unsuitable to live with kids because of issues or health problems) but denying a dog a chance of a new life purely because of an address isn't a rule that I can make any sense of.
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