I totally understand your anger and frustration.  Before hubby and I found Leland we had attempted to adopt from a doberman rescue.  Like you we were denied as potential adopters because our first dog Lucky hadn't been on heartworm prevention.  It didn't matter that we had spent thousands in fixing his knees so he could walk.  I had to email them to find out we were denied because they never contacted us at all after the home evaluation.  I too told them what I thought and that they lost out on an amazing home for one of their dogs.  Their response was that sometimes happens. ..

So we purchased Leland and now Lucian from breeders. I refuse to jump through hoops again to be denied again over something trivial. 

Hang in there! ! You're not to old to give another pup tons of love and an amazing home! 

Sahana and her Angel Leland and Lucian too

That is just ridiculous!

Before we adopted Murphy, there was a shelter group who called my vet to check out whether or not Cassie was up to date with vaccines and on frontline & heart guard...then they said that the vet told them that I hadn't bought any heart guard or frontline in over a year.  I was irritated...did they want the whole story?  I had bought a 1 year supply for Cassie & for Taz 2 months before Taz passed away and they were on the same dosage, so I still had some.  Another place said no right away because we were in a mobile home...so, we had a huge field behind us.  But that's all ok, because eventually we found Murphy!

Maybe this one just isn't for you...or, maybe it is and your letter will open their eyes.  But either way, when it's  right, it will work!

Donna

WOWZer .. the power of a fired up tripawd nation!!!! I am sipping some cocktail mix (vodka and vodka) and just wanting to go bat crazy on them. Unreal. I cannot believe what goes on.

Jasper was soooooo easy in hindsight and probably not the norm. I drove 2 hours to meet her and they said, write a check and she's yours... no home visit, no landlord note, nothing... Everyone I tell is shocked so I am lucky for sure. But you will find the right pup! That much I do know.

And by the way... we don't see age here so no one is "old" .... maybe seasoned.... 🙂

Wow, what a piece of work that lady is. Some of these rescues are scams too, so if they have another dog that happens to look an awful lot like the one you were thinking about then I'd be wary....it especially seems odd to me that they are flying dogs from Texas to a foster home in Seattle? Unless they are an extremely large national rescue, what kind of rescue has that kind of money? 

I adopted Tanner (and Jake too) from a local city run shelter, they didn't even look at my application. I highly recommend looking in places like that, you never know what you may find. They are always happy to adopt a dog out, the fee's are low compared to private run rescues and I find that the dogs are AMAZING (at least mine have been). If you are looking for a certain type of dog, call them and let them know. They'll usually keep your name on a list and you get first dibs. Our local SPCA and our Animal protection officers at the local county shelter both do that and LOTS of pure breed dogs come through their door (that's normally where the private shelters get the dogs from anyway so you get to cut out the middle man and any crazy rescue people too). I have friends who have done this with great results. 

I think we all believe in fate here (at least I sure do) and we know that Murphy is working his magic, your job is just to believe in it and when it happens we will all celebrate it!!!! 

My goodness I LOVE this group of folks!!  I loved reading everybody's post regarding this topic because it really sheds light that there are a lot of whacky rescues out there.  To hear about other amazing homes being turned down for asinine reasons is quite educational.  What started out as something good for dogs who have had the misfortune of being abused/unwanted has turned into Crazyville!!  Our first dog Lucky came from a shelter (growing up that's where all our dogs had come from).  The only obstacle was I lived across the state line in WV so I had my dad come down to the shelter (couple miles from my childhood home) and do the paperwork because they couldn't adopt out of state.

And back then when we adopted Lucky (June 1997) neither I nor my husband know much about heartworm.  We had never been educated about it by our vet.  We thought it was something that came from dogs getting into dead animal carcuses.  We had no idea that it came from mosquitos.  We did have Lucky tested to make sure he didn't have heartworm periodically throughout his life (he lived to be 12 years old) so we didn't see the need in putting him on heartworm prevention.  To us it was an added cost that wasn't necessary. 

Since I had always adopted dogs it was hard for me when our home was turned down by the rescue.  I thought "what is wrong with my home...Lucky was well loved and cared for."  Then after doubting myself I got pi$$ed and thought "what the hell is wrong with your group in not allowing me to adopt a pup.  This would be an amazing home for a dog who had a shi++y life and he would never not be without a loving family."  When I think back to that time it still gets me fired up and that was back in the beginning of 2010.

I know (it happened to me) that when you're denied by a rescue it has the ability to cause one to question themselves and their self worth.  I think those of us in the community have developed a strong sense of self after going through the journey of amputation due to cancer, injury, or illness so we know these reasons for denial are total BS.

I liked Elizabeth's suggestion of going to a shelter and requesting to be notified if a particular breed comes through that you're interested in.  I never thought or knew that a shelter would do that.  I just figured you'd have to keep going through the shelter if you were looking for a particular breed.  For me that would not be good because I'd want to bring all the pups home and would feel guilty for having to leave them behind...

So anyway...sending hugs to you all Sally, Alison, Elizabeth, Bonnie, Lori, Pam, Donna, and Rene!! 

Sahana and her Angel Leland and Lucian too