He or She is a Rescue .... - Page 2

Vixen lol.  Maybe I should just get ugly dogs so no one will talk to me......Seriously, I can't go anywhere without a big number of people trying to stop me to talk to me about my dogs. Most are nice, but I end up running across the ones I mentioned at times as well.

I get it all the time: "What rescue did you get this one from"? They ask because they want one like that, too. One lady, that just ask me that question last week, did it because she was unhappy with the Golden she adopted, so now she is thinking about adopting a GSD like mine instead... She won't buy a puppy and raise him, but she will take one like that from  a rescue...
 
Or maybe they have a clue that this one is a 'good pedigree dog' and they just like to be rude? I believe this is as rude as asking: "What mix is it?".
 
I never ask such questions, my only comment would be "What a beautiful dog! What breed is it?" It always make people smile and then they usually answer: "Thank you, it's just a mix I adopted from the pound" - and they say it with pride. If you cannot say anything positive about somebody dog - don't say anything at all.

And, as it already been said above, 'being a rescue' its a very convenient explanation for a badly behaved dog.

The point I was making, but got carried away with, was there are people who rescue a dog and are rightly proud of it and people who buy a dog, then decide they have rescued it, they can't just enjoy the dog irrespective of how they got it without making a cause of it.

Margaret N-J

Funny, I often tell people my male GSD is a rescue because he's such a beautiful, well-mannered dog, IN SPITE of it!

When I meet someone with a GSD, I automatically want to know where they got the dog, and what its pedigree is (if it has one.) I assume any REAL dog person meeting my dogs would be interested in knowing the same info on them.

I think people are reading too much into this. I wouldn't assume the person was ant-breeding unless they followed up the information with a rant against breeders.

Sunsilver wrote: "Funny, I often tell people my male GSD is a rescue because he's such a beautiful, well-mannered dog, IN SPITE of it!"

Same here.  My girl is a rescue and I've had her for 4 years. She was clearly mistreated and even has two gunshot pellets in her, and although she had issues in the beginning, she has come a long way. She still has her little quirks, but she is an awesome dog and has been a therapy dog for the last three years. I am very proud of how far she has come.

These are the Encouragers


(Strange too, how the impression is often that every dog from a Rescue seems to be regarded or assumed to be from a Doom & Gloom Abuse background - when this is not always the case).


Vixen

Rescuing dog is a fine thing to do if you are so inclined. I have always had rescue cats.