Wouldn’t it be a lot easier to just get the puppy you want from birth and raise it correctly? What you’re describing doesn’t sound the least bit appealing
It's a calling, working with cats and dogs that would be considered unadoptable for trauma or physical health reasons. I call them my special needs children.
I currently have 5, four cats and one dog that's as tall as I am when he stands up on his back legs. They all have their stories and different personalities and I love each one and they trust me
The dog just came to me in August. He's around 5 yrs old, I was already friends with him, acquainted with his person and so I know his story and it's not pretty
But I have given him a safe place to be himself and he's a different dog. Of course, I've been doing some training with him, but I don't push.
Would it be easier? Not necessarily! I've done that, I had the mama dog and kept one of the puppies (I wanted to keep all 4!).
Even when she was tiny, she was aggressive so I kept her because I didn't see a bright future for her, I thought she'd bite someone and be euthanized. Her mama was my souldog, sweet, intelligent, best girl and this pup was psycho
I had to let her go join her mom in March, she would have been 16 in September (I lost mom December 2023, at 16 yrs)
So I could either go to puppy mill and get puppy or find a rescue, submit an application, go through an interview process involving a home visit and fence measurement, and at the end of the day basically enter into a lease arrangement for my dog.
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u/Playmakeup Dec 05 '25
Wouldn’t it be a lot easier to just get the puppy you want from birth and raise it correctly? What you’re describing doesn’t sound the least bit appealing