Rescuing a dog from a rescue.
Well as announced on Facebook already, we got a dog. After a long and exhaustive search we found our dog on the last place I thought I would ever find a dog...Craigslist. We went to all the local rescue leagues and mostly found that they have A TON of restrictions when it comes to adopting a pet. On top of the 4 page application there are 2 professional references needed, all of the family needs to meet the dog, there needs to be mortgage statements and they want you to agree to all sorts of terms like puppy classes etc. which I get but holy cripes what happened to just getting a dog. Months went by and I had all but given up. There were several close calls where we would see a dog on the website, call and drive to the shelter only to be 5 minutes late and the dog was already adopted or seeing a dog we loved and then having the adoption counselors tell us that the particular dog we liked would NOT be a good fit for our family. It was ...