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For those of you with rescues.....did you apply to more than one agency???? We have completed all the requirements and told we passed with a "big thumbs up". However, we were just denied the 3rd pup we inquired about 
I understand and fully agree with their experience vs. ours with regards to the right one, but some of the rules are changing as we go and I find myself looking at the available dogs thinking "will they let us have that one??" rather than looking for the one we would like.Example: we were told to plan on a female, as they don't like to place 2 males in the same home. Our home inspector met Donner, said she thought he'd do fine either way and said she has 5 males and 1 female with very few problems. Just got an e-mail this morning, we had asked about a little male recovering from surgery, (no special activity restrictions after recouperation period) denied because he's going to a home with several older boxers and denied because he's a MALE!! GRRRR Sorry to go on so long, I really DO love the idea of a rescue, that's why we started this process to begin with, but I'm getting a little frustrated and hubby is about to go into orbit!!!
My question is this, at this point should I apply to a couple other local rescues and begin the whole reference checks,phone interview, home visit process again to broaden our chances of finding the right pup, or wait it out and see what happens with the next dog we've asked about???????
I understand and fully agree with their experience vs. ours with regards to the right one, but some of the rules are changing as we go and I find myself looking at the available dogs thinking "will they let us have that one??" rather than looking for the one we would like.Example: we were told to plan on a female, as they don't like to place 2 males in the same home. Our home inspector met Donner, said she thought he'd do fine either way and said she has 5 males and 1 female with very few problems. Just got an e-mail this morning, we had asked about a little male recovering from surgery, (no special activity restrictions after recouperation period) denied because he's going to a home with several older boxers and denied because he's a MALE!! GRRRR Sorry to go on so long, I really DO love the idea of a rescue, that's why we started this process to begin with, but I'm getting a little frustrated and hubby is about to go into orbit!!!My question is this, at this point should I apply to a couple other local rescues and begin the whole reference checks,phone interview, home visit process again to broaden our chances of finding the right pup, or wait it out and see what happens with the next dog we've asked about???????
