Kill-free shelters do not euthanize any animals. Instead, all dogs and cats are kept until they are adopted. But this isn’t as good as it sounds, because some of these animals wait in cages for months, sometimes even a year or more. Meanwhile, thousands of other dogs across the country are turned away or killed because there is no room for them, or no more
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March 10th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Wow, I really appreciate your stance on this. And I feel like I would tend to agree with you.
If only there were more rehabilitation centers for dogs (of course, you know, *I’m* referring to cesar milan). The two months it took to find our dogs at the shelter it really was disheartening to see the same dogs who were more aggressive/powerful and hyper dogs sit there pent up in there little kennels.
I don’t know what a good length of time for a dog to sit in a kennel though. I guess it depends on what type of services he/she is getting. If nothing but short walks and mostly isolation are being offered I imagine that a nothing past a few months would be appropriate.
Its a tough question.
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March 10th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
That’s a really tough question. According to most of the statistics I have seen, most small, young or purebred dogs are adopted out almost before they get in the door. What’s left is the untrained mixed breed dogs or dogs with issues that need to be addressed. Most shelters do not have the knowledge or the manpower to ‘fix’ these dogs so they do get worse or worse yet, they get adopted out to unsuspecting and unknowing people who have the same or worse issues with them. I personally think that the “best case” situation is to put them into foster homes with knowledgeable people who can address their issues and retrain them before they sit in the shelter for months. There just aren’t enough of those people willing to do it. So that leads us right back to your question… How long do you give a dog? I wouldn’t want to have to make that decision as they would all come home with me.
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March 10th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
I think shelters need to greatly change how their animals are cared for. They need a home-type enviorment, with handlers that socialize the dogs with each other and with humans. In a home they can be taught, stay off he counters, etc. Same goes for cats.