I suppose the real question is: why does the animal rescue group want them back?

Puppies are popular to adopt--but every animal that is up for adoption NEEDS a home, so if you have a home for them--and it was good enough for the preggers dog, then why is it suddenly NOT good enough for the pups? If they had questions of her suitability to adopt a pet, then why accept the application?

This makes no real sense, other than someone wants puppies to take home for themselves...

Want to scare the crap out of a non-profit? COUNTER SUE, and make sure the facts are provided to the media.

I wonder how much money the group gets per dog they adopt out...

/methinks this is why they want to pups

How great is this rescue group that they couldn't even hire a vet who would have known the dog was pregnant upon examination?

Dear god Cocker spaniels are ugly dogs.

I'm guessing the group is a bunch of animal nazis like where I got my cat from. they came to my house to check up on the cat and do a home inspection. They called employers. I think I could adopt a child faster and with less hassle.

God forbid they don't have control.

LadyHawke: I wonder how much money the group gets per dog they adopt out...

/methinks this is why they want to pups

out of a cocker spaniel? Pure bred? They can go for a LOT of money.

That said, this organization needs to STFU. As a cocker spaniel owner, they can be one hell of a handfull. But my mother in law took care of two adults and 5 pups at the same time. So its possible.

/got to keep one of those pups.
//they kept another
///meaning they had 3 adult cocker spaniels at once.

Gwendolyn: Dear god Cocker spaniels are ugly dogs.



/begs to differ.

hubiestubert: I suppose the real question is: why does the animal rescue group want them back?

Because they can sell them for a few hundred buck each. Sorry, I mean they can lovingly and altruistically place them in a home, asking nothing in return but an adoption fee of a few hundred bucks each, unlike those evil people who sell animals.

Apparently, since there are no other dogs that need homes, the rescue needs to find more dogs to rationalize their existence.

Let your dogs knock up other dogs, people!!!

ne2d: hubiestubert: I suppose the real question is: why does the animal rescue group want them back?

Because they can sell them for a few hundred buck each. Sorry, I mean they can lovingly and altruistically place them in a home, asking nothing in return but an adoption fee of a few hundred bucks each, unlike those evil people who sell animals.

That, or someone wanted the pups for themselves. Half a dozen of one, 6 of the other. Boils down to it: OMIGOD, you got 3 dogs for the price of one!

And we can't have that, can we?

SilentStrider: Gwendolyn: Dear god Cocker spaniels are ugly dogs.



/begs to differ.

Haha, he(she?) has the perfect "WTF he say?" look. Aw.

FTFA: "That's when things got ruff."

Dear God, is this a piece of news or a third-grade show-and-tell presentation?

I love my Cocker Spaniel. Most loyal dog I have ever owned

As someone who owns a dog from an animal rescue group, they don't typically make money off of these. They spend more than they get from the adoption fees.

It's hard to get angry with so little information on this one. The lady could live in a very tiny place, or not seem suited to raise puppies. Hard to tell.

"It was a little cocker spaniel dog, in a crate that he had sent all the way from Texas, black and white, spotted, and our little girl Tricia, the six year old, named it Checkers.

And you know, the kids, like all kids, loved the dog, and I just want to say this, right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we are going to keep it."

/Not obscure.

Daniefish: FTFA: "That's when things got ruff."

Dear God, is this a piece of news or a third-grade show-and-tell presentation?

It's not news. It's Fark.

Animal shelters do good work, but sometimes some less-than-great people work there. A few years ago when my pure-bred Shiba Inu went missing, he turned up at the local SPCA, where he was promptly 'adopted' by one of the workers. After two days. He then tried to sell the dog back to us for $500.

/Stay classy SPCA
//Got the dog back after threatening legal action.

This would be like if someone sold a 65 Ford Mustang to someone and later the new owner finds out it is a Shelby GT350 with racing history. The old owner should have checked into it before they sold the damn thing. Sounds like tough cookies to me.

Cocker spaniel?

I barely knew her spaniel!

Gwendolyn: Dear god Cocker spaniels are ugly stupid dogs.



My aunt had one and my friends mom bred them when I was in high school. Those dogs have zero intelligence.

We would point at a random spot on the wall and tell my aunts cocker to "get it!", he would stare at the blank wall for hours and drool.

A_bomb37: Animal shelters do good work, but sometimes some less-than-great people work there. A few years ago when my pure-bred Shiba Inu went missing, he turned up at the local SPCA, where he was promptly 'adopted' by one of the workers. After two days. He then tried to sell the dog back to us for $500.

/Stay classy SPCA
//Got the dog back after threatening legal action.


That's farked up.

Cakeboy: Daniefish: FTFA: "That's when things got ruff."

Dear God, is this a piece of news or a third-grade show-and-tell presentation?

It's not news. It's Fark.

Sounds like doggerel to me.

Actually, without knowing who the father is, you can't get papers on them, so they aren't really worth that much.

/our cocker is a very stubborn dog.

This sort of thing is why I support canine abortion.

The_Sponge: A_bomb37: Animal shelters do good work, but sometimes some less-than-great people work there. A few years ago when my pure-bred Shiba Inu went missing, he turned up at the local SPCA, where he was promptly 'adopted' by one of the workers. After two days. He then tried to sell the dog back to us for $500.

/Stay classy SPCA
//Got the dog back after threatening legal action.


That's farked up.

Why you always got a bone to pick?

wyrlss: Cakeboy: Daniefish: FTFA: "That's when things got ruff."

Dear God, is this a piece of news or a third-grade show-and-tell presentation?

It's not news. It's Fark.

Sounds like doggerel to me.

meant to quote this dude...
/Damn you lack of preview!

Barakku: The_Sponge: A_bomb37: Animal shelters do good work, but sometimes some less-than-great people work there. A few years ago when my pure-bred Shiba Inu went missing, he turned up at the local SPCA, where he was promptly 'adopted' by one of the workers. After two days. He then tried to sell the dog back to us for $500.

/Stay classy SPCA
//Got the dog back after threatening legal action.


That's farked up.

Why you always got a bone to pick?


I meant to say that the guy at the SPCA did a farked-up thing, not A_bomb37.

Obama says she has too many cocker spaniels in her house, she must forfeit the puppies to those who have none.

CruJones: It's hard to get angry with so little information on this one. The lady could live in a very tiny place, or not seem suited to raise puppies. Hard to tell.

Thanks, that's what I was going to post.

weemonkey: Gwendolyn: Dear god Cocker spaniels are ugly stupid dogs.



My aunt had one and my friends mom bred them when I was in high school. Those dogs have zero intelligence.

We would point at a random spot on the wall and tell my aunts cocker to "get it!", he would stare at the blank wall for hours and drool.

Sounds like they got a full retard. They're not all like that. They do seem to have nervous bladders though. My Dad's dog Calvin is half Cocker and he pees when he gets over excited.

Here's one example of that. (new window)
/not a rickroll, I don't do those.

So let me see if I have this straight:
1. The animal rescue organization neglects to provide a thorough medical examination of one of their dogs.
2. The dog in question is adopted by a qualified person.
3. The lack of a medical examination by rescue organization comes to light.
4. The adopting family is sued by neglectful rescue organization?

jeebus.


/more of a Joe Cocker kind of guy

Cocker Spaniels are the only breed of dog I've ever been bit by. I don't care for them as a result.

Still this seems pretty dumb. So the biatch had puppies. The puppies belong to the new owner. Who paid the medical bills for the puppies' birth?

THIS.

So the shelter wants these puppies back to "ensure they have a good home".
Translation: Puppies are worth about $150 each to these kinds of places.

/It's really just about rescuing these profitable lovable creatures....

Barakku: Haha, he(she?) has the perfect "WTF he say?" look. Aw.

thats a she. I always thought that look said "what leaf? I'm not chewing anything."

aniyn: /It's really just about rescuing these profitable lovable creatures....

I still can't see the profit considering legal costs and time.

The local animal rescue groups in my area wouldn't let me adopt a dog. Why? Because I live in an apartment. Nevermind that I live 2 minutes away from an off leash dog park and he gets 1 hour walks everyday. So I bought a "designer" mutt from a local breeder. Nyah nyah. Pics in profile ;)

The adopting family should be able to sue the rescue group for the vet bills.

Don,t say it's not about the money http://www.nyabandonedangels.com/main/statement.html

Andralynn: The local animal rescue groups in my area wouldn't let me adopt a dog. Why? Because I live in an apartment. Nevermind that I live 2 minutes away from an off leash dog park and he gets 1 hour walks everyday. So I bought a "designer" mutt from a local breeder. Nyah nyah. Pics in profile ;)

Andy is SUPER cute!!!!!!

I rescued a small dog with the front end of my truck last week. If I hadn't he would have been forced to live life crossing dirt roads.

Tough luck, shelter. Her dog, her puppies.

Go sit on a spiky cactus.

Isn't it common practice for an animal shelter to spay/neuter animals before being adopted? I guess if they had attempted to spay the dog they would have seen that she was pregnant....

aniyn: So the shelter wants these puppies back to "ensure they have a good home".
Translation: Puppies are worth about $150 each to these kinds of places.

/It's really just about rescuing these profitable lovable creatures....

If you look at their website it says that adult dogs go for
350 and "senior" dogs go for 250. Puppies = 500?

MOAR PUPPY PICS

Wow, there's a lot of animal rescue group hate going on in this thread. I know that some of them are nazi-like but most aren't that bad, and if you actually ask them why some of their rules are on the books, there's often very good reasons for some of the dumber-sounding rules.

For example, our bird rescue will almost never let you adopt an Amazon or a Cockatoo as your first bird. Why? Because a shiat-ton of the people in the past who adopted them as first-birds then returned them to us for reasons like "This bird screams!" (well no shiat! It was written in his profile. All cockatoos scream sometimes.)

Long story short, someone would have to prove to us that they'd done their research very well before we budge on that rule.

Also, we require a home visit as well. Most of the time we get birds in who were either horribly neglected, injured/abused, or lost by accident. The birds take a lot of rehabilitation before they're ready to go to a new home, and that's a LOT of volunteer time. So, yeah, we want to make sure your house doesn't have open windows with no screens, fifteen cats you didn't mention, or a wood burning stove in the middle of the living room as the only source of heat. If we DO find those things, we want to discuss how the bird can be made to live safely in that environment.

For most rescue groups it's all about the good of the animal and I think that's what tends to offend people the most - that the good of the animal is being considered before the wants of the person.

kotetsu: MOAR PUPPY PICS
You asked!

IchabodCrane: It depends on the shelter. When I adopted my two kittens in 1998, it was my responsibility to get them spayed/neutered within a certain number of weeks. I think I either had to pay up front or I had to take the paperwork back to prove I had. When my parents adopted their cat 4 years ago from a different shelter, the shelter had already spayed her.

Read the rescue's website, where they stress that they are an "overcrowded" rescue. Wouldn't it be more inhumane to house the pups in a place that is already "overcrowded"?

//moneygrubbing fail

Getting a dog, a story in two acts:

Act One: The Local Humane Society

Me: "I'd like to adopt that dog."

Them: "Certainly! Now, you'll need to pay us several hundred dollars for all of the love and care we've given this sweet little doggie-woggie! We also expect a large donation so we can help other dogs in need! One of our members will need to visit you at home to ensure you have a safe, loving environment, and we will randomly show up in the future to make sure you maintain that safe, loving environment! You'll also need to fill out and sign this form pledging that you'll provide a forever home for Mr. Pooches and always treat him as a cherished member of your family..."

Me: "Uh, nevermind."

Act Two: The County Animal Shelter

Me: "I'd like to adopt that dog."

Them: "It's twenty-five bucks, plus you have to show proof of spaying or neutering and proof you bought county tags within two weeks. Don't abuse the dog or let it run loose or I'll find you and kick your ass."

Me: "Deal."

Fin.