Lynda Raffard is responsible for the health and well being of four children, 30-plus dairy cows, two dogs, two horses, a few barn cats, several chickens and a handful of goats. She is not, however, responsible enough to “adopt” a dog from a shelter. Why? Because the dog will not sleep “with the family.” Rural properties are simply not fit for re-homing a dog, says Manitoba Mutts, a dog rescue shelter.
Never mind that the dog would have access to a garage, barn and insulated dog house. Never mind that the dog would spend nearly every waking minute with a human at its side (much unlike the city-dwelling dog that is alone for a huge chunk of each day). Never mind that the dog will be active, and capable of fulfilling all the necessary activities that make dogs dogs, like running, walking, sniffing, rolling, herding, hunting, digging and more. No, a rural or farm-based home is simply too risky, says an organization that is “desperately in need” of finding homes for dogs and cats.
h/t Carol S.
4 legs good, 2 legs bad..
What do you expect from such dimwitted do-gooders?
For them Smoky the Bear is a real person.
And our local SPCA wonders why donations are declining.
This is likely the direct result of all those farm people driving into the inner -city hoods and dropping off their pets and then speeding away on their John Deeres.
Yeah well, ya gotta realize these fools think critters are people…..
Ya don’t “adopt” a pet….the dog or cat is not a sibling, you are not it’s parent…..
Make no mistake, my “companion” sleeps on my bed, but when the rubber hits the road, his hearing (and judgment of character) I value greatly…..and push comes to shove, I back up the dog not t’other way around.
That’s why cops, when they misbehave with their “no knock” warrants, shoot the dog first….SOP.
Note the spokesperson for the “shelter” blamed an over zealous “volunteer”…..Naw…..that’s their policy.
I see an awful lot of middle-aged women using pets as child substitutes. Their shrieking and howling when one points out that animals are animals and not people and thus not entitled to the same rights is the reason for this kind of foolishness. I know farm people that have barn cats, and aside from leaving out some dry food for them occasionally, they don’t do anything for them. Every six months or so there’s a new bunch of cats, because the last batch got eaten by owls or coyotes or got rabies from a raccoon or something. A pet is a luxury ornament, not a person.
The happiest dogs I’ve seen are farm dogs. If the “animal welfare” people actually cared about the animals, they’d refuse to allow people living in apartments to adopt dogs and preferentially hand over the dogs to farmers or people on large acreages. No large dog should be kept in a tiny space as dogs need lots of room to run around in. Very few people have the time (or are fit enough) to properly exercise a large dog. I used to be in great shape when I “walked” a friends dobermans and they were annoyed even when I was running at a good clip as they wanted to go much faster. However, they had to be on leashes so that’s the way they ran.
The mindset one sees here assumes that dogs are people and also reflects the moonbat disdain for anyone who choses to live away from the herd. Dogs may be perfect “family” members, but that’s where a human is understood by the dog as being the alpha animal and vicious behavior by the dog towards subordinate individuals is the norm if the individuals are in the “oh what a lovely dog, let’s pet it” mindset or exhibit other forms of subordinate behavior.
At the (gladly accepted) risk of offending and outraging some delicate sensitivities, let me go on record as saying that the preference of some “animal welfare” types for the company of animals over humans is because their social skills are retarded.
2 dogs on my farm. A coyote killing Great Pyrenees keeping the peace outside and a Doberman inside so I can sleep at night. Things that go bump in the night aren’t going to get past the Pyrenees without stitches but if they do, they get to chat with the Doberman. I love security with a mind of its own.
that great Pyrenees would be lunch for a couple of determined coyotes. Around here a few yrs ago a local found out that a pair of Sharpes were no match for a pack of coyotes, and those are fighting dogs. Coyotes are smart hunters, and 2 of them can even kill a human if the human isn’t carefull.
also some years ago a fellow was going to “adopt” a cat for the barn, but was told he couldn’t because the cats they had weren’t working “pussies”:-))))
The rescue groups around here (near Edmonton) seem to feel that if you don’t have a fenced yard, you cannot possibly be a good dog owner. That’s how they weed out the undesirables like us farmers.
Oversimplified. Idiotic.
We got 2 dogs last August thru AARCS in Calgary. Siksika dogs as the owners lost everything in the flood. No issues with them being on a farm, except the male was used to a lot more area to run on( a whole reserve)than a little farm.
There are a few rural rescue places around too. One near us has 42 potbellied pigs that have been donated by city people who didn’t think little piglets would grow into big 130lbs pigs. Maybe there should be a law about city people owning farm animals.
I had this exact experience from not 1 but 2 shelters in the San Francisco/Monterey Bay Area. I was told that they don’t allow adoptions unless the family sleeps with the dog. No one wanting outside dogs are allowed to adopt, I was told with hand-wringing earnestness. “Scientific studies have shown that unless the dog is allowed to sleep indoor, it is never properly socialized.” (It reminds me of lefty arguments against home-schooling).
Nevermind that I have two goats, 4 children, and 1.3 mountain acres for the dog to enjoy.
So, we bought a beautiful dog from a good breeder, who is happy to see her puppy go to a good home.
Ran into exactly the same thing with ARF in Alberta. They wouldn’t let me “adopt” unless I would build a run and keep the dog locked up. My dog is with me all day and at night willingly stays in his heated house next to my front door. When I refused to build a run, I asked the organization why the dog should be incarcerated when it had committed no crime. I gave up un ARF, CREWS and the SPCA and got a dog off Kijiji. He is my fourth dog, the other three all made 12 years or more. Brutus seems like a keeper as well.
Love these:
“-No chains”
“-Must not be running at large while people are away from the property”
…which would be why we chain the dog while we’re off on an errand. Unchain him when we get back. It’s not a big deal to him.
If you are not prepared to be an unquestioning robot
ordered around by the rulers of an idiotic cult then
NO DOG FOR YOU!!!
We applied to the same organization mentioned in the story a couple of weeks ago and have yet to even get an invite to visit the dog, let alone adopt it. We live on a small farm so they are tremendously concerned about where the dog will sleep. I swear it would be easier to adopt a child. All this after giving them the required three references. Even if we get the dog, can we expect night time visits from the agency checking up on where the dog is?