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In reply to the discussion: Successfully Adopting a Rescue Dog. Can anyone around here speak dog? [View all]LittlestStar
(224 posts)and decided they were the best breed for our family. They are challenging though, would not recommend for every family. I think people should foster a dog whose breed they think they might like. I know more than one family who has ended up adopting a foster dog.
We also adopted a Papillon from a rescue that made you sign a form saying you would return the dog to the rescue if it didn't work out. That made it so much easier, because the little guy pooped on the floor for 18 months and we finally returned him and he was re-homed with an elderly lady. I don't know how on earth we could have re-homed a serial pooper otherwise. Oh yes, and as an above post refers to little rat-dog barkers as fuckers, he was one of those too. Non stop barking at everything. We had to keep all the blinds closed all day. Bless older people who have lost their hearing.