I "repo" a dog from a home that was highly recommended. The lady fell ill, and since she went to bed early (6 pm) she put the 5 months old pup on a crate from 6 pm until 10am!!! No water, so she didn't tinkle in her crate. The pup became ill and of course.......she called the breeder, because I told her this was a good puppy......she brought her home and I almost died when I saw how thin and withdrawn this by now 6 months old puppy was. Took her back without another word, and when I placed her about 7 months later, it was under the condition that she would never be crated for more than 2 hours. This was too much for a few people, but I waited and she got the perfect home. They got a second dog from me a year later so that the little princess would have company. I knew her issues, and I was able to screen her new home better. Rescue has no background on these dogs 99% of the time, so I understand their position, rather be safe than sorry, err on the side of caution. There are thousands of dog is rescue situation. People can always 'shop' elsewhere. JMO * Ileana * Inquest GSD's, Home of : Sel AM CH & CAN CH Karizma's Cacique of Inquest aka DEXTER AM CH Kaleef's Allyson V Kenlyn aka ALLYSON Kaleef's Expensive Date (major pointed) aka JACKIE Inquest Huckleberry Fun - That Hot Black Dog aka HUCKS and Bunny, aka Her Majesty, aka THE BOSS In a message dated 7/25/2010 1:07:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: I got lots of responses from folks who disagree STRONGLY with my position...many told me why...some talked of dogs tied to a tree all day and other questionable human behaviors.... some human beings are going to treat dogs cruelly...and folks can do that to dogs whether they live in the house in a crate 20 hours a day, or they live outside....believe me, as many times as animal control has been to my house in the last three years, if they believed my dogs were mistreated they would not still be here...I have no problem with folks who have dogs in the house, just as I have no problem with folks who feed kibble.....by keeping to a policy that demands rescue dogs must live inside prevents potential good owners from having rescue dogs.....trying to control adults is the worst way of doing it!, folks that understand this have less stressful lives........Ed Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx To: "showgsd-l" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 8:12:43 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Rescue question ...a woman answered my ad for a three year old bitch I'm selling...she asked me did she have to keep the bitch inside at night time?.....I asked why she asked...she stated that she went to GSD Rescue and they refused to let her adopt a dog because the dog was going to be an OUTSIDE dog?....is rescue demanding this?...if so it's ridiculous...my dogs ALL live outside with no problem...where a dog lives should always be up to the owner...if this is policy it needs to be changed...Ed Hill ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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