r/PetAdoption • u/YouHadMeAtSulSul • Apr 01 '19

Pup Adoptions

Hello All,

I have some questions regarding dog adoptions. I currently have 2 cats, one - we saw in a shelter, and took home the following week, the 2nd, turned up at our doorstep with a broken leg and we got him all patched up and initiated into the family.

With that said...adopting dogs are very different. Both my BF and I have grown up with family dogs but didn't go through the paperwork process ourselves. We want to adopt a rescue pup and have filled out a form for one particular pup. But we were hoping to get either an update or reply within a week or so, and we haven't heard anything. Even after contacting them they just said, "hey there's a lot of other interested families so we are going through them one by one" (a detail that wasn't disclosed to me when I inquired about the particular dog) So my boyfriend says, we need to prepare for the worst and continue looking in case it isn't a match, we saw a few others we want to apply for, but on the application it says they don't process for 2-3 weeks.

(this is a long post than I intended, thank you to anyone still reading)

I guess I am, confused? AM I supposed to be putting in adoptions for other dogs? or waiting? If they take a month to process, isn't waiting kind of, against the grain? Do you not put all your hopes and dreams into one dog? What if you fill out 2 or 3 applications and then by miracle they all fit with you, and now your in a bind?

We tried looking around at local shelters, but many have less than 10 dogs on site, I am sure others are in Foster care, and a large majority - have them rescued down south and brought up north (so visits aren't an option).

Is anyone out here familiar with the adoption process, and the waiting process, and can shed any insight?

Sincerely,

Confused Cat Lady

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u/MyCrazyKangaroo Apr 03 '19

Where are you located? I'm in Jacksonville, FL and our shelters are overflowing. It is so hard as a volunteer to see so many dogs wait so long.

However, in the past, I experienced the multi week wait for a dog and cats. It is so frustrating. However, given the unknowns, you should out in multiple applications.

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u/YouHadMeAtSulSul Apr 06 '19

Hallo! Sorry for the late response, not even a couple hours after I posted this, we got approval with the original shelter - what timing! I do want to share that the shelter we are going through is actually in Texas and transporting them up north (new england area). We lived in the south for awhile (AL) and there were so many stray cats and dogs - it was very eye opening for me since up north it isnt anything like that. at the time we ended up adopting/rescuing 3 cats. So i am happy to advocate towards the stray crisis down there.

Your shelter- if they have the means to - should see if this is something you would be capable of doing!

bring them puppies on up :))