Then my weekly observation of a growl class (dogs with aggression issues). I like sitting on the floor at the training school and taking notes as the instructors teach the dogs and their owners new skills. Most of the class are small dog's it's amazing how difficult the itty bitties can be, more on that later.
Then off to Animal Care and Control to volunteer for their adoption event. I had a ton of fun walking and playing with the infinite amount of kind, bouncy and adorable pit mixes but my interactions with potential adopters was a tad discouraging. Their were looks of families looking for puppies or small dogs, with no understanding of how much more time and energy puppies require and how small dogs are not always the best playmates for high strung feisty children. Then there was this wonderful couple that were interested in one of the sweetest staffordshire terriers that was marked as needed experienced owners.
I was told this was to protect the breed and make sure dogs like this one ended up in a good home. I totally understand the concept, but this sweet dog just needs a companion, and its hard to watch adopters be turned away.
Anyway the more I research and the more I spend time around homeless pups the more I begin to form my plans for the future. I definitely want to develop my own rescue, or methods of rehabilitation for the hard to reach dogs, but I haven't quite formulated how. An idea that came to me today was an XL rescue. Big dogs tend to get overlooked and inspire undeserving fear in the general public. I have no problem with them, the bigger the better, most of them are pretty low key and sweet as pie.
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