Getting ready to perform my 2nd home visit...

[Raziel]

Well, maybe it was for the best.
Sounds like they were obviously hiding something.

[pupresq]

Only being available in the evening could be their work schedule or the desire for both people to be home or something, but yeah, adopting a dog from that far away when you live in an area overflowing with them is pretty weird and potentially sketchy. Sounds like it's a moot point. Hope whatever dog they get is okay!

[SouthernThistle]

When I told them that I was only willing to do a home visit in the daylight, they told me, "that's fine. Let me know what day, and I will re-arrange my schedule." So we set a day...and a time...and then get an e-mail stating they're just going to animal control.

In the person's application, it said that the other member of the household "works from home."

I told the rescue I thought it was sketchy that someone from the Atlanta area would try to adopt a dog from a Northeastern rescue instead of the one of two main Pit Bull rescues here in the area or the shelter. The rescue rep. said, "maybe they thought we wouldn't do a home check because we were in another state?"

Oh well. I'm sure the little pup-a-lup will be fine There's no danger of her being rushed into a home.

[pamela berger]

I don't think that most applicants have any idea of how thorough the whole adoption process is. I think they believe they fill out an application, that their vet will be contacted and simply asked if Buffy is UTD and that their personal references will only be asked if they think Jane Smith is a good pet owner. Hence, they purposely omit things from their app and the vet only has one of their pets on file and a personal ref mentions a dog they used to have but they gave away or that they take their pets to the mother-in-law's house everyday while they work, etc. Then, when you question them about these issues, if they become defensive, it is usually because they have something to hide. The first step should be to get a stellar vet ref which includes records for the entire time they have had the pet (if they've had the dog for 10 years, then they need to provide all vet info for those 10 years); also a good idea to ask if there are any other pets on file under their name (if you ask a vet about the care of Duke, some will only tell you about Duke, even though they know the owner had more pets) or any deceased pets. It's not enough when a vet says the pet has always been UTD; you need to get actual dates because I have had vet offices say this yet when I insist on having the actual dates for vaccines, it turned out there were significant gaps in care. If the vet is unwilling to provide this info, the applicant must request their vet to give us this info. If the applicant won't do this, it's another indication of trouble. This said, most vets are happy to reveal this info; I've only had one instance where the vet got really nasty with me and said the client had instructed them to give me limited info; when I inquired about the circumstances of the dog's death, they said it was invasion of privacy, blah blah blah. When we asked the applicant about her refusal to permit her vet to give the details of the dog's death, she told us that she already told us her dog had to be pts due to an illness and tht should be good enough. Needless to say, she was declined.

[SouthernThistle]

I was just the person doing the home visit since the rescue is up in New York State, and this person lives here in Atlanta. Now, if that's not enough to raise a question mark right off the bat, I don't know what is.

With the hundreds and thousands of Pit Bulls in Pit Bull rescues and all-breed rescues here in Georgia, why would someone seek out a rescue hundreds of miles away?

The good news is...the little girl Pit Bull was adopted.....by someone in NYS.