Raise a Rescue

[Mac's Mom]

Hi All, I'm starting this thread to reach out to people like me & my husband...the people we were before we met Mac & Bart.

I was raised with dogs and wanted my own for as long as I can remember. When I started working from home I became attached to a rotti mix named Star. When I finally had the time to dedicate I decided to get my own dog. I wanted to rescue an adult rotti or rotti mix but my husband insisted on getting a puppy. He wanted a GSD because they look cool and are protective. And, he felt raising a dog from puppyhood was the only true way to truly bond. We purchased a GSD puppy....Mac.

Raising Mac was/is incredibly challenging yet enormously rewarding. We have no regrets. Yet I can tell you that the 4 year old we recently added to our family is so much easier. And we both love him more than anything.

You don't have to raise a puppy to bond. You just need to love a dog.


Mac & Bart's Mom

[weber1b]

I second that whole thought. Our first two dogs were brought into our family as puppies. when Sophie passed on, I told DW that having another dog was fine, but I did not want to raise another puppy. We went the rescue route and were richly rewarded. We since brought in two more as direct rescues. We will be rescue owners the rest of our life.

[Girth]

I wouldn't trade my three rescues for anything. Maybe we got lucky but couldn't ask for better dogs. Hard to believe people are willing to give them up.