Here in the LeBlanc household, we have all different types, ages, sizes, and genders of dogs. Our family is very eclectic. We have taken in anything from a 3lb blind chihuahua to a 200lb Great Dane. There are multiple challenges to housing the amount and the different types of dogs. First water bowls. You have to have a large water bowl and a short water bowl. They are everywhere and you have to fill them up constantly. We have dog gates spread throughout the house, all tall some that fill up the entire doorway, again due to some dogs' ability to jump over them. Our fence has two different heights. The outside fence not only meets the ground, to prevent mischievous little ones from digging out around the entire perimeter, but is also tall enough to keep the big guys in. We have big dog beds; one is our personal king bed for our ol guy Budroe. Then we have smaller floor beds for the rest of the younger pups. Our crates range from 54 inches tall to 32 inches tall to 24 inches tall. There are many many obstacles to having different breeds and sizes.
Recently we applied to adopt a smaller dog from a rescue. We were denied because we had large dogs in the household, and they did not feel as if we could cohabitate them safely. This struck a nerve. We are very responsible and feel as if we are being prejudged. The rescue never made an attempt to come by and see us in action, meet our pack, nothing. Just a simple no. Despite the fact they are literally begging for people to foster or adopt their dogs from their rescue. If they would have done their due diligence and investigated, we could have helped them with both fostering and adoption. Alas we will continue to have to rescue from the streets.
Are we responsible? Yes. Are we aware of the many differences to accommodate the different types of dogs? Yes. Are we keenly aware of each of our dogs' limitations both physically and mentally? Of course! Are there situations where we have had fights? Yup! Honestly in the end we feel as if we are saving these babies from death, starvation, abuse or worse. We put every moment we have into our pack and caring for our babies. They are all super spoiled and generally get plenty of love, food and security.
Bottom line, I hope other rescues read this and put just a little bit of effort into their applicants. There are so many animals that need a home. One can go to any humane society and walk out with an animal without any further investigation or questions asked to the future adoptee. There are so many loving homes that get denied often without further answers.
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