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Originally Posted by Dashdog
I am sorry to hear how much trouble you are having. I will say that rescues that do not adopt out of their area are missing out on good homes for their dogs as with the internet pictures of dogs needing homes get sent all over and if someone is willing to arrange transportation for their new dog why not let it go out of the area?
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One reason, and I think it can be a valid one, is that if the potential adopter already has one or more dogs it may be that the old and new dog(s) don't get along. When I adopted my two latest girls I had to take my current two up to MD so that all the dogs could meet. I knew that my 14 yr old would be no problem but the 8 yr old grayhound/lab mix can be a rather rowdy and I did have some concern that he would be too much for the 9 yr old girls.
The rescue should certainly consider long distance adoptions if the dog will be an only dog and there is no worry about pack dynamics. My group did have a long distance adoptee returned after about 6 months when he and the existing dog just never could work out their differences and there had been a couple of bad fights and vet visits to fix them up. I can understand that an owner might not want to spend ten years of having to go to extra lengths to always keep two dogs apart, especially in a case like this where the owner was a young guy who was an avid backpacker, camper, hiker and wanted to be able to take both his companions with him. We did find a new home for that one and he got along just fine with the other dog in the household and they quickly became best buds.
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