What do you hate about pet adoption procedures?

Question by LeeLee22: What do you hate about pet adoption procedures?
Is it the steps involved to get an adoptable pet? The cost? I am creating a service to help pet adoption agencies get more potential parents and I'm trying to pinpoint the main reasons people don't adopt or are discouraged away from it. Any feedback would be great?

Best answer:

Answer by Midwest
I've adopted 2 of my 3 dogs.
Every rescue has a different adoption application. I can understand that they all have different criteria but it would be nice to fill out one and submit it to the different rescues instead of submitting several different ones.

Also, I know the rescues are busy but I contacted over 10 rescues and I think I heard back from only 3 or 4. You wait and wait, and then you decide to move on. We wanted to adopt a dog around 50-60 lbs that was okay with small dogs. We had no other requirements. There were several dogs available that would have fit well with us but no one got back to us. We waited, and waited.. it took us over 2 months to adopt the dog we got. Most people want a quick turn around. I can understand 2-3 weeks to contact but 2 months seems a bit much.

We have a very good application. I'm home for 2 months in the summer and have march break, christmas off. My husband works 2 mins from home so he comes home at lunch and lets the dogs out. We have a huge privacy fenced yard. Excellent references. Only use positive training methods, and feed our dogs all natural food and treats. It should not have taken us over 2 months to adopt a dog. I think many people get fed up and turn to buying a dog from a breeder because of that.

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