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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
totally understand your concern and yes work with local trainer, check back
with rescue for trainers they may work with too. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
can only speak as a foster home who has fostered over 30 dogs that past 3.5
years. Our rescue requires that the dog is in a foster home for
evaluation for minimum of 2 weeks before they can be adopted out. In that
two weeks we try our best (we are all volunteers, many with 2 or more fosters
as we have 80 in our foster care) to determine the dogs personality, how they
get along with other dogs, cats, kids but that isn’t always possible as
they may not walk them with large dog around or have kids, or cats. If
there are any training issues we do address them and try to tell adopters the
good and bad things about the dog….we want this to be a forever home for
the dog so we really want to disclose it all. We even have a trainer we
refer them to and may at times offer to pay for training (case by case and if
we have the money which is low this year). BUT sometimes they get into
new home and new behaviors show up which happens so there is not much a rescue
group can do. Yes I agree that all rescue groups should address any dog
issues before adoption and/or disclose this to new adopters but what if they
never show this tendency? Thank you to all who adopt, donate, foster the
so many dogs that need the rescue groups as the numbers just keep increasing
for intake. Hope the economy turns around sometime soon to help the
humans and their pets all over!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kim,
Slave to Joanie & Herbie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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