Long-distance adoptions
I live in Alaska, a state that most other areas will not adopt rescue dogs to. I compleatly understand the reasons...stressful, long transport, difficult or impossible to confirm references or do a home check, too expensive and difficult to transport the dog BACK if the adoption doesnt work out etc... But, is there any way to deal with some of these difficlties? We have several friends and family members who have fallen head-over-heels in love with our sheepies, and every time I see one come up on this, or the dogs-in-trouble section, I think of them. We got our 1st two from rescue up here, but we were VERY lucky...they are few and far between! We got our new pup, Bert from a breeder after monthes of looking for a rescue. Not that I regret it, mind you...Bert is the BEST...!  |
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| I belong to a Canadian group of rescue folks, consisting of both specific breed rescues and all-breed rescues. We all help each other all across Canada, with home visits, transports etc. I know that in this groups dogs are sometimes flown across the country to approved homes.
One of the big reasons that it is not really popular is that the adoption contracts have a clause stating that the dog has to be retunred to the rescue group if it doesn't work out, or if down the road the home can no longer keep the dog (like in the event of death, for example). Then what? What has happend in the past, though, is that a dog is placed far away, but a more local group agrees to take on the ongoing required support, or to take the dog in if something happens. Perhaps one of these 26 groups that are in Alaska could be approached to assist in that area,should that be a factor: http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi |
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