Best site for finding a dog?

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John Howard

Discussion Starter · Jan 4, 2016 (Edited)

Okay, I have been looking on rescuetheanimals.org through all the animal shelters for several counties around me. I looking at every dog they have. I would say roughly, 60% of what they have is some kind of Pit mix, 30% is Chihuahua mix, 8% Random Large breed dogs, 2% very old small dogs. I have no interest at all owning anything with pit in it, not really fond of Chihuahuas, I don't want any large breed dog, and I don't want to make an emotional investment in a dog that might die in the next couple of years.

I have tried using adoptapet.com to locate a dog to go check out, and it keeps saying no dogs match. It also does not work very well. If I choose, "YOUNG" it comes up with 10 year old dogs.

I also went down to the local SPCA and looked through their dogs and found nothing.

I want to go dog hunting today, but I can't even find a place to start. Can anyone recommend a good site for searching?

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mathilda

· #6 · Jan 4, 2016

breed specific sides are good. especially if they're from FCI breeding clubs.
I expect from these people that they know their breed very well and so can screen the applicant for the dog very specifically to find a good owner and not one that is overchallenged with this kind of breed.
This is especially important with working dog breeds or breeds that have very special requirements.

In Germany these sides are often called "[Breed] in Not" or "[Breed] Nothilfe" and are easy to find via google.
I'm sure there's also such a thing in America.

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