The phrase
"unadoptable dogs" refers to dogs that are difficult or unlikely to find new homes due to various reasons such as behavioral issues, health problems, or physical disabilities.
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Arctic Rescue, based in Utah, saves more than 100 dogs a year — usually Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Huskies, and Alaskan Malamutes — as we specialize in helping to place adoptable dogs in good homes and take care
of unadoptable dogs.
In 2002 she moved to upstate New York to start a sanctuary
for unadoptable dogs for the Animal Haven shelter in Queens.
We specialize in helping to place adoptable dogs in good homes and take care
of unadoptable dogs.
The GRRNT Permanent Foster Program provides a loving foster home and excellent medical care
for unadoptable dogs, many of whom are Golden Oldies, until they cross the Rainbow Bridge.
Most of them require extensive and costly veterinary care, including medications, and special diets, and
the unadoptable dogs will spend the rest of their lives with us, in comfort and security, receiving all the love and attention they deserve.
As it turns out, the very thing that made Tuna such
an unadoptable dog to many (that infamous overbite) actually makes him the most recognizable and famous and, thus, is his second most valuable asset.
It was the first and only facility dedicated to providing behavioral rehabilitation for severely fearful,
unadoptable dogs, such as those confiscated from puppy mills and hoarding situations.
I myself two years ago ended up in a predicament with
an unadoptable dog with behavior and health issues, being that I felt sorry for her by the time she got to me, even as inexperienced as I was worked very hard with her on both, and she progressed.
If no - kill is managed well it should not leave a shelter full of
unadoptable dogs.
Since space is a problem in public shelters, the dividing line between adoptable dogs and
unadoptable dogs is easy to cross.
If
the unadoptable dog is kept, they may have to turn away dozens of dogs if not more during the life of the unadoptable dog.
Or else, someone may place
the unadoptable dog and the result could be tragic.