Why is it so hard to find a good healthy dog from a shelter? We adopted a dog back in Aug 09, we had to take it back because he wouldn't eat (we had him for a week). They told me he probably had something serious going on. Since then we've been trying out dogs since we can't get our money back. We are now at our 5th one. We love her and have had her for almost 2 weeks. She was sort of bony when we got her but I figured she would fatten up after a while since we feed our dogs high protein dog food. Our other dog (pure bread Lab) is very healthy.
Well She hasn't had much energy since we got her. A week ago she had diarrhea, I just assumed she wasn't used to the food and would eventually get used to it. Well this morning I was observing that she still hadn't gained weight and actually looked bonier then when we first got her. I continued observing her walking to the side of the house where I saw her about to poo. Well what came out of her was browning water.
I've been depressed today because I know we'll have to take her back to the shelter. I would figure that shelters would do health screens on their animals before putting them up for adoption.
The requirement at this shelter is that the money you pay to adopt, automatically goes to getting a free Vet check and neutering or spaying. We usually wait 2 weeks because of the past dogs we've gotten there that ended up showing signs within that time. If we take them to the Vet before then, then we are stuck with any Vet bills the pet has which can be costly.
In So Cal, there were Shelters that wouldn't adopt out a pet unless they knew it was pretty much healthy or they would tell you what it had (if you chose to adopt it), and would cover any costs until the the pet was well.