Dog Transport - Why a Rescue is the Best Place to Adopt

Coco and Hansel

Last weekend we took part in a transport for a possible adoption of a bonded pair of Dachshunds.Sometimes adoptions don't work out, which is why Rescues give a 1-2 week trial period.
   That's why it's so much better to adopt from a rescue, because if the dog's personalities (and they all have their own personalities) don't mesh with you and your home, then they can be returned to the foster parent
   The passengers were Dachshunds named Coco and Hansel through Coast to Coast Dachshund Rescue (that we've been working with for years).
   On Saturday, February 25th, we drove 2 plus hours one way  to get the dogs from another transporter. We met in Delaware off Interstate 95. 

They've been with the rescue for a year in foster care and now adopted

    The dogs have been in the rescue for about a year. They came from a home where they lived for 10 years with a man until he met a woman who told him to "get rid of the dogs."  Of course we would have  dumped her, but he dumped his 2 children into the rescue. It's really appalling what people do to their dogs. Regardless, they were with a foster parent in northern New Jersey for about a year.
      Donna in New Jersey got the dogs from the foster parent and transported them to Philadelphia, where Glen and his 2 sons picked them up and took them to Delaware. It takes a lot of organization to make it happen.
   After a couple of days, the adopter realized that the two boys were not a good fit, which happens and is fine. Fortunately, the former foster mom decided to adopt them, because she really missed them.  She wanted to ensure she has them for the weekend, so yesterday she drove down to Maryland and picked them up.