Prey drive is normal. Dogs need constant monitoring even after training. My rescue 2as diagnosed with anxiety after biting another dog. The vet put her on Prozac. She is a different dog. No longer nervous, afraid of storms, not stalking rabbits constantly. Drugs can help when the dog is in need af help for mental health problems. No one wants a dog that bites!!

First of all, every story I’ve written about PURRR, including this one, contains information from people that people sent to me unsolicited. I’ve never contacted any of the people who adopted from PURRR. People contact me to tell their stories because they don’t want to see other people have the same experience with PURRR and want PURRR to be held accountable for its adoption procedures.

I’m not the one destroying the chance of these dogs finding homes. That’s on Diana and PURRR Rescue. Keeping dogs in kennels for 1-2 years, using tasers on dogs, giving behaviorally challenged dogs no behavior training make it much more difficult to find homes for them at it either creates behaviors problems or makes their behavior problems worse. Is it my fault that multiple dogs adopted from PURRR have had to be euthanized because they’ve killed pets and mauled kids?

And to say I’ve destroyed any chance of her adopting out more dogs is ridiculous. I’m simply reporting about things that have PURRR has done. I’m not the one that has multiple confrontations with animal control, buying dogs from people off the street and adopting them out without knowing anything about their background, keeping dogs in boarding for months, being sued for outstanding boarding bills, hiding dogs from animal control, etc, etc etc.

No, I’m not suggesting that dogs with “no info” aren’t adoptable. As I wrote in the article, “PURRR Rescue doesn’t appear to have the safeguards/policies in place (like the majority other rescues) that would give their dogs the best chance to find their ideal home and people/families to find their ideal dog.

Because of this it’s my opinion that people/families are taking a risk when they adopt a dog from PURRR Rescue. They could get a dog that is perfect for them, but they could also get a dog with behavior problems that could kill other pets or bite people.”

And of course background checks and behavioral assessments can’t ensure people will never have behavior problems with a rescue dog they adopt, but they DO minimize the risk that it will happen. If a rescue knows a dog is cat aggressive, it won’t put the dog in a home with cats unless the adopter is extremely experienced in dealing with cat aggressive dogs. You appear to think that rescue dogs attacking/killing cats or other small animals is “natural animal behavior” that happens to all rescue dogs from time to time. That’s wrong. Adopting a dog from a rescue shouldn’t be like a game of Russian rouletteThe responsible rescues that do background checks, behavioral testing, and home visits rarely, if ever, have the problems that PURRR Rescue does. It is the responsibility of the rescue to put its dogs in homes where they have the best chance of success, and they should know everything possible about the dogs they adopt. Putting dogs in homes that don’t have the experience/expertise to deal with any behavioral problems it may have is the responsibility of the rescue.

BTW I don’t think a dog that has a prey drive is “dangerous”. But the people who are caring for the dog need to know about the prey drive and need to be able manage it effectively. Responsible rescues know their dogs and will only adopt dogs out to people who have the capacity to manage the dog’s behavior.

Hey Concerned aka Lisa Cowan

Maybe words getting out that PURRR Rescue is a fraud and concerned people are reaching out. Imagine that

You are making a fool of yourself again. How many tragedies have to occur before you will stop supporting this horrible rescue.

Your comment makes you sound like you have a mental illness!
First of all who ever is running this rescue should be fined and all those dogs need to be taken away and given to a reputable rescue.
Robert, is doing the right thing by letting the public be aware of the potential dangers from adopting from them. Sounds like he is the only one with common sense, trying to help others and save those dogs from being euthanized.
If you are so concerned for the dogs, then help this rescue get their act together and do the right thing by the dogs and people that trust them! Personally, I think the lady running this rescue needs to be in jail!