Dog pounds, shelters, Humane society (Detroit, Dearborn: homes, buy, live)

[Coldjensens]

WE are looking for a puppy. We have a hard time with adoption agencies and other sources that can be found on-line, but we recently learned many of the local shelters etcetera do not put their puppies on line becuase they are usually gone before anyone can respond. Apparently you just have to drop in. The shelters near us currently have no puppies. We are trying to find shelters in the Detroit Metro area that do not put puppies on line (because, if they do, we have already looked at them) where we can just drop in and see what they have. If you know of a shelter in your area that handles dogs/puppies (some of them are for cats only), can you please tell us where it is located?

Thank you.

[313Weather]

Have you tried the MI Humane Society on Chrysler and Grand Blvd E.?

They have tons of dogs and puppies there I hear.

[Coldjensens]

Originally Posted by 313Weather

Have you tried the MI Humane Society on Chrysler and Grand Blvd E.?

They have tons of dogs and puppies there I hear.

Thank you no we have not unless they are listed n petfinder or the other one.

[zthatzmanz28]

Taylor-tucky might have a few? Not sure if they participate in pet finder. Might I suggest an "older" dog?

[Coldjensens]

Originally Posted by zthatzmanz28

Taylor-tucky might have a few? Not sure if they participate in pet finder. Might I suggest an "older" dog?

Already have an older dog. We have learned that a puppy will re-invigorate an older dog and the older dog will be happier, spunkier and live longer. Our old dog has 1-2 years left in all liklihood. We also discovered it is easier on kids if we already have a dog they love when an older dog dies. We like raising a dog from puppihood. It is fun for us and makes a better dog over the years. We appreciate those who take on old dogs and give them a loving home. We contribute to shelters or other groups that help care for and place unwanted cats and dogs in homes and we adopted a couple of feral cats and gave them a place as barn cats, but that is the extent of our interest in participating in that good cause.

Thus, you may suggest an older dog, but we are looking for a puppy. As most of the shelter sites state, it is a bad idea to take on a dog because you feel sorry for it. You have to actually want the dog. Takig a dog you do not really want just because it has few prospects is a bad idea.

Our purpose is not to provide charity for an old dog that is unwanted. That is sad, but we cannot try to save them all. Our purpose is to locate a specifc puppy as a long term family companion.

[KayAnn246]

You may want to check out the Humane Society in Westland. I went last week and they seem to have a good selection.

[irongrl]

Have you checked the Humane Society in Dearborn? They seem to have puppies there most of the time.

Also, the Huron Valley Humane Society is involved in the Rescue Waggin program:

Rescue Waggin' - Humane Society of Huron Valley

They have had some really nice litters of puppies brought up from the south. I think if you call them, they can give you an idea of when new puppies are arriving so you can time your visit so as not to miss them. They are adopted out quickly. We aren't ready for a dog in our life yet, but we do support the local Humane Societies, by dropping off food, supplies, etc. and visiting the animals. Really hard not to bring some of them home when we do that

I think it's great that you want your puppy to come from a shelter

[tev9999]

I went with a friend to adopt a puppy a couple weeks ago at an adoption event at the PetSmart in Taylor. She adopted a 12 week old lab/daschund mix. The puppies were listed on PetFinder with the availability date (they had to be neutered and had kennel cough to recover from). We got there about 30 minutes before the event started - which was a good thing. It was a madhouse 15 minutes after the "opened". By that time she had already picked the brother she wanted and was just filling out the paperwork.

I don't remember the rescue name, but it was not the MI Humane Society. They were set up in the parking lot with many older dogs and tons of cats, but I didn't see any puppies.

Monitoring petfinder is the best advice you can get. I don't believe there are any secret stashes of puppies out there, but when they go up for adoption they go quick.

[Coldjensens]

Originally Posted by tev9999

I went with a friend to adopt a puppy a couple weeks ago at an adoption event at the PetSmart in Taylor. She adopted a 12 week old lab/daschund mix. The puppies were listed on PetFinder with the availability date (they had to be neutered and had kennel cough to recover from). We got there about 30 minutes before the event started - which was a good thing. It was a madhouse 15 minutes after the "opened". By that time she had already picked the brother she wanted and was just filling out the paperwork.

I don't remember the rescue name, but it was not the MI Humane Society. They were set up in the parking lot with many older dogs and tons of cats, but I didn't see any puppies.

Monitoring petfinder is the best advice you can get. I don't believe there are any secret stashes of puppies out there, but when they go up for adoption they go quick.

My wife went there. She found a cute shepperd puppy (smaller than we really want, but Shepperds are good dogs). She called me. By the time I got there, they were gone. Not just the shepperd puppies, but every puppy the place had all gone.

Went to Westlland as well. The had a georgeous sweet and evtremely smart little 10 month old brindle puppy. We played with him for quite some time but decided not to adopt him becuase he is older than we want, way smaller than we want and has some pit bull in him which bothered my wife. He was the sweetest little dog I have seen in a ong time, really beautiful and smart like a border collie, but not what we were looking for. If anyone is interested in a truely beatiful and super swwet almost puppy, his name is Dozer. we tried q few other shelters, most were closed or had their dogs at the event in Taylor. most said they do nto get many puppies and place them very quickly. Most said they rarely or never get giant breed puppies.

While at Westland and one other shelter several families brought in their older adult dogs to "surrender" them becuase the kids had grown up and moved out and the parents had no more use for the dog (two at Westland and one at another shelter - not quite sure where we were). I was seething mad. I wanted to punch them in the nose. How could they just take their faithful and loyal family friend to be killed because she/he is no longer convenient? I could nto work in one of those places and if I go into one again, I will probably end up being arrested.

We keep trying adoption agencies, and they keep changing their minds at the last mintue and deciding to keep the puppies. We are trying again this week I guess (I am fed up with adoption agnecies, but my wife wants to keep trying).

I think we may end up having to just buy one from a breeder.

[leaves]

You should try Detroit Dog Rescue. They have a website. They have been all over the news, and are doing great things rescuing dogs and puppies from the streets, who have been abandoned. There are around 50,000 stray dogs in Detroit alone!