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... I am starting a new thread on this, since I realize that while I gave input regarding breeders I did somewhat pollute the other thread...
Since you seem to be open to taking suggestions for 'tweaking' this forum, Yung, I request a place to showcase rescue dogs. What they had on MO worked really well...it gave the basic information at the very top (ie, the name of the rescue dog as well as the sex and age) below that was more info (a photo of what they currently look like, anything else that would be helpful to know, where the foster was keeping them (city/state), who to contact if interested)... no discussion was allowed on this thread, it was just listing after listing of the rescues currently being fostered/looking for homes. You would email the person in charge of the rescue dog for an application/more information. The listing would be removed once the dog found a furever home.
Since we have several members here very active in rescue (Deb, Edie, Bronwyn, Steve, Cathy? - apologies - remember someone from the East Coast posting comments many times about shelter pulls, etc... could we allow those people to post a blurb/photo on the available dogs section so that it doesn't take away from their alloted photo count, etc?
It would be a great service, IMO... so many people who read aren't even aware of what a rescue dog is or that there is such a thing... if they saw the little faces, they may fall in love and become a part of the solution
Perhaps prior to posting, you could have anyone you are unfamiliar with (ie new member) who is affiliated with a known rescue contact you for permission to post.
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Since you seem to be open to taking suggestions for 'tweaking' this forum, Yung, I request a place to showcase rescue dogs. What they had on MO worked really well...it gave the basic information at the very top (ie, the name of the rescue dog as well as the sex and age) below that was more info (a photo of what they currently look like, anything else that would be helpful to know, where the foster was keeping them (city/state), who to contact if interested)... no discussion was allowed on this thread, it was just listing after listing of the rescues currently being fostered/looking for homes. You would email the person in charge of the rescue dog for an application/more information. The listing would be removed once the dog found a furever home.
Since we have several members here very active in rescue (Deb, Edie, Bronwyn, Steve, Cathy? - apologies - remember someone from the East Coast posting comments many times about shelter pulls, etc... could we allow those people to post a blurb/photo on the available dogs section so that it doesn't take away from their alloted photo count, etc?
It would be a great service, IMO... so many people who read aren't even aware of what a rescue dog is or that there is such a thing... if they saw the little faces, they may fall in love and become a part of the solution
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