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VickiM74
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You apologized for your mistake. That\'s more than some would do!
You apologized for your mistake. That\'s more than some would do!
Hello and thank you for standing up for gay rights,
I believe your friend and all the friends that she
forwarded this to misunderstood our decline for her
application. We do not discriminate against any
homosexual people who apply for our dogs. I should
hope not as I am gay and so are many of our
volunteers.
We do not as a general policy adopt our pit bulls up
for adoption to homes that have an existing dog or
dog(s) in the home that are the same sex of the dog
that they are applying for. The potential for dog
aggression is much more pronounced and possible with a
member of the same sex. This is not always a hard
fast rule, and something we take into consideration
with very experienced pit bull owners who are willing
to crate and rotate dogs for the rest of this dogs
life, should it develop dog aggression. Most people
are not capable or willing to do this. In the case
of your friend, this would be almost impossible and
unfair due to the amount of dogs she already currently
has. Also for many reasons, we do not want our dogs
being left outside as outside dogs, which she
currently does with several of her dogs already. We
take every precaution that the dogs in our program
will find the best possible homes where they will be
safe for the rest of their lives. This includes our
no same sex DOG policy.
I am sorry that the reply that was sent to your friend
was misleading in the wording. Thank you for taking a
moment of your time to stand up for gay and human
rights. As a gay person, had I received that
response, (worded in that way and not understanding
most pit bull rescues policies regarding same sex DOG
placements), I would have been up in arms as well!
I hope I have made our position a little more
understandable. Please contact me with any further
questions regarding this case or policy.
Nicole Cawlfield
MABBR volunteer