Puppy ponderings
Does anyone have experience with adopting from Yolo County SPCA?
As most of y'all know, T-Man has been aching for a dog for years -- and we're finally getting one. He fell in love with a sweet little pup named Pluto at the YSPCA PetSmart appearance on April 4, and I turned in an application for her that day. I sent a follow-up e-mail on the 10th, wanting to make sure everything was in order, and got a (seemingly very automatic) reply advising me that they'd received a lot of applications for Pluto, they were still reviewing them and they try to call prospective adopters within seven days. I waited another week before sending another follow up, and I've had no reply.
Is this typical? I'm led to believe that Pluto's ad remaining on Petfinder means she has not been adopted out. If they've dismissed our application, I'd like to know why so I know if I should bother applying for any other animals (for example: if I just randomly lost the Everyone Wants A Cute Puppy Lottery, that's one thing, but if they have a blanket Do Not Adopt Dogs policy for people who do not have fenced yards, I'll know not to bother reapplying. If it's something that can be fixed, I'd like to know so I can fix it.) I'd at least like to know at what point I should figure that No News Is Bad News and start looking at other dogs -- and their policy doesn't even give me that much! I am not sure where the line is drawn between making fair inquiries and bein an annoyance. Help?
As most of y'all know, T-Man has been aching for a dog for years -- and we're finally getting one. He fell in love with a sweet little pup named Pluto at the YSPCA PetSmart appearance on April 4, and I turned in an application for her that day. I sent a follow-up e-mail on the 10th, wanting to make sure everything was in order, and got a (seemingly very automatic) reply advising me that they'd received a lot of applications for Pluto, they were still reviewing them and they try to call prospective adopters within seven days. I waited another week before sending another follow up, and I've had no reply.
Is this typical? I'm led to believe that Pluto's ad remaining on Petfinder means she has not been adopted out. If they've dismissed our application, I'd like to know why so I know if I should bother applying for any other animals (for example: if I just randomly lost the Everyone Wants A Cute Puppy Lottery, that's one thing, but if they have a blanket Do Not Adopt Dogs policy for people who do not have fenced yards, I'll know not to bother reapplying. If it's something that can be fixed, I'd like to know so I can fix it.) I'd at least like to know at what point I should figure that No News Is Bad News and start looking at other dogs -- and their policy doesn't even give me that much! I am not sure where the line is drawn between making fair inquiries and bein an annoyance. Help?