Urghofferal
So some dude emailed me about adopting the dog, and this is all it said:
I'm in the East Bay can come and see Glodie.
Let me tell you the problems that I have with this:
1) His email address was bottomliquor@tktktk.com
2) He left no name
3) He spelled the fuckin dog's name wrong.
These are big warning signs for me. Like, yeah, you didn't even have enough interest in adopting the dog to sign your name and take ownership of your email? You dumb fuck.
So this is what I wrote back:
Hi there,
Have you filled out an adoption form with Milo? Also, please let me know a
little more about yourself and whether you have a yard, other dogs, etc.
Also, please at least let me know your name. Feel free to call me.
Thanks, Elka
{I included also all relevant contact info}
Is that too snarky? Apparently so. So this is what he emailed me back:
No thanks. If you guys really wanted to adopt out your dogs you wouldn't make it seem like I'm joining the service or something to get one. You would be welcome to come to my home to meet me and see my fenced in yard but i'm not going to jump through a bunch of hoops for you just to adopt a dog. I'll g to a breeder, fast and easy. Thanks.
John S______
Well, progress! At least he gave me his name. But, as you may well have guessed, dear reader, this response irked me a bit. So I wrote him back again:
Dear John,
I didn't mean to imply that I was trying to make you jump through a
hoop--we jumped through a hoop to go out of our way to foster a dog from a
high-kill pound, so we're just trying to look out for the dog's best
interest. And they're not "our" dogs--we're just two people who wanted to
help out a really worthy organization.
You are of course more than welcome to go to a breeder, fast and easy, as
you said, but bear in mind that purebreds are more prone to genetic
abnormalities, etc., than mutts, and that there are a lot of amazing dogs
out there who already need homes, and who are often sent to high-kill
pounds when they don't find one. Buying from a breeder would never be an
option for me, personally.
I'm not some kind of dog freak. I adopted a dog from a pound 5 years ago
and she's an amazing dog--hardly any vet bills, either. But I am a firm
owner who doesn't anthropomorphize. She's a dog, but she deserved a home.
And so does this one. You read the long, detailed desciption that the
other foster home gave of Goldie. She is an amazing dog, and she deserves
to go to a good home.
Understandably, I think, when all I got was a one-line email with no name
or number, I thought that this was another craigslister who internet
hopped and wasn't seriously interested.
I didn't mean to insult you, as I seem to infer that I have from your
terse response. I'm just trying to find a good home for the pup. I
understand that there are already several people who've actually filled
out adoption applications for Goldie(and it isn't "jumping through
hoops"--it takes about five minutes to do it at most). If you've gone
through this process, or are willing to, I would welcome setting up a time
to meet you (and your fenced yard).
Elka
Am I being a bitch? I don't think so.
The dogs finally started playing together tonight. They played the "I will bite your back ankle while you bite my opposite back ankle game" as well as the "I will open my mouth incredibly wide so you can put your entire snout into it and relish the stink of my dead seal blubber breath" game and the "I will scoot my entire body under you thereby rendering you entire bootie airborne" game. Good times.
I'm in the East Bay can come and see Glodie.
Let me tell you the problems that I have with this:
1) His email address was bottomliquor@tktktk.com
2) He left no name
3) He spelled the fuckin dog's name wrong.
These are big warning signs for me. Like, yeah, you didn't even have enough interest in adopting the dog to sign your name and take ownership of your email? You dumb fuck.
So this is what I wrote back:
Hi there,
Have you filled out an adoption form with Milo? Also, please let me know a
little more about yourself and whether you have a yard, other dogs, etc.
Also, please at least let me know your name. Feel free to call me.
Thanks, Elka
{I included also all relevant contact info}
Is that too snarky? Apparently so. So this is what he emailed me back:
No thanks. If you guys really wanted to adopt out your dogs you wouldn't make it seem like I'm joining the service or something to get one. You would be welcome to come to my home to meet me and see my fenced in yard but i'm not going to jump through a bunch of hoops for you just to adopt a dog. I'll g to a breeder, fast and easy. Thanks.
John S______
Well, progress! At least he gave me his name. But, as you may well have guessed, dear reader, this response irked me a bit. So I wrote him back again:
Dear John,
I didn't mean to imply that I was trying to make you jump through a
hoop--we jumped through a hoop to go out of our way to foster a dog from a
high-kill pound, so we're just trying to look out for the dog's best
interest. And they're not "our" dogs--we're just two people who wanted to
help out a really worthy organization.
You are of course more than welcome to go to a breeder, fast and easy, as
you said, but bear in mind that purebreds are more prone to genetic
abnormalities, etc., than mutts, and that there are a lot of amazing dogs
out there who already need homes, and who are often sent to high-kill
pounds when they don't find one. Buying from a breeder would never be an
option for me, personally.
I'm not some kind of dog freak. I adopted a dog from a pound 5 years ago
and she's an amazing dog--hardly any vet bills, either. But I am a firm
owner who doesn't anthropomorphize. She's a dog, but she deserved a home.
And so does this one. You read the long, detailed desciption that the
other foster home gave of Goldie. She is an amazing dog, and she deserves
to go to a good home.
Understandably, I think, when all I got was a one-line email with no name
or number, I thought that this was another craigslister who internet
hopped and wasn't seriously interested.
I didn't mean to insult you, as I seem to infer that I have from your
terse response. I'm just trying to find a good home for the pup. I
understand that there are already several people who've actually filled
out adoption applications for Goldie(and it isn't "jumping through
hoops"--it takes about five minutes to do it at most). If you've gone
through this process, or are willing to, I would welcome setting up a time
to meet you (and your fenced yard).
Elka
Am I being a bitch? I don't think so.
The dogs finally started playing together tonight. They played the "I will bite your back ankle while you bite my opposite back ankle game" as well as the "I will open my mouth incredibly wide so you can put your entire snout into it and relish the stink of my dead seal blubber breath" game and the "I will scoot my entire body under you thereby rendering you entire bootie airborne" game. Good times.