Should every pet be safed?

Where is the line?

In the rescue world I noticed that the ones with the most severe issues tend to get safed rather than the one sitting right next that is perfectly healthy, no behavioral issues, young and in high spirit. You can see that especially on Facebook Rescue pages.

The dogs with the most severe health or behavioral problems are the ones with the most support and then you come across those that have no issues whatsoevers and they barely get even touched.

While every dog deserves a chance... should the rescue really spend 30 000 bucks on a dog to save him or rather put that money into getting those, that actually have a chance to live a full and happy life, adopted out?

Should we really keep trying and trying to safe an already aggressive dog with a bite history or put them to sleep because the least thing the dog world needs is another aggressive dog and another reason for anti-dog people to root for BSL or dog bans in general?

If so, WHEN should the decision be made?

How many dogs am I caring for or agreeing to pull? As much as I can just to get them out or actually only as many as I can financially take care for? Does quantity go over quality? Sadly, quite a few rescue pull way to many dogs that they can't take care for. They pull them, put them into foster homes or adopt them out without checking who they are adopting out to. The dogs get moved from place to place, no real records, no home checks, just get those dogs out of the Kill Shelter. Sometimes I am thinking if those dogs wouldn't be better off dead instead of being moved from one boarding home to the next with no outlook of any kind or form of adoption.

So I'd rather safe one dog at a time. If that one dog is adopted out, I'd take the next one in. There is just no sense in ruining myself financially, putting everything into jeopardy just to get 20 dogs out of the Kill Shelters, not being able to properly care for them or actually get them all adopted out. I guarantee you, I can get that one dog, faster adopted out than those trying to get twenty adopted at the same time. So I'd be actually able to take another dog in much faster, can spend more money, might even be able to take in a sick dog, care it back to health and adopt that one out. Again: QUALITY OVER QUANTITY!

What about those poor old seniors that are dumped by their owners because they don't want to take responsibility for their pet and put them to sleep themselves and rather dump them instead of doing it themselves.

Should they pe put to sleep humanely or should they be adopted out and safed just to squeeze every single second out of their life, taking the spot from a young healthy, well behaved dog that is already up for Euthanazia the next day?

Tough questions, huh?

With Millions of dogs in the shelters... I'd let my head and common sense rule.

Meaning, you can't safe every dog. Safe those that are healthy, stable, well behaved and young first. Because those are the dogs that can set a good example in the public.

If then money is left over, try to safe those with the least expensive vet bills and a good outlook for recovery.

30 000 dollar vet bill? NOPE! Just not going to happen. Unfortunately, those cases are the ones that let the donations roll in.

Don't like that though? Well... that is EXACTLY how you have to operate a non-profit mission because they can't live without donations and somebody, with a rational, business kind of thinking person, runs all the succesfull non-profit. Whether you like it or not, they may be non-profit but it IS a business and to stay in business, money needs to roll in and you can't do that if you don't give people what they want. That's the truth and reality.

Aggression issues? Tough, very tough topic. There are those that believe that every poor sweety needs a chance.

The way it is, with BSL, Dog Banning Laws... my head says, put them to sleep, my heart says, at least check them out and see what you can do. If it's really that bad, after you checked them out, you can still put them to sleep.

However, as a Rescue.. I'd be a Kill-Rescue since I'd actually put dogs to sleep and Kill Rescues or Shelters are not welcome... however, with more than 4 Million dogs in the shelters and not enough people willing to adopt or even being capable to financially caring for dogs... is it better to keep them alive, crated or kenneled, vegetating in a boarding home for the rest of their life or just saying...you know what... that's worse than a prison, just put them to sleep?