if this woman, bonnie dreher,  applies for  any  dog do not even consider. She called our rescue and was very nasty, to quote:

Please be careful if this women comes to you about a dog. SHE IS NOT NICE! She asked to see one of my dogs. I told her to make an appointment you need to be an approved adopter, please complete an application. She wrote me back all pissed off and saying she wants to meet the dog not marry it. And a bunch of other rude stuff.

I actually got a very nasty message from a woman who I called to do a home visit for... she had already been approved by another rescue, but the adoption fell through, but we never heard from that rescue, so we wanted to do our own home visit. I called and left a message, and when she called back I wasn't home and she freaked. She said it was easier for her to adopt her SON than it is for her to adopt a dog............... well, the rescue got back to us and she had a glowing home visit report, so we let her adopt. I was EXTREMELY apprehensive about it, but it wasn't one of my fosters what I thought didn't matter.

My parents adopted a dog from a rescue shelter and had to go thru the ringer.  It took over a month and was extremely frustrating for them.  I get that noone wants to adopt a dog out to someone who would not give the dog the best loving home but I don't think someone credit score is a valid reflection on what kind of pet parent they would be.

Ratbone doesn't check credit scores, lol, but I can almost see why someone would.  I think it's an indication of how financially responsible they are - and can be indicative as to whether or not they can really afford the responsibility of pet ownership.

But granted, when I adopted my first rescue, Bandit, it was from a local rescue here near Albany and I had pretty crappy credit at the time, but I still did everything I could financially when he wound up having cancer.....

Always go with your gut!!  Better safe than sorry I say!! 

People forget - that most of us who are volunteers have BEEN through the process. Yes, it took time when I applied for my Sandy 6 years ago!! But once I made my mind up to adopting her, I would have done ANYTHING to get her. Nothing was going to change my mind. People who don't want to wait... or have issues and question our policies and procedures... I have no patience for them... We have our rules in place for a reason..... I had to abide by those rules when I adopted, and I expect any person who adopts one of my fosters - or any Ratbone dog for that matter - to abide by those rules. *getting off my soapbox now* LOL

If it is I would NEVER get a dog.

My opinion was not meant to put down anyones time and efforts in volunteering.    I was just referring to my parents situation.

Obviously, ratty owners are a different breed of folks.  It takes special people to love rat dogs.  We always say how thankful we are that we are the parents of our pups.  Noone else quite gets them.   

LOL, I was going to say the same thing. Of course Lola's previous family didn't ask me ANYTHING about my home, I simply drove up and they handed her to me, and that's not the best practice, either -- but if I had to get through a credit check, I would never get a dog! The thing a credit check doesn't show you is that most of the time, the things that have marred my credit report were the result of me missing an un-pet-related payment here or there so I could afford to do take care of my pets!

Luckily, I'm out of college and those situations are *mostly* in the past!