So it looks like the whole Fred thing isn’t going to work out. It took the better part of a week to get a response the first time, and then the woman from Bluetick and Bloodhound Rescue Ontario was at best impolite on the phone, but more indignant at having to consider us.
She was completely obstinate that he had to be placed in a house with a large fenced in back yard. I find it rather negligent that she cared more about a yard than actually trying to determine if we would be able to exercise the dog. Besides the fact that a yard doesn’t take a young dog out for a long walk, nor does it give it socialization or exposure to new experiences. You should never be letting your dog piss and shit in your backyard, especially if you have young kids as dog excrement can actually cause blindness in small children.
The whole thing just didn’t have the right feel, so we’re going to look at the local rescue shelters that actually seem to take a proactive approach to getting their animals adopted, which means they actually save more.