Adopting Your Dog from a Pointer Rescue Group

ByMike

If you’re interested in getting a purebred Pointer, have you considered adopting your dog through one of the many Pointer rescue groups scattered throughout the US, Canada, the UK and other countries? These rescue groups typically are non-profit organizations staffed by volunteers who are dedicated to rescuing, fostering and permanently placing purebred Pointers.

Most rescue groups screen adoption applicants quite carefully and require them to fill out adoption application forms. Some even make “home visits” to evaluate the environment that their dog would be placed in if the applicant is approved. For example, they’ll want to make sure an adopted Pointer has a large, fenced-in area with plenty of room to run. I know when I adopted my Pointer, the rescue group put me through the ringer, but they really do have the best interests of their dogs in mind.

Pointers love to run, and it’s likely that many of the dogs a rescue group has available for adoption are strays or runaways that were unable to find their way back to their previous owners. Most rescue groups highly recommend adopted Pointers be put through obedience training to prevent this problem in the future. I did this with the dog I adopted, and he doesn’t leave my side except when we’re out in the field hunting.

The information a rescue group has on its dogs can vary from a complete history provided by a previous owner, to nothing beyond when the dog was brought to the animal shelter. However, most Pointer rescue groups take care of several things before making their dogs available for adoption: the dogs are almost always spayed or neutered, vaccinated against rabies and distemper, and tested for heartworms (although as the adoptive parent, you’d be responsible for obtaining the preventative heartworm medication). Rescue groups also typically evaluate a dog’s overall health, temperament and house manners. And, when you adopt a dog from a Pointer rescue group, the dog’s foster parents are often available if you have any questions about your new pet.

You can get a great dog this way. I know I did.

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