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<blockquote data-quote="BadgeBunny" data-source="post: 1851315" data-attributes="member: 1242">Kyle, first of all, don&#039;t describe them as &quot;pit-bullish&quot; looking. They are a lot of things but pit bull is not one of them. They are, if anything at all, &quot;Labradorish&quot; looking ... Which means more than likely they will make great family dogs.Two, have you looked into letting your sweetie get her &quot;not-for-profit&quot; and setting up a small rescue. If she is as good at finding these guys as you say she is, I&#039;m guessing she&#039;d be just as good at soliciting donations of money, food, supplies, etc. From what I&#039;ve seen over the years, as long as the folks running the shelter understand the basics of the &quot;game&quot; and don&#039;t think for one minute that it is not a &quot;game&quot;, they can do quite well. By &quot;quite well&quot; is draw a nominal salary (but more than minimum wage), and that their shelter CANNOT be too strict on placing animals. When folks coming to adopt start feeling like they have to give away their own children to qualify (and you&#039;d be flabbergasted at how many shelters are run like this) people will stop trying to adopt from you and you will be overrun.The third (and most important &quot;leg&quot;) in the game is the temptation to be a &quot;no kill&quot; shelter in the truest sense of the phrase. Some animals, no matter how big your heart is, just should not be saved. It&#039;s a hard place to come to but I am telling you that not understanding the difference in what is best for the animal and what helps you sleep better at night is the road to damnation.Good luck to you sir!! Your gal is a sweetheart! (And she must be rubbing off on you!! LOL)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BadgeBunny, post: 1851315, member: 1242"] Kyle, first of all, don't describe them as "pit-bullish" looking. They are a lot of things but pit bull is not one of them. They are, if anything at all, "Labradorish" looking ... Which means more than likely they will make great family dogs. Two, have you looked into letting your sweetie get her "not-for-profit" and setting up a small rescue. If she is as good at finding these guys as you say she is, I'm guessing she'd be just as good at soliciting donations of money, food, supplies, etc. From what I've seen over the years, as long as the folks running the shelter understand the basics of the "game" and don't think for one minute that it is not a "game", they can do quite well. By "quite well" is draw a nominal salary (but more than minimum wage), and that their shelter CANNOT be too strict on placing animals. When folks coming to adopt start feeling like they have to give away their own children to qualify (and you'd be flabbergasted at how many shelters are run like this) people will stop trying to adopt from you and you will be overrun. The third (and most important "leg") in the game is the temptation to be a "no kill" shelter in the truest sense of the phrase. Some animals, no matter how big your heart is, just should not be saved. It's a hard place to come to but I am telling you that not understanding the difference in what is best for the animal and what helps you sleep better at night is the road to damnation. Good luck to you sir!! Your gal is a sweetheart! (And she must be rubbing off on you!! LOL) [/QUOTE]

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