 where did this word "rehome" come from?
#200900 - 07/07/2008 02:23 PM |
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I was reading a post on craigslist where some person was trying to "rehome" their 90 pound Rhodesian Ridgeback. According to the post they would "highly recommend some obedience training". In addition the dog countersurfs and will eat anything within reach. The reason was the couple just didn't have the time to devote to the dog; Oh, and my favorite part, they were asking a $150 rehoming fee to ensure the dog went to a good home  .
I couldn't help but mention this to my coworker as I thought it was pretty crazy, and she said she'd never heard this term "rehome" before... I think the whole thing is pretty despicable. How did this trend get started though? Did the word originate with the shelter systems? or maybe the rescues? On most of the rescue pages I see the phrase "forever home."
Interesting terminology anyway...
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#200904 - 07/07/2008 02:37 PM |
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i'm not sure, but i think the term 'rehomed' is used b/c the owners aren't a bona fide shelter/rescue/adoption agency.
i have 2 minds about the fee....it's commonly suggested to people 'rehoming' their animals to ensure the potential new home is serious, not spur of the moment, and i know coming from a rescue's perspective, helps ensure that the new home understands that animals cost money. THAT said, it's not like the fee is going to a shelter/rescue/adoption agency....it's going to people giving up their animal. personally i'd rather see rehoming fees in the guise of donations to a shelter/rescue/adoption agency - the potential new home could show a receipt or something i guess. and who knows, maybe some people just want to dump an animal and get some cash while doing it.
Teagan!
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#200907 - 07/07/2008 02:49 PM |
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I guess I just assume people are trying to get some cash while dumping the animal; especially when they start listing problems. I can see it definitely from a shelter- they put a lot of effort (and corresponding $) into each animal, plus they don't want the animals coming back- taking the animal home has to be a commitment.
I got my two the way you suggested incidentally- the woman went through a rescue and my 'fee' for each was a direct donation to the rescue. I had the option to use it as a tax deduction if it made a difference.
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#200908 - 07/07/2008 02:52 PM |
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it's commonly suggested to people 'rehoming' their animals to ensure the potential new home is serious, not spur of the moment, and i know coming from a rescue's perspective, helps ensure that the new home understands that animals cost money.
Sometimes putting a price tag on an animal can help weed out those who aren't all that serious, or don't have secure resources for proper canine upkeep. I agree that it would feel better to me if that "fee" were turned right around to a rescue - but then, why didn't the dog just get sent to a rescue in the first place, who would most likely find it a fitting home much more efficiently than a random posting on Craigslist?
Carolyn, could you PM me with the listing, or a location to search under? I'd be interested in learning more about the dog...
~Natalya
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#200912 - 07/07/2008 03:11 PM |
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the people might not go through a rescue b/c it might be full, and not all rescues take owner surrenders - or maybe the people just wanted to have control over who their animal goes through.
(i got my first pet, a rabbit named thomas, from a coworker whose boys had developed allergies, but they couldn't stand the thought of putting thomas into a shelter. we ended up 'switching' pets (the kids were young and it made them feel better) - i bought a couple of goldfish who went to live w/my coworker's family)
edit: though i'm not disagreeing that craigslist may not be the ideal venue for rehoming a pet....since most people rehoming probably don't screen as thoroughly as agencies do....not that agencies always do a great job, mind you.
Teagan!
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#200914 - 07/07/2008 03:17 PM |
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Craigslist specifically stats in the rules
NO ANIMALS FOR SALE (rehoming with adoption fee allowed)
So that is probably where that particular person got the word from.
Rehoming simply means find the dog a new home (from a private home to a private home). I work in rescue and I hear it all the time. Adoption generally means from a shelter or registered rescue to a private home.
Sale means from a breeder or pet store, to anyone, in exchange for money. Sometimes private individuals sell their dogs too. Usually when dogs are sold, there is a (sometimes minor) profit made, whereas an adoption fee would help defray the costs associated to that one animal, to the rescue or shelter. (our adoption fees do not usually even cover the vet bills and pull fees on each dog, we usually pay other fees like transport out of pocket).
Hope this helps.
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#200916 - 07/07/2008 03:23 PM |
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Though I entirely disagree with the way these folks are trying to 'rehome' their dog, charging a fee is a smart way to prevent the dog from ending up in a research lab. I've heard, as many have, that sometimes dogs that are given away in the paper, etc., supposedly to a good family end up being picked up and sold to labs by opportunistic jerks. Maybe that's what it's about? Maybe they are just clueless people who ended up with a dog they couldn't handle, and just didn't want to see it end up in a lab.
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#200921 - 07/07/2008 03:35 PM |
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Angela, that makes much more sense re: the cragslist rules. I understood the definition of rehome and sale, lol. Just wondered how that particular word came to be used so commonly. You're right that it would help weed out individuals who cannot afford the animal's upkeep. Now that I really think about it, it's just the idea of the person giving up the animal because they don't have time for it and getting money in addition that really bothers me.
There can be legitimate reasons for having to give up an animal-- the woman who I picked mine up from cried while I was loading them in the car. She obviously was not at all happy about having to put them up for adoption. Must be a really horrible feeling.
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#200927 - 07/07/2008 03:51 PM |
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Carolyn
Don't look at Kijiji if you don't like those craigslist ads. Kijiji has no animal restrictions.
Yesterday I came across a local "wanted" ad; someone was looking for a female pug to breed to their FIVE MONTH OLD male "puggle"
Someone else was advertising a litter of Rotts - the unpapered, uncertified 15-month-old father's FIFTH litter.
And I would say 99% of the "rehoming ads" (not the breeder ads, though there are tons of those too) are people rehoming dogs under 1 year old because they either have no time for it or are moving (where I live, it is illegal to have a no pets clause in a rental apartment/house - so it is just an excuse). It is sooo soo common.
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#200931 - 07/07/2008 04:02 PM |
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I agree with your 99% statement completely; that's what raised my ire in the first place. I've never heard of Kijiji- but craigslist is enough to make you wonder.
Too sad.
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