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    Brighter Days Dog Rescue

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    Community Service/Non-Profit

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    Our Humane Society adoption!

    My husband and I recently applied to adopt a dog from Brighter Days Dog Rescue. It was our 1st experience with attempting to adopt from a rescue, after the loss of our almost 17 yr old jack russell last Sept. who we got when he was 8 weeks old. The application was VERY long and took me well over an hour to complete. I applied for 1 small dog specifically. We live in a paired home about 1250 sq ft with no yard, but our community has 2 huge dog parks and we also would walk our pet daily. Although we appreciate all that rescues do for animals in need, it is discouraging that the communication on their part wasn't better. We also applied to another Boulder rescue with similar results. On a positive note, we have since adopted our Blue Heeler from the Humane Society of South Platte Valley. Our first experience with a Humane Society and they were amazing. We honestly feel like we now have the dog we were meant to have.

    Crystal K.

    My experience was really positive. I visited and picked up my pup today. My application process was very quick and a foster reached out to me about a day after applying. The foster family was awesome too. Very responsive and we made plans to meet. My experience was great and (teeny) Tilly (short for Matilda) is settling right in. :)

    Carys W.

    I honestly don't understand the bad reviews at all. These are dogs that have been rescued from high kill shelters and often have been through very traumatic events. Their purpose is to try to find the best fit possible for these dogs so as to make sure these dogs aren't put through more trauma and have forever homes. With that, merely putting in an application for a dog doesn't guarantee you're the best fit for the dog you're interested in compared to somebody else. From what I understand they will often take a while to go through their applications because they want to make sure the dog gets adopted by the best candidate for the dog. There are plenty of dogs my fiancé and I could've applied for and probably would've been denied for because they just wouldn't have been a good fit. Also...I'm sorry, but given the fact that this is a RESCUE, not a breeder or whatever, they can't guarantee the breed of the dog ffs. Since they're a non-profit I don't think they have the funds for DNA tests when they're often funding medical treatment etc for the dogs they're rescuing. If you're heart set on adopting a breed, don't rescue I guess? We adopted our dog several days ago and we are in love. His foster family was amazing and we even have made a point to stay in touch with them so they can see how he's doing :) It took Becca/the fosters a few days to get back to us but the process was exactly as expected given the fact that they clearly wanted to extensively look through applications. He is such a wonderful fit in our family and we are really grateful we went through a rescue that clearly really cares about every dog they adopt out.

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    This wonderful rescue saves dogs that have few options remaining. Brighter Days does beautiful work.

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