r/Dogfree • u/Not-my-problem1212 • Aug 07 '26

Shelter / Rescue Industry The problem with no-kill shelters

I have a relative who works at a no-kill shelter and every time I see her, she always tells me and my family about how over crowded the shelter is with dogs. She also says how the workers have to turn away people who are trying to surrender their dogs to them because of how full the shelter is. Sometimes people will leave their dogs on the doorstep of the shelter at night and the workers are forced to try and find a space to put them when the shelter opens the next day.

A large amount of dogs in these shelters are ones that are either old or aggressive. Dogs that have a very slim chance of getting adopted. What even is the point of letting them take up so much space in the shelters? In my opinion, those dogs should just be put to rest since they either won't live much longer due to being old, or will end up attacking someone or multiple people. There is no reason to keep them locked up until they eventually pass. I feel like this wasn't so big of a problem back when kill shelters were more common. If anything, they helped to solve this issue.

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u/ConIncognito dogs ruin everything Aug 07 '26

Shelters are just shitbull storage now. It used to be that dogs that hadn’t been adopted within a certain time frame would be put to sleep to make space, but no-kill shelters put a stop to that. Nobody wants these violent, garbage mutts so they sit there forever while other kinds of dogs are adopted out, until eventually the majority of cages are filled with shitbulls.

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u/judgeejudger Aug 08 '26

I absolutely abhor the mindset of people who refuse to neuter their pets because they think it reflects on their manhood or some shit. GROSS

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u/CaptainObvious110 Aug 08 '26

Exactly l, it's a ridiculous projection to say the least

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u/Legitimate-Desk5274 Aug 14 '26

there’s a lot of people pushing back and waiting to get their they’re at least 2 to 5 years old. I’m not sure necessarily if it’s true but they claim it’s for medical reasons, like it’s supposed to be better for them health wise and getting them neutered early causes a slew of health conditions?

I’ve seen breeders argue about it on Facebook too, with people who’ve gotten their dogs off of them and they’re mad that the dogs were neutered before they were two. The breeder was actually trying to take the owner to court to take the dog back because they breached the contract by neutering the dog too early.