How to find a specific small dog breed to adopt
Local rescue centers often only have large dogs available, making it difficult to adopt a specific small breed without turning to a breeder. This leaves people struggling to find the right companion ethically through rescue channels.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1looking for breed-specific rescue groups
- 2using pet search aggregators like Petfinder
- 3traveling or using transport rescues to get a dog from another location
- 4waiting patiently until the desired breed comes into a rescue or shelter
- 5Asking for recommendations on online forums and subreddits
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“my local rescue centres only have big dogs that i wouldn’t be able to care for, and it’s honestly not an option for me to get anything else when i’ll decide to adopt.”source ↗
“does anyone have any suggestions on what would be the most ethical way to do that ?”source ↗
“Having a hard time finding her .”source ↗
Where this came up
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