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I usualy find myself with dogs at the other end of their lives. I wouldnt recommend this with a child - too much grief involved. I pick up dogs who sometimes can not be rehomed because they have weeks rather than months left. Sometimes all you can offer is happy endings and love.
Sadly, you have to bear in mind that some people lie when handing a dog in - just like some people lie when selling a car. They think they are doing the dog a favour perhaps, but its not, most problems can be dealt with if they are known about, before a dog is up for rehoming - thats where foster homes work best isnt it DaeHanla, to draw out the slightly shell shocked, and encourage good behaviour.
I had one little boy in, and he would go out for a wee, and then stand at the door. Took us a while to realise - he was waiting for us to wipe his feet - because thats what he had been taught. Dear little chap, near dead with starvation - he would have loved his own 3yr old, and an older dog whose lead he could follow. Needed someone to play with, that was all.
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