18/06/2026
Most of our owners are wonderful people who open their hearts and homes to a poor lost dog in need. Unfortunately, every now and then we have to deal with some truly pathological cases—and, being only human, it can be exhausting.
We never engage with trolls, but here’s a prime example: a “potential owner” who began an apparently perfectly normal conversation about a dog we’d waived the adoption fee for, only to start tripping. This is the second red flag today - first being a dog abuser - and honestly, it wears you down.
We have a PUBLIC registered charity number, a PUBLIC NZ Companies number as a nonprofit shelter, an account in the rescue’s name, and an official kennel license. Our credentials and public reporting obligations are fully transparent as required by Charity Register—yet here comes someone who apparently can’t be bothered to read English. Or do any due diligence.
And this comes in an environment when a lot of so-called rescues pop up personal accounts, their kids accounts, etc: we get it. It's a very unregulated industry out there. But when you are fully registered and respecting all standards and above, you spend all your life and soul and thousands on the dogs you try to help, waive the adoption fee - that barely cover a small percentage of costs - to help the dog find a loving home, and you still get this, you get over being polite. And patient.
So, is it okay for us, on behalf of JDC, to respond to this "potential owner" in a language she truly understands??? Because we are on the verge of doing exactly that. Needless to say that poor Moymoy dodged a nutter - and she won't come anywhere near any of our dogs, ever.
