East Coast Canine Rescue Inc

terrible rescue. so unprofessional. failed me on a home visit that wasn't even completed. will not tell me what they found so concerning. conflicting information. do not adopt from here!

Submitted an application to this rescue. I have had my identity stolen and am very careful with personal details I share. I used a fake name and address since there are many puppy scams, as well as some rescues that receive your application and don't get back to you. When the rescue initiated contact with me and we moved deeper into the process, I let them know about the discrepancy and provided my real information. They contacted my vet, my references, and conducted a home visit. There were no issues reported. Then, someone contacted me with 'concerns' about lying on my application initially, even though one of their representatives had just visited my home. They requested a copy of my drivers license to validate my real name, and after I submitted this unwillingly, they then sent me an email saying I was not approved to rescue from them.

I have since bought a dog from a breeder with zero guilt. People want to rescue and making the process onerous and uncomfortable is doing a disservice to the animals. Caution is useful, but if after verifying with references, vets, engaging with my current dog during a home visit, and even getting a copy of my DL to do God knows what with it, you still have a strawman of a concern, maybe you need to recalibrate what constititues a potential issue or risk, vs flying by the seat of your pants. I don't know how you will store my info. Far larger companies have been hacked, with actual security policies and defense in depth. Verizon, e.g just got hacked last week again (7/17). Am I to trust that random dog rescue is locking down my real name, address, phone number, and 2 or 3 other folks addresses and phone numbers, in the best of systems? They don't use secure forms to take the info in, they receive it via regular email. They probably save it on their desktops or a storage drive, or print a hard copy. They also ask for a DL on top of all this. And yet, they have concerns that I have concerns about what you do with my PII. That I might be abusing or hoarding the dog I might get. Caution is one thing, paranoia or baseless action are another. I will buy my animals moving forward, and look forward to people extolling the virtues of rescue that I just don't see from this and a lot of other rescues. And for the animals' sake, I hope they think about the potential adopter's wellbeing and security as much as the potential of a bad egg.