Ever Noticed How Many Rescue Volunteers Know Nothing About Dogs?

I have found that the vast majority, in fact pretty much all the rescue volunteers I have met here in Ireland, on website and in person, know little or nothing about the breeds they deal with and nothing about pack structure and training. In fact I have had a whole forum of people tell me that pack structure dosn’t exsist when I gave sound advice to someone. Seriously.
I have been told that prong collars are… (let me try and remember) Somthing like “unbelievably cruel” and the word torture was used a lot.
This was when I told someone the correct way to use one on a dog that dragged them down the street on walks. They reccommended a halti, which can actually do a lot more damage to a dogs neck than a prong, as well as being not as effective!
Someone was rehoming a Weimaraner because it was not an effective guard dog, and the rescuers were all saying that the person was stupid to expect a Weim to guard, they are nothing but softies, that they would never be a good guard dog. Anyone who knows anything knows that a Weim has quite a strong protective instinct and can be a hard dog like many German breeds.
When I even mentioned the word e-collar for training (correctly and responibly after learning how to use them, obviously) I was hit with a torrent of abuse and actually banned from that particular forum. These were well known dog rescuers in Ireland.
When I volunteered to do some basic obedience with the dogs in the local centre here to make them easier to rehome,the essence of what I said was basically ignored, and I was told yeah, they really need people to help out and clean out the dogs pens or walk them. I said I would train them, like I am volunteering to train the dogs, I don’t have to do it, and they tell me I can clean out their pens? No thanks.
I have given a lot of money to the ISPCA and strongly support animal rescue, but the attitude of the volunteers would really put you off.
On another note about animal welfare in Ireland – Before when I went to do some volunteer work at the local SPCA holding spot located at the vets, a van full of lovely healthy but sad looking collies, crosses and some greyhounds and lurchers came pulled up. I was talking to them, assuming they were going onto the rescue to be rehomed. They were led into the vets, a few at a time, I heard the most awful screams I have ever heard (I’m not exaggerating) and they came out in green bags. In my county its still legal to put down dogs with bolt guns.
But anyway back to the attitude of recuers -
Has anyone else found this with them?

Has This Ever Happened To You As A Dog Owner?

Yesterday I was put in an awkward situation when I had my 8 month old Dachshund pup in a local Tackle and Pet Supply store.
My boyfriend and I stopped at our favorite pet supply store with our Dachshund and Greyhound/Boxer mix. This is a store that we frequent about 3 times a month for supplies (sometimes just to get the dogs out especially in winter) Both of our dogs have been going there since they were puppies and finished their shots, and both dogs are very obediant and quiet in the store. The people who work there know us, and love seeing us come in with the dogs. This was a trip to treat them to some fresh bully sticks before a long road trip we have coming up.
Anyways here is my issue and what happened. My dachshund and I were in one Aisle picking out treats while my boyfriend and our mutt were looking at new collars. A lady with a little girl from about 2 aisles across the store came stamping at us and proceeded to tell me to get that heathen of a dog out of the store, it was a danger and menace to all of the customers. I looked down at my Dachshund to find him still sitting quietly at the position I put him at and waiting intently for me to tell him to come on, and I assumed she had saw the larger dog who looks kind of bullyish and was worried irrationally because of that. I assured her that the mix was fine, has been through training, and she didn’t have to worry. She THEN begins to tell me its not our mix she is worried about but our dachshund! And started to tell me that there is no such thing as a good dachshund.
I understand they can be snippy if provoked and thats why I spent such a large amount of money on my dog for buying from a breeder who has bred for health and temperament as well as had the dog being socialized from a VERY young age and been working through classes with him.
Has anyone else been questioned about their dog or offended by someone who didn’t understand when you had a dog that wasn’t typically viewed as a potential threat. (Or if your a “dangerous” dog owner what absurdities have you had to endure.!)