Or they've already been turned down for whatever reason and they know they won't pass muster. We had a lady try to adopt a dog from my rescue in Kentucky. The dog she wanted could not be in a home with small children because he had been abused in his previous home by small children. She assured us left and right that she didn't have children. Okay, fine, we do home visits. Turns out she ran a daycare in her home , but she assured us they were not HER children😳