Canine Hope Rescue, A Different Kind Of Rescue
On Sunday night I asked Lisa if she wanted to go for ice cream, her response was to tell me we may be going to pick up some puppies.
Well, that wasn’t what I expected to hear. She had been on Twitter and read a tweet from the Canine Hope Rescue looking for help with transport of six dogs they had pulled from a kill shelter in Franklin, GA. There were two adults who had been abandoned by their family when they moved out and four puppies from different locations, all had been dumped.
We ended up not having to go thanks to another dog lover who hopped in her car to help out before we got in touch with the rescue. Although we weren’t needed I did get the chance to speak with Tammara Josselyn, the founder of Canine Hope, and found out just how different this rescue is. It’s run by Tammara and her husband who are dog trainers and owners of a doggie daycare.
No doubt you will find we are a different kind of rescue. We require more steps than what you may be used to when looking for a dog. However, we provide more steps before our dogs are put up for adoption.
Dogs in our rescue:
-Have been taken to a veterinarian and received a complete examination.
-Are current on all their vaccinations.
-Are wormed intestinally.
-Are all spayed and neutered before adopted.
-Are tested for heart worms and put on preventive heart worm medication.
-Are house trained or in the process of being house trained.
-Are crate trained to assure an easy transition when brought into your home.
-Are fed premium dog foods while in our care to ensure good health and good healthy coats.
-Are routinely groomed and have their nails trimmed. All dogs are completely groomed before going home with your family.
-Are taught house manners, socialized with other dogs and people.
-Receive some basic obedience training.
-Are micro chipped in case they become lost.
-Families receive an introduction class where you find out all about your dog and its commands, likes, dislikes, history, how to make the transition with your family go smoothly, etc.
-We ask that you have a trial overnight with the dog you are considering, to make sure you are ready and we have made a good match between both of you.
-Go to their new family with food and a gift package, and a new leash and collar, and their favorite toys.
-Receive a scholarship for training with their new family, and a package for boarding with Cool School For Dogs.
-A rescue group that provides support after your dog goes home with you and will take the dog back without question if you no longer want the dog or can no longer care for it. (Adoption Donation is not returned)
-A quarterly newsletter with information that will serve helpful to your family and your new dog.
Yes, we are a different kind of rescue. If you are interested in one of our dogs, please go to our web page “Adoption Process” on the left sidebar and once you understand our process, fill out our application and return it to us.
I want to give a big shout out to Tammara and her husband, along with all the volunteers, for the wonderful work they do. Canine Hope Rescue is run on donations and the generosity of the Josselyn’s who donate much of their own money. This is a small rescue who could desperately use donations, fosters, volunteers, and adoptive homes. Anything you can do, nothing is too small, is greatly appreciated.
The dog pictured above is Blush, she was thrown off a bridge onto railroad tracks. Thanks to Canine Hope Rescue she has a chance at a new life.
Blush is a one year old female Doberman. She came into our rescue after a horrific act of man. A police officer in a neighboring town was underneath a large bridge checking on vagrant activity underneath the bridge. While he was there, someone threw a dog off of the bridge. Deliberately threw her over with one intention and that was to hurt or kill her. This bridge was not over water, but over railroad tracks.
The officer saw her fall, hit the ground, bounce a few inches and thud to the ground. He figured she was probably dead. She wasn’t and he rushed her to Animal Control. A director from a different rescue happened to be there when she arrived and knew we could probably help this Doberman girl and called us. We immediately set to claiming her and getting her help.
Thanks to the generosity of a local vet we were able to get her x-rayed head to paws. Luckily there were no major fractures but there was a head injury and a spinal injury. Time would tell if she would recover and if there were any internal injuries. She spent almost two weeks in intensive care. We visited her everyday and tried let her know that everyone was trying to help her. We brought her a new collar with a bright and shiny tag displaying her new name, “Blush”, for her new life to help her know that she was at a new beginning and only needed to pull through. At first she could not stand or walk. Then she could stand. She had to be carried and supported when she first started using the bathroom outside. Time passed and she eventually could stand, and then could walk. Today she is amazingly a different dog. She still has gentle steps but is happy and friendly and her only sign of having a problem is her gait when walking and that when she tries to do “zoomies” she sometimes stumbles, but she gets right back up.
Blush isn’t quite ready for adoption but the rescue is taking applications if anyone is interested in adopting this beautiful girl. Or any of the other cuties they have available. Blush’s story is just one of many from the Canine Hope Rescue, such a befitting name because they truly give these canines hope.
If you’re still not sure if you have a few dollars to donate I ask that you read Blush’s story again and then look at her beautiful face. That’s where your dollars go.
This sounds like a wonderful rescue run by wonderful people. I think that it is worth noting that rescues like these although wonderful are able to choose which dogs that they take in.
A full service shelter takes in every dog brought in by animal control and surrendered by owners regardless of health, temperament, breed or space. They have no choice but to euthanize animals, but that should not be what defines them. Well run shelters of all kinds need and deserve volunteers and donations.
Gross overpopulation, irresponsible breeders and lack of proper socialization and training are to blame for the millions of animals that are euthanized each year. Referring to a shelter as “no kill” or worse “kill” is not the answer.
You weren’t kidding this is a different type of rescue. Love the emphasis on socialization.
This sounds like an awesome rescue and it’s great that they are able to give the dogs so much love and care before finding them forever homes.
I sure hope Blush makes a full recovery. I hope the man that threw Blush over the bridge had the book thrown at him. Shame we can’t throw him over railroad tracks.
Many private rescues and breed rescues keep dogs in home settings where they can be given the time and attention needed to overcome their various issues. But, again, as Dara mentioned, these rescues can decide not to “accept” an animal into the rescue. So, is any shelter truly no kill? If you turn an animal away because you’re “full” and that animal ends up at the pound and is PTS…
The rescue that took my mother in almost turned me down as I had behavoural issues and showed signs of aggression toward men. Rescues can, and do, pick and choose.
a huge canine hug from Amigo, my big boy, and a chihuahua barking full tilt in praise of them!
I great big Kudo’s and thank you to these people for the way they run their rescue. We do Bulldog rescue and pretty much do the same as them except the news letter, most of the fosters we deal with actually work on top of volunteering and don’t have time but we do have a website for Happy Endings. I think many breed specific rescues are handled this way, we all can’t have kennels so the dogs are taken into homes as fosters and treated like a member of the family. The dogs that are the toughest to handle like this are the animal aggressive because they have to be segregated from the rest of the pack but in cases like this we spend quality time with them in the evening when the other dogs are ready for sleep and put in their crates for the night. I am not going to slight these people for how they run the rescue its GREAT and very time consuming but its not unusual. We very rarely turn a dog away, I have only done it once when the dog came out of the crate in attack mode and I got bit. We do have to think about the whole situation and whether the dog can be placed without harming someone in the process. The dog ended up being euthanized by the owner because he couldn’t find anyone to handle him. From what I understand the dog had been kept in a garage most of his life. I think that most shelters do the best they can and the people that do the job they do, day in and day out also deserve a great big hug and and THANK YOU.