I mentioned before about Georgia having one of the highest kill rates in the country, sad but true. Here’s an urgent message I received about the Floyd County Animal Control in Rome, GA. These dogs only have until TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13th to live.
PLEASE CROSSPOST: THERE ARE MANY PUPPIES IN URGENT NEED OF RESCUE AT FLOYD COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL IN ROME, GA~THESE BABIES MUST BE RESCUED BY 6:00 PM ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH AS THEY ARE SCHEDULED FOR EUTHANASIA ON WED. MORNING, BEGINNING AT 8 AM! Read the rest of this entry »
While Bo was perusing Facebook, the boy gets around, he came across For The Sake Of Animals. It isn’t a shelter or rescue in the traditional sense, rather the founder uses social networking as a way to help save dogs who are going to die in shelters.
I created this channel on YouTube to save as many animals lives in overcrowded shelters across the country as I can through making these videos and uploading them here on YouTube. Public announcements if you will.
It actually started as an experiment. One day I got an email that had thumbnail pictures of about 33 dogs in a shelter in Ohio off their petfinder site. All were in danger of death due to available space at the shelter. After looking at the email I decided this was no way to feature these animals.
See I have over twenty years in sales and marketing. Using what I know I created my first video for this channel show casing these 33 dogs back on April 27, 2009. Their last day was suppose to be April 29, 2009. I called the shelter for an update and was pleasantly surprised to learn how far and wide the videos reached and that people were calling the shelter about their video they didn’t even know they had offering donations, rescue and even some private public adoptions. The video was a success. With less then two full days before the dogs would be put to sleep the shelter had received enough interest that NO ONE was put down this week. This has continued for the past four weeks at this shelter. All total in the first two weeks the shelter moved forty-eight dogs from death row. To date it has been four weeks and 56 dogs are rescued, adopted or reclaimed.
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.
I want to thank Dogster member Rhon for sending me a diary entry from Daisy Mae’s page. And of course Daisy Mae for posting it.
This is a heartbreaking and eye-opening look at what happens to senior dogs when their owners decide they can no longer care for them, or choose not to.
Flo is a doe-eyed 10 year-old Basset hound mix that was sent to the animal shelter when her owner couldn’t return home after being hospitalized. The little dog, who is almost deaf, was terrified to be in a cage at a shelter with so many other animals and all of the commotion.
Josie is a serious looking senior Wheaton terrier mix whose owners tied a pretty bow around her neck and dropped her off at a shelter in Northern California.
And when a tiny silver-haired Shih Tzu named Jennifer got too old, her family brought her to the shelter to be euthanized.
This is how life turns out for thousands of loyal older dogs. The main reason senior dogs are relinquished to shelters seems to be illness. Either the owner becomes too sick or passes away or the dogs develop an illness and owners can’t afford to pay for the medical care or choose not to get help.
Prospects are pretty grim if you’re an unwanted senior canine. Shelter workers see the tragedy every day as older dogs with wonderful dispositions are tossed aside. And once they get to an overcrowded public shelter with limited resources they are “practically written off” as un-adoptable.
In addition to being hard to re-home, senior dogs have special health risks when they’re exposed to a shelter environment. They’re more susceptible to kennel cough, their arthritic bones get worse as they sit on concrete floors and the overall stress of living in a shelter can worsen any pre-existing illness. For most old dogs the shelter is where they spend their last days before being euthanized.
However, in the last couple of years some animal advocates who are touched by these sad circumstances are coming to the aid of senior canines.
I recently posted an article, The Eleventh Hour, to try and help raise funds for the Rocky Mountain Animal Defense. They were going to be attending an upcoming dog auction and money raised would be used to buy dogs that faced almost certain death. The auction has since taken place and thanks to some generous donors they had enough funds to buy 56 beautiful dogs.
Sharon L. Peters wrote a special article for USA Today. It’s a very moving piece on what happens at the auction, you may want to get out the tissues.
Some 250 or so dogs and puppies were, before the sale, living in a brick warehouse-like structure (which I drove to in order to make sure that others’ descriptions were accurate) a stone’s throw from the interstate. The building, essentially windowless except for in the front, where customers view puppies, is surrounded by asphalt and commercial buildings with no place for dogs to be outside. Adult dogs are kept behind doors posted with “Employees only” warnings.
In early May, PBK decided to sell many of the dogs in advance of relocating, according to the seller statement filed with the auction company.
When Last Chance and the Rocky Mountain Animal Defense heard the dogs would be sent to auction, they offered to pick them up and find them homes, says Last Chance’s Julie Sarff. “The dogs are perpetually pregnant or nursing; they live their lives in cages,” Sarff says. “We wanted something better for them.”
A call from a concerned neighbor prompted sheriff’s officials to raid a home near Waco, TX. They were stunned at what they saw, calling this the worst case of animal abuse in McLennan County. In total, 78 dogs were removed from the property and taken to the Waco Humane Society to be cared for.
Chief Deputy Randy Plemons said the dogs were being kept in “deplorable” conditions. Up to five dogs were crammed in cages meant for rabbits. In the cages, feces accumulated up to 6 inches high. Nearby was wet, moldy food, he said.
Reached at the home Monday evening, resident Barbara Mitchell, 58, who along with her husband is named in a seizure of animals affidavit filed Friday in McLennnan County district court, said she and her husband were paying several people to care for the dogs and clean out their cages and that the work wasn’t being done.
Mitchell said she and her husband suffer from severe health problems and were not able to check on the dogs. She said she knows that all of the dogs taken are healthy, although Plemons said that is not the case.
She said the couple hadn’t sold their animals in years, and the dogs kept breeding. She said she only wanted to keep certain older dogs.
“If you want to call us a puppy mill, that’s fine, but we’re not,” she said, tearing up. “We’ve been good, Christian people all our lives. We love kids and animals.”
That’s right, Pretty Girl is in desperate need of a home. I was sent an email letting me know about her, when I opened up the picture and saw her face I knew I had to post.
Hi to all,
I am personally in need of help. Some of you might remember about a year ago I sent out an email for help w/ getting Pretty Girl placed. She was a neighbor’s dog that had been tied to a tree for most of her life and the neighbors moved and left her. Our old neighbors treated her for heartworms and took care of her. When it got colder I offered to keep her in my basement with a space heater, as the weather got better she stayed in my backyard during the day. It worked out great! Until my landlord told me to move or buy the house we were in.
So we moved, between my boyfriend and I we have 8 dogs and 9 cats (one is a foster). Our friend took Pretty Girl and she has been living on his screened in patio and yard. He told me he was intending to adopt her, so I stopped trying to place her. Well, needless to say, he told me the other day he needs for Pretty Girl to be gone in about 1 week.
Our house is very full, but more importantly, PG doesn’t fit in our groups. She is good with male dogs, but not really females. She also is not great with cats. She is amazing with all people. She is current on vaccines and is heartworm negative. I have been taking care of her heartworm, flea prevention and food. I am willing to continue with this if someone can help.
Right now I’m overwhelmed with my own pets (one is recovering from major orthopedic surgery) and I work 2 jobs (I’ll stop complaining now). I’m just concerned even if we physically have room for her at our house, she’ll never get attention, and I won’t have the time to try to pursue a permanent home for her.
If anyone can help, please, please, please let me know!
I’m willing to drive her around the SE too!
Laura
404-414-8104
Hey, who wouldn’t want a Pretty Girl? If you can help out please contact Laura as soon as possible.
In the last few months I’ve been posting more and more stories about dogs being set loose by pet owners who can no longer care for them. This is never an acceptable solution, there are other alternatives.
Copper’s story reiterates why it is so important dogs are brought to a shelter rather than just set free.
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Copper would shake your hand, speak and even toss you a high-five. A note taped to the mixed-breed’s collar attests to his talents, but these deeds are not verifiable by eyewitness account.
Copper, you see, is dead.
The 30-pound male dog, estimated to be about 1 year old by Kalamazoo County Animal Services and Enforcement officials, was found March 18 lying on the shoulder of an asphalt road in Oshtemo Township. There was a hole in his skull, inflicted when a car hit him.
It was too late to heed the message someone had written on the tape wrapped around his collar: “Help me.”
Beneath the tape, in a plastic baggie, was a handwritten note describing Copper’s charming talents — he could sit, roll over, crawl, play dead and shake hands.
But someone let Copper go, abandoning him instead of dropping him off at one of several agencies around town that could have saved his life. The case has haunted KCASE Officer Mark Vanderberg since he was called to investigate. Read the rest of this entry »
During these tough economic times, when more dogs are being surrendered than ever before, shelters are looking for innovative ways to get their animals adopted.
The North Shore Animal League came up with an idea that involves dogs, a bus, and a road trip. They’re hitting the road to encourage people to adopt rescues.
Dogs and cats on a bus, that’s pretty much the gist of what the North Shore Animal League is up to this time of year.
“We’re traveling across the country to 25 different cities,” said Mike Novellino from the League.
Two mobile units travel thousands of miles to spread one message.
“There are so many homeless animals in these types of shelters that this is where would be the best place to save a life,” he said. Events like this one not only help the adorable pets and the shelter but some people say rescued cats and dogs actually make better pets.
“They just seem to know that they’ve been rescued. They’re very grateful. They’re very thankful that they got a home and there’s a 6th sense that they know they probably escaped death,” said Kelly Farrell who attended the event looking to adopt a dog.
Having always adopted rescues I have to agree with Farrell’s statement. I truly believe they know they were given a second chance.
When you come home from work wouldn’t you like to open your door and see a tail wagging bundle of unconditional love?
i just received a message about a sweet girl who desperately needs a home. Something about the look in her eyes made me post her story.
The undying spirit of a dog always amazes me. No matter what they’ve been through they are always willing to give humans a second chance. In Mocha’s eyes I see a dog who’s very scared, been hurt and mistreated. Yet, I swear I also see a reflection of hope.
Mocha – Poor, sweet 1 1/2-yr-old chocolate lab girl was hit by a car. She needs additional medical help and rescue ASAP. She is a very sweet girl. She remains in great spirits, despite her injury.
This very sweet dog is in need of immediate vetting and rescue! She will have to be saved ASAP or PTS. She is at the high-kill Murray County Shelter in Chatsworth, GA (just north of Atlanta and just south of Chattanooga, TN)! Please help her live!!
NOTE: The pup must have a rescue lined up ASAP, but can stay at the shelter a couple days longer if needed. Free transport to Atlanta provided. + transport to the NE available
NOTE: If you are not able to provide rescue but can donate sponsor $for her vetting, please go to www.paypal.com, click on the “send money” tab on the home page and enter the shelter’s account, murrayshelter@bellsouth.net. In the dialogue box, indicate that this is a donation for the injured lab pup.
Please e-mail or call ASAP as the shelter will not hold this pup past Wednesday, 3/25. Your rescue help is very much appreciated!
Lisa Hester
lisakhester@bellsouth.net
770-441-0329
Mocha’s time is running out. Are you the hope she’s looking for? Don’t wait, save her life, and in return I guarantee a lifetime of unconditional love.
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PLEASE CROSSPOST: THERE ARE MANY PUPPIES IN URGENT NEED OF RESCUE AT FLOYD COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL IN ROME, GA~THESE BABIES MUST BE RESCUED BY 6:00 PM ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH AS THEY ARE SCHEDULED FOR EUTHANASIA ON WED. MORNING, BEGINNING AT 8 AM! Read the rest of this entry »
Right now I’m overwhelmed with my own pets (one is recovering from major orthopedic surgery) and I work 2 jobs (I’ll stop complaining now). I’m just concerned even if we physically have room for her at our house, she’ll never get attention, and I won’t have the time to try to pursue a permanent home for her.
