RESCUES - Page 3

Well, if anyone wants to rescue a couple of older, not old, purebred GSD's there are two at the Gaston County, South Carolina pound. They are nice looking dogs except that it lloks like flies have bitten the tops of their ears off and they have heartworm bad enough that the vet does not want to treat them with conventional medicine. They look like they will be nice pets for someone if given a chance. Their is a natural heart de-wormer on the market that is supposed to do wonders for dogs that have it real bad.

Natural Heartworm Medicine
http://www.wolfcreekranch.net/heartworm_free.html

While were at it here is a natural de-wormer also:

Natural DeWormer
http://www.diatomaceous-earth.net/whatisit.html
http://www.wolfcreekranch.net/defaq.htm

And some Flea and Tick repellant:

The essential oil that is recommended for ticks, Rose Geranium, put a few drops—no more!—on
your dogs' collars, to repel ticks.  The second best essential oil for
repelling ticks is American Pennyroyal (also called tickweed).

INGREDIENTS
2 tablespoons vegetable or nut oil (almond oil contains sulfur, a repellent in its own right)
10 to 25 drops Rose Geranium essential oil

Combine the ingredients in a glass jar; shake to blend.
Make: 2 tablespoons with a shelf life of about six months.

Dab a few drops on your skin or clothing, making sure to avoid eyes.

Caution:
Skip the Pennyroyal if there is anyone pregnant (including pets) in the home,
as it can induce miscarriage. And as always, use essential oils with caution
as they can burn the skin and harm eyes. Don't use these essential oils around cats.

MI GSD,you have awesome looking cats.I miss having a cat in the house as i was raised with a cat also in my childhood.My last one "Tiger"kind of had similar markings as your cats.Some bastard bashed in its head at 17 years old.We never did get another after that .

Sunsilver,

I agree with you about the if it's in the pound attitude, there are no qualification's for being homeless, man or beast.

It's not a question of judging worth, with me it's only the lesser of two evil's.   If this was the perfect world that Domenic invisioned this wouldn't even be a problem to debate.    Yes I wish everyone looking for a dog or cat would first go to the pound's and shelter's.   But that's not the reality of it.  

It's not a new topic and will alway's be debated,   There are those who want to save every animal but that's not practical, I only want to not allow pain or suffering,  I believe fear and confinement are a form of pain and suffering to an animal.

I know how I am, I could take any animal and make it comfortable and safe, give it a proper home and the kind of love and understanding it need's to be happy.   But I don't trust most people to be able or willing to do the same.    I have had animal's I wanted to just give away but couldn't because I had a greater fear of what I would be putting the animal through by doing so.    There are people out there like me but I haven't met many of them.

So... we should save what can be saved and let the rest go without feeling guilty about it.  

I'm glad you took the time and effort to save what you could.  You are one out of ten, thats a good thing..:)

Brent.

Brent,I just want you to know that i do understand what you're saying and i also respect that.Thank you for taking the time to respond.Have a great day

I foster Siamese cats and have two of my own (and yes I'm allergic to cats, some of the fosters bother me more than others but I adjust after awhile). I adore Siamese cats...and never had a noisy one, other than one in heat which was taken care of ASAP (a foster).

I find Siamese cats are also very doglike. They play a mean game of fetch which Molly dawg usually gets involved in.

There is a GSD rescue in New England too. I considered them before Molly was offered to us. Their big requirement is a fenced-in yard though, which we don't have, so we wouldn't have been considered. I don't let my dog run around at large (a HUGE pet peeve of mine) but in spite of that they insist on fenced-in yards so adopting through them wouldn't work for us.

We live within spitting distance of the White Mtn. National Forest and we like to hike so any dog we have gets to exercise a lot. We haven't been able to take Molly hiking due to some fear aggression issues she has but hoping with Colmicort that we can start redirecting some of her fear issues. That was the most difficult aspect of adopting a rescue dog without meeting her first. I knew we were in trouble the day we got her as she growled at a woman who walked past us at our pick up spot. It was strange cause she never growled at us

I had a Siamese male that I just adored.  I was still single at the time and that cat was my "man meter". 

If he hated a guy that I dated...he peed in their shoes.  I dumped the guy.   If he liked a guy, he wasn't exactly friendly but he would leave the shoes alone and just sit in my lap. 

It was a perfect cat/girl relationship!

All my pets are rescues. DaKota is my loveable heart dog. :) We orginally took her in to have her PTS. It look as though she was knocking at deaths door. 1 1/2 yrs. old & 33 lbs. That was 8 1/2 yrs ago.

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http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/518170.html

We've done alot of neat things together. She has even showed me that she would indeed protect (without training).

I research all of my rescues, if the breed/species are new to me. Yes, I did say species as I have some rescued snakes too. :)