Rescue Dogs - Page 3

LMH, I am glad you visited the Rescue section on Germanshepherd.com. There are some very nice looking purebred's listed, from the AM Lines, Show and working lines. Through no fault of their own, these dogs get dumped in kill shelters or are taken out of conditions that I don't want to list. If every person from the US on this board would join GermanShepherd.com and go look at the Rescue section. I will say I am not a breeder (maybe some time), I am not a rescue organization, BUT I have helped a few dogs from the board find new homes. How did I do that I sent out and email here or there and I did a Home Check for a rescue that was not in my area because they had an applicant in my area. There are many ways to help, you don't have to take dogs in. Sometimes Rescue groups need help with a pull or Temp. home until they move a dog, some times they need help on transports and I saw recently that a gal really wanted to save this female a Senior that was in bad shape, she kept posting and hounding people not to let this old gal slip through the cracks and get PTS. The dog was saved but the gal didn't pass the rescues screening. If it wouldn't have been for her continue posting on trying to help this Senior Gal I am pretty sure she would have been PTS. Some times Rescue Groups need help on the Pull fees or donations for Medical treatment. THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO HELP. I can tell you that no matter what you state in your contract your dogs could end up in the shelter. I have seen it on the board. So I guess what I am saying is that you can help and not take in dogs. GermanSheperd.com is a nice board, the majority of people who come there are new owners, they need help. Most have nice companion dogs but just need some help and encouragement. It is a family oriented board, so there are some rules that go along with that. Sorry for this being so long.

I have fed, walked, brushed and done OB training on rescue dogs. I have also taken a few into my home to give extra training and the ones with medical conditions that needed to not be at the actual rescue. I have transported dogs, made vet visits, picked them up after being spayed/neutered/heartworm tested. Whatever I needed to do to help out the guy who ran the whole GSD rescue here in my town. I did this for a year when I was not working and continued for as long as I could handle it, after going back to work. I ended up with a dog that I fostered. We loved her so much we had to keep her. She jumped out of the window of her owners car and broke her leg. He surrendered her to the vet becasue he could not pay the fee to have a rod put in. The rescue payed for her medical billsnad I adopted her for $150. Today she is my daughters best friends and our best guard dog/convincing protector. I saw allot of sad things but for the most part I was happy to see other people out there helping and adopting. I saw an 8 1/2 year old male go to a man who owned a vinyard and had previously adopted another dog from the rescue. It was touching because I thought this dog would live out the rest of his life at the rescue. I strongly urge anyone one with extra time to ask what they can do. If everybody just did what they could it would make it so much easier for the people taking it all on. It may be a simple as transporting a dog to a middle point, for the new owners to pick up. We found homes for dogs up to a 200 mile radius. It's a great feeling to do something/volunteer especialy if you are out of work or lonely. It gave me a purpose day to day.

How could anybody throw their dog away. Thats sick, thats like giving your child away. People suck.

People do suck. Thats why I surround myself with children and dogs.

What probably gauls me the most is how anyone can "surrender," get rid of (I HATE that term- its BANNED from my presence!) or, worse yet "DUMP" their senior dog. How can anyone give up a companion they have taken care of, and that has devoted its life to loving them (No matter that the SBO that owned them didn't deserve it!) after years and years? Senior shelter dogs are almost always experiencing some age-related infirmity or other, often become very depressed in the shelter environment, aggravating any health issues they might have, and are usually the hardest to place. I send as much as I can afford to various shelters in the country, ear-marked for this senior GSD or that, found browsing Petfinder every week or so. I hope a lot of people reading this will be inspired to do the same. Your dog doesn't need a Christmas present. Hell... your friends and family don't need all the presents you spend money on the make the area under the tree "look good." GSD Rescues DO! My tree traditionally features mostly boxes of bricks, old newspapers, dented old tins of Auntie Whats-her-name's 5 yr. old fruit cake, etc., all wrapped nice and pretty in paper and ribbon... with no "To" or "From" tags attached. No one yet has ever noticed the gifts are fake, and my dogs have a ball ripping them to shreds after Xmas morning. Shelley

Some rescues sell things on e-bay and will gladly accept donations of appropriate items. The local GSD rescue here in south central PA, Mid Atlantic, does that in addition to other fund raisers throughout the year. They are lovely people and very grateful for every penny they get. Years ago I stopped donating trophies to dog shows and use that money for rescue donations, etc.. Some breeds have rescues specifically for senior dogs. I'm with you, Shelley, how can anyone dump an older dog? I've got bitch slapped for saying this before on this board, but don't even think that every GSD sitting in a resuce somewhere is a mutt or a junkyard dog. When you look at their photos, you can see some are very well bred dogs. So sad.............

OH-h-h yeah. MANY are clearly well-bred show and/or working line dogs. Check this guy out: http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=6110080 Any questions?

Gee. Anyone hink this one might be a pretty well-bred working dog? http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=7529997 How 'bout this one? http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=5702702 Or this one... http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=7345494 God, I wish I had more room!

They are all beautiful dogs and look to be well bred. Very depressing...............

I don't actually know why I'm posting this-- On another thread we read about an absolutely ludicrous decision made by a judge to put an animal abuser in a dogsuit to reduce his sentence. The offender shot his Great Dane in the head which eventually led to the dog's demise. The columnist who reported the story labeled it a 'low-level' crime. And what will the punishment for this atrocity entail---playing Nana in the next production of 'Peter Pan'. www.germanshepherds.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php?Cat=0&Board=UBB69 hit---7 GSD's sized in neglect case in Columbia, SC scroll down the whole page