Animal Rescue

[carnation]

Aggghhhhh! No bichons!!!!!

The Amish had puppy mills?

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by carnation

Aggghhhhh! No bichons!!!!!

The Amish had puppy mills?

Oh, one Mad Crapper and you run from a whole breed!

The Amish are most probably THE worst offenders of puppy mills. They are among the best for taking care of their own, but not their animals. SPR has four puppies that were bred from both a dam & a sire with heart murmers. These 8-week old pups were found trying to nurse from their dead mama - have you ever seen a bichon puppy who isn't smiling? They're being called "The Baby Mockingbirds":




FYI: It's going to take $10,000 to have these little ones' hearts fixed, and that's at a deep discount rate from a wonderful vet in Columbus. Needless to say, we're trying to raise the money for it. SPR is the ONLY charity I've ever given money to that gives you a statement of how much was raised and how much was spent & on what.

[PhoenixAzul]

I love rescue dogs!

These two guys are our current rescues (my mom's, actually, but I'm their trainer/auxillary cuddler)


Shadow (the BorderJack) came from the WPA Humane Society. She is so sweet, silly, fuzzy and cute.
Then there's Buddy. Poor Buddy was found wondering in rural Ohio, and was turned into the Columbiana County Dog Warden. He was also scheduled for the "long walk on a short leash", if you catch my drift, until we dopted him site unseen from Petfinder. He looked like this when he came to us, although what you can't see is the skunk stink radiating off of him:


And who knew that there was a beautiful, adorable fuzzy purebred Jack Russel underneath that:


He is on his way to being a Canine Good Citizen as well!

Ideas for your daughter:
1) Organize a dog/people walk to raise money for a local shelter.
2) Train dogs for CGC/Therapy Dog International
3) See if she can work with the local humane society/SPCA on doing "animal education" seminars with the younger scouts. Meaning she (possibly accompanied by a rep from the shelter?) would talk to younger scouts about how to properly care for an animal, why it is important to walk a dog, what to do if you see an animal being mistreated?
4) Related to the above, see if she can design and write/illustrate a book/pamphlet on animal care/animal rescue for a shelter?

[carnation]

You guys are great, I'm printing out this whole thread for her! (telling her not to get any ideas about bichons )

[littleowl33]

PhoenixAzul, I LOVE the blurry tail-wagging action in the last shot! He is too cute! Thought you might like this picture of my Dad's Jack Russels...



I was really, really smug when I got them all to look at the camera at the same time. The three terriers are his, the bird dog is my uncle's and the little brown one is my rescue dog (I mentioned her in an earlier post).

Here she is by herself:



No one can seem to figure out what breed she is! She has somewhat stumpy legs, brindle fur and no tail. My best guess is dachshund-pug-pit(?), but I really have no idea. I still think she's adorable! She came to all our chapter's outdoor recruitment and philanthropy events last year, so of course she required a special collar...

[PhoenixAzul]

PhoenixAzul, I LOVE the blurry tail-wagging action in the last shot! He is too cute! Thought you might like this picture of my Dad's Jack Russels...

I swear to you, he wags in his sleep! The tail never stops moving. And that's an adorable herd you've got there.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by carnation

You guys are great, I'm printing out this whole thread for her! (telling her not to get any ideas about bichons )

She can love on them, just not bring them home! They're very needy when it comes to loving!