Please save my dog Ellie

Try:
www.petfinder.com
Maybe you can find a rescue or list her for adoption.

"Rubaband" <dr_zais.DeleteThis@msn.com> wrote in message
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>I have a real problem, I have attempted to find a home for my dog using
> petfinder, craigslist and sites like that, but I have had no responses
> from people who could really help. We can't continue the way we are
> going and I hate the idea of sending her to a shelter, so I am trying
> to find help from anyone who MIGHT be able to.
> Below is the information I posted about Ellie. Can you point me to
> some help?
> We have a 7 year old female Walker Coon Hound named Ellie. She is
> extremely affectionate, smart and energetic, spayed, UTD on all shots,
> house broken and VERY well mannered around kids and other dogs. She has
> had a couple of benign fatty tumors removed from her outer thigh and
> tummy, but they are well healed and she is as active as ever.
> She knows basic commands and will learn something new for a treat. She
> loves to have someplace soft to sit and hates the rain, so she is not
> much of a hunter! She doesn't like to be alone, but will keep a
> confined space clean if you have to go out and don't want her to try
> out your bed.
> We have just had a new addition to our family, a baby boy, who is
> allergic to her. We have struggled with our options, but we believe the
> best for all would be to find a new home for Ellie. Can you help us?
> She deserves a good home, and I wish it could be ours.
> Like all hounds she loves interesting smells, so you have to watch her
> access to trash cans. She has a loud bark, that some hounds might use
> in the hunt, but Ellie uses to say hello to the mailman.
>
> We are located in Flemington, NJ and I can provide pictures to serious
> respondents
>
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"L O U P" <virginianwolf RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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< Benadryl for the kid.>

You know, I used to always had an "attitude" towards owner turn-ins and
people looking to rehome or even just dump their dogs. Over the years in
rescue, I have come to realize two thnigs:

1. There are legitimate life circumstances that give some people no choice
2. If I am snotty or sarcastic towards an owner turn in, the dog will be
the one that suffers

What changed my attitude was a woman ACO who ran a county shelter. I had
been called to pick up a breed rescue whose owners, after 10 years, had
simply dumped the dog. I was seething and self-righteously indignant that
anyone would do this. I asked the ACO how in the world she dealt with these
people. What she told me has stuck with me ever since: If I make it
difficult and humiliating for someone to bring their dog in to the shelter,
where are they going to end up? Being abandoned? Being tossed out of a
car? Thrown into a gator pond? Used a fodder in dog fight training?
Where? So, she smiles and sympathizes, is able to get alot more real
information on the dog, and after they get in their car and pull out she
loses it and uses language my mother would slap me for using.

Ruth, Greta, Woody & Thelma
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Here are a couple of Coonhound rescue contacts I was able to dig up. I
don't know how current they are, but it might be a start:

Coonhounds (Black and Tan, Bluetick, English, Plott Hound, Redbone
Coonhound, Treeing Walker Coonhound)
Ruth Clark
303-648-9675 (CO - referral)

|| Carol Pallmeyer
|| 516-261-7936 (Long Island, NY)


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Ruth wrote:
> "L O U P" <virginianwolf.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:VzfMd.80396$Tf5.11383@lakeread03...
> < Benadryl for the kid.>
>
> You know, I used to always had an "attitude" towards owner turn-ins and
> people looking to rehome or even just dump their dogs. Over the years in
> rescue, I have come to realize two thnigs:
>
> 1. There are legitimate life circumstances that give some people no choice
> 2. If I am snotty or sarcastic towards an owner turn in, the dog will be
> the one that suffers
>
> What changed my attitude was a woman ACO who ran a county shelter. I had
> been called to pick up a breed rescue whose owners, after 10 years, had
> simply dumped the dog. I was seething and self-righteously indignant that
> anyone would do this. I asked the ACO how in the world she dealt with these
> people. What she told me has stuck with me ever since: If I make it
> difficult and humiliating for someone to bring their dog in to the shelter,
> where are they going to end up? Being abandoned? Being tossed out of a
> car? Thrown into a gator pond? Used a fodder in dog fight training?
> Where? So, she smiles and sympathizes, is able to get alot more real
> information on the dog, and after they get in their car and pull out she
> loses it and uses language my mother would slap me for using.
>
> Ruth, Greta, Woody & Thelma
>

Does your friend ever think that maybe because she made it so easy for
the person to dump their animal on her that they will be right back into
the same position. Like "Gee, that lady was sweet - if I ever get
another animal I can't keep I will just do the same thing." Never
learning that some people don't know how to care for an animal. Or
really even want to .. it is just something that you own like a couch.

If she really LOVES her dog Ellie - she should take her to the vet and
have her humanely put down. Let her loving face be the last thing the
dog sees. Not a cold metal cage surrounded by strangers before it is put
to sleep wondering what she did wrong to be abandoned by her so-called
loving family.

Not even close to 1/2 of the animals in shelters/pounds around here get
adopted - even the perfect ones. Is is sad and scary YES. Put people
need to LEARN and UNDERSTAND what it is like and not be babied because
you can't stand to hurt their feelings.
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"L O U P" <virginianwolf.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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< people need to LEARN and UNDERSTAND what it is like and not be babied
because
> you can't stand to hurt their feelings.>


You know what opinions are like. Everybody has one. I think you jumped to
an awful lot of conclusions in your post. This ACO wasn't afraid of hurting
anyone's feelings; she was worried about the fate of the dogs. That said,
there is no question that education should go hand in hand with providing a
safe place for pets that are unwanted by their owners for whatever reason.

As an aside, the adoption rate in this particular shelter is 100%. They
also offer free spay and neuter for anyone in their county regardless of
income as well as free seminars geared towards educating people about
responsible pet ownership. So I'd say she's doing a pretty good job.


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Ruth wrote:
> "L O U P" <virginianwolf.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:2DoMd.80431$Tf5.76331@lakeread03..
> < people need to LEARN and UNDERSTAND what it is like and not be babied
> because
>
>>you can't stand to hurt their feelings.>
>
>
>
> You know what opinions are like. Everybody has one. I think you jumped to
> an awful lot of conclusions in your post. This ACO wasn't afraid of hurting
> anyone's feelings; she was worried about the fate of the dogs. That said,
> there is no question that education should go hand in hand with providing a
> safe place for pets that are unwanted by their owners for whatever reason.
>
> As an aside, the adoption rate in this particular shelter is 100%. They
> also offer free spay and neuter for anyone in their county regardless of
> income as well as free seminars geared towards educating people about
> responsible pet ownership. So I'd say she's doing a pretty good job.
>

Well we all can't live in a place that has a 100% adoption rate. I'm
glad your friend is doing what she can and it does sound like she is
doing a great job. But if she were in this area (Hampton Roads VA) she
would see the high volume of military population turnover dumping their
animals every time they had a kid or had to move. There is only 100%
adoption rate in our dreams here. Animals are abused, neglected and
abandoned so often here that it is hard to believe anyone when they say
they care about their animal but want to get rid of them because of a
problem like allergies, or moving. Life is NEVER simple and rarely easy.
But if you take in an animal you should be prepared to make the
adjustments to honor that responsibility for the LIFE of the animal.
PERIOD.

The problem with not saying anything to people who dump their animals
and the whole more ants with sugar philosophy is that they never learn
that what they are doing to their animals by abandoning them over and
over is wrong. Education is very important in the fight to help animals.
But if you sugar-coat it for people nothing is going to change.

I am not saying that you should turn people away and NOT take in their
animals if you feel the animal is in danger. But some people just need
to see that while they think things like training, moving, and allergies
are obstacles that most certainly can be overcome. It doesn't occur to
some that their problems are fixable. If they don't WANT to make the
effort then someone needs to explain to them that they shouldn't have
animals. Just like you wouldn't want someone who didn't give a damn
about kids having any.
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L O U P wrote:
>
> [snip...] [snip...] [snip...]
>
> Well we all can't live in a place that has a 100% adoption rate. I'm
> glad your friend is doing what she can and it does sound like she is
> doing a great job. But if she were in this area (Hampton Roads VA) she
> would see the high volume of military population turnover dumping their
> animals every time they had a kid or had to move. There is only 100%
> adoption rate in our dreams here. Animals are abused, neglected and
> abandoned so often here that it is hard to believe anyone when they say
> they care about their animal but want to get rid of them because of a
> problem like allergies, or moving. Life is NEVER simple and rarely easy.
> But if you take in an animal you should be prepared to make the
> adjustments to honor that responsibility for the LIFE of the animal.
> PERIOD.
>
I certainly agree that when you adopt a pet, it is for the LIFE of the
pet. Add some good food and vet care to that also. But I would like to
know where the place is that has 100% adoption rate...never-never land???
>
> The problem with not saying anything to people who dump their animals
> and the whole more ants with sugar philosophy is that they never learn
> that what they are doing to their animals by abandoning them over and
> over is wrong. Education is very important in the fight to help animals.
> But if you sugar-coat it for people nothing is going to change.
>
I agree that people should be confronted with the truth about the results
of their actions. I can't help but wonder...what percentage of the people
care at all, even when they *know* what they are doing and what will happen.
>
> I am not saying that you should turn people away and NOT take in their
> animals if you feel the animal is in danger. But some people just need
> to see that while they think things like training, moving, and allergies
> are obstacles that most certainly can be overcome. It doesn't occur to
> some that their problems are fixable. If they don't WANT to make the
> effort then someone needs to explain to them that they shouldn't have
> animals. Just like you wouldn't want someone who didn't give a damn
> about kids having any.
>
Amen!!! That's why God invented DNA lists. I wish that there were a manditory
vaccination that makes people have empathy with pets.


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"Charles Richmond" <richmond RemoveThis @plano.net> wrote in message
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But I would like to know where the place is that has 100% adoption
rate...never-never land???

LOL, almost never-never land. It's the AC in Key Largo, Florida.
Definitely serves a much smaller population base then HR, Virginia and other
larger urban areas. But they do a great job for their locality and its
specific set of circumstances.

My mind is not changed though about lambasting people who dump dogs. I want
to get that dog out of that situation as soon as possible. I'm more of a
one dog at a time person than a solve the problems of the world person.
Everyone has their own way of doing things; this just happens to be my way.

I do like the idea of some sort of national DNA list, but that would be an
insurmountable task. In Weims alone, we rescue over 1000 dogs annually
nationwide. And I am sure the more popular breeds have 2-3 times that many.

On the bright side, I just came back from delivering my most recent foster
to his new forever home. His new mom was so happy, she had tears streaming
down her face when we arrived and just hugged this guy for all she was
worth. New Dad was beaming and already talking about going fishin' with his
new buddy. Days like this make rescue bearable...


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Ruth wrote:
>
> [snip...] [snip...] [snip...]
>
> On the bright side, I just came back from delivering my most recent foster
> to his new forever home. His new mom was so happy, she had tears streaming
> down her face when we arrived and just hugged this guy for all she was
> worth. New Dad was beaming and already talking about going fishin' with his
> new buddy. Days like this make rescue bearable...
>
To me, such a good adoption is like a gold nugget shining in a pile
of gravel. It keeps you looking for the next nugget for quite a while!!!
ISTM that there is a perfect home for *almost* every dog...it just
takes time and persistance to find that home. Unfortunately, sometimes
enough time is *not* available... :-(


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