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Contact Trish at the Winter Appeal for Victorian Animal Rescue

https://www.facebook.com/WA4AARG

I contacted the Winter Appeal for Rescue and they are also sending some items for the dogs

Rusty is a very handsome boy, hope he finds his forever home soon. i'd love to adopt him but his eyes tell me that he is smarter than I am :laugh:

He is gorgeous, a very big to everyone involved with saving this handsome boy

Thank you to all involved for saving Ned, he looks like a gorgeous old soul and may he live out his final years with lots of love

Zeebo is a gorgeous elderly lady

I'm in Melbourne so obviously I can't vote for you but good luck on your new venture

Good news - Scout has got rescue!

Just found out that Scout will be going to Lab Rescue in Canberra.

I'm now confident that she will find her perfect forever home soon.

Scout is a private surrender that will end up in the pound if no one can help her. SARG are unable to help as they currently have no big dog carers or resources to help with training so was hoping another rescue group could help her.

Dogs Name; Scout (photos below)

DOB 1/06/2011

Breed; Lab/ maybe stag or terrier?? As she has whiskers

Scout is already desexed, microchipped (Pet Safe), C5 vaccination (Due Sept 2012), Prohart injection (due Aug 2012) looking at the vet paperwork she has no health issues (Benetook vets)

Reason for surrendering they do not have enough time after a marriage break up and having to go back to work full time.

Scout is very boisterous, excitable and jumps up but appeared to settle after ignoring her behaviour and only giving treats and praise when settled on her own she will need a very patient owner that is experienced with training.

Scout will mouth you lots and tug on your clothes and anything else like a handbag etc she does know sit and the owner said she started her in puppy preschool but didn’t really continue her training, she also walks her when she can lead on collar no harness or anything and she pulls so may need more training or walking harness/gentle leader to help address this issue.

Scout has always been an outside dog never allowed inside so not toilet trained. The lady had wire down to stop digging in spots so she is a digger and she also said she is great with other dogs she has met in the past and never shown any signs of aggression.

If you can help please contact Mandy at [email protected]

What a fabulous save. She is a gorgeous old soul, so glad she will live out the rest of her days in luxury.

Sorry I don't live anywhere near there, I just wanted to say a very big for saving this lovely lady

Thank you so much for saving this little lady, my eyes are leaking after watching the videos.

I can donate a little bit of money towards any more vet bills, just let me know

As for threads that can be accessed from Google I don't think that is a bad thing as the general public gets an education as to the reality of what happens to some of the pound animals and to me avoiding the rescue thread is like avoiding the "bad news" on TV it doesn't make the problem go away.

I don't think that it does educate people about the whole reality, and that is part of the problem. Instead it narrows the focus in a way to elicit a certain reaction.

The bigger picture is revealed when you look at overall numbers and patterns of dogs needing rescue. When you look a the way that dogs are bred and then placed in homes in the first place (acknowledgement here to Haredown's responsible ANKC breeders who don't contribute to the problem), when you learn about what is involved in preparing a rescue dog for sale, and have an understanding of the limited resources available.

By reading about rescue (rather than looking at lists of dogs), the stories people tell of their experiences, good and bad, you are in a much better position to help solve or to even prevent some of the problems.

I guess the bottom line is that some of these dogs will not make good pets.It's really sad, but it is a fact of life. Instead they will bring considerable expense and heartache to their new owners. A rescue organisation's task is to make sure the dogs they are placing in people's homes are not going to cause any major problems. And to do that you need to take an emotional step back from individual dogs, and consider the longer-term needs of the communities that these dogs will be placed in.

You are right, and my use of the word education is probably wrong, maybe I should have said "makes the public aware.."

Good post by the way

With all due respect I think you are being a bit harsh. Personally I haven't come across any rescue snobs with the rescues I have been in contact with when it comes to the rescue thread that I put up.

That's the problem with snobbery - if you're "in" with those who consider themselves better than others, you experience it.

Maybe I have lucky but I haven't come across "those who consider themselves better than others" yet and I'm not sure I fully understand what you mean by being "in" with them. Believe me I know what a snob is as my own mother is one and after being raised by a snob I can smell one at 20 feet :)

I no longer visit the rescue section because I do get teary and not only because of the unfortunate dogs.

I personally have found that the rescue snobs have their own cliques and they do not deign to answer questions from other dolers who are not part of their in-group. Some even address each other by real names and sign with a real name and the name of their rescue group. Is this advertising?

I'm not sure why rescue does not have its own closed forum or private email group. Some of the information about the reasons why a dog should find itself in need of rescue should be confidential and not be aired on a public forum. Threads can be accessed from Google and in some cases it would be fairly easy to work out the identity of the original owner.

Methinks it's best if I run for cover now,

but perhaps I'm safe because rescue snobs don't post in the general thread.

With all due respect I think you are being a bit harsh. Personally I haven't come across any rescue snobs with the rescues I have been in contact with when it comes to the rescue thread that I put up.

As for threads that can be accessed from Google I don't think that is a bad thing as the general public gets an education as to the reality of what happens to some of the pound animals and to me avoiding the rescue thread is like avoiding the "bad news" on TV it doesn't make the problem go away.

I have a lot of respect for the pound workers, the reputable rescues and some breeders that do their best to help the dogs and cats in the pound find a new and better life.

I'm lousy guessing breeds but saying that I think they are gorgeous cross adorable. :)

And I must say that the scruffy tan girl is :love:

A very well done ad.

I knew I shouldn't have watched it, I cried as well.

So very happy for Molly and her wonderful new life

Thank you for the pictures and thank your parents for adopting her.

She looks very happy and a bit cheeky

He is going to be a wonderful pet for someone.

Good work for saving him and giving him a second chance

I was hoping to hear something today so very happy that Molly is in her new home

Can hardly wait for pictures.

Thank you for supporting the Mildura poundies

There is a rescue organisation in Mildura called Rural Rescue.

They currently have a whippet and other small dogs looking for forever homes. The contact details are:

Kaye 0419545106

Karen 0428393856

Elizabeth 0408248635

I can highly recommend Rural Rescue and the people associated with them. hope your parents find a suitable dog

Yay for Sam

I love reading the wonderful updates of rescued dogs, makes all the work you do with them worthwhile.

Keep up the great work

I voted for you as well, good luck

Hi Pippa and to DOL.

Drats I missed all the excitement again, I always seem to find out about threads that go poof after the event :D

Marty looks like a real sweety, good on you for taking him on Donatella