Rose,
You are awesome, I
love you!! Who else would be up in the middle of the night with me? GInger is
definitely in need & very deserving of a good home. She's in poor health
& deteriorating every day -- horrible arthritis and has difficulty with pain
medicine due to stomach problems. She loves all people and Elizabeth said she
thinks Ginger would do well around kids. I just spoke with Elizabeth earlier
tonight and she was telling me how worried she is about Ginger. She was getting
ready to go bring her in the house as she does every evening.
Elizabeth has made great
strides in getting a lot of the dogs out of there in the last couple of weeks so
the numbers are getting lower by the day. Tex has FINALLY gone to an awesome
group along with Lyle & ;Emmy. Thank God! The ones that really need to
be placed are all the rotties Ginger, Duchess, Julius (has issues with men), and
then Swimmer, Teddy, Pumpkin, Houston, & Keystone. Some of these dogs have
issues, but are definitely placeable. Elizabeth can tell you the ins & outs
with each of them, she's been talking to them for a while now because that's all
she's had to talk to during the day so she's VERY familiar with everything about
them & their lives! I also can give you some info.
For example, Swimmer a
lab/shepherd mix is extremely dog aggressive, but he is very energetic, super
smart, highly trainable, loves playing catch, and absolutely LOVES people &
water. He will do anything to please you. He would make a wonderful search &
rescue dog, but when evaluated for a police dog, drug dog type group he passed
everything, but failed on the toy drive. He is not toy driven enough. His
intelligence & his nose are amazing and this is spoken by someone who
trained a search & rescue dog so I know what I'm talking about. Anyway, he
would be perfect for a younger man or woman who does a lot of running and
doesn't have any other animals. He hates to use the bathroom in his run so I
think he would be very easy to housebreak if he isn't already. He was already
neutered when he came in to Tylertown so I think he probably lived in a house
before. So, if we could find a young college guy or gal who is very
physically active, doesn't have any other animals, and is looking to adopt a
dog, ;Swimmer would be a perfect fit!! That is an example of what I'm
talking about as far as finding out about the dog and focusing on finding a home
for one. When you know exactly what you are dealing with and what type of person
you are looking for to adopt an animal, it makes it easier. Teddy would be the
perfect apartment dog, but probably should be the only pet in the household. He
gets along with some dogs & didn't do anything to some puppies or any of the
cats or rabbits when he got loose in the house. He was just hanging out --
that's what he likes to do. He likes you to spend quiet time with him and he
needs to live in a quiet home without much stimulation. He has some internal
struggles and can be flaky at times. Just some examples.
Hope, the shy hounds (who
actually could be placed with someone with the right set up -- a nice fenced in
yard), crazy Ray Houdini, Stu, Dallas, and Newman all need training before they
can be placed, but if we could get it down to just these few left, it would be
wonderful!!!!! Then maybe they could get the individual training & attention
that they need.
Rose, I love your idea
about keeping track of who is helping each dog. Transport can be arranged so
wherever anyone can find a home is okay. There is an adoption application on the
petfinder site as well. Okay, I'm going to bed now. Thanks again
everyone,
Julianne
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Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 1:30
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Subject: RE: [HSLATylertown] Remember
that Charity begins at home
Julianne,
I think you hit the nail on the head
here. "Remember that charity begins at home." LOVE the idea of everyone
"virtually" taking one dog and working on a home or rescue for
him/her. The internet can help us work miracles for the Tylertown
dogs. ;
I am going to do this! ; Ginger the
Rottie senior is my first project. I have some great pics of her from
January when she spent the night with me and Judy at our rental in
Tylertown. She'll be posted on our site www.omar.cc real soon. ; Hopefully
this will help. ; Elizabeth deserves all the help she can get "for the
dogs!" LOL 
I would LOVE to see Ginger get a forever home.
She's a GREAT dog! Man, I sooo wish she could come here to me, but
of course I have other dogs and cats that she would like to snack on.
Is anyone else going to do this? ;
Maybe we should keep track of who's helping which dog, so all the dogs get a
fair shot?
-Rose in Ohio
AKA
"Ginger's Virtual Foster
Mom"
PS Does anyone know if Tylertown is in
need of supply donations of any kind?
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