Our local dog rescues are in desperate need of foster homes. Tri County Animal Shelter recently confiscated many puppy mill animals from the flea market in Charlotte Hall. Consequently, TCAS is overcrowded and many older adoptable dogs are being euthanized in order to make room. If you can help out and foster an older dog or puppy, please contact SMAWL at 301-373-5659 or email Sandy at slbjgb2@verizon.net. If you have any questions concerning fostering we can put you in touch with an experienced foster family and they can answer all your questions. The rescues will pay for all veterinary expenses, provide food and be responsible for finding a home for the foster animal. Foster families are always matched with the animal that is suitable for their home situation. We just need you to provide the love! IF YOU HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED THE FEELING OF BEING THE BRIDGE BETWEEN A SAD LIFE AND A HOPEFUL NEW BEGINNING THEN YOU ARE MISSING A WONDERFUL AND REWARDING EXPERIENCE. PLEASE HELP!
TCAS Seizures/Local Rescues Need Foster Homes
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getbent
Thats how them b*tch's R
Out of curiosity, why did they take these dogs? Did someone "turn them in?" A co-worker bought a dog from there, she was told it was the runt and within the first 2mos she spent almost a couple thousand in vet bills. It supposed to be a boxer but it's the smallest boxer I've ever seen.
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missperky
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getbent said:
The pups were taken because of "health issues" and complaints.
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Katie
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Tri-county took those puppies to get them out of the situation and into a place that rescue group will get them. They rescue groups will take the puppies and get them the proper medical treatment. The adoptive parents will get the puppies without the belly full of worms, or other health issues.
It is a circle of people work together to get these animals placed in healthy homes.
The common person might want to get one of those puppies from the farmer's market and rescue it. They would have to pay the fee that they are asking. Tri-county gets the puppies out of the situation without paying the 1200.00 price tag. A rescue group will get them the needed vet care, and adopt them out for a fraction of the cost. The rescue group will pay for all the medical work that gets done. My puppies that I placed some of them had worms, and we got the vet care done on them. They are all healthy fat puppies now!! The owners love them, and I have pictures of happy pups and families.
The rescue groups need foster homes so that we can pull more dogs from Tri-county and find them new homes.
It is a circle of people work together to get these animals placed in healthy homes.
The common person might want to get one of those puppies from the farmer's market and rescue it. They would have to pay the fee that they are asking. Tri-county gets the puppies out of the situation without paying the 1200.00 price tag. A rescue group will get them the needed vet care, and adopt them out for a fraction of the cost. The rescue group will pay for all the medical work that gets done. My puppies that I placed some of them had worms, and we got the vet care done on them. They are all healthy fat puppies now!! The owners love them, and I have pictures of happy pups and families.
The rescue groups need foster homes so that we can pull more dogs from Tri-county and find them new homes.
krazd_kat
Help "Invisible Dogs"
It's a double edged sword here. Most often the animals sold at the farmers market are in poor health which doesn't show up until someone has purchased it and fallen in love, then the true heartache begins.
Now TriCounty has the legal responsibility to hold these puppies for whatever legal actions may follow from this seizure and unfortunately that means they have no choice but to move the other animals out quicker.
Sadly the options are limited. Euthanizing owner surrenders that may normally take a little longer to get adopted, euthanizing the stray dog when their hold time is up. The prefered methods would of course be by adoptions, owner reclamations, or the numerous rescues coming in and trying to take what they have the capacity for.
This is where all the rescues need the publics help, the more foster homes, the more dogs that can and will be saved. The dogs that rescues pull, are temperment tested and the rescue normally knows if the dog is good with other dogs or cats, if it's an owner surrender they usually have the added knowledge of it's previous living situation (kids, house/crate trained) and the "whys" of it being surrendered. Most times when you agree to foster a dog or cat, you will probably only have it from 1 week to 3 weeks, these animals are usually pretty easy to get adopted once it's in a family environment and exposed to the public via adoption events or even Petfinder.
There isn't any telling right now what the outcome of this case is going to be, if these puppies will eventually be released to rescue or actually go back to whomever they were seized from. It's just too early to tell.
TriCounty Animal Shelter is doing the best they can. They try very hard to hold the adoptable animals as long as they possibly can to give them every chance to be adopted into a loving home. They spend countless hours calling the various local rescues along with breed specific rescues to move the dogs and cats in their facility. The also have the task of dealing with John Q. Public who is dropping their dog off for sometimes the most heartless reasons (sometimes it's truly no other choice), and the John Q. Public Jr., who has nothing else to do in their spare time but come look at the animals with no intention of actually adopting, yet the staff still is supposed to deal with them in a professional manner.
Sorry this is long winded - TriCounty is in a tough position and truly needs the publics support in this.
If you can't adopt right now but can foster that is probably the best support anyone can give.
Now TriCounty has the legal responsibility to hold these puppies for whatever legal actions may follow from this seizure and unfortunately that means they have no choice but to move the other animals out quicker.
Sadly the options are limited. Euthanizing owner surrenders that may normally take a little longer to get adopted, euthanizing the stray dog when their hold time is up. The prefered methods would of course be by adoptions, owner reclamations, or the numerous rescues coming in and trying to take what they have the capacity for.
This is where all the rescues need the publics help, the more foster homes, the more dogs that can and will be saved. The dogs that rescues pull, are temperment tested and the rescue normally knows if the dog is good with other dogs or cats, if it's an owner surrender they usually have the added knowledge of it's previous living situation (kids, house/crate trained) and the "whys" of it being surrendered. Most times when you agree to foster a dog or cat, you will probably only have it from 1 week to 3 weeks, these animals are usually pretty easy to get adopted once it's in a family environment and exposed to the public via adoption events or even Petfinder.
There isn't any telling right now what the outcome of this case is going to be, if these puppies will eventually be released to rescue or actually go back to whomever they were seized from. It's just too early to tell.
TriCounty Animal Shelter is doing the best they can. They try very hard to hold the adoptable animals as long as they possibly can to give them every chance to be adopted into a loving home. They spend countless hours calling the various local rescues along with breed specific rescues to move the dogs and cats in their facility. The also have the task of dealing with John Q. Public who is dropping their dog off for sometimes the most heartless reasons (sometimes it's truly no other choice), and the John Q. Public Jr., who has nothing else to do in their spare time but come look at the animals with no intention of actually adopting, yet the staff still is supposed to deal with them in a professional manner.
Sorry this is long winded - TriCounty is in a tough position and truly needs the publics support in this.
If you can't adopt right now but can foster that is probably the best support anyone can give.