RE: pet rescue

My nephew just took in a dog that found him while he was hiking.
Funniest looking animal I have seen in a while. He seems to be a cross
between a golden retriever and a basset hound. Basset body but hair from
the golden. Huge head, too big for the body, but maybe he'll grow into
it. They think he was maybe 5 months old when someone abandoned him out
in the desert. He had a collar on...it was so small it had cut into his
neck and left a huge open sore. What people do, sheesh.

Cyndi


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Zemuly Sanders
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 7:27 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] pet rescue

One of these days I might just get to adopt an animal.  To date mine
have
always adopted me.  The last time I thought about adopting a small dog
Otis
showed up.  He weighed about 7 pounds when he arrived (at 10 weeks); at
2
years he's up to 70 pounds.
zem
----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 9:58 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] pet rescue


>I have tremendous sympathy for what the real rescue organizations go
> through in finding and taking care of their animals, but I prefer
> adopting from the animal shelter. There is certainly more risk there
but
> I object to giving my life history, financial info and references to
> people I don't know in order to adopt a dog.
>
> Cyndi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Kitty
> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 7:31 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: [CHAT] pet rescue
>
> There was an article in our paper not long ago about choosing a dog.
> The
> author cautioned against using breed-specific rescuers because they
> might be
> profiting from their mission.  This prompted a letter to the editor
from
> a
> rescuer that detailing the huge amounts they spend on each rescue and
> that
> they make absolutely no profit.  Today's letter was from the local
> animal
> control facility which had given the original information to the
author
> of
> the article. Their PR person wanted to clarify what she'd said.  She
> praised
> genuine rescue groups wholeheartedly, but explained, "What I conveyed
to
>
> [the author] is that there are now some groups posing as rescues.  In
> actuality, they make a profit on the sale of the dogs and they take
> advantage of unsuspecting consuers, donors, and businesses.  Our
> director
> recently contacted the AG's office to discuss concerns that reputable
> rescues were potentially being hurt by buy-sell operations posing as
> rescue
> groups.  The AG confirmed not only that trend in IN but an even larger
> movement for dealers and puppy mills to register as non-profit
> organizations."
> She then went on to suggest reading "When is a Rescue not a Rescue?"
at
> http://tinyurl.com/ywdnhf
>
> Thought some of you might be interested.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
>
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