The Painful Truth
Posted on January 30, 2010 with 14 Comments
- There are still somewhere between 50-70 dogs on the property.
- Many of the bitches are pregnant, or have recently given birth.
- New litters are being born DAILY.
- The youngest puppies are the easiest to place, especially when we can catch the mom with them. Catching mom is incredibly difficult, making her puppies hard to place if they need bottle feeding.
- The teen puppies are nearly impossible to catch and to place. They desperately need socialization.
- Best guess is a dozen of the 4-6 month old pups remain; 3 are caught; HCSAS erected 3 more catch kennels this past weekend in hopes of catching some of the others.
- Some of the dogs are injured; mostly the teen puppies.
- The dogs are mostly “brainy breeds” with a good chance of training them to be awesome pets. However, the dogs that remain are largely feral; they need a lot of patience and TLC in foster care and permanent homes. Many don’t know how to trust or be touched.
- Any of the dogs not rescued by March 15th will be SHOT. Yes, we said shot. Not by us!! We don’t condone this action AT ALL. The truth at t he moment is that there aren’t funds to transport the dogs we’re able to rescue and there aren’t funds to humanely euthanize the dogs that remain on the property the day the owners of the dogs have to have them off property. We’re told that the day we are no longer able to take dogs, after we leave they plan to shoot the dogs we can’t rescue and, in fact, have already shot some. We DESPERATELY need funds to get as many of these puppies off the property as possible in the limited time left.
PLEASE help HCSAS find, and pay for, safe placement for these dogs before March 15th!!
Help is desperately needed to find placement and to pay for transport expenses, food and medical supplies. Donations can be made to any branch of US Bank or by sending a check to Harney County Save A Stray, PO Box 403, Burns, OR 97720.
If you can help in any way please contact Melanie @ 541-589-1104 or melanie@harneycountysaveastray.com.
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Will a donation of money make a difference in the outcome for the dogs that remain on the property?
Yes. More money means we can transport more dogs off the property. In some cases, we have rescues who want to help but don’t have the means to send people and vehicles, or individuals who would help if they could afford the gas to transport to rescues and shelters. Our circle is getting larger as we find placement farther and farther from the hoarding location so transportation money is an issue.
With luck, we won’t be leaving any behind on 3/15 but it’s just too soon to say if that will be the case. We’ve got puppies being born as fast as we’re able to find placement and get the last batch out.
I’ve sent along a check with the hope it will help. I live in the Northeast.(Massachusetts) Is there any chance you might be coordinating with a group out here for transport? I’d consider fostering or adopting if there was a way to get them out here. I’d like to do more if I could.
I have a couple questions. Is this organization truelly trying to find permanent or foster homes for these dogs? If so how would someone go about making contact to find out more. I live in NW Oregon. I have not been following this story, I only just heard about it from a girlfriend who knows I had started to look for another dog as ours passed away last June.
Hi, my name is Tasha and I run RSR (Right Start Rescue) out of Battle Ground, Washington. Our rescue is unique that we deal specifically in the placement of puppies. All pups are spayed and neutered prior to adoption and the mass majority of the puppies we intake are younger than 8 weeks old. I’ve whatched the video of the dogs on repeat for the last hour and I definitely feel like we need to help. Transportation is not a problem for the most part and our foster homes are most equipped to deal with young and bottle feeding puppies. We would be happy to drive down, and I do plan on getting in touch with Melanie tomorrow, I suppose my main question is (since I don’t know when this was last updated), are there many puppies remaining?
Thank you so much, Tasha. We have pregnant dogs out there; new litters are being born as I type. I’ll forward your message to Melanie; she’s the one who you really need to talk with.
Hi Theresa. We’re looking for any appropriate placement at this point. Of course, we love to see the dogs go to permanent homes but any qualified rescue or foster situation is better than where they are. Also, some of the teen and older dogs who haven’t had much, if any, human contact, are going to need to go into a foster situation until they are socialized enough to be adopted. Melanie just posted today (Jan 30th) with the names of the rescue groups that have taken dogs; you can contact any of them to adopt the dogs they’ve taken from this situation. Every dog removed from rescue to a permanent home opens a spot for another to enter rescue!
THANK YOU, Theresa!! We aren’t opposed to sending dogs to the Northeast, but time and transport costs likely make that prohibitive. Your cash donation is MUCH appreciated as that helps us pay for volunteers to drive out to Princeton and get the dogs to the rescues who can then adopt the dogs out. I’m passing your contact info along to Melanie; she’s keeping track of everyone who inquires and will contact each as needs arise that are a match for the offer. We appreciate you!
I spoke with Melanie today and said I’d leave my information here on the website. I am not able to take a teen age dog at this time but if you have further need for foster homes for the younger pups please keep me in mind. I live in Washington.
Thanks, Mary Ann. I’ll make sure your contact info gets to Melanie. I’m sure there will be more need for the younger pups. We just have to catch them and their moms first.
I emailed Melanie, but just wanted to say that I hope to hear from her and I am aching to help in any way possible. Would love to foster. I live 2 miles outside of PDX. I am home all day so I could take on more time consumptive pups.
Erin
Hi. My family is looking for a permanent doggie addition and would love to rescue~! My friend and I are both open to fostering as well should you need it. We live in Portland. Please contact me so we can help
Thank you!!!
Great! Thanks, Lisa! I’ve forwarded your info to Melanie. Each time she and her crew are successful in capturing a dog, she goes through the folks who are willing to adopt or foster until she finds a good match.
I’m a stay at home mom with four children ages are 6 months 2 years 9 and ten years. I also have three small dogs and two cats all are fixed. In the add it said that you were looking for foster homes for the dogs, and that moms and there puppy’s or just the puppy’s were hard to place. Now i know if i were to foster just the puppy’s that they would need to be fed every two to three hours around the clock and that would not be a problem. I know there is a time limit on when they need to be off the property and I would hate to see these dogs killed just because there were not enough foster homes to integrate them in to family life. I would love to help. I have been looking into fostering some dogs from a organization around here however i can see these dog need me more at the moment. If you think that i can help with fostering some dogs or puppy’s let me know i don’t know how you would feel about the dogs being around children. I know they haven’t had human contact but i was thinking that if i was to take one of the dogs and or puppy’s my dogs could help her to get comfortable with my family and i.
Thank you Jennifer