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Rescue or Racket ?
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In 2 days ago night's Ch 2 news ... a family of husband , wife ( both unemployed ), 3 sons ( 16, 15, 15) and their 5 DOGS moved to Vancouver, Wa. and while they were at a motel, all of their belongings including all of their money ) were stolen. All have been living in their car parked in a large parking lot for the last 2 weeks. Showed father and son begging for donations on the street corner. How come NONE of the bleeding hearts have come forward to help their dogs ( or rescue them ) much less these unfortunate people. 
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If someone or a bleeding heart group rescues ( no-one is forcing them to do so ) any animal, it should be on their OWN nickel. To cut their expences , they should give them to someone that will love and care for them. NOT charge any fee or "donation" shakedown. Why should anyone pay for the bleeding heart's rescueing needs other than themselves ? I have a ranch near town, and quite often people from town dump their dogs and cats that then come to our front door. Every time this happens ( quit often especially in late summer ) I call the local rescue groups, and for years... NOT A SINGLE TIME WILL THEY COME TO RESCUE THEM ! So I am stuck with feeding, caring, and Vet bills until someone answers my adds and fliers for a FREE dog or cat.(dumped cats are a nice snack for coyotes). 
Scooby308
Loving the herd life
12 years ago when my wife and I first got together, I went to the pound to look for us a family dog. They had a little female Rottie who no one could get in the cage with and was on death row. I walked in the cage at my own risk and knelt down. She didn't like it but didn't charge. So I kept getting closer til I could lay hands on her. She didn't like it, but didn't bite. So I payed the $25 fee and agreed to take here to my vet to be spayed and get her shots.
Judging by her size she couldn't be more than six months. After the adventure at the vet he guesstimated a year to 18 months. Whoever had her had beat and malnourished her.
It took two months of constant training (and we had young kids in the house) to get her to come to anyone other than me. She has turned into the best dog I have ever owned. She minds daddy always and does everything to please. If the wife and I or the kids (now the youngest 15) rough house. She will grab the offender by the wrist and pull them away because they are family. She will flat out attack a stranger only if they touch one of us.
Sosha is getting on in years and finally hit 60lbs. Still runs like a deer and plays with all dad's dogs just like she's a pup. She blew an ACL and they say she is too old for surgery but heathy enough if we want to try it but it means @6 months of crate confinement during rehab.
We are getting a Dobbie pup for her to train up this May. She has trained up my wife's pug (who thinks she's a Rottie).
Point being this lady is in it for the profit. And any dog can be saved if you are willing to work with them. Course I feel this way with most animals and kids.
ETA: Buck was a black lab Rottie cross I saved from the pound about 12 years before Sosha. He attacked everyone but let me put a collar and leash on and take him to the car. The vet said he was so malnourished he only gave him a 10% chance at living. I fed him rice and hamburger and had to keep him on a chain in the yard the first week. One day in the yard playing with him a guy pulled up in a truck and got out. Buck, nearly starved to death broke a small logging chain and put the guy back in his truck. He finally filled out to 90lbs and that's when we figured he was crossed with a Rottie. He was a beast and the best outside dog I ever owned. Nothing crossed the property line. But he never chased outside the line.
Judging by her size she couldn't be more than six months. After the adventure at the vet he guesstimated a year to 18 months. Whoever had her had beat and malnourished her.
It took two months of constant training (and we had young kids in the house) to get her to come to anyone other than me. She has turned into the best dog I have ever owned. She minds daddy always and does everything to please. If the wife and I or the kids (now the youngest 15) rough house. She will grab the offender by the wrist and pull them away because they are family. She will flat out attack a stranger only if they touch one of us.
Sosha is getting on in years and finally hit 60lbs. Still runs like a deer and plays with all dad's dogs just like she's a pup. She blew an ACL and they say she is too old for surgery but heathy enough if we want to try it but it means @6 months of crate confinement during rehab.
We are getting a Dobbie pup for her to train up this May. She has trained up my wife's pug (who thinks she's a Rottie).
Point being this lady is in it for the profit. And any dog can be saved if you are willing to work with them. Course I feel this way with most animals and kids.
ETA: Buck was a black lab Rottie cross I saved from the pound about 12 years before Sosha. He attacked everyone but let me put a collar and leash on and take him to the car. The vet said he was so malnourished he only gave him a 10% chance at living. I fed him rice and hamburger and had to keep him on a chain in the yard the first week. One day in the yard playing with him a guy pulled up in a truck and got out. Buck, nearly starved to death broke a small logging chain and put the guy back in his truck. He finally filled out to 90lbs and that's when we figured he was crossed with a Rottie. He was a beast and the best outside dog I ever owned. Nothing crossed the property line. But he never chased outside the line.
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greybeard
Herd Master
Same here. People see my house way off the road, and drop them off at the front gate and speed away. Usually, hungry, sick, mangy AND PREGNANT. It doesn't take more than a couple hrs for them to sniff their way back to my house.If someone or a bleeding heart group rescues ( no-one is forcing them to do so ) any animal, it should be on their OWN nickel. To cut their expences , they should give them to someone that will love and care for them. NOT charge any fee or "donation" shakedown. Why should anyone pay for the bleeding heart's rescueing needs other than themselves ? I have a ranch near town, and quite often people from town dump their dogs and cats that then come to our front door. Every time this happens ( quit often especially in late summer ) I call the local rescue groups, and for years... NOT A SINGLE TIME WILL THEY COME TO RESCUE THEM ! So I am stuck with feeding, caring, and Vet bills until someone answers my adds and fliers for a FREE dog or cat.(dumped cats are a nice snack for coyotes).
We clean 'em up, feed them and about every 3 months, take them down and sit in front of the feedstore or even walmart with a "free pet" sign till they are all with new 'owners'. I usually sweeten the deal by giving away 5lb of pet food with each one.
Can't save them all tho. Sometimes, they are just too far gone, and I'll have to put one down. I don't like it, but it's a fact of country life.
