It would be an excellent project for AGSRA to consider. It would give an
excellent idea of how many purebred GSDs are in the shelters and what areas are
most impacted. I know many GSDCA members work with local rehoming groups,
(they could helpAGSRA) but to get a good handle on just where the main influx
of the GSDs are entering the shelters would also help increasing education and
outreach in those area.
http://gsdca.org/german-shepherd-dogs/breed-rescue
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www.agsra.com <http://www.agsra.com/>
Stormy Hope
On Jul 19, 2015, at 9:34 PM, Jen Proud <proudk911@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I almost fell over when I read PBs in shelters were in the range of 5% of all
dogs!
The Wrongists would have you believe it's at least 25%-- or one in every four
dogs!
I know some people who work more specifically with the white coated dogs, but
they do share region to region and to national rescue. I will see if any
facts & figures can't be compiled based on their numbers and see what we get.
I wonder if they would proportionately reflect what goes on with the
"regular" GSDs based on proportion of colors to whites coats?
JP&P
On Sunday, July 19, 2015, Stormy V. Hope <stormy435@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:stormy435@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I was just reading about another breed who was seriously tracking their breed
coming in shelters. They were joining with rehoming groups throughout a few
states and monitoring their breed as they were listed in the shelters,
working to get them out, cooperating with rehoming groups to find the best
fit for the dogs, ignoring (or at least overlooking) the different
requirements of the different groups in order to move the dog.
This was another very popular breed.
I was wondering if our GSD rehoming groups work that well together, keeping
count of the purebred GSDs in shelters, working together to get them out,
giving a good tracking of how many were in the shelters, how many were owner
reclaimed, how many returned to shelters, how many ended up euthanized, how
many were successfully placed. This breed did not track them beyond placing,
except to not any returns to shelters.
I would think that would be a valuable project. This came up after the NAIA
Shelter project that found that across the country, there might be variances
in purebred dogs in shelters, but overall there it was found to be 5%, a much
lower number than has been touted by animal rights groups and rehoming groups.
Storm
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