[ SHOWGSD-L ] Article (CA) ... Kern County Animal Control May Possibly Put Down GSD & Her 8 Pups

  • From: Stormy435@xxxxxxx
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  • Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 15:02:47 EDT

There is a follow-up coming next.   From what I saw of the pups pictures in 
the story, Mama dog has several visitors at breeding time.
sh

> 
> <http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/404453.html
>   
>  Caught! Stray mama dog and seven of her eight pups now in Animal Control 
> shelter
>  Eighth puppy still on the run
>  The Bakersfield Californian | Wednesday, Apr 2 2008 11:10 AM
> 
>  Last Updated: Wednesday, Apr 2 2008 7:46 AM
>   
>  A stray German shepherd mama and her seven of her eight puppies were in the 
> Kern County Animal Control shelter Tuesday evening, after generating a buzz 
> of concern when they were featured in the newspaper Saturday in a photo 
> package by Californian Photographer Casey Christie.
>  Photos:
> 
>  Photo by Lois Henry / The Californian
>   
>  Seven of the eight German shepherd puppies huddle together at the Kern 
> County Animal Shelter late Tuesday afternoon in Bakersfield. Their mother, 
> also 
> captured Tuesday, is not pictured. The last puppy was caught by a man Tuesday 
> night.
>   
>  Photo by Casey Christie / The Californian
>   
>  German shepherd puppies play with their mother on the west side of 
> Cottonwood Road, south of Pacheco Road Tuesday morning.
>   
>  Photo by Casey Christie / The Californian
>   
>  The puppies seem very close to their German shepherd mother where they live 
> in a large field off Cottonwood Road.
>   
>  Photo by Casey Christie / The Californian
>   
>  Three of several puppies run in an open field near Cottonwood and Pacheco 
> Roads on Friday.
> 
> 
>   
>  The paper received about eight phone calls from people worried about the 
> animals and Kern County Animal Control got calls as well, according to Animal 
> Control Division Chief Denise Haynes.
>   
>  Christie checked on the animals, living in a pile of abandoned concrete 
> pipes at Cottonwood and Pacheco roads, Tuesday morning and found them active 
> and 
> healthy, but still wary of humans.
>   
>  Someone was feeding the dogs, Haynes said â?? â??the good stuff!â?? Animal 
> Control officers found cans of Science Diet and piles of dry dog food so the 
> animals were well-fed.
>   
>  She understands the urge to care for the dogs but â??it just makes our job 
> harderâ?? to trap them and get them into a better long-term situation.
>   
>  Haynesâ?? office caught seven of the pups and the mama by Tuesday evening. 
> Haynes hoped to round up the last puppy Tuesday night or Wednesday and get 
> them 
> all into the hands of a rescue group dedicated to saving German shepherds.
>   
>  She said she got calls from individuals wanting to rescue the dogs, but 
> Animal Control only works with official nonprofit groups to avoid giving 
> animals 
> to â??hoarders.â??
>   
>  If the rescue groups canâ??t take them, or canâ??t take them right away, 
> Haynes said, the shelter will keep them at least the mandated four days, not 
> including the day of impoundment.
>   
>  The animals likely arenâ??t adoptable as theyâ??ve probably had little to no 
> human contact.
>   
>  â??Iâ??m not going to say weâ??ll automatically put them down. No one wants 
> to 
> put a mama and eight puppies down,â?? Haynes said. â??But it is a huge 
> possibility.â??
>   
>  She said sheâ??s really counting on the rescue groups, which have taken in 
> some â??pretty nastyâ?? shepherds, both physically ill and with behavioral 
> issues, 
> and been able to turn them around.
>   
>  The rescue group, Westside German Shepherd Rescue of Los Angeles, was 
> waiting to get more information about the dogs, according to the group's 
> spokeswoman Robin Jampol.
>   
>  If the mama dog wasn't socialized at all, she said, it could be a problem.
> 


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