[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: GSD Rescue
- From: Sandra Kozub <skozub@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:27:02 -0500
It is so terribly sad that Dawn, LSHS, and other rescues should be put in
the position where
they have to defend the wonderful work that they do for our beloved
dogs. I feel that we all
should be so proud & happy about all they have accomplished and do all we
can to HELP.
JMO, Sandy
At 05:44 PM 10/9/2009 -0700, you wrote:
>Looks like its time for me to weigh in on this and put this to bed. As
>someone so succinctly put it, "its all about the dogs"...and to that
>point, it behooves us to address our concerns in a more constructive manner.
>LHSH has been privileged to have assisted more than 350 GSDs on to new
>lives. Out of that number, I can tell you that no more than 5% were dogs
>that were at least 50% GSD; most were higher. If anyone is interested, I
>am sure I can take the two or three hours to wade through the various
>photos and get a specific number. That would be two or three hours of my
>time that is not being spent sending introduction letters, letters to
>organizations for grants, doing the mountain of paperwork that it takes to
>keep a national organization running, checking back with the many Rescues
>who have assisted GSDs to see how they are going, replying to my
>twentysomething other Rescue lists in the hopes of not letting a GSD slip
>through the cracks, trying to locate trainers to donate time, etc. As I
>earlier indicated, having volunteers who are able to go to the shelter to
>physically attest to a dogs lineage would be MOST helpful and LHSH would
>be extremely grateful to anyone
> who would volunteer for this difficult task. When a dog is commited to
> by a Rescue that LHSH has agreed to fund and he/she arrives on the
> transport only to find that it is NOT Rin Tin Tin, but maybe his second
> cousin...what would you have us do? Tell them to drop him/her off at the
> nearest shelter? Not only would this be inherently CRUEL, but LHSH would
> loose ANY credibility with the Rescue world...We are already treading on
> VERY uncharted territory as most of us on the BOD are breeders or
> exhibitors. I have spent untold hours trying to explain our mission to
> literally HUNDREDS of all breed Rescues who look at us with a VERY
> untrusting eye as it is! Add to that trying to explaining to the
> average Rescue that that committed to the dog in the first place "Oh
> sorry...its not a PUREBRED GSD after all...we dont want to assis after
> all"....How many all breed rescues do you think would be willing to take
> on the NEXT purebred GSD who was in crisis? There
> are NOT enough breed specific Rescues to help them all. We do our VERY
> best to limit our assistance to purebred GSDs only.
>I agree that if someone on the list is dissatisfied with something we have
>done, please take it private or post the entirety of the complaint and the
>issues involved. Remember; there are always two sides to a story.
>Now, lets get on to something more constructive shall we??? As we sit
>debating this issue, purebred GSDs are dying. Anyone interested can go to
>Germanshepherds.com and see some of the faces who are hoping for a second
>chance. Thanks.
>Dawn
>
>Dawn Restuccia, Pres.
>Last Hope, Safe Haven
>Donations may be made to:
>Paypal via windwych@xxxxxxxxx
Sandra Kozub
KcK Kennels
http://iweb.tntech.edu/rkozub/kennel.htm
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