[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Rescue
- From: tsaligsds@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: Stormy435@xxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:15:21 +0000
Thank You, Stormy!!! This has always been my pet peeve - shelters and shelter
employees who are there because they love animals portrayed as killers to make
rescuers feel better. Remember that in many cases shelter workers are the very
ones who 'rescue' the animals from deplorable conditions and that in many
instances shelter conditions are far better than where the animals came from!!!
I'm not saying that conditions couldn't be better but attacking the folks and
facilities who are trying to help isn't helpful either. And folks wonder why
shelter workers are not friendly, happy, bubbly people. Just try it for a week
and walk in their shoes....... you'd understand why some shelters are not
'rescuer' friendly.....
JMO.
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Suzanne
www.tsalishepherds.com
Home of BIS/BISS Ch Yancy ITs HT PT RE CD TC CGC BH, Helios IPO3, Ch Flair,
Tess, and Gilli RN, and all the others waiting at the bridge
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Stormy435@xxxxxxx
> While the Lancaster, CA shelter is not great...not even close, it isn't as
> bad as it appeared to be portrayed. Perhaps some people were trying to make a
> point, by selective pictures? But there does seem to be an unusual amount of
> small dogs in it (and often GSDs, by the way). Trying to be careful here,
> this area is very heavily populated with people who work hours away, and have
> very little time at home. They adopt a dog then....Not only are the dogs
> ignored, but so are their children. Many people live out in the desert and
> will
> take the dogs and let them roam. (my neighbors with FIVE mixed breeds...4 of
> them very small are always escaping and running :-(, when the dogs
> disappear (coyotes???) or get run over, more appear. :-(
>
> The shelter is not set up well, one long line to adopt, check out for rescue,
> and checking to see if their dog is there. I have stood in line for over
> two hours to help take out a dog, not an unusual occurance.
> But I was free to wander the property and checked out all the dogs each time.
>
>
>
> I have never seen the overcrowding which is described, and all the dogs have
> inside/outside runs and the aggressive dogs are kenneled separately. There
> were 3-5 little dogs in one runs at times, but I also saw a little momma with
> newborns kenneled separately with blankets and caring.
>
>
> There are so MANY shelters which are bad, here in L.A. county and city, but
> we have to be careful not to fall into the stories that are exaggerated for
> the
> use of the "dark side"
>
>
> Stormy
>
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