Puppies Galore!
This past Tuesday we went to visit the doggies and kitties at the Paulding County Humane Society and what was going to be a 30 or so minute visit to pet the animals and play with a few turned into a several day ordeal! Paulding County has started a "Save A Life Tuesday" initiative - they only allow x amount of dogs in their shelter at a time (I'm not sure what their actual max number is) and anything over their limit they euthanize each Wednesday, and any dog scheduled for euthanasia on Wednesday is offered for a $10 adoption fee on Tuesday. The adoption fee includes a microchip and a $20 discount for their spay/neuter at certain vet's offices. Almost half the dogs there the day we visited had kill tags on their kennels. I was heartbroken walking around looking at all these beautiful sweet dogs with less than 24 hours to live. I just couldn't stand it!
I contacted Irina, the owner of Rotts N Pups, the group we've been fostering for, and asked if there was any chance she had room for some puppies and explained the situation. She happened to have room for 5 puppies at her place and I was so relieved!! We brought home SIX puppies that afternoon - we waited until the end of the day in case any had a chance to go home with a forever owner, but when we came back around 2:30pm (they closed at 3) all 6 of the puppies we'd decided on were still there and still had kill tags on their kennels. So about 45 minutes of paperwork and a $60 fee later 6 nervous and excited puppies ranging in size from about 4-5lbs to 30lbs were loaded up in the back of our car with our son and home we went!! Irina was going to be able to pick up the 5 youngest ones on Thursday afternoon so we about 2 days to care for them all in addition to the 6 dogs we already had at home (our 5 plus an older foster we've had for several months now).
So anyone interested in providing a loving home for any of these babies can check out Rotts N Pups website here: http://www.rottsnpupsrescue.org/adoptionapplication.htm Rotts N Pups adopts to many different locations, thanks to the wonderful transporters that work with our group! I can't wait to hear these guys have homes lined up! It felt wonderful to know we saved these sweetie pies, and I can't wait to continue working with the shelter in the future to save more at risk puppies!
I contacted Irina, the owner of Rotts N Pups, the group we've been fostering for, and asked if there was any chance she had room for some puppies and explained the situation. She happened to have room for 5 puppies at her place and I was so relieved!! We brought home SIX puppies that afternoon - we waited until the end of the day in case any had a chance to go home with a forever owner, but when we came back around 2:30pm (they closed at 3) all 6 of the puppies we'd decided on were still there and still had kill tags on their kennels. So about 45 minutes of paperwork and a $60 fee later 6 nervous and excited puppies ranging in size from about 4-5lbs to 30lbs were loaded up in the back of our car with our son and home we went!! Irina was going to be able to pick up the 5 youngest ones on Thursday afternoon so we about 2 days to care for them all in addition to the 6 dogs we already had at home (our 5 plus an older foster we've had for several months now).
So anyone interested in providing a loving home for any of these babies can check out Rotts N Pups website here: http://www.rottsnpupsrescue.org/adoptionapplication.htm Rotts N Pups adopts to many different locations, thanks to the wonderful transporters that work with our group! I can't wait to hear these guys have homes lined up! It felt wonderful to know we saved these sweetie pies, and I can't wait to continue working with the shelter in the future to save more at risk puppies!
Hoping I'll get to chauffeur some of them in The Zen-terra!
ReplyDeleteThanks for helping to save them!
Gorgeous little things! SO glad you were able to save them, you are so awesome Beka!
ReplyDeleteYou are such an amazing person. These little puppies are so lucky you were there for them. Beautiful pictures, I hope they find homes very soon.
ReplyDeleteWow. You are my hero. This made me tear up. What a wonderful thing you are doing :)
ReplyDeleteThat's so wonderful you were able to help them! I keep telling my husband that after I have these babies we may need to foster some dogs to keep things interesting around here! : ) I don't know, though- looking at those faces, I think I'd want to keep too many of them!
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ReplyDeleteYou're so awesome. Hope the dogs find homes soon although I know that they're loved in your home.
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