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News Coverage - Rescue story from Lynn Lake, USA |
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Rescue Article - Jan
2006 I am a small breeder/exhibitor of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and live in North Carolina, U.S.A. But equally, if not more importantly, I have worked in rescue all of my adult life. I was asked to write this article to share rescue as I know it.  While we also have facilities similar to the one described in Sweden, here those facilities are often run by the local governments or are associated with nonprofit organizations, such as the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). Those facilities are open to all needy domestic animals. The facilities that are funded and staffed by government agencies, while being concerned with animal welfare, are primarily mandated to provide animal control. That means controlling the homeless animal population thereby preventing/controlling the spread of disease associated with animal populations. In certain situations as an adjunct to the larger agencies and at times in spite of them, various groups of private individuals have banded together and sometimes people work alone to provide another avenue of rescue. The reality is that the sheer numbers of unwanted dogs and cats are so huge in the US that these larger formal organizations can never fully meet the needs of these very sad creatures. Private rescues exist both to address all-breed (mixed breeds and purebreds together) and specific breeds rehoming needs. Virtually each breed of purebred dog has at least a token rescue representative listed with the American Kennel Club. However these rescue organizations vary tremendously in their actual involvement in rescue. For the less common and newer breeds it isn’t uncommon to find a national representative on paper, and yet be virtually unable to find local representatives or any type of structured organization to actually do the hands-on work. Luckily for these breeds there tends to be much less need for rescue. There is a definite correlation to the popularity of specific breeds with the American public and the need for rescue. The perfect examples of this is the American Cocker Spaniel and the German Shepherd. Both are wonderful breeds. However, once discovered by John Q. Public their numbers soared and over the last 10 years, at least, they are constantly in every shelter and rescue program. There are so many that there can simply never be enough homes to go around. This doesn’t even touch on the horrific health and temperament issues associated these unwanted dogs - and the impact these problems cause for the rescues trying so hard to rehabilitate them and find them good, safe homes. This brings me to Cavalier rescue in the US. As is common knowledge, there are 2 National Cavalier clubs. Both have very dedicated and active rescues. As someone who has worked in breed-specific rescue for other breeds of dogs for years, I can only compliment the people who make these rescue organizations happen. While Cavaliers are increasing dramatically both in popularity and in numbers, the rescues are stepping up to the plate. We continue to rank far below many other breeds in numbers coming into rescue, but even the small regional AKC club to which I belong, is finding an ever increasing number of dogs needing re-homing. Our rescues (and most other breed rescues) work by constantly both making the public and the dog world aware of our existence and by fund-raising. We cannot function if people don’t know we exist and if we don’t have funds. We take in dogs from any source - no questions or recriminations. If the people don’t trust and like us, they will not give us the dogs. We get dogs from shelters, veterinarians, boarding kennels, and private individuals (both breeders and owners). Some come from “puppy mill breeders” when the dogs are too old or ill to turn a profit for them or if they are going out of business. Each private rescue organization has their own policies and procedures to follow once they get a dog into rescue. |
Our group’s policies appear to be rather typical. Immediately upon arrival the dog goes to our vet. Typically rescues value their vet’s assistance almost above anything else. We could not function at all if not for them. Many vets offer their services to rescues at vastly reduced prices. As rescue organizations frequently operate on very tight budgets, due to all their income being private donations, this is crucial. Also, many dogs come in needing medical care. Each dog is checked for problems such as heart or digestive worms, routine shots are given including rabies and a heart and patella exam is performed. After the medical issues have been addressed, the dog goes into foster care. This is typically provided by a private individual in their home. If it is possible and/or necessary a kennel situation may be utilized. One of the biggest challenges in foster care involves privately housing a dog that requires isolation. This happens frequently when dogs come out of shelters due to concerns over Kennel Cough, Brucellosis and other infectious diseases. Brucellosis can be a serious problem for foster homes - if those homes belong to breeders. It is very difficult to totally cure this disease, and as such it is recommended that all dogs coming from a possible breeding background be screened for Brucellosis. If the rescue is tested positive for the disease, the rescue organization needs to decide if they can safely maintain this dog in their program. Some rescue organizations euthanize dogs if they carry this disease.Once in a foster home, the work of the foster parent begins. We work to not only get any medical issues resolved but also to evaluate and rehabilitate the dog’s emotional issues. Almost every dog coming into rescue has some type and degree of emotional or behavioral baggage. A dog adopted through a rescue organization as opposed to one from a shelter has the benefit of having lived in a foster home as part of our families.
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We have been at Hundstallet,
Stockholm! We have been at Hundstallet, a rescue centre for dogs in need, dogs that has run away or mistreated dogs or beaten and in some cases there is the owner that needs an extra hand to find a new home for their dog - help in so many different ways! I can only imaging what some of the dogs been abused with, some thing that is hard to put in mind whit the experience I have from the dogs I come in contact with it makes it looks silly compare to what does dogs been thru! What a luck Hundstallet exist, and this is how it looked like. My arrival at Åkeshov! I arrived at Åkeshovs subway station at 1:15 in the day it was a nice day with light powder snow over the ground, and the first that hit my eyes was Åkeshovs beautiful castle as I walk on the way to Hundstallet, I was going to meet Patrick, I had a booked time with him. As a outsider you can book a time to come and visit the nice sweet dogs that lives there. How do run an activity like this? Patrick and I sat down in the board room going thru all of my questions. The first one was how the managed to run Hundstallet how they coped with the financial side, Patrick answered that they was depending on gift from private people, but they also took payment for their services he told my they had like 24 hour care that people could pay for, It almost works like having a foster child, and they take a fee from the polis for dropping dogs of at Hundstallet. He also told me that the biggest cost was the personal, veterinary and the local cost in a total sum of 2 million SEK a year. Like A part of Sweden’s history! Patrick told me that Hundstallet is a part of our Swedish history with the rots back to the 1700 and early 1800 century when there was this small, small stable in Östermalm in Stockholm. Hundstallet moved to Fiskartorpet and has been active there for 75 years, but they didn’t own the land just the house so when the municipality was starting to build they had to move, the municipality was offering new ground at Åkeshov just next to the pretty castle Åkeshov and next to the subway station Åkeshov. The new premises are bright, clean and cosy, the feeling of good working spirit sets in, there was a big Landry with capacity for good grooming, staffrooms, offices and fantastic wings where the dogs staid, the dogs had there own space with a hatch so they freely could run out and in as they pleased them self’s. The staff could bring there own dogs but they won’t allowed to be in contact with the dogs living there. How is it driven? Hundstallet is now a days driven by a comity called Svenska Hundskyddsföreningen (Swedish dog rescue society), theirs four employs work of a rolling timetable to cower night and weekends, the schedule runs over a period of 3 weeks. But theirs ways to help Hundstallet on you can apply to become a Dog walker, that means that you as a privet person can walk the dogs under consideration that you have dog use from before and the dog behaviour. And at the same time be a part of the training the dogs need of meeting people from outside Hundstallet to adjust to be placed in new homes whit a family. The objective is naturally that we want the dog rehabilitated to its right owner in the way it’s possible. My meeting with the dogs! Patrick presented me to a couple of dogs that was ready to move to new families and it was hard as a dog lover not to bring all of them along home with me, of course I fell one of the dogs and started slowly to think the thought how he would look amongst my Cavaliers back home! My wish was of course to take as many as I possible could with me. I thought that the dogs should be loud angry dogs, but oh was I wrong they where lovely happy toggling their tails just wanted me to pet them everyone overjoyed for every tender touch they relived. They where so happy even going true what they been true in the past. If you been there you would understand what I’m talking about, the dog in the photo is the one I fell for he had this warm eyes a stability in it and a happy tail just begging me to come home whit me, at list it was what I thought he said! But there were plenty of charmers one of them was a small Jack Russell that just wanted to be scratched on his tummy. He went on his back as soon as you approached just as cute you can get. I met a big very pretty bitch when we came in to Hundstallet she was happy to se me and curios of me, feeling the smell of my dogs. The dog experience was lovely, and I know the personal has done a super work that has pluck out the best in those dogs, to get them so happy and cheerful again, good work! There was this tremendously pretty Stafford terrier just begs whit his eyes bring me along, just look at the picture and you se how hard it was not to. What breed is the most commen dog? Patrick said it was a male dog always a mix round a year, our younger. example of mix is German Shepard, Doberman, Labrador our similar breeds, the owner can't handle them any longer, so some of them gets the experience to bring the dog home again our we find them new homes. He tells my that not long ago they received over 24 dogs after being mistreated. How many dogs are living here? We have approximately 15-20 dogs’ average but the number vary. How many dogs comes in per day, and why? Approximately 1 to 1½ dog per day on a year round 350 up to 400dogs but over half of them returns to worried owners after that the dog has run away from home and been turned in either by the polis our by the public that calls and ask us to take the dog. . But there are different reasons one is if the owner dies, some has been let loose because the owner is tired of the dog our can have been mistreated our abused in other ways, it’s a big Varity. Can you save them all? No, we can’t save them all, some of the dogs must be put to sleep because of health problems and some are so badly misfits that they can’t be placed in a new family. But the sum isn’t large out of 110 dogs we perhaps put 5-7 dogs to sleep each year. Do you have your own veterinary? No, but in one of the house wings Västerorts veterinary has a branch, where they take on our dogs and their own patients, we pay for those services. |
 
I wonder can
any one adopt a dog. |
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