Post by trishdumais on Mar 29, 2006 15:20:59 GMT -5
Here is my original post. Sorry for any inconvience.
Well Johnathon to answer your first question, all the groups here in Alberta take as many as humanly possible. But we won't take more than we can find GOOD homes for. This is the problem with the Edmonton Humane Society taking these dogs, there is a commitment you make when you transfer them thousands of miles- you tell them you will not find them just a life. You will find them a home and a family worthy of them. This is a huge topic on the BigL right now because it is absolutley NOT acceptable to bring those dogs all this way and put them in a kill shelter. One already didn't pass the initial vet check. There are only 9 available for adoption. So too bad for that one. If it had come to Chinook Winds, we would have gone above and beyond to give that dog the extra vetting it needed. The shelter is unequiped to deal with sighthounds and I do not believe ANY home is better than no home, I think quality of placements is far more important than quantity. When we place any dog- not just sighthounds in unacceptable or dangerous homes than we have done them a disservice. Do I wish they wouldn't be pts- of course, but I am going to ask that after seeing some of the horror stories of these guys going into bad homes, which is worse? Long suffering or quick death? I think of Samson- he survived and went on to a happy home but look how he suffered. Look at my Thunder- 3 and a half years of being crated for long hours, no vet care, suffering from IBD, rotton teeth and no love at all. I wouldn't trade him for the world and he's happy now but it was a long road and he will never be 100% healthy. So while I applaud SAGA for bringing dogs, I would say that knowing your limits is a more responisble thing for an adoption group than just saying yes, we'll take them and be heros. I would also mention that SAGA hasn't taken a bounce back in thier group for the last 6 months due to lack of resources. This would tell me it is time for them to regroup and rethink.
Chinook winds has plenty of dogs at this time, but they would have stretched themselves to take these 10 and keep them out of a shelter. I was going to foster 2- which would put me at 5 dogs (way too many) but in an emergency, you do what you can. CW is completely blacklisted with the Edmonton humane society and even if the group could afford to spring them all- they can't.
Remember Johnathon (or maybe you didn't know this) Alberta is home of the outdoor dog, dogs in the back of pickups and also ranches still actively using Greys to control the coyote population in -40 temps. Are these people you want to adopt these dogs? Not to mention the people who will adopt them and ship them to India to continue a racing career in the second coming of Hell. All the media attention will have these adopters down there lickety split! The EHS will not be equiped to screen these adopters. I pray for these dogs. I really, really do. If they end up in India- the landfill would have been kinder.
Well Johnathon to answer your first question, all the groups here in Alberta take as many as humanly possible. But we won't take more than we can find GOOD homes for. This is the problem with the Edmonton Humane Society taking these dogs, there is a commitment you make when you transfer them thousands of miles- you tell them you will not find them just a life. You will find them a home and a family worthy of them. This is a huge topic on the BigL right now because it is absolutley NOT acceptable to bring those dogs all this way and put them in a kill shelter. One already didn't pass the initial vet check. There are only 9 available for adoption. So too bad for that one. If it had come to Chinook Winds, we would have gone above and beyond to give that dog the extra vetting it needed. The shelter is unequiped to deal with sighthounds and I do not believe ANY home is better than no home, I think quality of placements is far more important than quantity. When we place any dog- not just sighthounds in unacceptable or dangerous homes than we have done them a disservice. Do I wish they wouldn't be pts- of course, but I am going to ask that after seeing some of the horror stories of these guys going into bad homes, which is worse? Long suffering or quick death? I think of Samson- he survived and went on to a happy home but look how he suffered. Look at my Thunder- 3 and a half years of being crated for long hours, no vet care, suffering from IBD, rotton teeth and no love at all. I wouldn't trade him for the world and he's happy now but it was a long road and he will never be 100% healthy. So while I applaud SAGA for bringing dogs, I would say that knowing your limits is a more responisble thing for an adoption group than just saying yes, we'll take them and be heros. I would also mention that SAGA hasn't taken a bounce back in thier group for the last 6 months due to lack of resources. This would tell me it is time for them to regroup and rethink.
Chinook winds has plenty of dogs at this time, but they would have stretched themselves to take these 10 and keep them out of a shelter. I was going to foster 2- which would put me at 5 dogs (way too many) but in an emergency, you do what you can. CW is completely blacklisted with the Edmonton humane society and even if the group could afford to spring them all- they can't.
Remember Johnathon (or maybe you didn't know this) Alberta is home of the outdoor dog, dogs in the back of pickups and also ranches still actively using Greys to control the coyote population in -40 temps. Are these people you want to adopt these dogs? Not to mention the people who will adopt them and ship them to India to continue a racing career in the second coming of Hell. All the media attention will have these adopters down there lickety split! The EHS will not be equiped to screen these adopters. I pray for these dogs. I really, really do. If they end up in India- the landfill would have been kinder.
