Dog rescue is a very rewarding experience. I am amazed and humbled by the resilient, forgiving nature of dogs who have been abused, tortured, starved, abandoned, turned in by families they thought were their own. The feeling you get when you see a dog thrive in it’s new home, truly enjoying a good life because of your efforts is just priceless.
Dog rescue can also be very frustrating. Example – We are a Connecticut group. We’d love to help Connecticut Dogs. There are plenty in our pounds, and while the “kill” rate isn’t as high as down south, it’s still a possibility in some of our shelters. So we reach out to CT pounds and ask if they’d like to participate in our adoption events… at no cost to them. They just have to show up with their dog!… no fee, they keep whatever their adoption fee is. Our adoption rate at events is fantastic, so you’d think it’s a no-brainer, right?
And yet, very few are willing to come. Reason? There are several …. no one at the pound willing to spend their day volunteering to bring the dog to the event. Apparently the towns or state won’t pay employees to bring a dog to a Saturday event. Hey.. we are ALL VOLUNTEER… is there really no one who is willing to help? And.. after hearing this – we’ve offered to bring the dogs ourselves. To which we hear.. oh, liability, so.. no. OR.. they don’t like that we also help southern dogs find homes. Personally, we don’t believe in borders. A dog in need is a dog in need, and down south the situation is horrible. Many many dogs die daily. Now if we could get more Connecticut pounds to participate? We’d probably become an ALL Connecticut adoption event group. Can’t have one without cooperation from the other.
Sad deal.
Anyway.. here are a few happy faces coming to our next mini adoption event to be held at Pet Valu in Guilford, CT – If you have a Pet Valu near you, support them. What an awesome organization. They do not sell animals in their store.. they DO NOT SUPPORT PUPPY MILLS. They DO support shelter dogs by letting us hold fundraisers in their stores,.. and letting us hold mini adoption events as well. It’s a beautiful thing.
THANK YOU PET VALU CORPORATION. You totally ROCK!
We’ve got a mini adoption event this coming Saturday at Pet value, flyer below..
And a fundraiser in April too!…
If you’re local, come meet the pups.. or have your pets picture taken with the Easter Bunny – Just $5. and all proceeds go to Homeward Bound CT. Visit our website for more information…
www.homewardboundadoptionevents.jimdo.com or like us on FB – Homeward Bound CT