This page is mainly about stories that come up from time to time.  If you are looking to browse through dogs needing rescue please consider the ABCR site for Adoptable Animals.  Before you buy a puppy off Kijiji, check out the sites of any worthwhile animal rescue group.  Why not be part of the solution?  Thanks.

Too many puppies, sick & injured dogs being dumped

This is the 9 week old husky with a broken leg found in a cardboard box in the countryside.  Also, not shown is a senior Eskimo dog that was dumped, bleeding for unknown reasons, and has been rushed to vet care.  The leg alone for the pup cost $400 + whatever other care the dog will need.  If you can help financially with any amount please contact Beaver Creek Animal Hospital or ABCR.

More comments on this whole sorry episode are on the St. Thomas Dog Blog.

Update Jan. 13 – We are happy to report that the cast is now off and the pup, after being placed in a foster home while she healed, will be adopted.  Many thanks to ABCR, Beaver Creek Animal Hospital, and the people who cared enough to give her care and a new home.  And a BIG THANK YOU to the people who saw fit to donate towards the medical expenses to get this poor animal back to rights.

Blankets needed for rescue dogs

Due to an unprecedented number of puppies being abandoned there is a need for washable blankets for animals currently being boarded at K-9 rescue.  The blankets do not have to be new, just good clean old blankets especially if they are of a fluffy type that will provide a cushion between the crate floor and the dogs.  You can drop them off at K-9 Concepts, 9830 Sunset Drive, across from Elgin Animal Hospital (between St. Thomas & Talbotville).  There is also an article posted about this on the St. Thomas Dog Blog.  Thanks.

Did You Know?

The City of St. Thomas provides no vet care for any dog that comes to the pound (St. Thomas Animal Shelter).  That would include basic vet care if the dog was sick or injured.  We are talking about the most basic care such as antibiotics or pain medication.  At the present time, the City is relying on volunteer and charity groups to fill the void.  So if some jerk leaves a pup with a broken leg in a cardboard box (see further down on this page), and it is taken to the pound, the only money that is currently allocated by the City for vet care is for its execution, not healing and placement in a foster home.  It is totally up to the kindness of people like you to contribute towards vet care for these sick, injured, lost, or abandoned animals.

A case in point is the dog above, Holly and her pups, abandoned and shuffled to the pound.  She has now received vet care and has been placed in a foster home due the efforts of ABCR.  If you can help financially with any amount towards the rehabilitation of these animals please contact Beaver Creek Animal Hospital or ABCR.

Update Feb. 9 – article on this whole mess on the St. Thomas Dog Blog – Raining Puppies.

Update Feb. 18 –  (Shown below) After being shuffled from pillar to post a bit, here is Holly and her three surviving pups at their new foster home.

This is due to people like you contributing to the vet care and making available foster homes.  Thank you.

If you read only one story this year, read this one..

I took this from Facebook and shortened it some.  It is a chilling story.  If you haven’t got time or money for a pet, don’t get one.  But if you do have, please consider adopting one – or another one.

You can’t keep your pet? Really? By: A Shelter Director (Everywhere) Edited by MuttShack.org

As a shelter manager, I am going to share a view from the inside. Maybe if you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would stop flagging the ads on craigslist and help these animals find homes. That puppy you just bought will most likely end up in my shelter when it’s not a cute little puppy anymore.

They always tell me “We just don’t want to have to stress about finding a place for her.  We know she’ll get adopted, she’s a good dog.”  There’s a 90% chance she won’t leave the shelter alive.  Purebred or not! About 25% of “owner surrenders” or “strays” that come into a shelter are purebred dogs.

Your pet has 72 hours to find a new family from the moment you drop it off. Sometimes a little longer if the shelter isn’t full and your dog stays completely healthy. If it sniffles, it dies.

more… St. Thomas Dog Blog