Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Welcome a Dozen Holiday Confections!

Written by a CP Intakes Coordinator

Puppy mills, as with anything else, have better ones ... and worse ones. We are used to getting Cairns that have never had a bath, long nails and matted. The volunteers that help transport them directly from the mills are used to driving with the windows wide open even in subzero weather to get fresh air to breathe within the vehicle. They have poop caked to their butts and some have obvious eye infections. This is the norm. But this group is one of the worst we have ever rescued! Probably shouldn't be surprised as they are from a miller who is working with rescue for the first time and usually just shoots the dogs he doesn't want or need anymore, so they don't have to look pretty or even be healthy, as long as they produce, then get a bullet for their reward and journey to the everlasting life ...

Normally CP only rescues Cairns, but I am very happy and proud to tell you that because of our wonderful volunteers and CP's reputation for being willing to help, we also managed to help about 20 Basset Hounds to safety and freedom from this mill. The transport vehicles were all full when at the last minute the miller decided he didn't want the Bassets any longer. Rescue could have them ... or he would shoot them. But there wasn't anywhere to put them. There just wasn't room on the transport vehicles. The organizers of this entire rescue contacted Col. Potter knowing that we had volunteers relatively close and that we have big hearts willing to help. Thanks to Kathy and Barney H. driving to meet the transport and then Stacey W. and Monika R. driving to meet Kathy and Barney, we were able to make room for the Bassets. This is what rescue is all about, helping furkids to safety! I hope that if the shoe had been on the other foot, the Basset Hound Rescue would have done the same to rescue the Cairns.

Kathy and Barney and Stacey and Monika have spent hours working on these furkids to cut out the matts, get the poop off them and clean their eyes. Some of these pictures will bring tears to your eyes. But this neglect and abuse is behind them now. They are in the loving arms of CP!

With a group of this size, it really puts a strain on all of our CP resources and especially on foster homes. PLEASE WON'T YOU CONSIDER FOSTERING ONE OF THESE FURKIDS OR STEPPING FORWARD TO FOSTER ANOTHER CAIRN WAITING TO GET INTO THE LOVING ARMS OF CP???

Please check out our Foster Facts if you can open your heart and your home to a foster furkid!

And now, there's only one more thing to say WELCOME TO CP HOLIDAY CONFECTIONS!!!

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