Dead Dog Walking - Written by CP's VP of Intakes

Thousands of dogs are euthanized each and every day in shelters in this country. It's not the shelter's fault. They simply don't have the space and resources to house all the dogs that are found as strays and surrendered by their families. These dogs die in a variety of means from very humane injection to torturous heart stick. The majority have done nothing wrong in their lives and don't have a say in what happens to them. They are at the mercy of society, economics and some simply because they outgrew puppyhood. They are Dead Dogs Walking into eternity.

The Rescue Team was alerted to a possible Cairn at a shelter in TX. The picture was inconclusive if Cairn or not. With the holiday weekend, we were having a hard time getting in touch with anyone to get any additional information. Monday we received word that this boy had until closing time at the shelter to be adopted or rescued or he too would be a Dead Dog Walking into eternity. He didn't have a tomorrow. We finally were able to reach the shelter mid-afternoon and get some additional details on him: 18 pounds, prick ears and he would in fact be dead in less than 4 hours without help. Thank goodness Kim D. was home and answered my urgent phone call! While we called our rescue friendly vet to see if they had room, Kim headed to the shelter, knowing if he wasn't Cairn, she would have to leave him. With less than 1.5 hours to go before he was to be put to sleep, Kim called me to say she had a brindle Cairn in her car, he was very sweet and friendly and even knew how to sit. He seemed to really be enjoying being out of the shelter and with people who cared about him. He had escaped being a Dead Dog Walking. He was now safe in the loving arms of Col. Potter.

Please help me welcome William. He is being boarded and vetted before he will move to his foster home with Carol L. and her girls.

William escaped death, but please think about all the other dogs that weren't as lucky as William was and they did become Dead Dogs Walking. We can only rescue as many as we have foster homes for and we are becoming very tight on foster homes. If you have room in your heart and your home for a Cairn foster check out our Foster Facts and consider becoming an approved foster home. Don't let a Cairn become a Dead Dog Walking because we don't have room for them...