Chekia Dog Rescue
Meet "Chrissy", a Collie / Australian Shepherd mix we pulled from the shelter on her last day. She was a young
adult with no training, was unhousebroken, and had some aggressive tendencies. Thankfully, the shelter that
had her didn't do the currently popular but severely
flawed "temperament testing" that surely would have
rendereded her "unadoptable" and ended her life
without any opportunity to be rescued. After some
homeopathic veterinary care, a good grooming, fresh food and supplements, and obedience training based on positive reinforcement, she was happy, healthy, and ready to be adopted into her forever home. She now plays on the beach every day with her own little girl and is a cherished member of her new family.
This is "Fair Ellen", an American Eskimo Dog.
She was pulled from the shelter where we
discovered her with two newborn pups dying
on the cold cement floor of her kennel.
No one at the shelter had noticed she was
pregnant. We couldn't save the puppies, and
Ellen had a horrible bladder infection from
refusing to urinate in the small kennel where
she tried desperately to keep her newborns
clean and warm. With her puppies gone,
she went into a severe depression and refused
to eat. I held her in my arms and pleaded with
her to take bits of baked chicken, which she
refused. Finally, I brought her a tiny kitten.
She nuzzled the baby for a few minutes, then
came to me and licked my face.
She knew that I understood. She didn't want
to mother the kitten, but she then acceped my empathy, and took the food I had been offering. Eventually she began to play. Finally, after many weeks, she decided she was ready to be adopted. Ellen is pictured here with her new mom three months after adoption. She's now a happy girl in her forever home!
Bengie and Timothy are two darling Maltese who
had spent their entire lives being loved and
cherished, until the day their owner died and
they ended up in a tiny cage in the the back room
of an over-crowded shelter. Under the laws of
"probate", they had to spend thirty days there,
after which their lives were left in the hands of the
shelter manager. He had the option of killing
them, deeming them adoptable to the public, or
allowing a rescue to take them. Thankfully, he
chose to send them here. They arrived in urine
soaked fur, and suffering from bad ear and
mouth infections. Both of little Benjie's eyes
were sealed shut with stinky, matted hair.
The vet who had neutered them that morning
had made a note on the paperwork; "may have
an eye problem". Their surgical sites were
surrounded by smelly, filthy fur. It was
immediately clear these two tiny ones were used to much better care and treatment, and they responded immediately to a loving home environment, a thorough grooming, much needed vet care, and fresh, wholesome food. Once they had recovered from their ordeal, a number of people inquired about adopting
"one of them", but there was no question these two had to remain together. They finally found their new home in Arizona with a wonderful couple who had another Maltese -- a dog who had been grieving for a lost friend. They are once again "little kings in their castle", just as every dog should always be.
PLEASE -- If you haven't already done so, make provisions TODAY for the care of your dogs in the case of
your death. Don't just "assume" your family members will care for them. Put them in your will, and make
SURE the person you will them to both WANTS them, iand is able to care for them as well as
YOU do.
You're listening to
"The Rose"
written by
Amanda McBroom
