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Senior Dachshunds in Virginia Need a Home
Good Morning.
I have the unfortunate task of finding a home for two elderly Dachshunds. Both of their human parents have cancer and are no longer able to take care of them. Their mother has breast cancer and the father is at end-stage kidney cancer. Both Duncan and Rocko are the best loving dogs you could want. Duncan has some allergy skin issues and typical ear issues that Dachshunds are prone to. Rocko is very healthy. Their shots are up to date and I do have access to their medical records. This is very hard for me as I’m an avid animal lover…I’m having a hard time not crying as I’m writing. But I have no way of keeping them myself and there are no other family members that can take them. Thanks to all for any help! Anything is greatly appreciated!! Lori Goduti Chesapeake, Virginia |
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Senior Dachshunds in Virginia Need a Home
Lori, your best bet is LOCAL. (This is an international group..... for
discussion of how rescue works, rather than placement.) Another SUPER source of help is a Dachshund rescue group. Google or do a basic search for Dachshund Rescue, USA. These folks place dogs in homes that specifically Want Dachsies, and often have had one or more over their lives. They are experts in the breed. They sometimes even have homes that specifically take in the old fellers.... sometimes called "old folks homes".... because they prefer the older dog of that breed. (For instance, I have two homes, far apart, that always have at least one elderly re-homed Border Terrier.... and when one old dog goes across the Bridge, they request another.) The group doesn't need to be local to you; the central contact person probably has contacts all the heck over the place for fostering and placing, or for permanent placement. (I have transported dogs for several breed rescues for part of their journies to their new lives.... lots of volunteers do this if they can't help by fostering....) Most rescues are particularly accomodating for dogs in the same position the two you are working with. They do not have Shelters. The dogs are fostered in regular homes until placed in permanent ones. Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia, USA |
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Senior Dachshunds in Virginia Need a Home
"Jo Wolf" wrote in message
... Lori, your best bet is LOCAL. (This is an international group..... for discussion of how rescue works, rather than placement.) Another SUPER source of help is a Dachshund rescue group. Google or do a basic search for Dachshund Rescue, USA. These folks place dogs in homes that specifically Want Dachsies, and often have had one or more over their lives. They are experts in the breed. They sometimes even have homes that specifically take in the old fellers.... sometimes called "old folks homes".... because they prefer the older dog of that breed. (For instance, I have two homes, far apart, that always have at least one elderly re-homed Border Terrier.... and when one old dog goes across the Bridge, they request another.) The group doesn't need to be local to you; the central contact person probably has contacts all the heck over the place for fostering and placing, or for permanent placement. (I have transported dogs for several breed rescues for part of their journies to their new lives.... lots of volunteers do this if they can't help by fostering....) Most rescues are particularly accomodating for dogs in the same position the two you are working with. They do not have Shelters. The dogs are fostered in regular homes until placed in permanent ones. All this is true... but I *did* adopt a dog via this newsgroup back in the year 2000. She was a *great* dog!!! Unfortunately, she passed away in 2010. A transport was organized and she was taken from Marysville Ohio to our home in Texas. It was difficult for the dog, because she got car sick. -- ++ | Charles Richmond | ++ |
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Senior Dachshunds in Virginia Need a Home
True. It takes 2-3 weeks right now to set up a long transport, using
yahoogroups that do nothing else. Some specialize in certain routes or certain regions. And there are times when a traveler will volunteer to take a single dog from one point to another..... by car or airline. I once took a Boston Terrier, delivered to me from Atlanta, to the Sarasota, FL, area, a 8-9 hour trip from here for the dog, without a lot of vehicle changes. Our Canadian counterparts picked up a dog in Boston to fly home to Montreal with one of their volunteers who was in Boston on business. And another time, took one of my own foster dogs from Augusta, GA, to above Dayton, OH, where the adoptor (from Indianapolis) met me where I was staying. Last year, we moved a dog from dog shows (local rescue delivered the dog) in Kansas City, MO, to dog shows Louisville, KY (where our foster happened to be showing that weekend),with a professional handler (like you see on televised shows) in a single lift. I had routed the dog to St Louis and up to Chicago, over to suburban Detroit, and down to central Ohio with about 6 vehicles used..... so I was thrilled to get this last minute opportunity. Most transports are on weekends when the drivers aren't working their regular jobs. In the East, most sections of a transport are 50-75 miles one way, but sometimes they are just from one side ofa larg metro area to the other. Each section is called a "leg". I have been know to put my brother and their wives to work... and my sister.... all in widely different regions. {grin} Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia, USA |
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