Missing, Shelters, Black Dogs, Adoption Fees
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Why shelters and Rescues need Donations and charge Adoption Fees
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I am very curious about what exactly adoption fees are for. Some are high and I would think that anyone who would
like to help save a dog should get this dog for free or for $ 25.00....after all ~ aren't we doing you a big favor helping
you save this dog? Can you please explain this to me. Thanks, author unknown
Adoption Fees:
Adoption fees run anywhere from $ 100.00 to ??$___.__~ depending on the dog and the costs to save it.
These fees are used for our rescued dogs well being.
We make sure each dog that comes into our rescue is spayed or neutered before it is adopted.
All required vaccinations are provided.
Many of them require special medical attention.
Some dogs require surgeries including expensive orthopedic surgeries, dental work, various routine
medications like flea treatments and de-worming medicines, specialized medications to get them
healthy for adoption like ear, eye, antibiotic, and medications, and other veterinary services.
Many dogs also require professional bathing and grooming.
Adoption fees are also used to pay for transporting the dogs from shelters to Seattle and many are a
good five to six hour round trip.
We have to pay for leashes, collars, dog food, dog tags, food bowls,crates, beds, & our needs list is endless.
No dog should ever be given away for FREE!
A "Free to good home" ad is one of the biggest mistakes a person that truly loves their pet can make.
These ads draw animal abusers, and Class B dog dealers that sell dogs to medical research institutions.
Research laboratories are willing to pay $200.00 for a dog. Gangs are always looking for Pitt Bull bait and will use free or
cheaply obtained dogs for that purpose. All of these "adopters" can be very convincing about how they are going to give the
animal the best care, care for it forever, etc.
Adoption fees coupled with post adoption welfare checks help ensure that rescued dogs go to bona fide loving adoptive homes.
Adoption fees screen out the people who can not afford vet care.
If you can not afford the adoption fee, you can not afford vet care.
No one in animal rescue gets rich from charging adoption fees. For every dog or cat that comes to the rescuer
spayed/neutered, and in great condition, there are several others who's actual veterinary costs will never
be recovered in the adoption fee.
That is why donations to animal rescue groups are always welcomed!
BLACK LISTED ; THE TRUTH ABOUT BIG BLACK DOGS
cEveryone who loves dogs knows that in shelters, certain breeds of dogs often end up on “doggie death row.” It’s the breeds with the bad reps: The Rottweilers, the Staffordshire Terriers, the crosses, etc.
But there’s something the general dog-loving public probably doesn’t know: Big black dogs (BBDs) are as hard, or harder, to place as these breeds — even if they’re friendly, well trained, and in perfect health!
Black listed
And why should this be? Well, white and black, good and bad, can it really be as simple as that? Animal shelter workers and behaviorists alike don’t care to do more than venture answers to this question, because the why isn’t the point.
It’s the what that really matters: What they do know is that big black dogs are stigmatized and frequently passed up for adoption for prettier, lighter-colored dogs; they often spend years waiting to be adopted as a result.
Black-coated canines
One rescue worker who tried valiantly to place a friendly black Labrador Retriever found out firsthand what BBDs are up against. In the process, she discovered that shelters across the country are over-flowing with black-coated dogs like Newfoundlands, Chows, Labs, and Rottweilers.
Rescue groups plead on their Web sites, “Please don’t overlook our black dogs.” The more Tamara Delaney, the rescue worker trying to place Jake, the black Lab, learned, the more determined she was to play a part in changing the fate of the BBD in America. She began by adopting Jake — but that was only the beginning.
Contrary to Ordinary
Delaney created a site she calls, Contrary to Ordinary: The Black Pearls of the Dog World. She uses it to act as middleman between rescue organizations and shelters, by posting the pictures and stories of black dogs who have been passed up for adoption in favor of lighter-coated dogs.
Her purpose, first and foremost, is to get black dogs off death row, but she also aims to create awareness of the BBD stigma; a plight so many who love animals aren’t aware exists.
Black is back
Most big black dogs in shelters don’t have a chance unless they have shelter staff, Delaney, or others who champion their cause pulling hard for them.
Many shelters try to increase the desirability of their big black dogs by putting colorful bandanas on them, highlighting their personalities, teaching them tricks, never putting a bunch of black dogs near each other in the kennel, and more — all in the name of steering potential adopters their way, and making them take a second look.
But even so, each year shelters must turn away BBDs because they simply can’t fill the shelters with them. Jill Wimmer, a shelter manager at a no-kill shelter in Atlanta, says she can easily adopt out three dogs in the time it takes to find a home for one big black dog.
Beautiful black dogs
Delaney’s site, filled with facts about black dogs, brims with great information and resources that highlight just how overlooked and underadopted big black dogs really are.
She and shelter workers across the country are making a difference, and continue to be advocates, working hard for the BBDs in American shelters and foster homes — one beautiful big black dog at a time.
Please visit www.blackpearldogs.com for more information, or to help big black dogs in need.