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The American German Shepherd Rescue Association Inc., was developed
as a fund raising group to operate programs which protect the German Shepherd Dog from suffering due to cruel treatment.
Development and Distribution of Educational Material
Educational materials will be available for distribution to
a variety of organizations for the purpose of improving the situation for the German Shepherd Dog. Examples of
materials are: a poster pictures.
Distribution of Rescue Guidelines/Consultation
A booklet containing guidelines for operating a German Shepherd
Rescue is available to all members of the referral network and anyone requesting one. This contains up to date
information on the most rescues.
The Help Line Referral Network
A directory of German Shepherd rescue organizations is maintained.
A voice mail message directs the caller to the contact in their region. One of nine regional contacts assists the
caller with their Grants to Rescue Groups
Through receipt of donations and other fund raising activities,
the AGSRA will establish a pool of funds earmarked for certain types of rescue activities which support our goal
of safeguarding German Shepherds. Please make donations payable to the AGSRA Inc. and send your checks to:
Elaine Peters
AGSRA Treasurer
2820 Substation Road
Medina, OH 44256
For more information, contact any one of the AGSRA's officers
or directors listed below:
Linda
Kury - President - (707)994-5241
Rosemary Joralemon
- Vice President - 209-754-0147
Elaine
Peters- Treasurer
Sue
Court - Secretary
Helen
Gleason-Lianopolous - Board
Member
Joan
Fox - Board
member -
440-543-9165
Patty
Szymczak - Board member- 630-980-4438
Joanna
Rand - Board Member
Diane Roberts - Board Member
Nancy
Hubbell,
Calendar Chairman
HOTLINE
NUMBER - 630-529-7396.
An Open Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Average Pet Owner
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Average Pet Owner:
Thank you for contacting us animal rescuers, shelter volunteers, and foster-homes about your inability to keep
your pet. We receive an extremely high volume of inquiries and requests to accept surrendered animals (and none
of us is getting paid, OK?). To help us expedite your problem as quickly as possible, please observe the following
guidelines:
1. Do not say that you are "CONSIDERING finding a good home" for your pet, or that you, "feel you
MIGHT be forced to," or that you "really THINK it would be better if" you unloaded the poor beast.
Ninety-five percent of you have already got your minds stone-cold made up that the animal WILL be out of your life
by the weekend at the latest. Say so. If you don't, I'm going to waste a lot of time giving you commonsense, easy
solutions for very fixable problems, and you're going to waste a lot of time coming up with fanciful reasons why
the solution couldn't possibly work for you. For instance, you say the cat claws the furniture, and I tell you
about nail-clipping and scratching posts and aversion training, and then you go into a long harangue about how
your husband won't let you put a scratching post in the family room, and your ADHD daughter cries if you use a
squirt bottle on the cat, and your congenital thumb abnormalities prevent you from using nail scissors and etc.,
etc. Just say you're getting rid of the
cat.
2. Do not waste time trying to convince me how nice and humane you are. Your coworker recommended that you contact
me because I am nice to animals, not because I am nice to people, and I don't like people who "get rid of"
their animals. "Get rid of" is my least favorite phrase in any language. I hope someone "gets rid
of" YOU someday. I am an animal advocate, not a people therapist. After all, for your ADHD daughter, you can
get counselors, special teachers, doctors, social workers, etc. Your pet has only me, and people like me, to turn
to in his or her need, and we are unpaid, overworked, stressed-out, and demoralized. So don't tell me this big
long story about how, "We love this dog so much, and we even bought him a special bed that cost $50, and it
is just KILLING us to part with him, but honestly, our maid is just awash in dog hair every time she cleans, and
his breath sometimes just reeks of liver, so you can see how hard we've tried, and how dear he is to us, but we
really just can't . . . ." You are not nice, and it is not killing you. It is, in all probability, literally
killing your dog, but you're going to be just fine once the beast is out of your sight. Don't waste my time trying
to make me like you or feel sorry for you in your plight.
3. Do not try to convince me that your pet is exceptional and deserves special treatment. I don't care if you taught
him to sit. I don't care if she's a beautiful Persian. I have a waiting list of battered and/or whacked-out animals
who need help, and I have no room to foster-house your pet. Do not send me long messages detailing how Fido just
l-o-v-e-s his blankies and carries his favorite blankie everywhere, and oh, when he gets
all excited and happy, he spins around in circles, isn't that cute? He really is darling, so it wouldn't be any
trouble at all for us to find him a good home. Listen, we can go down to the pound and count the darling, spinning,
blankie-loving beasts on death row by the dozens, any day of the week. And, honey, Fido is a six-year-old Shepherd-Lab
mix. I am not lying when I tell you that big, older, mixed-breed, garden-variety dogs are almost completely unadoptable,
and I don't care if they can whistle Dixie or send semaphore signals with their blankies. What you don't realize
is that, though you're trying to lie to me, you're actually telling the truth: Your pet is a special, wonderful,
amazing creature. But this mean old world does not care. More importantly, YOU do not care, and I can't fix that
problem. All I can do is grieve for all the exceptional animals who live short, brutal, loveless lives and die
without anyone ever recognizing that they were indeed very, very special.
4. Finally, just, for God' s sake, for the animal's sake, tell the truth, and the whole truth. Do you think that
if you just mumble that your cat is "high-strung," I will say, "Okey-dokey! No prob!" and take
it into foster care? No, I will start asking questions and uncover the truth, which is that your cat has not used
a litter box in the last six months. Do not tell me that you "can't" crate your dog. I will ask what
happens when you try to crate him, and you will either be forced to tell me the symptoms of full-blown, severe
separation anxiety, or else you will resort to lying some more, wasting more of our time. And, if you succeed in
placing your pet in a shelter or foster care, do not tell yourself the biggest lie of all: "Those nice people
will take him and find him a good home, and everything will be fine." Those nice people will indeed give the
animal every possible chance, but if we discover serious health or behavior problems, if we find that your misguided
attempts to train or discipline him have driven him over the edge, we will do what you are too immoral and cowardly
to do: We will hold the animal in our arms, telling him truthfully that he is a good dog or cat, telling him truthfully
that we are sorry and we love him, while the vet ends his life. How can we be so heartless as to kill your pet,
you ask? Do not ever dare to judge us. At
least we tried. At least we stuck with him to the end. At least we never abandoned him to strangers, as you certainly
did, didn't you? In short, this little old rescuer/foster momma has reached the point where she would prefer you
pet owners to tell her stories like this: "We went to Wal-Mart and picked up a free pet in the parking lot
a couple of years ago. Now we don't want it anymore. We're lazier than we thought. We've got no patience either.
We're starting to suspect the animal is really smarter than we are, which is giving us self-esteem issues. Clearly,
we can't possibly keep it. Plus, it might be getting sick; it's acting kind of funny. "We would like you to
take it in eagerly, enthusiastically, and immediately. We hope you'll what a deal you're getting and not ask us
for a donation to help defray your costs. After all, this is an (almost) pure-bred animal, and we'll send the leftover
food along with it. We get it at Wal-Mart too, and boy, it's a really good deal, price-wise. "We are very
irritated that you haven't shown pity on us in our great need and picked the animal up already. We thought you
people were supposed to be humane! Come and get it today. No, we couldn't possibly bring it to you; the final episode
of "Survivor II" is on tonight."
Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Pet Owner, for your cooperation.
Author Unknown, but could be any shelter worker or rescuer.
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TEN COMMANDMENTS FROM YOUR PET
1. My life is likely to last only 10-15 Years. Any separation from you will be painful.
2. Give me time to understand what you want of me.
3. Place your trust in me. It is crucial for my well-being.
4. Don't be angry with me for long and don't lock me up as punishment. You have your work, your friends, your entertainments
but I have, only you.
5. Talk to me. Even if I don't understand all of your words I do
understand your voice when speaking to me.
6. Be aware that however you treat me, I will never forget it.
7. Before you hit me, before you strike me, remember that I have teeth that could easily crush the bones in your
hand and yet choose not to bite you.
8. Before you scold me for being lazy or un-cooperative ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps
I'm not getting the right food, I have been in the sun too long, or my heart might be getting old, or weak.
9. Please take care of me when I grow old . You too will grow old.
10. On the difficult journey, on the ultimate difficult journey, go with
me ... please. Never say you can't bear to watch. Don't make me face this alone. Everything is easier for me if
you are there, because I Love you so.
Take a moment today to thank G-d for your companions. Enjoy and take good care of them. Life would be a much duller,
less joyful thing without G-d's critters.
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SPOTLIGHT RESCUE
APRIL 19, 2008
CLICK HERE
LOCATION CITY OF LA
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SOME RESCUES:
ROLLING RESCUE - Coast to Coast Rescue transportation
Military
Working Dog Adoptions
Lackland
Military Working Dog Adoption Program
Other Rescue Resources:
New England Rescue:
Janice Ritter
Hot
line : 978-443-2202.
New England GSD Rescue
Running a Rescue? Have a Rescue Web Site? Let us know and we will add a link. Find
a Bad link? Let us know
Showgsd-l is committed to the breed.
ALL REVENUES FROM BOOK
COMMISSION SALES AT THE AMAZON GO DIRECTLY TO RESCUE
OR
Use the Amazon Search Engine
Below for a book title or other item(s):
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Dixie Ear Treatment
Ingredients:
16 ounce bottle Isopropyl Alcohol
4 Tablespoons Boric Acid Powder
16 Drops Gentian Violet Solution 1%
a plastic bottle
Treatment:
Shake the bottle before each use. Flood the ear with solution, gently squirting into the ear, massage the ear gently
for about 60 seconds,
wipe the ear with a tissue. Flood the ear again on first treatment, wipe with a tissue, and leave alone without
massaging. The dog will shake out the excess which can be wiped with a tissue.
Note: The Gentian Violet stains fabrics!
Frequency of Treatment: Treat 2 times per day for the first week to two weeks depending on the severity of the
condition of the ears. Subsequently, treat 1 time per day for the next week to 10 days, then once per month or
as needed.
All of these ingredients should be available at a pharmacy. The Boric Acid Powder soothes the ear. The Gentian
Violet Solution is an anti-infection agent. The solution appears to work well on any and all ear problems from
mites to wax to canker. After the second or hird treatment you can clean out the ear with a Q-tip or cotton balls.
Their success rate for this treatment is 95-99%. Those who do not succeed have usually not done the treatment long
enough or have not been regular about the treatment. Dogs on the verge of ear canal surgery have been returned
to normal with only the regular follow-up treatment to keep the ear healthy. If an infection seems to be remaining
in the treated ear after the above course of treatment, you may also have some Pseudomonas bacteria in the site.
This can be eradicated by using a gentle flush of raw apple cider vinegar and warm water. Use 2 Tablespoons vinegar
to one cup of warm water, twice per week. It has been found that this treatment is effective for treating fungus
type infections on the feet and elsewhere on the dog, for cuts on dogs or people. and for hot spots.
This solution is for external use only.
Do not get in the eyes.
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We're having a puppy!
HELP NEEDED ASAP
Please help! After two long years of being on a waiting list for a dog, we have been notified by breed rescue that,
at long last, our number has come up and ... WE ARE HAVING A PUPPY!
We must get rid of our children IMMEDIATELY because we just know how time consuming our new little puppy is going
to be and it just wouldn't be fair to the children. Since our little puppy will be arriving on Monday we MUST place
the children up for adoption this weekend!
They are described as:
One male -- his name is Tommy, Caucasian (English/Irish mix), light blonde hair, blue eyes. Four years old. Excellent
disposition. He doesn't bite. Temperament tested. Does have problems with peeing directly in the toilet
. Has had chicken Pox and is current on all shots. Tonsils have already been removed. Tommy eats everything, is
very clean, house trained and gets along well with others. Does not run with scissors and with a little train
ing he should be able to read soon.
One female -- her name is Lexie, Caucasian (English/Irish mix), strawberry blonde hair, green eyes quite freckled.
Two years old. Can be surly at times. Non-biter, thumb sucker. Has been temperament tested but needs a
lit tle attitude adjusting occasionally. She is current on all shots, tonsils out, and is very healthy and can
be affectionate. Gets along well with other little girls and little boys but does not like to share her toys and
t herefore would do best in a one child household. She is a very quick learner and is currently working on her
house training. Shouldn't take long at all.
We really do LOVE our children so much and want to do what's right for them. That is why we contacted a rescue
group. But we simply can no longer keep them. Also, we are afraid that they may hurt our new puppy.
I hope you understand that ours is a UNIQUE situation and we have a real emergency here! They MUST be placed into
your rescue by Sunday night at the latest or we will be forced to drop them off at the orphanage or along some
dark, country road. Our priority now has to be our new puppy.
-- Author Unknown
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