I’m seeing some of the same thing within the dog-rescue world I work in. Nearly all of the Weimaraner rescues nationwide are inundated right now. Some have had to stop taking in new dogs because they don’t have the foster homes or the funds to put them in a boarding kennel. Some have more than 20 dogs boarded, which probably runs over 200 dollars a day minimum. The rescue I work with is, thankfully, not overrun, and we’re taking up the extra dogs from a couple others. The transport costs of doing this are tremendous, though. Right now, we’re looking at bringing a dog all the way from Orange, CA to San Jose. That’s a lot of driving. I’ve put over 1000 miles on my car in the last month, just transporting dogs. That’s one person, working with one breed out of many., That works out to a lot of effort.
Thanks for posting this. It is very timely for me. Last Tuesday I went to the shelter and found a replacement for the 19 y.o. Terrier mix passed away last month.
And there she was: almost a year old, white and cream Rat Terrier. Purebred. I have no idea how she ended up in the shelter, but I couldn’t bail her out fast enough. Spectacular pooch. Of course, she’ll never “replace” my Lucky dog, but she’ll be very loved regardless.
You just made me even more glad I adopted her, and her new name is Ruby, btw.
Why don’t we just abort them like we do children?
Every pet a wanted animal and all that?
Sorry to be so cold but I’m not buying SeeBS’s talking point about the economy.
We found two litter mates, maine coon like cats many years ago, after we had to put down an eight year old cat who had cancer. Zack and Lyta. They have been the best.
They had been abandoned when they were one or two days old, and then fostered. They have been the best.