Foster Me – Page 5 – Downtown Dog Rescue

MIA’S DOG TREATS: MY FOSTER PUPS – Part I

I started helping DDR with fostering puppies last summer. Each Puppy has brought me a different learning experience and so much love and joy!

KOO-KOO CHANEL

Before the first one, “Ethel,” arrived, I went to purchase a crate for a 5-6 month old pup. Since I never crated a dog before it was a confusing experience to pick one out. I think it’s safe to say that the puppies did much better in crate training than I did, I’m still in crate training, four puppies later!

Billy drove Ethel over to my house, and when she jumped out of the car, it was obvious that her age had been a little miscalculated… She was bigger than my dogs…. probably more like 8-10 months old, so the crate I had purchased was too small. Back to the store in a hurry, to get a bigger one!
This girl came from South LA Shelter and was red listed, due to mange. Lori had her pulled and sent to the hospital for treatment, and then she came straight to my house. Her coat was dull and had spots of hair loss. Ethel quickly settled in with my dogs, and they had the best time playing. After a few days, she started itching again, and I had to take her to the hospital for another Mitaben bath. When I picked her up in the evening, she was exhausted and did not want to play or eat. I got so worried about her that I slept on the couch with her next to me on the floor. I woke up many times to wipe her runny nose. She was back to normal the next day, which was a huge relief!

Ethel’s chocolate brown coat quickly got shiny and beautiful. She became a stunning looking dog! I used to call her “Koo-Koo Chanel”: “Koo-Koo,” because of her sometimes crazy puppy behavior, and “Chanel” since she was so stylish!
On a trip to the Sequoias, I ran into two ladies who admired her and when they heard her story, wanted to adopt her. A few days later back in LA, I delivered Ethel to her new forever home in Manhattan Beach. Yes… I cried on my way back home. Since she was my first foster, it was hard to separate.

But in the evening, my sadness went to happiness when I received an email from her new family with this wonderful photo of her with her NEW name “Zoey”, and her NEW brother, together on her NEW bed 🙂

From red listed at the shelter to a NEW life!

DDR DOGGY SNIPPETS: EDWINA & VANILLA

DDR DOGGY SNIPPETS will be weekly photographic visits to our DDR Dogs that live in the kennels and still looking for their one and only adoptive or even foster families:

VANILLA

Vanilla is a 5 month old Yellow Lab-Pit bull mix puppy that loves other dogs, cats and everyone she meets. She was rescued from the South LA shelter where she would have been euthanized. She is not spayed yet but will be done before she is placed. She lives at our rescue kennel with lots of other dogs. She is very sweet and likes to cuddle and chill with her guardian after a day of playing like a puppy. Vanilla is up-to-date with routine shots and house trained.

*look at all the cute doggy prints she made after the rains!*

EDWINA

Edwina is about two years old. We rescued her from the South LA shelter on her very last day before she was set to be euthanized. She had a very bad skin infection, a broken tail, and was under weight when we took her into our rescue. She is now a happy healthy dog who lives and plays at our rescue kennel with lots of other dogs. Every night she goes home with me and back to work to play with the dogs. She is crate trained, rides in the car nicely, very respectful and obedient inside the house, high energy outside. This is a wonderful dog for an experienced dog owner who can appreciate the subtle ways that she communicates. She has some obedience training, and walks great on a leash. She needs to be in a No Cat home. Edwina is up-to-date with routine shots, house trained and spayed/neutered.

Lori’s thoughts on Edwina can be found here:
MY LESSON FROM EDWINA

DDR Adoption Form Link:ADOPT ME!

TO FOSTER: Please call our Adoption Hotline: 818-407-4145

SOUTHGATE 67: CRUELTY CASE NEEDS YOUR HELP

Downtown Dog Rescue took 2 pit bulls, Roja and Danity from the SouthGate 67 Kennels. Another rescue, EVIDENCE OF LOVE now has 15 of the unclaimed dogs that still needs homes. If you have a family member or friends that have been wanting to adopt or foster a dog, please let them know about these remaining Southgate 67 dogs. Their original guardians never came back to claim them. If you cannot take them but can help with expenses for these dogs, please make a donation. Thank you.

There were 67 dogs that were recently rescued by the SEAACA shelter from a boarding facility that was run by a person who allegedly starved, abused and severely neglected all the dogs at the boarding facility. When these dogs were picked up by SEAACA all were severely emaciated, had open skin sores and mange. Most of the 67 dogs were picked up by their owners….however 15 dogs still remain at the SEAACA shelter and need to be adopted out as soon as possible to loving families or responsible rescue organizations.

Some of the other dogs have some degree of mange and all are very underweight. We have some available foster homes BUT need DONATIONS to cover the medical expenses. Donations are very appreciated.

These sweet dogs have gone through such a nightmare and do not deserve to die in a shelter. They are all sweet dogs and deserve to feel love, happiness and comfort.

TEDDY

SEAACA Animal ID #10-15349

Hello my name is Teddy. I am very sweet and affectionate young male pit mix. My rescue friends say I have beautiful green eyes and think I am about two years old. Despite the severe hardships I have gone through, I am very gentle and loving with people. I seem fine with dogs, cats and even rabbits, too. I get along with everybody and I am pretty easy going. I am one of first dogs that need to get out of the shelter immediately as I have some mange that does not look like it is getting better. Living at the shelter has been very stressful for me. Once I am in a warm, loving home, I can really start to heal my physical condition. Please consider adopting or fostering me and I will show you how much love I can give you.

TINA

DEB’S DOG OF THE WEEK: When rescue goes wrong: Amanda

There are many rescue groups and well-intentioned private citizens that work tirelessly everyday to help save the lives of animals living in the city and county shelters. Pleas are posted on Craigslist and yahoo groups; donations are raised; and people rally behind animals to save them from death, just in the nick of time. It can be inspiring to see a dog that is up against the odds make it out of the shelter,but sometimes there are unintended consequences. A rescue might take a dog, but then what happens to that dog? I would like to believe that 100% of the time the dog is taken care of and finds a nice forever home where it lives out the remainder of it’s days. That’s the Disney version. In reality, sometimes dogs, especially pit bulls, have a heard time finding a permanent home. It can take months and even years. What happens to them during this time? Well, if a dog ends up with Lori and a place like Downtown Dog Rescue, they are super lucky and get to run around, play, go on field trips and be dogs! If they end up in a place like Amanda did, they are barely fed, barely taken care of, and forced to live in unsanitary conditions. Worse than a shelter…and all in the name of “rescue”.

Amanda was brought to Lori because the rescue she ended up at become overwhelmed with too many dogs. Clearly, Amanda was not taken care of. She has scars all over her face because she had to fight for her food. Her left eye is “dead” and should probably be removed. She has another scab on the top of her head from who knows what. But despite all of it, Amanda is a sweet, gentle girl. She is new to DDR so we are finding out more about her, but if you spend just a little bit of time with her, you will see what a sweet gentle soul she has. Amanda is a young dog and could use a home where she can get healthy and gain confidence.

If you would like to adopt or foster her, please contact lori@modernica.net.