Mojave Dogs

ACTIVATE: Project Coco – We need help!

An army of volunteers from several of Los Angeles’ most reputable animal rescue organizations have spent countless hours, days and weeks working to ensure the near 100 dogs and 25 cats abandoned in the Mojave Desert are safe and in the care of those who will provide them with the love and care they so rightfully deserve. This past weekend, we spent time tearing down fences and cleaning up the property to ensure that no more animals could be put into the same unsafe and unsanitary hoarding situation that these 125 souls knew as their home for far too long. We now face the next step.

Now that all of the animals are safely off of the treacherous property, we need help finding foster homes and adoptive homes for each of the dogs. If you know anyone who can offer a safe haven for a dog until it finds a forever home, please contact us immediately.

It is currently costing $700 a week to board all of the dogs that were pulled from the property. We’ve already spent countless amounts of money on spaying and neutering these animals, not including the special medical attention that was absolutely necessary for so many. In order to get all of the dogs through boarding, we need to raise $3,000.00. Every donation counts. We’re asking our supporters to please help us spread the word by sharing this note across Facebook and sending out pleas to animal loving friends and family members.

Karma Rescue has set up a special PayPal account for this emergency situation. All donations are secure and 100% tax deductible!

Please help us finish Project Coco and help these amazing animals by clicking the link below and donating any amount you can afford!

CLICK HERE TO DONATE

Click here for more information and to watch the video

of this amazing rescue effort

ACTIVATE: Project Coco – We need help!admin2017-05-24T08:44:11-07:00

LORI’S CORNER: Mojave Dog Project the end is near

For the past several months, DDR has been intensely involved in rescuing close to 100 dogs stranded out in the middle of the Mojave desert. This was a monumental collaboration of many great rescues, coming together to rescue these dogs, one by one, week after week. Last Sunday, a huge team effort, lead by Karma Rescue this week, rescued all but 8 dogs off the property, thanks to New Leash on Life, Pawd Squad, Southern CA Lab Rescue, Labs and Buddies and Cattle Dog Rescue, with volunteers coming in to help from HSUS and Red Nose Lucy Foundation and our Coliseum Dog Class.

Dog Man was in action, catching some of the feral dogs on the property, getting them into secure pens, while Jordan and Edgar helped chase the ferals towards the pens. What a day, what a team.

Check out the video made by a Karma Rescue volunteer, it’s terrific!

YOUTUBE VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNOY0_IDGUg

Just weeks ago, one Raz and Rilee made this video, in the snow when there were so many more dogs.

YOUTUBE VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCNAE2e_oKU&feature=related

On Friday, Billy who works with me at the kennel six days a week, rented a truck and drove up to Mojave to pick up the 7 dogs that needed to be spayed/neutered, 6 of them feral including the Coyote dog. He successfully captured every dog with the help of our friend Diane Kinder who works with New Leash on Life. Amazingly, they all went nicely into the crates and made it to the vet safely, no easy task! Angel Dogs Foundation had already spayed/neutered all the other dogs on the property but could not catch these last dogs.

Every dog there needed a second chance. Their stories were all sad, some had homes that were lost due to foreclosure, some had always lived in the kennel, like the sweet but shy Amelia that volunteer Wendy is fostering for DDR. She is doing an amazing job with this dog who has never had a home. Whereas, dogs like Trinidad went right into a home, without missing a beat, into her forever home in Tustin like she always lived there.

LORI’S CORNER: Mojave Dog Project the end is nearadmin2017-05-24T08:44:11-07:00

FRIDAY BOW DOWNS FROM DOWNTOWN DOG RESCUE!

DDR would like to thank Helen Storey for helping us network the dogs in Mojave and finding so many foster homes.

She helped rally the rescue community to come and help bring these dogs out of their situation week after week! Great work Helen and much of the success from this case is due your diligent work and support!

Who is Helen Storey?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!

-We’re saving Downtown Dogs,

one dog at a time

with your help!-

FRIDAY BOW DOWNS FROM DOWNTOWN DOG RESCUE!admin2017-05-24T08:44:11-07:00

ACTIVATE: Mojave Dogs Need Rescue

SOME OF THE DOGS AVAILABLE AND LOOKING FOR FOSTER HOMES

Henry ~ German ~ Master of the Home …since he

like to be on top of his house all the time

Aidan ~ Irish ~ Little Fire

Felicity ~ Latin ~ Happiness

HOPE

Click on collage to enlarge

MESSAGE FROM LORI WEISE

A hoarder dumped 75 dogs which quickly became 85 dogs in two weeks when dogs starting birthing their litters, in teh middle of the Mojave desert with no real shelter. Best Friends brought my attention to the situation. We raised enough money to bring Angel Dogs Foundation’s mobile clinic out to the site, spayed/neutered all the dogs, vaccinated and microchipped too. Lots and lots of rescues have come in to rescue the dogs off the property. There are still about 30 dogs, the more difficult to place ones are there which include, under socialized and older dogs that are in need of medical attention now. We have permission to continue to network the dogs from the property owner. Yesterday, a team of volunteers and some of my workers, built dog houses, reinforced and enlarged pens, making life better for the dogs that are still on the property. We need experienced local rescues to take more dogs. We are not allowing dogs to be shipped out of state or to Canada, we’ve had many offers. These dogs have been dumped before, as this is the way that this hoarder operates. Some of the dogs have been born and raised in a chain link run. Most of the dogs that have been rescued are already in homes, although some are still in fosters and need to be adopted. The dogs that I personally took are wonderful, very sweet dogs that did not deserve to live like that. No person or dog should have to live like […]

ACTIVATE: Mojave Dogs Need Rescueadmin2017-05-24T08:44:11-07:00

LORI’S CORNER: ACRES OF LAND DONT ALWAYS MEAN HAPPINESS FOR DOGS

Over the years, I’ve heard this phrase so many times, “I wish that I had lots of acres of land so that I could rescue a bunch of dogs and let them run free!” Sounds nice, but the reality is that sometimes, people who acquire a lot of land have other people dump dogs on their property, what’s one more dog which leads to ten more dogs, which leads to over one hundred dogs on a property that are not being property cared for.

A group of rescues, including Downtown Dog Rescue, are working together to take over 70 dogs off a property in the desert where they are living in makeshift runs without much shelter. The nights are extremely cold and it will be snowing there soon. Our goal is to rescue the dogs that are social with people and other dogs and there are a lot of them who need forever homes.

A couple of weeks ago, we helped raise enough money to bring Angel Dogs Foundation in to do 28 spay/neuter surgeries. The good news was that most of the dogs were already spayed/neutered but not every dog was done. There are still some feral dogs that are free roaming that need to be done before more litters of puppies are born. The day the mobile clinic went out, three new litters had been born that week.

We need a lot of help to help these dogs. We need experienced foster homes, people to transport dogs back to the Los Angeles area, volunteers to go out to the kennel to spend time with the dogs and cleaning kennels. Most of the dogs get very little human interaction since there are just too many dogs on the property. Most of these dogs were someone’s pet at some point in their lives, they are miserable waiting for someone to rescue them.

boxer mix F 45/50 5 years friendly/timid

Black lab mix – F 70 pounds five years very friendly

Golden Sharpei mix M 70 pounds five years very friendly

LORI’S CORNER: ACRES OF LAND DONT ALWAYS MEAN HAPPINESS FOR DOGSadmin2017-05-24T08:44:12-07:00