Update: The group decided to name this elegant boy "Clooney". We raised the money needed for him, he is now out of the shelter and in boarding. Great Pyrenees Rescue Society of Houston will get him the week of Dec 20.
This is a male Great Pyrenees in a kill shelter in Childress, TX. He does not yet have a name. Read the story below and you can see that you all are having a big influence on Pyr rescue in the South and South East - people are coming to us for help to save dogs! Several rescues are now thinking that DDRC will help and so they are being more aggressive on pulling dogs from shelters. This is a wonderful result of our work and you should all feel great satisfaction at the good we are doing! Thank you all for your continuing generosity!
Here's a note from Doomed Dogs group member Janet Davis, the head of National Akbash Rescue (an Akbash is a kind of short haired Great Pyrenees):
"Hi Michael,
These two are about as needy as it gets! I just spoke to the local woman that will pull them from the shelter tomorrow. Here is the story.
They were picked up on the side of the road. They had been dumped there most likely because they were there a few days in the same exact spot. This is what dogs do when they are dumped....wait for someone to come get them again, heartbreaking!!!
The local shelter were they were taken is very high kill. New leash laws have taken effect in this area so loose dogs are rounded up, impunded and euthanized after 72 hours. The shelter is very small, just sheds sort of....no shots are given and no hope of rescue such as internet listing etc.
Terry is a local woman that does her best to get dogs out sometimes. She saw these two and a hound dog on Friday. They were due to be euthanized last Friday Dec 10th. She got the shelter to give her the weekend to get help from rescue. She spoke to the mayor recently and got the town officials to let her pull dogs for free.
I just spoke to her and told her there would be sponsorship money and I would help her get them to foster...she can keep them a week or so. I have foster in Missouri for the Akbash so we need to find foster for the Pyrenees.
She has a vet in town that gives her really good rates. She can get the neuter for about 75-80 Then all their shots for 40. That puts it at about 120. for each plus a heartworm test. I am thinking a 125-150 range sponsorship for each should pay for what they need.
She will go get them Monday and take them right to the vet. I will be finding a 501c3 to pay the vet bill and then the sponsorship $ can go to that group...sound good?"
Then in a later email:
"Just spoke with the clinic where the dogs are. The male Pyr is estimated between 6-8 because they notice a hind end weakness a bit. Don't know as they have been on the run for a bit. They have not had time to closely examine them yet. His teeth are in good shape. They wanted to add another 50 to the 300 estimate as he is in bad shape with cockle burs embedded. For the fifty they will bath, remove burrs and get him all cleaned up. I said yes as the temp foster will have her hands full enough without trying to figure out how to fix his matts and coat and sticker problem.
I will also be one of the contributers the Doomed Dog fund raising efforts. I have foster in Missouri lined up for the Akbash...and will handle all his transport foster and adoption arrangements so just the Pyr needs help with all that.
Once foster is found for the Pyr let me know where and I will help with transport ideas...
Janet Davis (Akbash rescue)"
I contacted our friends at Houston GPRS and at Oklahoma NGPR - both of whom have taken dogs for us before. They both said they would take the male Pyr!
Anyway, without our group, these dogs would already be dead because the rescues couldn't afford to take them.
National Akbash Rescue will pay part of the expenses for the Pyr and GPRS will also, but I told them we could probably come up with $150 to pay for the vet.
So could you please help save this boy? Again, the people that donate get to name him, just like LuLu yesterday - that should be fun.
Please help get this boy on the road to safety in Houston from the kill shelter by making a tax-deductible donation of $5-$25 in his name to GPRS at their website athttp://www.greatpyreneesrescuesociety.org/
Donations can be made by check, Paypal or credit card. If you do donate, please tell them the donation is for the "Childress Pyr" and comment below so we can keep track.
Thank you so much!
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