10/31/2025
Yes, sadly I had to delete a request to help get the dog that we posted about yesterday.
It's sadly another one of those situations that makes me feel that we're just not doing enough it makes me incredibly angry, it breaks my heart, and it's the situation to keep me up at night. Small rescues struggle without huge grants or large numbers of supporters that donate on a regular basis. Like most small rural rescues, we struggle to make ends meet and to try to make Capital Improvements always takes the backseat, or never happen to all and just remains a fantasy.
Doing improvements like pouring concrete, leveling a concrete floor, building roofs and lean tos or even trying to get a metal building installed, all any effort to try and create some sort of kennel facility, where we can make a sudden decision to take in a dog, always takes a backseat to helping pay for emergency vet bills, helping a Community member with an emergency dog bill, caring for the dogs currently in our program and buying dog food for a Community Food Bank, really absorbs all the financial resources that we have. Yes we could cut back on some of our programs, but then that means that dogs that have depended on us for a long time will suffer. It's really a juggling Act.
When you rely greatly on volunteers that are willing to open their homes to foster a dog in emergency situation, sadly a lot of dogs slip through the cracks.
Yesterday we had the legal opportunity to be able to help, today that window closed. The lodge revolving around animal ownership and Welfare are so convoluted. The restrictions that stop us from helping a dog in normal situations, sometimes present loopholes that allow us to help a dog in other instances.
Sadly we were notified about the situation too late and we literally had less than 12 hours to go get him and find him a safe place to be. I know a lot of people think that I can just bring a dog to my house, but those that come here and actually see what I do know that sometimes that's not possible and we have to rely on the kindness of others. At least until we can build Kennels that provide a safe emergency shelter for dogs, our hands are tied.
All I can do now is promise the authorities that if that lega window ever opens again I will have some place that will enable us to provide URGENT last minute care for a dog knowing that they will have a secure and safe place for them to land until we can provide them something better.
