Clumber Spaniel Rescue League

27/11/2021

Saturday feel good story.

The cutest Labrador ever has got a job as a search and rescue dog after people thought he was a lost cause and 'untrainable'.

25/11/2021

Friends, it is YOU, that make,
The Clumber Spaniel Rescue League possible.

It is because of you that no Clumber spaniel regardless of any prior bite history or behavioral issues, will ever be without a home.

The CSRL was founded by Christy Edwards and R Tamara de Silva when they identified a need in the breed rescue for Clumbers who are alleged to have any behavioral issues or are turned down by other rescues for any reason, the CSRL fills that need.

The CSRL gives thanks to all its volunteers and friends from around the world for your outpouring of support. It is because of you and our ability to reach any Clumber in need anywhere in the United States, that we can promise that no Clumber spaniel will ever be left behind.

On this day, we are thankful
above all for you and wish you a very
Happy Thanksgiving!

We also extend the warmness of the holiday season that begins today to everyone around the world, who supports rescue, and to every Clumber spaniel rescue group out there.

We look forward to working with you and we support you.
In the interim, if you need us, we are always here-please reach out to us at anytime.

Clumber Spaniel Rescue League

03/11/2021

THANK YOU!

We have an important message to share with you and it is one of profound thanks. In just over two weeks, the Clumber Spaniel Rescue League (CSRL) has received an incredible outpouring of support from members of the Clumber spaniel community worldwide. What this means is that we can have virtually, a global footprint.

The strength of this new rescue is in its volunteers and this is a reason to get extremely excited. Without any fundraising, we have our most important component-volunteers throughout the United States that can help to triage, and foster any Clumber spaniel in need anywhere in the United States. This will make us achieve our mission of making sure that no Clumber spaniel, even ones the other breed rescues will not accept for having behavioral issues or the suspicion of them, are never put down, or fall through the cracks of rescue.

The real power of this rescue group,is YOU-its member volunteers. If you know of a vulnerable Clumber or an owner or breeder that needs our help, please reach out. The CSRL will have a number that is answered around the clock shortly.

An important service offered by the CSRL is confidentiality. When requested, we will take in a Clumber spaniel in complete confidentiality. We are the only Clumber spaniel rescue that will take in any Clumber spaniel. We do not cherry pick. For example, just before this rescue was formed, one of its members, with a long history of helping Clumbers, picked up a Clumber spaniel with an alleged 5 time bite history that the breed rescue would not touch. This Clumber now lives in its forever home with other Clumbers where it is loved and happy, the birthright of all Clumber spaniels.

In the next weeks to come, we would like to arrange interviews by Zoom with those of you who volunteered to be foster homes. If you have volunteered to be a foster home, please email the CSRL your full contact information. If you would be interested in helping out in any other way with fundraising, or anything please also reach out.
Please email: [email protected]

November 3, 2021

28/10/2021

MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of the Clumber Spaniel Rescue League is to ensure that no Clumber spaniel in need of a home or rescue is ever turned away. We seek to unite all friends of this noble old breed, wherever they are in the world, to come together as one community, when the need arises, to embrace and take in any Clumber spaniel in need of a home. The tragic death of Sebastian the Clumber illustrated the need for a Clumber spaniel rescue that will take in all Clumbers, not just the ones without any behavioral issues. Our core values are that every single Clumber spaniel deserves a good home and that no Clumber spaniel will ever be left without our shelter and care. We believe it is wrong to recommend the euthanasia of a Clumber spaniel over the phone, we are commited to the idea that the life of each and every Clumber spaniel is a gift that must be supported. Any Clumber that is taken in by our rescue will be medically evaluated, receive proper treatment and be assessed by a certified and professional behaviorist. We will work to rehabilitate and heal broken wounds and hearts and if possible, find forever homes. Our goal is to work with breeders, owners and rescues, without judgment, to support and enable the longevity and life of all Clumber spaniels. Every Clumber spaniel deserves every chance in the world and we will devote our resources and our network of members and supporters to giving them this chance.
SEBASTIAN’S RULES:
1) Any Clumber spaniel who comes into the CSRL will receive adequate time to decompress and adjust to their new surroundings.
2) Every Clumber spaniel that comes into the CSRL will receive a complete medical evaluation and any necessary medical care.
3) The CSRL will employ independent, third-party, professional and credentialed behaviorists to evaluate Clumber spaniels in our care.
4) No Clumber spaniel will EVER be referred for euthanasia over the phone.
5) Every life of every Clumber spaniel is a gift and will be treated with the utmost care and regard.

We will be posting further updates on a weekly basis. With the goal of having complete transparency, 100% of all funds donated to the CSRL will go towards the care of the Clumber spaniels who come into our care. We will post a link to quarterly financial statements-they are accessible to anyone.
In the interim, if you need us, or know of a Clumber in need, please do not hesitate to reach out to the CSRL’s at: (910) 232-1500 or sending an email to: [email protected]

15/10/2021

Clumber Spaniel Rescue League

The tragic case of 4 year old Sebastian the Clumber spaniel brought to light an important need in the Clumber spaniel community in the United States.

Many of us realized the Clumber spaniel breed needs a rescue that will take in Clumbers other rescues will not and we came up with a solution to help owners and breeders without judgment and in confidence.

We believe it is wrong to put a dog to death preemptively. This should only ever happen after all other possible options have been exhausted.

We will never make a recommendation for euthanasia without a medical examination and testing and a comprehensive professional behavioral assessment.

Sebastian’s Story: Sebastian’s world was turned upside down through no fault of his own when his human parents began to have domestic disagreements. His owner contacted the breeder and within two days of being surrendered to the breeder, Sebastian was dead. The tragedy of Sebastian is that he had never even bitten anyone. Before he was surrendered to the breeder in early October, he was handled in the show ring in the preceding July by his 6 year old human sister. Without any medical evaluation for underlying problems, any assessment by an experienced trainer or behaviorist and without any time to settle into his new and very different surroundings, his life was ended in 2 days.

This incident divided the Clumber world between those who felt the injustice of the matter and those that assumed, colored by their own past experiences with aggressive dogs, that Sebastian also, must have been aggressive and hence worthy of death.

The further injustice was that the breed rescue, on the word of the breeder, and against the assurances of Sebastian’s owner, recommended that Sebastian, a dog with absolutely no bite history should be put down.

The Clumber Spaniel Rescue League (“Rescue”) is formed to try to ensure that what happened to Sebastian does not ever happen to another Clumber spaniel. Our rescue is also composed of trainers experienced in evaluating and rehabilitating Clumber spaniels and other breeds of dogs. We will also hire certified professional behaviorists to help evaluate Clumbers that come into our care.

In Sebastian’s case, in addition to all the steps that were not taken, there is the last resort, an all-breed rescue.

Initially, the Clumber Rescue League is composed of three silos: First Responder Rescuers who will triage all intake cases. They will make a preliminary assessment and perform the intake and help with transportation. The second silo is Trainers. There are people who have experience working on rehabilitation and assessment of rescued dogs. The third silo is made up of Foster Families who will keep a Clumber spaniel and give it a home until such time that the Clumber can be adopted into a forever home.

The Rescue will also need to fundraise for medical costs, outside behaviorists, which may be retained from time to time and food for the rescues. These costs will be born by the Rescue until the Clumbers are adopted. The adoption fee for each Clumber would ideally recoup some portion of these costs. The fundraising needs are steep and we are starting at zero. However, what we lack in resources, we have in heart and sheer will.

The purpose of this organizational post is to look for volunteers. Many people from across the country have already volunteered to fill be First Responder Rescuers, and Foster Families but we need more.

If you would like to join us and volunteer, please contact Christy Edwards or R Tamara de Silva. See Less
— with R Tamara de Silva