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We could not have done it without the financial and material donations we have received from our supporters who have admired our work. How have we achieved so much? The answer is through the help of many over the years. We have adopted dogs to people from all over the United States, and in the last few years we have increased our rescue’s awareness and our followers from fewer than 1500 to 6500. The goal was always to give each dog a chance with whatever it needed to be saved and to properly place dogs, no matter how long it took to get their happily ever after. We were there for them to the moment they went to the rainbow bridge. We have met the medical and care needs of our forever fosters with whatever they required until they could go on no more. We have seen many different specialists with our dogs and secured the best medical care for them. We are happy that we have helped many dogs with a variety of behavior issues, even if it took professional training, and they have all managed to find their special forever home when the perfect applicant came along. We have placed more than 600 dogs in forever homes in the nine years of our existence, some came from as far south as the border of Mexico, and others from as far away as Egypt and South Korea. There is a lot of work in rescue that goes on behind the scene. Some have health issues which limit their energy. In addition, the core of our rescue is aging, and it takes a lot of energy to run a rescue. Over the years we have taken in many seniors and have been able to secure homes for them however, they have been relatively healthy dogs for the most part or the cost of their care has been manageable. Unfortunately, we do not have enough fosters to do either. This endeavor requires numerous fosters in a rescue to care for them until they pass away or who can meet the various needs and extended stay of a medical dog prior to adoption. They are more likely to stay in foster care forever or are extremely costly to help. Although most of these dogs have been saved by either another rescue or a kind cocker lover, it is difficult for a smaller rescue to intake senior dogs or medical dogs and not become a sanctuary. Those that are left are older and usually much less adoptable due to age and health issues or a younger dog that has a high cost existing health issue. Those dogs are also offered first to the general public. With our breed, in the greater Houston area, young cockers are often adopted out from a shelter, whereas in the past, owner surrenders in particular could leave with a rescue on intake. Many shelters have changed their policies, and dogs are placed for adoption to the general public prior to being permitted to be secured by rescues. To begin, we have taken in fewer dogs than in previous years, which can partly be attributed to Covid-19 as well as other factors. We will soon be closing our intake and slowly phasing out of rescue. 2020 has been a different year in our rescue.
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