Four New Rescues

[rpcrowe]

We received four new rescue Maltese-mix dogs from a hoarder who kept them in awful condition...

Zane - although he looks clean in this image, there was a mass of foul stuff under that crown of hair. Ticks, burrs, foxtails and caked feces...

After TLC...


Modonna - she was the worst of the lot and had chicken wire tangled in her hair between tail and rear legs...

After TLC...


Olivia - she was just plain filthy. She is considerably overweight. We suspect that one communal bowl was set down for all four dogs and that Olivia, being a glutton, would eat most. She weighs 11.5 pounds and should weigh, at the most, 9 pounds.

After TLC...


Reba - was in the best shape but still covered with mats...

After TLC...


We were up grooming and photographing until late last night...

[Shadowman]

Nice transformations and captures.

[IzzieK]

They are lucky to have found you. Good job on cleaning them and giving them so much care... Hope they get adopted soon...

[rankin]

Excellent shots!

[Dave A]

This is important work you do and I commend you. As humans we have a special relationship with dogs. They seem to understand us in a unique way which makes for a special connection. I'm sure they would thank you if they could talk, although they probably already have in they own way.

Dave

[rpcrowe]

We already have a pre-approved adopter for Zane and several families who are interested in the girls. They will, however, need to go through the approval process which is:

1. Filling out an application
2. Interview with a Maltese Rescue California member
3. Phone call to the adopter's vet if there is one
4. Home visit to insure that the home in which the dog will live is safe and appropriate (i.e.: no holes in the fence, etc.)

Adopters can be pre-approved when an adoption in which they are interested falls through for a reason like the health of the dog or if the adopter has already adopted from us before.

A really positive point is when an adopter has had a dog or multiple dogs that lived to old ages

Negative points could be "my last dog got killed by a coyote" or "We turned one of our dogs into a shelter"

We don't often adopt to families with small kids (this rule is not cast in concrete) but, many rescue dogs are turned over due to toddlers not integrating well with the dogs... Unless there is a back-up willing to take over responsibility for the dog we also don't want to adopt to young folks whose lives are often changing or to old folks who will probably die long before the dogs pass away.

We get lots of our rescues from young folks whose lives have changed to the point in which they cannot care for the dogs and from families of old folks who have passed away with no provision for care of their dogs. It is surprising haw many folks who are in their eighties who won't accept any dog but a puppy. Our small dogs live an average of 13-17 years...

We tell them that we are advocates for the dogs not advocates to make the potential adopters happy.