"WHERE DO YOUR DONATIONS GO?"
We think it is important to tell you where your donations go.
There are the obvious things like food, bedding, kennelling and toys and this all mounts up each month. We also ask trusted trainers to go out to new homes and give advice to new owners to help our dogs resolve their issues so they don't need to find another new home, that can be expensive too.
And then there are the big expenses like the gorgeous white boy Cammy that you all helped with recently when we did a fundraiser for his costly treatment. He is now happy and living his best life in his forever home.
Today's tale of another boy we have just helped will probably make you sad and angry.
This handsome young boy is Noah. And Noah was found straying in the Scottish Borders. He was such a nice natured boy that it was certain that he must have a home that was missing him! Noah was scanned and chipped but the details were for his first owner. He was contacted and advised that Noah and his brother had been bought as puppies to be security dogs but Noah was too nice and wouldn't bite the training equipment. He was re-homed as a pet dog and a contact number was obtained but his new home didn't sound so good. Owner no 2 was contacted and was really abusive (words were used that we can't repeat on here) but he made it quite clear he DID NOT want the dog back!
So we were asked to help. Our volunteer assessed Noah and found him to have the sweetest nature, but seemed a little too quiet for such a young dog. He loved everyone and just wanted to please. He was calm around livestock and kids, his obedience was impeccable and for such a big dog and he was amazing on his lead. We brought him to our kennels to assess him further and test him with other dogs.
He arrived and won everyone over very quickly, he was a little enthusiastic with other dogs initially but did not have a bad bone in his body. He should have been so easy to re-home.
"Why was he found as a stray?" I hear you ask. That was to become quickly apparent the more he exercised. He became lame after just a couple of weeks. Several trips back and forward to the vet and Elbow Dysplasia was suspected. Amongst other things a CT scan at a cost of £1300 was carried out and poor Noah was found to have severe ED which had been left so long that an operation to repair it was now no longer an option. Pain relief and limited exercise was now the only option.
This poor boy it would now seem had been "dumped" and left to fend for himself.
And how does a rescue find a home for a young dog with serious joint issues that can only have limited exercise? With great difficulty is the answer!
But Noah had a guardian Angel watching over him, and a family that met him and fallen in love with him heard of his fate and asked if they could foster him. So Noah has landed on his paws and will be taken care of by the rescue for everything he needs with a loving family looking after him, and a little dog to snuggle up to him.
This sad story is just one of many that comes our way. Noah's vet bills have reached £2311 so far and his pain relief will be costly each month. This is where some of your fantastic donations go. There are lots of ways you can help us.......
*Monthly direct debits (get intouch for details)
*One of donations (Paypal or Go Fund Me details are on our website)
https://gofund.me/4482695c
*Sponsor a rescue dog (great gift idea) on our website
http://www.german-shepherd-rescue-scotland.org.uk/sponso.../
*Fundraise for us - do a walk, run a marathon, have a bake sale or a dog show
*Donate to our wishlists (found on our website)
Thank you to each and every one of our supporters for helping us. As you have read every little penny counts
