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Re: [RC] Rescues in need - AmyBeing in rescue, although not equine yet...I can share a few of my thoughts on this.It could be that it wasn't realized at first how much treatment was going to cost when it was first started. It could have something to do with the "heart" of the animal that we all know and hear about. It's very hard to give up on an animal that hasn't given up yet. I just had a foster dog who had been hit by a car, had a broken back leg that was already healing by the time I got him out of the shelter. His other back hip was out of socket and he needed hip surgery. He was fighting so hard to get better and get out there and run and play with the other dogs, it would have been VERY hard to say, sorry boy, you need an expensive surgery which if you have you'll be fine and in no pain, but we just can't spend that money on you. Heck, just the very fact that the shelter who had him was begging and begging for a foster home for him when they could have just "put him out of his misery" I think shows how much this guy wanted to live. Our dog rescue gets lots of sponsors because people do appreciate the fact that some animals need extra care and they like that we will do that so long as we have the funds to do it. We do much more extensive vet care than most other rescues and definitely than our local HS who gets the REALLY big bucks in donations. The money put into the horse could go into saving many more, but as far as our rescue is concerned, how many we can rescue is also limited to how many foster homes we have. We are never empty and searching hard for animals in need, in fact, we have to say sorry, no room each and every day. 'And most of our wonderful foster homes are always more full then they'd like to be. The dogs that money could have saved most likely just wouldn't have even fit into the rescue at that time. Plus whenever we have a case like that, we put it on the web and ask for donations towards that specific dogs case. Over half of my fosters surgery was paid for via sponsors who wanted to see him get a second chance at life. Some rescues do have a problem with euthanasia and I always say if you do, you shouldn't be in rescue because it's a fact of rescue. The hardest one indeed, but it's something you just have to do sometimes. Our rescue doesn't have a problem with it, we just like being able to save the ones who will have quality of life after what needs to be done is done. Amy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kristi Schaaf" <iluvdez@xxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [RC] Rescues in need One thing that's always kinda baffled me - several =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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