GWP RESCUE confiscation netted six two-week old purebred GWP puppies who had no mother. Carol and John Phillips provided foster care for the little ones. NGWPR provided breed information, guidelines for adoptive homes and listed the puppies on the national website. We are happy to report that each of the puppies had been adopted and all are in wonderful homes with experienced owners, except for one, and little Aurora will remain with the Phillips family. In Reno, once again Robyn Orloff, has played an important role by networking and helping with fund raising for the rescue Wires in her area. Mary Ann Finch, who also lives in the Reno area, provided foster care and nursing for Bucky (who has now become Buddy) a young GWP male who was turned loose by his irresponsible breeder/owner and subsequently shot three times by a neighbor. Buddy lost his front leg and the vision in one eye in the shooting. Buddy and his adoptive family have become local celebrities of sorts and have attended several events promoting adoption. NGWPR contributed funds to help pay for Buddy’s surgery and his after-care. In the Denver area, Adam and Amy Cunningham provided foster care for three Wires. Charlie and Banjo have recently gone to their forever homes and Rowan remains with Adam and Amy. Anita and Jim Wilke, of Dodson MT lost their home, most of their belonging and the stores of dog food in the recent flooding. The Wilke’s were moved to a shelter and with them were 19 rescue dogs including Jacob, a young Wire. Anita is the founder of RezQ,Rescue. NGWPR made a donation to RezQ Rescue to help with food. Hiedi and Robert Baumbarger, of Waxhaw, NC have made room and are caring for Jacob, the Wilke’s foster. Jacob flew from Billings, MT to Charlotte, NC to escape the rising waters. Charlie Whipple, a southeastern artist and friend of NGWPR, has volunteered his time and mileage to help transport several Wires from shelters and rescues in the south to Heildi. The Eastern Nebraska GWP Club quickly organized in order to get a GWP male released from an animal control facility in Iowa. Jim West volunteered to foster the dog and Robin Nelson, DVM worked with the facility director to make certain the dog was released. In the end the dog was accidently released to another rescue, just before Jim arrived to pick up the young dog. NGWPR and the members of the Eastern Nebraska
Club are just grateful that the dog is being cared for and will be placed into an appropriate home by the rescue group. Garnett and Kent Persinger, of Conneautville, PA, fostered Riley, an owner release until Riley’s recent adoption by the grandson of one of GWPCA’s founding members. And only days later Garnett took in yet another foster, this time a shelter dog. Our rescue program is grateful to the Ft. Detroit GWP Club Members who participated in the Animal Planet”s Dogs 101 filming. The officers and the members worked exceptionally hard to make a rescue fund raiser happen, only to find that the space designated by the Animal Planet crew was too small and had fire ordinance capacity constraints and they were not able to go ahead with their plans to help NGWPR. Greg and Cathy DuBois of Joliet, Il recently visited the Orphans of the Storm shelter and spent the day with Regal. Regal was in dire need of a grooming and some special guests. Thanks to their efforts Regal was adopted. Though they are not in the position to foster, Greg and Cathy are always available to help. Currently, they are working with an owner who was ready to release her dog into the rescue program. Greg has been counseling the owner and with his help, it seems as if the problems are resolving and the dog will be able to remain in the home. And here on the border, Larry and I currently have two fosters in our home – Hope, a five year old with some health and temperament issues and Kennedy an 8 month old male puppy.
Rescue Statistics for March – June 15, 2011: Dogs listed on the GWPCA website: 21 Dogs released from governmental or private shelters due to NGWPR efforts: 8 (Dogs either adopted or taken into foster care) Owner Releases: 7 (2 adopted/ 5 into foster care) Adopted through NGWPR efforts – includes NGWPR and shelter adoptions: 15 (website, waiting adopter or ads) NGWPR rescue dogs in foster care: 11 Owner to owner transfers: 1 E-mails answered: 382 – Phone calls: 197
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