Honesty Helps has started a blog, a must read according to Oreo. Honesty was a contributor here under a different moniker and another supporter of a compassionate community through Education and Spay/Nueter. I think you will find the intelligent writing coupled with years of experience a refreshing read.We have learned that not being No Kill allows us to look at the welfare of the animal first. Of course we all of look forward to the day that every animal has a loving home, or is not born into this world to be abused. But until that can happen we need to give loving responsible care to animals we are in charge of.
They cannot speak for themselves, but we can peek into their world a bit if we try. The world of a shelter animal is about the same irregardless of status. animals don't sweat the mortage payment, they don't care about the name on the door.
The most important thing for the shelter animal is positive stimulation. They live for that, without it, they go crazy. There is an obligation not to take the easy way out and grab for the first snake oil salesman. Shoving living animals in every corner with no social life is cruel, can we " own that" and quit trying to kid ourselves. Every no kill shelter Oreo has researched has lost all of it's civility and services. They become the big box store for helpless animals, unfortuanately with about the same return policy. Sorry for the rant..
Pictured is Bodie's littermate, these are the two we are able to say survived life in a filthy puppy mill. After two friends of Oreo's went out to look at the pups and came to the same conclusion, Washoe Animal Control was contacted. Through their diligence the appropriate agency was notified and for now the mill is closed. The remaining dogs were removed and two years later it hasn't started up.
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I think Oreo has great insight into the flaws of the "no kill" program as it has been presented. When you consider that it was developed for a shelter that only takes about 2000 animals a year, it is easy to see how this same program would not work well in the larger shelters that handle ten of thousands of animals a year.
We should be striving to stop the influx first of all and then provide the best for the pets that do end up in the shelters. Oreo sent me a great article written by a vet on the new problem of shelter medicine - overcrowding. Not only does overcrowding affect the animals but it has a severe effect on the staff that serves those animals. Pushing for more adoptions puts a strain on already limited staff resources. This approach just doesn't make good sense to me. Pushing for more adoptions doesn't help the animals, it puts them in bad homes and puts them on the end of chains or left outside to fend for themselves. I equate "no kill" with it's call of "it's alive" to Dr. Frankenstein. He created a monster and so has "no kill".
Oreo, can you post that article ? I did enjoy the honesty site. If I send you a picture of our dogs would you post it ? My wife and I were thinking if people could see our beautiful dogs and know that we had them fixed it could push them in the right direction. we get a lot of " are you stupid" looks when people ask us about future litters and we tell them the goodies are gone.
mismmHi Mastiff Dad, sorry but we only put up pictures of local guys. There is a concern for the well being of dogs being put up here with the owner opinion. Some wacko at a dog park might disagree with you and get rude with your dog. If you sign up for a google account you can put a small picture there such as I have Oreo in the canyon. Just a thought, Oh and Colan has a picture of his new puppy on his. Thanks for posting and sahring your insights with us.
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