Of course no one here would expect to get a rescue for free, I just wanted to make sure I clarified that that is not what I meant :-) I know how expensive it can be to rescue a dog and nurse it back to health. Marsha
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tammy Owen - SSTR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 5:13 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: New to the group- every chi person I know truly love their chi babies... but how could you NOT! Based on the comments you have a lot of wonderful people on the group that have adopted . you don't know how much you are appreciated! Without people adopting these babies, there would be no rescue.. I know the adoption fees of rescue is much higher than shelters. (especially smaller groups that have no financial supporters) We don't get city, county or state funding. We don't have vets that volunteer their services to us. We don't have facilities with paid workers and vet techs on staff. In most cases we pay "normal" vet fees. It cost us $267 to get a health dog ready for adoption. (exam, fecal/deworm, shots, spay/neuter) The cost of special needs (eye surgery/heartworm treatment), injured or senior babies is much higher. (However so rescues do get a small discount usually around 10%, which is the same as they give most multiple dog owners.) Plus we have dogs that never get adopted.. rescue has to fund their upkeep for the rest of their life. We also have dogs that come in very ill and don't live through medical treatment, sometimes we spent over $1000 on them. So to be honest the adoption fees don't start to cover the care of these babies. I wish we could get free vet care or city/county/state funding, then we could charge a lower fee. But if you take in to considerations your furbaby is current on shots and has been altered, you are paying about the same. Thank you all for loving your furbabies... they are very lucky! --- In [email protected], "marsha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello and welcome. You have probably come to the right place to find people > willing to offer homes to your rescues (providing of course the adoption > fees are not too high) I think we should all work together and figure out > ways so that if anyone takes a rescue, we can work with each other to get > the chi to its new home. I mean transportation wise. Like if some one in OH > takes a rescue from TN, I could pitch in to help with transport through KY, > ect. If everyone that was along the way took a leg of a journey, we could > help get a lost chi to its forever home. :-) Just a thought, maybe I am just > a dreamer, lol. > Marsha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tammy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 12:57 PM > Subject: [Chihuahuas] New to the group- > > > I'm new to the group. I do shih tzu and toy breed rescue in Alabama. > We get little Chihuahua babies all the time. I hope this group will > be a good source for Chihuahua info and possible new homes for our > Chihuahua babies. > > Thank you all for loving your babies and giving them great homes!!!! > > Tammy > www.SouthernShihTzuRescue.org > > > > > > > " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! > Join today! " > Yahoo! Groups Links > " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
