You've heard the saying, everything happens for a reason, right?
Remember that big speeding ticket I got last year on the "Firecracker 500"? Well, part of the deal with the speeding ticket is 40 hours of community service which I've been doing with the National Mill Dog Rescue in Peyton, CO. Shannon and I have both been volunteering actually and beyond the required number of hours we'll continue to help out there as it's something we've wanted to do, but the ticket gave me the "umph" to start.
The National Mill Dog Rescue specifically rescues "mill dogs" -- dogs that are breed commerically for the puppies you typically find in pet stores. It's heart breaking to see the mistreatment of these animals and eventually they get to a point where they're shut down for health, safety and cruelty to animals (where that's illegal), which is where the rescue comes in. Just over a week ago a group of volunteers drove nonstop to AK and MO and rescued 50-100 dogs.
They currently need volunteers to help with the dogs (Socializating, walking, cleaning the kennels, ect) I've been working with a few of the smaller dogs that are afraid of people and in only a few weeks I'm seeing a great deal of improvement in a few of my project dogs.
I went out there this morning and a KRDO news crew was out there -- the story is in the link below:
http://www.krdo.com/global/story.asp?s=10589618
The home page is: http://milldogrescue.org/index.html
Koda's video, one of the Arkansas rescue dogs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA8-WPMUW-g
They have all sorts of breeds and most of the dogs are pure breeds if that's important to you. If you're looking for a paticual type of dog, send me a PM and I can help you find one that fits your life style. Some are very shy and others are just the opposite. There's even a German Shepherd (named Tahara) that I would love to adopt if I didn't already have two dogs (both mill dog rescues, including a German Shepherd Shannon and I adopted from a rescue 5+ years ago) -- she's super friendly and very intellegent, like all GSDs.
Mill rescue dogs are typically very shy at first, but after a few weeks in your home they start to come out of their shell -- "Buddy", our Bischon spent the first 6 months of his life in a cage; he was 9 months old when we got him (he had been with a rescue for 3 months) -- we were the 3rd couple to adopt him, the first two returned himHe was shaking in fear the whole drive home from Broomfield -- It took awhile but now you would never know he was a mill rescue dog and he litterly sleeps in my arm every night. "Shadow" our shepherd was a similar story.
-Clov
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And just for Jason, I know he doesn't hate dogs but Shan and I also have three cats (Socks, Boots, Nike -- they're all black and white tuxiedo cats with white paws) -- Socks came from my inlaws, Boots and Nike came from the local humane society, cats with black fur are half priced (seriously!) because they're harder to adopt.
