Our Rescues
The new babies we picked up this weekend have names!! Yay! The female Pom/Shih Tzu mix is named Taffy, the male Pom/Shih Tzu mix is named Lucky and the male 2 year old Yorkie is Humphrey! We can’t wait to find a forever home for them all! Don’t forget 16 month old Harvard that you just met in a previous post! Be sure to check them out when looking for your new baby!
Breeders
So, when a breeder decides to downsize or stop, what are they to do? Some of their options include taking them to an auction where they are usually purchased by another breeder, euthanize them, or give them to a shelter.
One breeder was put in contact with OKYR several weeks ago and was looking to downsize her program but specifically wanted to have her dogs placed in rescues that use foster homes while looking for adoptive families. When OKYR received the information about her wanting to surrender two Yorkies, we hit the road to get them, no questions asked.
A week or two later, we received an email from our breeder friend and found that she was having trouble finding rescues that were willing to take her babies or would only take them with very specific conditions placed on her. We decided to see if we could use our rescue contacts to help.
After many phone calls, it seems we were running into the same issues our breeder friend was having. Most of the rescues only wanted certain dogs or wanted to place conditions on the breeder. However, three of our rescue friends jumped in to help! The Because of You Chihuahua Rescue, Pet Adoption League of Tulsa, and Schnauzer Rescue of North Texas were all willing to place some of the dogs in their foster homes and find them forever homes.
We pulled 14 dogs from the breeders place and they are now placed in foster homes and preparing for their spay/neuters to get ready for their forever homes. It is amazing what can be accomplished when breeders and rescues work together! Fourteen babies will find themselves living in wonderful family homes for the rest of their lives. There is no “I” in Team!!
Our Rescues
Here is a picture of the last on from our weekend group. This is Harvard! He is 16 months old and is just learning the world around him. Everything is new so he is pretty scared but is beginning to explore his new world.
Adoption Stories, OKYR, Our Rescues
This weekend has been very busy for OKYR. We sent all of our Bichon’s to thier new forever homes! Jordand and Kobe were adopted together which will be great for them!! They needed each other. Barkley was super on his own and though would give the appearance of sweet and cuddly, don’t let him fool you~ he is still a rowdy puppy!! Haha!!
Our sweet Shumba found the perfect forever home as well. Yay for Shumba!!
We then took in 4 new babies needing forever homes. One 6 month old male Yorkie~ Harvard, one 2 year old male Yorkie and a male and female 12 week old Pom/Shih Tzu mix pair. It’s a busy time!! Thank you to everyone for your support!!
Events
Join OKYR at our adoption event on February 6th at the Petco on NW Expressway and Rockwell. We will be there from 1-4. Can’t wait to see you!!
