Saturday, June 6, 2009

URGENT - 3 OLDER COUNTRY DOGS IN CA NEED HOME

I am crossposting this. If you can help, please use contact info at bottom of text:

Hello and HELP! Hi to all of you fellow dog lovers on the front lines of animal rescue. My name is Randy Braun and I have three loved ones in need of help immediately. They are three dogs that I have had the joy of being with for the last 11 years. Their names are Spot, Cee Cee (aka Chocolate Cheeks) and Marcella. I've had the first two since birth and the third took in off the streets. This is our story. I just turned 42 and have come full circle in the most difficult year of my life. A year ago April my beautiful wife of 11 years felt she wanted something different and filed for divorce to my dismay. Through many levels of ups and downs I have done what I can to better myself and keep my head up. In this market our house is financially upside down and I can not maintain it on my own. Through much counsel, prayer and struggle it became apparent that I had to let the house go. I always knew the day would come that I needed to leave but I did not expect it to be so sudden. One week ago the bank contacted me and told me I had two weeks to get out. I (with lots of help from my parents) shifted into high gear and found a rental in town in Reedley, CA. This last weekend we had longs days of moving which many of you are probably familiar with yourselves. I did not find one rental that would let me have pets and actually rent me the property. So now my focus has intesified for my fury companions as I have until this Saturday, June 6, to find them somewhere to move to. I don't know anyone who can take them. They are not small dogs and have lived in the country their entire life outside amongst the agriculture. They bark at everything (which is good where I have lived), dig, chase after anything small and fury, two have hardly every been around children, and they are 11 years old. All of this adds up to they are not very marketable for adoption. After spending some time this morning on the phone with Kay (I hope I spelled your name right : ] ) from Noah's Friends Animal Sanctuary, I understand how critically overwhelmed shelters are right now. I began with the hope that I would find a shelter to "board" my dogs helped by sending them with their own dog houses, me covering any and all medical bills, plussome sort of monthly financial contribution from me. I hope to recover in a year and get my own place again with the hopes of then being able to re-family my three dogs to me. Here is the bottom line. If I do not find a solution for my dogs by this Saturday...my dog's lives are over. I have been to the SPCA and know of it's process. My dogs will most likely not be candidates for adoption. They are old country dogs. I will not subject them to the trauma of going through the SPCA system. I believe I would be showing them more love by having them fall to sleep in my arms at a quiet vet hospital rather than some stranger who has the most difficult job of euthanizing a whole batch of death row dogs in one day. Please! I will take them anywhere in California to find them a place. Please! Forward this e-mail to all organizations you know in hopes that someone may help. I have dealt with enough loss for one year. I don't want to lose my dogs permanently also. With love and sincerity, Randy Braun Reedley, CA (559) 903-3570 Call day or night

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