Senior Dogs Rescue

The aim of this site is to help promote the cause of the senior dog, the dog 8 years and over.

Dogs listed here for adoption are in need of a forever home. All details are supplied by the rescue organisation or individual responsible for rescuing and rehoming them. Please contact them directly.

Also visit URGENT for dogs aged 6 + on death row in pounds around Australia.

Donations can help any of the dogs listed.

Contact: PO Box 3026 Marrickville Metro 2204.

Email :linda.jane@bigpond.com.au or silky.rescue@yahoo.com.au 

This time every year I launch into a diatribe about how bad it is in the pounds, how bad pet shops are, how bad people are.....not this year. Instead I am BEGGING for help!! I have nice older dogs coming out of my ears, dogs with carers, dogs in kennels (aarrrrggghhhhh)  and more dogs coming.

How on earth can I say no when a pound asks me to help a dog and I know what he/ she looks like, I have seen their little faces? As soon as you have a connection how can it be that you say no, knowing that it will mean an imminent death?

Help please!! I need homes, I need carers and I need them NOW!! Please consider an older dog. They are not that hard especially 2 or 3 who keep each other company and not too stressful to feed and groom and meet vet needs.

Toby - is in kennels!!

1.Toby  - German Shepherd X Kelpie - Male - "Toby" is microchipped and registered as 6 years old,

Diva - is in kennels!!

2. 795 - Silky Terrier - A sweet older lady who has fallen on hard times

Aden - is STILL in the pound waiting.....

3. #6999 - Maltese Male - Sweety hardly any teeth.

 

 

 

Tinker - in limbo.

4. #6695 - Tenterfield Terrier - Male

 

 

 

 

 

Plus all the guys still waiting - Maisie, Taffy, Kitty Kat, Mitch, Kimba,

and all those I am being asked to consider.......

linda.jane@bigpond.com.au

Kimba has joined the Seniors ranks.......she is a complete doll and both Jen (her new foster mum) and Anna (how picked her up from the pound today) have fallen head over heels for her!

Now to get her off them......LOL!

More soon.

Gwen - Chihuahua X Female - 16 years

Gwen is in temporary care but needs a quiet spot in foster care. Please call Tracy ASAP 0411 222 991 or email me........

Here is Mitch! What a divine boy he is!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is after a nice bath and a clip (from me) but he only looks this good after Anna (Silky specialist extrordinaire) finished the zsuszhing!!

As you can see he is arrrhhh well fed.

What isn't clear is his lovely, happy, friendly, confident nature. He has just blended in here with this lot without any fuss or bother.

Thank you Anna for giving up your Sunday to come to the pound and then groom him so beautifully.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well another triumph for pound ID's, she's a HE!!! So Mitchy has arrived at Seniors and needs a home. Mind you he is the most friendly, happy, capable little bloke just 9 years old....more soon.

This sweet old girlee is due on Sunday.I have my name on her (if she has no earlier offer) but would really like a foster home for her in Sydney (for practical reasons). If there is anyone able to care for her please contact me linda.jane@bigpond.com.au or Anna silky.rescue@yahoo.com.au .

 

Sales have now totalled 24 !!! Please consider supporting Seniors.......

Thanks to some help and urging from Alanna, Seniors has some T-shirts for sale !! So when you feel the need to shop, please have a look and consider one of the designs. For every sale Seniors makes $3 and gets some extra exposure.

http://www.redbubble.com/people/seniordogs/t-shirts

Golden Retriever Rescue do GREAT rescue work so please consider a small donation to help them help Lacey.

Hello, my name is Lacey and I am eight years old. I came to Golden Retriever Rescue because I am not wanted by my owners as they are having a new baby. I have lived in the yard all my life without a bed or shelter and when I arrived at GRR I was filthy and my gorgeous golden coat and tail were full of knots. However, Wendy and Trisha looked on the inside and found a special quality in me that touched their hearts.  They also noticed that I had difficulty moving around but I was so happy to be living in Goldie headquarters that I didn’t mind the pain.  Life was certainly getting better by the moment.

 

Going through the assessment process at GRR I was bathed and groomed but a vet check, followed by x-rays showed that I have the worst case of hip dysplasia the vet has seen in his career. GRR’s vet said that I should have my x-rays placed in a text book and here I was thinking that it was because of my cute smile. My x-rays show that I have no sockets for my hips and I have been taking the pressure on my knees causing one to deteriorate to the point that I need a knee as well.  No wonder walking was so painful. Goldie Rescue was given the difficult decision to put me to sleep. Wendy and Trisha thought long and hard because there are so many Goldies that they need to help, but they just couldn’t put an end to my life without me ever having the chance to know what it is like to be pain free and part of a loving family, so it’s new hips for me. GRR’s vet calls it bilateral hip replacement and I know that the recovery will be long and painful but it will be wonderful to walk and run again.

 

GRR has been in debt for over eight years and it seems that it’s only the depth that varies, but the surgery to give me two new hips will cost approximately $6,000 and Goldie Rescue wants to continue to help other Goldies that come to them for help. It’s not all about me you know.

 

GRR has found a special family to care for me during my long and difficult recovery and now they need to find the money to pay for my surgery and that’s where you come in. If you would like to donate towards my operation please go to the Donate page found on the top right hand corner of the website or simply send a cheque made out to Golden Retriever Rescue Inc.

 

Thank you for reading my story and whether you decide to donate or simply wish me a speedy recovery I’m happy to know that there are people out there who care enough to hold me in their thoughts. That’s a whole lot more than I’ve experienced in my life so far.

 

GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE INC.

www.grr.org.au

P O Box 4081  Oatley West  NSW  2223

 

If your business would like to sponsor Seniors and gain some extra publicity, please let us know.......only the VERY best people visit the Senior Dogs Rescue website!!....

and you will be helping us save the lives of old abandoned souls.

linda.jane@bigpond.com.au

 

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do not email or call me wanting to surrender your old dog! Please think again! I will not come to your home and pick up your dog and take your 'problem' away. That is NOT how it works.

As a dog owner your responsibility continues forever and if circumstances come up that are totally out of your control then there is much you have to do. My first point is the circumstances - these need to be carefully considered. To uproot a dog in his/ her golden years is more than traumatic to the dog and beyond sad for breaking the bonds. Many of the 'excuses' I hear are very thin on the ground and likely to get a very poor reaction from me.

Witout dealing with the reasons individually the following basics apply once having decided that there is no viable option.

* is your dog desexed? up to date on vaccinations? worming? flea and heartworm treatment?

* have you had a recent vet check and have a full report on health status and suitable treatment for any health issues?

* is your dog micro-chipped and registered with the Council?

*  does he/ she need a dental or grooming?

All of the above need to be dealt with before considering rehoming.

* have you asked family, friends, work colleagues, your vet for a referral to a possible home?

* take some really good photos, at least 1 head shot looking at the camera and at least 1 full body shot

* collect details - breed type, sex, coat type, weight etc

* write a story about your dog and his/ her personality, including where he used to sleep, house-training, behaviour with other dogs, cats and small animals, attitude with people, strangers, children and all of his/ her good points.

When you have achieved this

* approach rescue groups, sites, such as Petrescue to advertise you dog.

* DO NOT list as free-to-good-home - free can signify worthless to some and attract people not interested in giving a home but for something quite repugnant.

* email me with ALL of the above done and ready for more questions

* you will need to seriously consider the vetting of phone calls and emails from potential homes - listen carefully, ask lots of questions, ask for a home visit to check things for yourself, arrange a meet and careful introduction with any other 'pet' family members.

* give yourself plenty of time to make such a huge decision.

 

Old dogs, like our shoes, are comfortable. They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit well.

Help reduce the number of dogs wandering the streets, surrendered to the pound, dumped in the bush or even worse, left to survive uncared for alone in the backyard. You can, everyone can help.

1. Never buy an animal from a Petshop or the Classifieds.

Why? To stop impulse buys. To halt the trade in backyard bred animals of unknown parentage and health by unregistered greedy breeders. To resist buying an animal without due consideration, research and trial periods.

2. Don't buy a designer cross breed puppy.

Why? They are mutts not breeds. They have no genetic history or vet clearances for genetic problems. They can take the worst aspects of 2 or more breeds combine and exacerbate them - both in health and temperament. There is no such breed as a Cavoodle! BTW I love mutts, but we don't need to 'make' more of them. It's not fair to them.

3. Encourage people to adopt from a pound, shelter or rescue group.

Why? To help keep them from being killed for no good reason. Give them what they truly deserve, a second chance at a decent life.

4. Neuter or spey all pets.

Why? To avoid accidental pregnancy. As a way of preventing behaviour problems like aggression in males. Preventing health problems like pyometra and mammary cancer in females and testicular cancer in males. Of the females I have here, 3 were not desexed at a young age and 2 have mammary cancer, 1 has been lucky.

5. Actively support your local or favourite pound, shelter or rescue group in whatever way you can.

NOTE: they MUST be responsibly desexing animals before rehoming! Many a BYB will get new 'stock' to breed with from pounds that don't desex. I would rather a dog killed humanely than suffer life as a breeding machine!

Why? We need all the support we can get.

EVERYONE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE..............EVERYONE! 

Want to know more?

http://www.wheredopuppiescomefrom.com/

http://www.petrescue.com.au/article/494

http://www.petrescue.com.au/why_adopt/

 

 

If you felt unable to adopt any of these dear old things but still felt you would like to help by sponsoring a dog and help with the rescue costs please email linda.jane@bigpond.com.au.

 

One by one, they file past my cage

Too old, too worn, too broken, no way
Way past his time, he can't run and play
Then they shake their heads slowly and go on their way

A little old man, arthritic and sore
It seems I am not wanted anymore
I once had a home, I once had a bed
A place that was warm, and where I was fed
Now my muzzle is grey, and my eyes slowly fail
Who wants a dog so old and so frail?
My family decided I didn't belong
I got in their way; my attitude was wrong
Whatever excuse they made in their head
Can't justify how they left me for dead
Now I sit in this cage, where day after day

The younger dogs all get adopted away
When I had almost come to the end of my rope
You saw my face, and I finally had hope
You saw through the grey and the legs bent with age
And felt that I still had life beyond this cage
You took me home, gave me food and a bed                              

And shared your own pillow with my poor tired head
We snuggle and play and you talk to me low
You love me so dearly, you want me to know
I may have lived most of my life with another
But you outshine them with a love so much stronger
And I promise to return all the love I can give
To you, my dear person, as long as I live
I may be with you for a week or for years
We will share many smiles, you will no doubt shed tears
And when the time comes that God deems I must leave
I know you will cry and your heart it will grieve
And when I arrive at the Bridge all brand new

My thoughts and my heart will still be with you
And I will brag to all that will hear
Of the person who made my last days
oh, so dear