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rescue
Are you in Queensland and willing to give a home to two Scottish Terrier crosses?
The Mackay Daily Mercury reports:
Zoe and Laura are cute, fluffy and playful but they need a friendly home to call their own. And if you can provide them a home you will have double the fun.
The pair, who have grown up together, have been living at the Homebush boarding kennels after their owners had to leave the country suddenly due to personal reasons and were not able to find them a home in time.
Even if you can’t take Zoe and Laura, you can try and guess what kind of crosses they are. The Scottie News suspects Laura, the lighter dog, might be a Scojack — a Scottish Terrier/ Jack Russell cross — or some kind of Norfolk/Norwich mix-up or maybe not even Scottie at all. Zoe definitely looks like a Scottie cross — perhaps with a beagle. Add your thoughts in the comments. And remember, you can’t trust those dog DNA tests to do the detective work for you.
Topics: hybrids / mixes / designer Scots | rescue
The Scottie News has just discovered a whole archive of Scottish Terrier rescue stories over at the Scottish Terrier Club of Greater New York website.
You’ll be entertained for hours and may not even have to buy that new Scott Turow.
Topics: rescue
A reader wrote to remind the Scottie News that no matter how glad everyone is that the Seattle-area stolen Scottish Terrier puppy was found, pet store dogs are very often from puppy mills.
It just makes me crazy when I see the deplorable conditions those puppies come from. I rescued a westie from a shelter in NM last week and traced his microchip to a pet store in Vegas and then to a puppy mill in missouri, the “breeder” has 58 dogs. I can imagine what life is like there.Any time I can get a word in I do. I live in Durango Colorado. I go to a shelter in Aztec NM and pull dogs, rehab them and get them adopted. The population in and around Aztec for the most part is poor and uneducated. Many backyard breeders. Many purebred dogs end up in this shelter as a result, upwards of 1,000 dogs a month come in in the summer. I only take 1-2 litters, or 1-2 adult dogs a month to rescue. I house train them, give them love and 100%, then find them their perfect home. So barely a drop in the bucket. But I do make a difference for those few at least.
I fell in love with a Scottie posted on a Scottie rescue web site in Nashville TN and convinced the woman to adopt to someone(me) out of state and my life was changed forever! How I love this little dog. He is a brindle scottie and his name is Sarge. He came from a puppy mill rescue in KY. He has his own booster seat in my truck and even recently traveled with me on a plane in cabin to NC, I have attached a picture. He was shaved when rescued because he was so matted. I was told he was afraid of sunlight…well he’s not afraid of anything anymore! I subscribed to your newsletter after getting Sarge and I am a feverent supporter of all things Scottie. Thank you for the wonderful videos and stories on these wonderful dogs.
Please include a note on puppies in pet stores and their origin. We must change this. These dogs must be protected from people who mistreat and neglect them, breed them and force them to live terrible lives in cages. No dog should ever live in a cage. Awareness and education, don’t ever buy a puppy from a pet store.
Vivienne Bell
Topics: rescue
A 9-week-old Scottish terrier named Sherlock has been stolen from the Connecticut Humane Society’s shelter.
The organization is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the return of a male Scottish terrier named Sherlock and the arrest of the person who stole the puppy.
Sherlock was stolen from the society’s headquarters located at 701 Russell Road, Newington, between 4 pm on July 21 and 10 am on July 22.
The Connecticut Humane Society is eager to get this puppy back so that he can receive the medical treatment he needs and can be placed with a loving family.
Please call the Newington Police at 860-666-8445 with any information that you may have.
Topics: newsmakers | rescue
