Corgi Rescue Group in Ohio Closing

[Jespah]

I don't kow anything about this group - but saw this posted on Pembroke-L and thought I'd pass it on.

Apparently the woman who runs this is not well and is closing down. They are looking for good home for all of the dogs.

GlenCorgi - perhaps you know something more about this group and can enlighten us.

http://www.corgihaven.com/

[glencorgi]

Originally Posted by Jespah

I don't kow anything about this group - but saw this posted on Pembroke-L and thought I'd pass it on.

Apparently the woman who runs this is not well and is closing down. They are looking for good home for all of the dogs.

GlenCorgi - perhaps you know something more about this group and can enlighten us.

http://www.corgihaven.com/

Rescue I am familiar with the majority of rescuers and rescue groups in OH and this one is not among them. If you go through the website I think it would be more accurate to say a breeding operation is shutting down rather than a rescue having to close its doors.

There are numerous corgi rescue groups in OH, one of which does buy dogs from auctions, Amish farmers and others going out of business; speuters them and then places them on. If this place isn't on the OH rescuers radar yet (which would surprise me), it will be soon I'm sure.

Debbie

[corgimom]

Deb(GlenCorgi)

I saw this last night and thought the same thing as you - I went through all the links on her website, and it sounds more like a breeding operation shutting down.

[Jespah]

Thanks Deb - good to know what it really is - that's why I posted it. Well, hopefully, either way the dogs will be well taken care of and the bona fide rescue groups will be able to do something - need be.

[manymuddypaws]

oh come on girls, this must be a reputable breeder- afterall, all the dogs are AKC Registered......

Anyway- it really is horrible- if you look closely at the pictures- almost all the pics are of freshly bathed corgis...and it is quite peculiar that she has kept puppies she has bred, and is calling them "rescues"
it takes all sorts I guess....

-amanda

[manymuddypaws]

oh- and it sounds like she is asking money for them...it is unlikely that any rescue is going to pay for them....
so more than likely they will be sold to whoever and hopefully they will find good homes- but she is selling the intact ones as is....

-amanda

[nrhareiner]

This person could be both. Alot of breeders also run small rescue operations too. I know a freind of mine who breeds chapion corgis also takes in rescues at times and finds them new homes. I see nothing wrong with this. Perhaps this person can no longer do all the work involved with the rescue and had to make a desition perhaps she is getting out of every thing. Who know. Thing is she is trying to find good homes for the dogs.

Heidi

[glencorgi]

Originally Posted by nrhareiner

This person could be both. Alot of breeders also run small rescue operations too.

When she's taking dogs she's supposedly "rescued" and incorporated them into her breeding program and then turning around offering those offspring and the original "rescue" as rescue; I think that pretty much speaks for itself.

I know a freind of mine who breeds chapion corgis also takes in rescues at times and finds them new homes.

That isn't a rescue "operation" - that is just part and parcel of a "chapion" corgi breeder taking responsibility for dogs of their breed and not of their breeding. How the heck do you think purebred rescue got started to begin with??? By reputable, responsible breeders taking responsibility for all dogs of their breed.

I see nothing wrong with this.

I wouldn't expect anything else.

Perhaps this person can no longer do all the work involved with the rescue and had to make a desition perhaps she is getting out of every thing. Who know. Thing is she is trying to find good homes for the dogs.

It's pretty clear that her "breeders" are listed on both the breeding pages and the rescue pages. And that they are so far off of standard, well as Amanda said "...this must be a reputable breeder- afterall, all the dogs are AKC Registered......"

Debbie, who stands by her original observations and been in the trenches long enough to recognize things for what they are

[CorgiMum]

Originally Posted by glencorgi

Debbie, who stands by her original observations and been in the trenches long enough to recognize things for what they are

Good eye Debbie, good eye.

[nrhareiner]

I did do through her site carfully after I posted and I do agree that what she is breeding is very poor quality. I would not pay what she is asking for her dogs and it is a good thing she is getting out.

What I was trying to explan that she would not be on any rescue radar if she is rescueing as my friend does. Most of the dogs she rescues are not from her breeding program they are just corgis that need homes and people know her and she helps when she can.

I personally really have a bad tast about rescues. I have delt with so many and for the most part they are in it for the wrong reason. There are good ones but they are few and far inbetween.

Heidi

[glencorgi]

Originally Posted by nrhareiner

What I was trying to explan that she would not be on any rescue radar if she is rescueing as my friend does. Most of the dogs she rescues are not from her breeding program they are just corgis that need homes and people know her and she helps when she can.

Oh yes she would, especially in OH. Within the breed communities, the good, the bad and the indifferent are known by someone somewhere. Even your "champion corgi breeder" friend is on the radar. She's known.

I personally really have a bad tast about rescues. I have delt with so many and for the most part they are in it for the wrong reason. There are good ones but they are few and far inbetween.

The problem I see in rescue today is there are too few actual breed people involved and far too many chasing warm fuzzies, jumping on the cause du jour and/or animal rights activists with far too little breed knowledge, dog savvy or animal husbandry fundamentals and lacking in old fashioned common sense. Because I just looooooove, loooooooove these doggies doesn't cut it.

Rescues are just like breeders, you want to make sure you are dealing with someone knowledgeable, experienced and reputable.

Debbie

[Jespah]

Excellent points Deb - heart is one thing, knowledge is quite another.