Some pictures of the puppies my daughter and I pulled from our local animal control

When our local animal control picks up a Weim, they automatically call me now. Last week my daughter, Ainsley, and I were at home playing when my phone rang. It was one of our local animal control officers. He said he had just been out on a call and he heard a lady hollering and kicking something out of her garage. When he went over there he saw that she was kicking at three 12 week old Weimaraner puppies. The owner of the puppies was walking down the road looking for them. He told the animal control officer that he would like for animal control to take them, because he couldn't sell them and he was tired of them getting out and getting into everyone in the neighborhood's trash. The officer scooped them up and gave me a call. I met them at the pet supplies store I work in. The animal control officers don't have to call me when they get a Weim, but they do. I can never express how much I appreciate them for doing that. Anyway, I walked in the store I work in and there they were...scared to death. My co-workers had given them some food, and they were huddled together. Ainsley and I got them all to the car and took them to our family's farm. We has SO much fun!! The farmers that lease the property just cut the corn, and there were husks and cobs everywhere! Perfect tugging toys for the puppies. They had so much fun, as did we. We played with them for a few hours before we took them to the veterinary clinic that works with Weimaraner Rescue of the South. The only sound we heard on the way to the clinic was the soft breathing of exhausted puppies. Though it was sad for me that someone would throw away these sweet babies, it was nice for me to pick up Weimaraner's that weren't physically or mentally in bad shape. So, these are some of the pictures I took of our day with these sweet babies. I have also edited some of them, and want to make some cards to hand out for Weimaraner Rescue of the South. Every day I am at work, I have a "meet and greet" for Weimaraner Rescue of the South. I'm not sure about the one I want to use. I think I may do all three, lol.

Chicken

Meet Chicken, a dog with a not so fitting name. Chicken is a sweet and lovable Weimaraner who is about 3 years old, and he's no Chicken! Chicken came in with this name so it has stuck for now and he is the most lovable Chicken there ever was! He is really good with children and with other dogs. He is full of energy and loves to be outside and be around people. He's got some learning to do as it seems he never had proper leash training, but he is very treat motivated, so getting him to sit, stay, and not pull on the leash will take no time! He's very smart and catches on quickly. He did not know sit at first, but only with a few treats he was catching on. Unfortunately, Chicken is HW+, so he will have to undergo heartworm treatment. Chicken just wants a lforever home where he can be loved. You can be sure that he will return that love unconditionally. I can not believe he has not been adoped yet. He is so dang cute!

Zira

Zira is a precious little girl who is in horrible shape right now. She is full of bite mark wounds that have become infected. One is especially large and completely infected. Zira is very underweight. She also is a heavy HW+ and in addition to that, she has pneumonia. Right now she is being treated with IV fluids and antibiotics. She is a very sweet little girl who seems to know that everyone is trying to help her. Please consider taking Zira into your home - as a foster or as a forever friend. She desperately needs love and affection and will return it twice again. The video on her profile at http://www.weimrescue.com/ is so sad to watch. She is feeling better these days!

This Weimaraner needs us!!

We really need your help. We are running low on funds and have to stop intake. We received this Weims pictures today of this poor little guy with a severe burn all the way down his back, and we can not leave him there to be put to sleep because his owner didn't love him. Can you please be a part of saving this poor little boy!?!?!? You can go to weimrescue.com and make a donation. We need donations to save the lives of these beautiful dogs that have been abused and tossed out like garbage! If you would like to donate to help save this sweet boy and treat his horrible burns, please go to weimrescue.com. We appreciate you all and everything you do for the Weimaraners that need all of us. We would not be able to save their lives if it were not for the donations that you all provide!

Click http://www.weimrescue.com/prod/Donations.aspx to donate!!

Bailey needs a forever home!

Bailey is a previous rescue who was adopted out in 2006. Bailey is coming back into rescue when we received a call from a Mobile shelter that she had been found as a stray. It turns out it was her owner who dumped her at the shelter. Because she was dumped as a stray they checked for a microchip and she was still registered to WRS. Bailey is full of energy and loves to play! Bailey has a very quirky personality and wild crazy eyes that are constantly on the lookout for bugs to chase! She knows how to lie down and to stay. She walks well on a leash. We have been using a harness when we take her out in public since she tends not to want to go through the doors and wants to head back to the car but once she is through the door...she is fine. She loves to go for walks, she runs well with her foster dad and loves to ride in the car! She keeps herself busy by chasing her shadow around in the sun most of the day.  Think you are Bailey forever family? Go to http://www.weimrescue.com/ and fill out an adoption application!!

How I began with Weimaraner Rescue of the South

In May of 2009, we decided to add another dog to our family. We had gotten our Siberian Husky, Avery, November 19 2008. She was so very lonely. . My son was 5 then, and they would roll around in the floor playing and she loves to fetch. As much as we played with her, walked with her, took her nearly everywhere we went, she was still lonely. We just can not play with dogs the way they play with each other. We decided to adopt a dog near her age. We thought about adopting another Husky, but to be honest, I do not think I could handle 2 Siberian Huskies blowing their coats at the same time. We decided to adopt a Visla. I got on petfinder.com and there were 2 in the entire southern United States. There were hundreds of Weimaraners, so our attention turned to Weimaraners as well.  I ran into a girl I grew up with in the line to pick my son up at kindergarten. She is an animal person like me, so I told her about us trying to decide between a Weimaraner and a Visla. She told me about the group she volunteered for, Weimaraner Rescue of the South. I had been on their site before, and I kept going back. 

For those of you who don't know, there are so many Weimaraner Rescue groups in the southern United States. I chose to submitt our adoption application with Weimaraner Rescue of the South. We were so excited when we heard back from them and did our phone interview! They called our veterinarian to make sure that we take care of our pets. I was worried about our home visit, because we have a small home, but the home visit went fine. We picked a couple of dogs on the site, we did not even notice the sweet boy we ended up adopting. Tonia Hanson, the Vice President of the group, suggested that I look at Tannan's profile. I knew he was my boy! We got in contact with his foster family, and arranged to meet in between Memphis and Nashville. When he got out of that car, I knew he was going to fit perfectly into our family! He was HUGE!! 90lbs of the most beautifully handsome Weimaraner I had ever seen! We took Avery with us so they could meet on neutral territory, and they hit it off immediately. The crate we brought to take him home was tiny. He squeezed into his tiny crate, and we were homeward bound. When we got home we let Avery and Tannan in the back yard, and they were both so happy. They came in and played all night long. We love him so much. He was around 3 when we adopted him. He had been adopted out before, but they did not fit in with their family. He is such a blessing to me.

I began volunteering  for Weimaraner Rescue of the South earlier this year. What ever they ask me to do I do it gladly. I started helping at a fundraiser, then I began doing the owner surrenders. I got at job at a pet supplies store, and I promote Weimaraner Rescue of the South to nearly every customer that comes in the store. The first Weimaraners I ever pulled came from Hardeman Co. animal control, a male and a female. The male came to animal control easily and playfully. The female did not. I called the Vice President of  WRS, and she said we could take the male.  I let her know that they could not catch the female, and they would let me know when or if they did. They caught her a couple of days later. She was so terrified, that animal control had to trap her with a live trap. I called the VP back, and she said that we could not take her, but if I would foster her, that she would pay for her veterinary care. I, of course, happily agreed.

When I got to Hardeman Co, I saw this tiny little Weimaraner curled up in the back of the kennel. She was so scared. She was only around 2- 2 1/2, and had obviously had several litters of puppies. I assume that she had began being bred her first heat and is stunted. My husband was livid. As far as I was concerned, I did not have a choice. I was not going to let her be put to sleep. My husband and I had discussed fostering in the future, because our house is so small. She needed us. Avery gets along with everyone and everything. Tannan was not happy about bringing a stranger in the house. My universal name for everything that needs some love is "Sugar".  She stayed in a crate the first three days, only coming out when I would put her leash on and pull her out to go to outside. Each time I would say, "Come on Wendy". That is the name the lady at animal control gave her. On the third night I said, "Come on Sugar", and she got up and came to me for the first time. So that is what I named her. Sugar. By that third day, Tannan was ok with her being there. She came out of her crate on her own. She would peek around into the living room and look at us. When she noticed we saw her, she would run back to her crate.

It has been a long process for her. She did not know how to interact with the other dogs. She did not know how to play with toys. She is so smart, and she picked up on those things, and potty training from Avery and Tannan. I have had Sugar for 3 months now. I intend on adopting her. The purpose of my blog is to let people know that there are breed specific rescues. People associate a rescue dog with a mixed breed dog that got picked up on the side of the road. Every day pure bred dogs are dropped off at kill shelters, because the owner decides they do not want them any more. Every day pure bred dogs are dropped off on the side of the road and picked up by animal control. Make a difference, and ADOPT. Do not forget about the cats too!! Both Mr. P. Kittington III and Ashton Jr. are rescue kitties!! Now I am the intake coordinator for Weimaraner Rescue of the South with another lady.

For you people that wonder why I do not put my children's pictures up on here or facebook and put my dogs pictures up, it is simply because my children do not need to be promoted. My children do not need to bring awareness to rescue, my dogs can. If you do not understand that, they you are the one with a problem.