25 Chained & Penned Dogs in Need
Donna York, Cookeville, TN sent out a plea concerning
25 chained/penned dogs.
Donna said, "I believe the dogs do not deserve to live like they are
right now, they are standing in there own feces and they do not have
gates that open so you have to throw food over the fence to feed them."
Dogs
Deserve Better helped transport and foster many of these dogs finding
them to be "wild and scared" due to their lack of socialization.
When
Molly and
Daniel
were transported to DDB Headquarters, the dogs were so scared and
anxious to escape that Tammy and her crew were ready to search the
woods for a lost Daniel after he did a Houdini act when he first
arrived.
Kim, DDB Office Manager said, "We didn't think there was any way
for him to get out, but we searched everywhere, then I heard a noise
behind a box in the tiniest corner. I thought it was a kitten,
there was no way a dog like Daniel could squeeze back there!" Sure
enough, after an hour of panicking, Kim pulled back the box and there
was Daniel huddled up in the corner.
Columbia Missouri Rep, Melody Whitworth, with help from her husband Mike, took in two of the Cookeville dogs,
Andy and Annie,
into their home. Melody says Andy is really coming around.
She is able to get a leash on him now and take him for walks, an
unbelievable task since when the dog first arrived in her home, he went
straight to the nearest hiding place and refused to move.
Many of the dogs that come to DDB are not used to
human touch and need months of rehabilitation and socialization before
they can be placed in adoptive homes. DDB is taking on a major
task of building a
Rehabilitation Center
for dogs just like Daniel, Andy and Annie. We need your help as the
number and needs of these of dogs are too great for our limited foster
network.
Visit:
http://dogsdeservebetter.org/ddbcenter.html to see how you can help.
