Shame on Boxer rescue!

[Lori, Daphne, Lucy & Pippa]

I must start by saying that I am just appalled at what I have been told by Boxer rescue. I guess I just assumed that all rescue for a specific breed were as wonderful as Doodle rescue (DRC).

On Monday i went to a local park to try to get some pictures of my Doodles. I had been there for a couple of hours when I was approached by a woman who asked me if I had left my other dog tied to a pole. She told me that in another area of the park there was a boxer puppy that was tied to the pole that holds the doggie Poo bags. He had been there for quite a while and was crying. Well, I told her that though he was not my dog, I would check it out. Really, why would I leave my puppy tied to a pole so far away when my three didn't even have leashes on? But I get it. I guess she saw me with dogs and guessed that I would care about an abandoned pup.

I drove over to the part of that park where he was and found a young lady sitting on the sidewalk with a cup full of water to give the pup. I asked her if that was her puppy and she told me he wasn't but he had been there for a while crying and with no water. It is still very hot outside here in Florida! She told me that another lady called animal control and she was just going to wait with him till they came to get him. Well one look at that sweet little puppy face and I just knew I could not let him go to an awful shelter where his future was uncertain. I know he would have been terrified there! He was tied up using a slip lead and a very thin collar that was too small. Almost as if whoever left him decided they didn't want to give away his good collar that actually fit him. I actually had to take the collar off of him to get him loose from the pole.

Anyway, I took him home and discovered that he is just the sweetest, cutest puppy! I took him to the vets office on the way just to see if he had a chip. Even though I was sure that if he did, that person did not deserve this puppy. I have no idea why anyone would have abandoned him. They told me that he is between 16-20 weeks old. He still has his little shark puppy teeth. He also had fleas and they gave him a pill to get rid of them. Poor puppy had flea bites inside his cute little ears.

I contacted several different boxer rescues just to see which one worked in my area. They were not at all the helpful people of DRC! I finally was led to contact B.A.R.C. the lady who contacted me told me that they could not help me because he does not appear to be a full boxer based only on the length of his snout. "Anyone experienced with the boxer breed, such as the people who come to us to adopt, would know that he is a mix." I was told to take him to a Jax shelter. REALLY??! I have never been so shocked. I thought that all people who rescue dogs, care about dogs and not just a specific pedigree. After all, who can really be certain about a dog pedigree when he is a rescue? I understand that Doodles are a mixed breed and we all love them but I guess I stupidly thought that all dog lovers thought the same way. Definitely not the boxer people!

[Richard Crowe]

It is a sad state of affairs "I finally was led to contact B.A.R.C. the lady who contacted me told me that they could not help me because he does not appear to be a full boxer based only on the length of his snout. "Anyone experienced with the boxer breed, such as the people who come to us to adopt, would know that he is a mix." I was told to take him to a Jax shelter. REALLY??! I have never been so shocked. I thought that all people who rescue dogs, care about dogs and not just a specific pedigree."

One of the reasons (but, certainly not the only reason) that our Maltese Rescue California organization split off from American Maltese Rescue Association (which is the Maltese breed club rescue group) is the flack we got every time we wanted to rescue a dog that was not a "PUREBRED" Maltese!

Several of us who care about all dogs decided to go our own way.  Maltese Rescue California ended up as an independent rescue group and now no one can tell us who we cannot rescue.  We rescue between 250 and 300 dogs a year.  Most of our rescue dogs are Maltese or Maltese mixes but, many are other small breeds such as:

Gigi, a Yorkie mix...

Shirley - a poodle mix

Dominic - a "your guess is as good as ours" mix

Betsy - A Shih Tsu mix

Sasha - A rough coated Jack Russell Terrier mix

I can guarantee that these mixed-breed dogs love their furever families and are as loyal as any purebred dog.  I can say that because we adopted Sasha and gave her a furever home.

If you would like to see my album of our rescue portraits, here is the link:

https://rpcrowe.smugmug.com/Pets/MALTESE-RESCUE-CALIFORNIA/i-ZcPXqgd

I was quite proud the other day when at our vet, I was admiring a litter of beautiful goldendoodle puppies (our Holly is a goldendoodle).  The vet said to me. "You don't need beautiful dogs, you need dogs who need you!"

[F, Calla & Luca]

Your rescue is what it is because you are an extremely goodhearted, sensible person.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Amen! 

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Second that Amen, RIchard.

[Lori, Daphne, Lucy & Pippa]

I agree whole heartedly with F! A dog in need deserves to be rescued no matter who his parents are!

[Leslie J]

Love the portraits of these precious pups!!! Each one priceless!!!

[Richard Crowe]

Of course, Judy an I also work with Doodle Rescue Collective, Inc. and foster the occasional Labradoodle or Goldendoodle...

Sophie and our goldendoodle, Holly - Sophie was our first doodle foster...

[Lori, Daphne, Lucy & Pippa]

Beautiful girls!

[F, Calla & Luca]

What gorgeous portrait. 

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

OMD Beautiful!!

[Gail and Bailey]

Beautiful doodles!

[Lori, Daphne, Lucy & Pippa]

Happy UPDATE! Puppy hit the Jackpot! He went to his new forever home today. Although he took a chunk out of my heart, I know he will have the very BEST life! His new Mama is a stay at home. They have a swimming pool in the back yard and beyond the pool is the Tampa Bay! It's just gorgeous. I asked if I could move in with him, maybe be their trainer? But  alas, they did not take me up on my offer.