I'm going to the shelter this afternoon to take pictures but wanted to go ahead and post since this situation is critical. The Raleigh County Humane Society Shelter here in Beckley WV has a very pretty young pb female GSD who gave birth to 10 (yes 10) puppies immediately after she was picked up 3 weeks ago. The pups are mixed. Yesterday when I was there the euthanasia tech, Tom, told me the shelter management (the Humane Society folks) have told him to get the mother on the adoption floor right away!! They told him the back runs they use for quarantining incoming dogs IS NOT a nursery and they want her and her puppies out of there. He took me back to see them and asked if there was anyone who could help... they are on borrowed time now.
THere is NO place in the shelter to put her and her ten pups on the adoption floor, not to mention the pups are too young to even consider adopting them. SO THIS MEANS THE MAJORITY OF THE PUPS, IF NOT ALL, WILL BE EUTHANIZED AND MOM WILL BE PUT UP FOR ADOPTION. I'm sick over the thought of this. . . it's just heartless. And as pb dogs go in this area, mom will most likely be adopted by someone looking for a breeding dog. Her and the pups time is VERY limited to get someone to help them. She is NOT posted on their website as yet since she's in a quarantine run in the back with puppies... IS THERE ANYONE ANYWHERE WHO CAN HELP??? I'M TAKING PICTURES THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL POST ASAP.
Pat (FORRUGER), Beckley WV
Humane Society of Raleigh County Inc.
325 Gray Flats Road
P. O. Box 115
Beckley, WV 25802
Phone: 304-253-8921
Email:
rcpets@citynet.net