Hi! This sweet little black female is Bonnie. Bonnie is 5 to 8 years old and came into Cocker Spaniel Rescue as a stray from Dekalb County Animal Control when her owners did not claim her after her hold was up. When Bonnie first went to her foster home, she was nothing but skin and bones weighing in at 13-1/2 pounds! After clearing up a massive infestation of whip worms and eating healthy meals on a regular basis, Bonnie now weighs about 18 pounds. Bonnie has a very sweet and friendly disposition and gets along very well with the other dogs in her foster home. Bonnie loves to run around the backyard and investigate everything, but she will curl up next to you on the couch when it is time to relax, too. Bonnie is crate-trained and housetrained. Bonnie is not quite ready for adoption because she has heartworms and will begin treatment soon. Bonnie will be heartworm free, spayed, and current on her routine vaccinations before she can be adopted.
News
Our next adoption day will be Saturday, February 6, 2010 at the Marietta PetsMart, 1285 Johnson Ferry Road, from 11:00 am until 4:00 pm. If you are interested in seeing a particular dog at one of our adoption days, be sure to call or e-mail us to make sure the dog will be present, as not all the dogs come to every adoption day. Please note that we also do private adoptions out during the month on a scheduled basis to facilitate the needs of families wanting to adopt. Please feel free to call or e-mail with any questions.
Please note we are also in need of volunteers for rescue. We particularly need committed individuals and families to be foster homes, who are not going to flake out within the first 24 or 48 hours because the dog had an accident in a strange new environment or barked. These dogs need our help, and we need serious, committed, responsible people who are genuinely willing to help them.
You may also consider sponsoring a rescue even if you cannot adopt. Any help you can give to the breed is greatly appreciated. Monetary donations, food, blankets, heartworm preventative, etc., and mileage may be tax deductible as a charitable donation. Please give us a call or send an email to: cocker4you@bellsouth.net.
Please Help Our Special Needs Cocker Spaniels!
WE ARE IN NEED OF DONATIONS FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS COCKERS.
We have had about 200 heartworm positive dogs in the last five years. Prior to that, CSRG treated six maybe seven dogs for heartworm disease in any 12-month period, so the last few years have been extraordinarily stressful in every possible aspect, including and especially, financially. We would like to say thank you to those kind souls who have given donations to help treat our many heartworm positive dogs recently. We are extremely grateful for your generosity and support. If you would like to contribute to our heartworm fund or to our Special Needs Funds, as several of our rescues have had major surgery recently, you can make a tax-deductible donation through PayPal by clicking on the tab below.
Please consider doing your onlineshopping by going through the iGIVE.com website. It has 475 stores/shops/merchants (like HSN, Lands End, Drugstore.com, QVC, JC Penney, Petsmart, Petco, Walmart, Spiegel, Barnes and Noble, Ebay, Verizon Wireless and more) at which we all frequently shoponline. All you have to do is click on the link above and register with an email address and little else. A percentage (ranging from one-half of one percent to 27%,depending on the merchant) of your purchase will be donated to CSRG.
Who We Are
Cocker Spaniel Rescue of Georgia was started in 1991 by Susan Roman and Sue Kelly, due to the HIGH number of cockers being found in Georgia shelters and also a large number of cockers in puppy mill and backyard breeder situations. There was a definite need for a cocker rescue in Georgia. We are a 501(c)(3)nonprofit organization and all persons involved with our organization are volunteers. They are not paid for their time, gas, dogfood, or any other expenses.
Adopting a Friend
Our adoption fees are $250.00 for females and $225.00 for males, which helps defray the cost of spaying or neutering, vaccinations, grooming, heartworm check, and fecal check. All of the cockers are then started on both heartworm and flea prevention There is an adoption application to fill out, contract and release form. We screen all dogs to determine disposition and test them with men, women, and children before an adoption takes place. We do require that our pups are kept as inside pets. We do accept owner turn-ins with a $50.00 donation.
Note to Potential Adopters
It is important to understand that dogs coming into rescue have either been separated from their owners and picked up as a stray; are owner turn-ins; rescued out of backyard breeder situations or from abusive or neglectful owners. Most are traumatized, unsure of themselves and/or of new people and have experienced a great deal of instability over a period of several weeks or months. We ask, when adopting a dog out of rescue, that you have realistic expectations and give yourself and your new cocker friend the opportunity to get to know one another and become familiar with each other's routines--AT LEAST TWO WEEKS. Unfortunately, some adopters are bringing a pup back after adopting within 24 hours because of the most trivial reasons--because the pup is being a pup and doing what pups do, jumping on the sofa or running under the porch... It is important to understand that these pups are finding themselves in yet another new situation and need to be given the time and the chance to feel safe, comfortable and secure. They will not come to you perfect, but with time, patience, love, training and just flat-out being given a real chance to make the transition to your household, they can turn out to be the perfect friend for you!
Cocker Spaniel Rescue of Georgia Inc. P.O. Box 1795
Duluth, GA 30096
Email:
cocker4you@bellsouth.net
Hi! This sweet little black female is Bonnie. Bonnie is 5 to 8 years old and came into Cocker Spaniel Rescue as a stray from Dekalb County Animal Control when her owners did not claim her after her hold was up. When Bonnie first went to her foster home, she was nothing but skin and bones weighing in at 13-1/2 pounds! After clearing up a massive infestation of whip worms and eating healthy meals on a regular basis, Bonnie now weighs about 18 pounds. Bonnie has a very sweet and friendly disposition and gets along very well with the other dogs in her foster home. Bonnie loves to run around the backyard and investigate everything, but she will curl up next to you on the couch when it is time to relax, too. Bonnie is crate-trained and housetrained. Bonnie is not quite ready for adoption because she has heartworms and will begin treatment soon. Bonnie will be heartworm free, spayed, and current on her routine vaccinations before she can be adopted.
