A Good Word or Two about New Rattitude... January's COTM

January's COTM is...

nominated by Veronica of ScrappyRat

As we approach the end of the month, Veronica of ScrappyRat wanted to share a good word or two about our January Charity of the Month...

New Rattitude Rat Terrier Rescue is a nation-wide dog rescue, taking rat terriers and rat terrier mixes into their foster care program. Every dog who is "checked in" receives a veterinary check, and all required vaccinations, heartworm test and monthly preventative as well as spay/neuter. 

Frequently there are dogs who need something more and are featured on the Canines in the Clinic page... like Teko, a 3 month old rat terrier puppy who found himself in a shelter with a dislocated hip and fractured foot. 

Teko

Then there's Whimper, who was hit by a car before being turned in as a stray, and is now requiring multiple hip surgeries.

Whimper

There are plenty of other dogs in need that you can sponsor, including an entire "Heartworm Wing" !

All in all, New Rattitude has helped place over 1000 homeless animals across the U.S. With our continued support, New Rattitude hopes to find homes for another thousand of these adorable dogs, whom sadly are all too common in our nation's shelters.

NEW RATTiTUDE

Rat Terrier Rescue

MISSION STATEMENT

"New Rattitude, Inc., is an all-volunteer rescue group for Rat Terriers and Rat Terrier mixes. We provide temporary living environments for abandoned, abused, neglected, sick, or unwanted Rat Terriers. In private foster homes, they are nurtured, socialized, trained, supported medically, and provided with professional veterinary care while we work diligently to find them new and permanent adoptive homes where they will be safe, loved, and properly and humanely cared for the rest of their lives.

New Rattitude, Inc., is a non-profit charitable corporation (501(c)3), licensed by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Since we spend more on veterinary care than our low adoption fees cover, we are dependent on public support through charitable, tax deductible donations and fund-raising.

New Rattitude is made up of Rat Terrier lovers all over the country, who join together to help as many dogs as we can. Our network of foster homes is supported by a "staff" of other volunteers who manage a variety of necessary tasks to handle administration, fund-raising, transportation, technology, and so on.

Each dog brought into our network receives a veterinary check, all required vaccinations, heartworm test and monthly preventative, and spay/neuter. Other medical care is sometimes necessary, such as treatment for mange, heartworm disease, gastrointestinal worms, infection, allergies, broken bones, or surgery to correct a variety of ailments. Each of our dogs is microchipped and given a collar tag printed with a unique ID number and our toll-free  Lost Dog Hotline." 

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THANK YOU !

May's COTM is Ratbone Rescues

May's COTM is...

Nominated by Veronica of ScrappyRat

presention by Ratbone Rescues, Inc

Ratbone Rescues is a national rescue organization working to rescue and rehome Rat Terriers. Established in 1999, we have grown from a tiny core of four volunteers to almost 150 members across the nation. We take in all kinds of Rat Terriers; old, injured, puppy mill survivors, pregnant and heartworm positive. We are also the official rescue organization of the American Hairless Terrier Association, and you can sometimes find American Hairless Terriers (AHTs) at Ratbone Rescues - as well as the impressive Decker Giant Rat Terriers.

As Ratbone Rescues takes in seriously injured dogs our vet bills are very high. Our adoption fees do not cover the cost of rehabilitating many of our dogs, but we accept them anyway. Many injured dogs that sit untreated in shelters have come into Ratbone Rescue to be cared for and restored to health. Austin, a Decker Giant from the Multnomah County Shelter in OR, needed an intestinal bypass operation to survive. He had two operations before being restored to health and the cost was over $4,000. Austin is now happily adopted and taking care of his owner’s new baby girl. We have many stories like Austin's. Two little American Hairless Terriers were sitting in a cold shelter run in Boise, Idaho; they both had pneumonia. Ratbone Rescues got to them within two days of learning about them. Now fully restored to health, they are leading happy lives in Guam.  A women who was allergic to dogs adopted both of them and now has two wonderful little hairless dogs named Harriet and Crackers.

Austin

Our applications department tries hard to match applicants with dogs that are appropriate for them. We average at least 300 adoptions a year with only a very few returns, so their efforts are paying off. Adopters sign an agreement with Ratbone that if they have to give up their adopted dog, Ratbone Rescues will take the dog back. We are also a resource for Rat Terrier owners who are facing difficult decisions. One of our members, Terry Nickerson, is a professional dog trainer, and she works with individuals who are having problems with their Ratties. Terry has saved many dogs from losing their homes and going into rescue. 

Madeline

All of our fostersRatties are cared for like members of the family in their foster homes. We are not a shelter environment, so our fosters get rehabilitation from their fostermoms, as well as lap time and treats - just like the other family dogs. This helps our foster dogs to overcome the traumas of their previous lives, and to succeed in their new homes. It also gives us an insight on where these dogs should be placed. Our fostermoms communicate frequently with the adopters during the application process, to make sure that the new home is a good fit for everyone.

Cracker and Harriet

Occasionally we take in a dog that cannot be placed for various reasons. Many of our foster homes have made room in their family for the old dog that doesn’t get any applications or the little puppy mill survivor who just can’t adjust to a normal life. We will care for these little dogs all of their lives. Little Susie came from a puppy mill where she was bred repeatedly for six years. Although Susie is not a good candidate for adoption, she will live at her fostermoms where she will be loved and doted on for the rest of her life. Many of Ratbone’s foster homes have these little “unadoptables”.

Suzie

At Ratbone Rescues, we put the dog first !

Ratbone Rescues, Inc.

http://www.ratbonerescues.com