Wag On Inn frequently brings dogs from Puerto Rico to NJ, and today five more dogs are coming up! Tex, Giselle and Fergie are the Schnauzer mixes.
The number of homeless dogs In Puerto Rico there is staggering. Dead dog beach is a place where dogs are abandoned, left to fight for themselves and compete for food, shelter and fresh clean water. Over 90% of dogs that end up in PR's shelters are euthanized, that number is up to 98% for underequiped and underfunded shelters. This is why we take so many SATO's (puerto rican street dogs). Sato's are a special breed. The Sato's are very resourceful sweet pups who generally trust humans despite what has happened to them. Sato's are not only neglected but many times abused and even shot at! This year we have found several dogs with pellets and bullets embedded in their skin. This is not unique to Puerto Rico as this happens all over sadly, even in NJ.
I have had many Sato fosters myself, two of which are on this video about Dead Dog Beach. Joey and Nena! Joey was just the scrappiest little pup who I adored. Joey found his forever home last year with a great family. Nena found her home in July after a long time in a foster home, it was worth the wait because she is doing great with her foster family and her brother!
This is Nena after a great deal of training and love and support from our foster families. Nena was very special to me, it was sad to see her go but one of the most rewarding adoptions for me personally to date.
What a difference from the video huh? (nena 5:23)
Last week one of our WOI volunteers, Kathy went down to work on helping on a project to spay/neuter a bunch of dogs so that the population can be under control so these dogs do not have to suffer.
Spaying/neutering is such a huge part of what we promote, it is so important to control the population and to keep the dogs healthy. This weekend at one of our events, I met a man who I heard say that "Neutering dogs was mean," although my jaw wanted to hit the floor, I restrained myself and attempted to educate on the importance of spaying and neutering. Not only is it more healthy for the dog, it keeps down the population so dogs are not unnecessarily put to sleep. 12 million dogs/cats are "euthanized" each year in the U.S. alone, according to Cornell University stats. That is such an injustice. He wasn't swayed, and I know that he is not alone in that thinking, we still have a long way to go on educating the public about this important cause. One day, maybe there will be no homeless dogs and cats, until that day we will keep doing what we do!
In other exciting news, WOI now has cats!! Our cats are at the Petco in Eatontown, our volunteers go twice a day to feed, clean and socialize with our cats. We have had the cats for about 3 weeks and have already had three adoptions.
Here is a picture of Princess one of our recently adopted cats.
Our cats are taken from shelters in the area where they have been overlooked for quite a while. We bring them to Petco for more exposure and a better chance at finding them a great home. We have had great success so far and are looking to working with cats for a long time! Keep checking back I will try to post new pictures of the new cats that we get in! Better yet, go visit them at the Petco In Eatontown!
Wag On Inn always needs volunteers and desperately needs foster homes! Apply Online!
I've volunteered at Petco a few times and the cats there are such cuties! Hopefully they will all find their forever homes soon.
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