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So it came as no surprise to anyone who knows me and my husband, when in December of
2006 we heard of 28 rescued cocker spaniels needing help and homes, that we opened our
hearts and welcomed three of them with open arms. A somewhat well known respected
breeder/show handler on the Pacific Coast of Cocker Spaniels had posted about needing to find
homes for her dogs as her mother was ill and she was relocating to go care for her. Several
individuals decided they were interested in acquiring her dogs and a trip across the United
States was set up to retrieve them. When they arrived they found the dogs in alarming neglect
and managed to get the "owner" to agree to surrender them for placement. That is where Kat
came into the story.

Having discussed with Terry that these dogs were in bad shape and needing a place to thrive
they decided that they could open their home to 2-3 of the dogs whomever needed a home or
wasn't already placed. We drove up to Iowa and met up with the "caravan" of rescues heading
for PA to bring home Toby and Captain and wound up taking in Prez at the last minute as well.
These pour souls were nearly starved to death, in some of the worst shape we have seen with
their coats as well.

They had matted show length coats saturated in urine and feces that had petrified from the
length of time the dogs had been in that state to their bodies. Prez had "casts" of this on his
legs and needed tin snips to cut thru to remove it. Once it was off his legs he still walked oddly
for 2 months while his knees readjusted to not having to carry that kind of weight. Captain's
ears were so long and heavily matted with feces that he couldn't hold his head up and the ears
dragged along the floor. Toby had such a severe cherry eye that his face and muzzle was
encrusted and oozing with discharge from it and the 3rd eyelid covered half his eye.

Even knowing in advance that they were going to be less than cared for it was still devastating
to see any living creature in that kind of shape let alone smell them. The long drive home was
excruciating because I could not stand to know something was in that shape and not be doing
something that moment about it. We drove 10-11 hours that day and when we got home we still
weren't going to rest until all 3 of them were cleaned up. Photos of some of the other rescues
from that situation can be found here. We didn't think @ the time to stop long enough to take
photos of our 3.

Rescues

Kat has always been involved with Rescues as far back as she can
remember. My very first "officially mine" pet was a cat from a local animal
shelter. Caspurr should definately be given credit for my love and
affection for rescues. He was the best kitten and grew into an even better
cat. He passed away @ 10 years of age and I still feel like he should be
underfoot every day.

My first job @15 was as a veterinary technician and I confess one of the
first things I did with my employee discount was to get a stray cat
neutered, vaccinated and placed in a loving home. That practice followed
me and developed into a Christmas tradition actually. 3 years in a row a
stray kitty adopted me on Christmas or Christmas Eve and I took them in
and got them all set in a forever home with a loving family. I still get
Christmas Cards from a few of them.

Other than our cocker spaniels (and there were a few years in there where
we didn't have any cockers as hard as that is to confess) all of our other
dogs have been rescues. I feel it is my way of helping a bad situation with
unwanted pets in the United States to do my part and help when I can. I
ensure that any of our puppy/dogs are well wanted and cared for and even
require a "bring them back" policy should that change in our contract.
Breeding an animal is a lifetime commitment. Our Last Will & Testament
even accounts for what is to happen to each and everyone of our dogs
and the bulk of our estate is set up to be distributed with them to make
sure they are well cared for.

Once all 3 were cleaned up the true challenge began. They had spent their entire lives in dog
crates filled with their own filth, never socialized, not housebroken and certainly not in a home
with other dogs. They had no idea what food bowls were in fact they were afraid of them. I
vividly remember "tucking them in for the night" that first time and Terry telling them as he gave
each one a bowl of food and water with them shying away from the bowls "I realize you don't
know what this is for just now but soon you will and I promise you that this won't ever be
empty". We both went to sleep crying fo the rescues that night.

They started to show aggression to one another the morning after we got them home. Toby who
had taken the trip home in the same crate as Captain now tore into him if he came near him. Prez
would tear after Toby. We had our hands full just finding a place to house them apart from
everyone.

To learn of their individual stories please use the following links. It tells the
history and progress of each dog and also gives updates as to their status now.

This page is a work in
progress and until
finished most of the
links will not work.
5/25/07 Kat

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Breeding Program and some other related information. We
invite you to check out our website to learn more about us
and the cocker spaniels here. Please use the links on the
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