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We'd
LOVE nothing more than
to have room for every
dog in need but this is
real life. CDT is a
small home based rescue
- we normally will have
no more than 4 to 6 dogs
in our care at any one
time. And because
we are very selective
with our placements a
dog's stay with us can
be lengthy (8 to 10
months or longer).
The main
focus is the quality of
each placement that we
make rather the quantity
of those placements.
We can only reach this
goal by strictly
limiting the number of
dogs we have at any
given time.
However, we may still be
able to assist you with
other options. Please
follow the appropriate
link below for
additional information. |
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Shelter Assistance |
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Shhhhhh........"If anyone asks,
I'm a BOXER MIX!?
Shelters : There’s no other way
to say this other than “straight
out” NEVER falsely send a bully
mix out into an adopting family
under false pretenses, in other
words, if you “know” or have any
reason to believe that a dog in
your shelter has “BULLY” in the
mix, be honest with the adopting
family. A pit bull is NOTHING to
be ashamed of or to admit.
However, sending a dog out into
the public as a “Strong Labby
mix” or maybe even as a “Cattle
dog Mix” isn’t fair to either
the dog nor the adopting family.
The dog would go out as
something else, but may be
returned 4 months later as a
“Pit bull” for doing something
totally inline with the bully
character but something the
adopting family may not be ready
or prepared to handle.
(We can't blame specialized
breeds for behaving like they
were bred to, but we as
professionals or experts in our
fields owe it to everyone &
everything involved to be
honest, lying & falsifying
records just to possibly not
have to make the choice either
way of a dogs fate is NOT saving
its life, but only damaging the
breed & the faith that the
community puts into our Animal
profession field as a whole.)
Since there is no way to know
for sure unless you have the
pedigree of the dog, we
recommend following the
guidelines offered by PBRC for
any type of "Pit Bull dog." See
PBRC FAQ
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more info. |
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Pit Bull Rescue Central
is probably the best way (bar
none) to get web exposure for
your bully breeds. Not only will
your shelter dog been seen by
prospective adopters nationwide
but the site also has excellent
tips on responsible bully
placement and ownership. |
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We at CDT can also create a
listing for your bully breeds
once you have requested and
received your PBRC posting. We
are also willing to assist you
with screening applicants and
with home checks in the central
Indiana area. However, we will
require that the dog be spayed
or neutered prior to placement
into the adoptive home - NO
EXCEPTIONS. If you need
assistance in obtaining low cost
or no cost spay/neuter options
in your area please visit PBRC's
spay/neuter assistance
page or
contact us.
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Please be aware that finding a
qualified home for any bully
breed dog can take several
months. Responsible placement
for these dogs is not easy and
CDT is aware that not all
shelters have the resources
needed in order to ensure the
safety of the bully breeds they
place. We believe that as an
"at risk" breed
these dogs require our
commitment to place them with
the utmost care and concern for
their long term well-being. If
we cannot do so then it is our
responsibility to humanely
euthanize them. You may also
want to visit
Animal Farm Foundation
for more information on how your
Bully Breed policies can help
you be a part of the solution to
the "Pit Bull Problem" in your
community. |
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Please note that this is not a
breed that kennels well on a
long term basis. In order to
successfully shelter any bully
breed on a long term basis you
will need to provide both daily
exercise sessions and plenty of
social interactions with your
staff or volunteers. Even then
you should be aware that
behavioral problems may arise
the longer the dog is kenneled.
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Owner Surrenders |
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Please read carefully: |
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CDT does not accept owner
surrendered dogs - no
exceptions! Our primary goal is
to assist dogs in shelters.
Without us most of these dogs
have no chance at all for
adoption. If your dog is spayed
/ neutered we are willing to
assist you in placing him or her
yourself. We are even willing
to assist you in finding low
cost or no cost
spay/neuter options
in your area. However, be
aware that it takes an average
of 6 to 8 months to place a pit
bull in a qualified home. If you
are contacting us two days
before the dog "must" go then we
will not be able to assist you. |
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CDT does not accept owner
surrendered dogs -
no
exceptions! Our primary goal is
to assist dogs in shelters.
Without us most of these dogs
have no chance at all for
adoption. If your dog is spayed
/ neutered we are willing to
assist you in placing him or her
yourself. We are even willing
to assist you in finding low
cost or no cost
spay/neuter options
in your area. However, be
aware that it takes an average
of 6 to 8 months to place a pit
bull in a qualified home. If you
are contacting us two days
before the dog "must" go then we
will not be able to assist you. |
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Please remember that you asked
to have this dog in your life
- he did not ask for you to be
his caretaker. He did not ask
for you to move, get a new
boyfriend/girlfriend, have a
baby or decide you didn't have
time for him - he didn't intend
to become an inconvenience.
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Pet friendly housing is
available in all price ranges -
just
contact us, we're
willing to assist you in finding
it. If he has behavioral
problems that your new
significant other doesn't care
for or that makes him unsuitable
for a home with a child -
contact us, we'll
assist you in finding the
resources to retrain him so that
he is a suitable companion. |
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If you simply no longer have
time for him or no longer want
to own a pet then please have
enough compassion for him to put
in the time and effort it will
take to find him a new home. And
we don't mean a
"free to good home" add in your local paper - the
sad reality of using
this route is that he will
probably have a short and brutal
life. |
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If you are able to keep your dog
while a new home is found
PBRC's website is
probably the best way (bar none)
to get web exposure for your
dog. Not only will the dog been
seen by prospective adopters
nationwide but you can find some
excellent tips on responsible
pit bull placement. |
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Once you have created a
PBRC listing for your
dog please contact us. CDT can
then cross post the dog for
additional exposure but remember
that we are a very small site.
We can probably be of the most
assistance to you when it comes
to screening and home checking
potential adopters. And we can't
stress enough just how important
it is to thoroughly screen any
potential home. These dogs can
draw incredibly irresponsible
people as well as those who
would like nothing more than a
free (or in their minds
DISPOSABLE) dog to chain out
back until they get tired of
it. It is so very important to
remember that a stranger can
represent his or her self to be
anyone at all via the telephone
and the internet - thorough
screening and follow ups after
adoption are the key to ensuring
a successful adoption. You can
also visit PBRC for some
excellent tips on
screening potential adopters. |
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Before you drop
him off at your local shelter we
ask that you look at some cold
hard facts regarding his
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75% of shelters will euthanize
him immediately because of his
breed. They may not understand
the breed any better than the
general public, they may not
want to accept the liability of
placing a pit bull in today's
world where a scratch given in
play can equal an expensive
lawsuit, or they may not be able
to surrender valuable kennel
space on a dog that will take
months to place. |
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Of the shelters
that will provide your dog with
a chance at adoption a great
many will send him out with
little to no screening of
applicants. You might as well
have placed him via your local
newspaper. He may be used as a
fighter if he's up to it, or if
he shows no fight he'll be used
as bait to train the more
experienced fighters on - with
luck he'll die quickly...... or
he may survive maimed and
mangled to be used in such a
fashion several times. If you
dog is a female she may have the
"luck" to simply be someone's
breeding machine - producing
litter after litter of pups
(with no regard to her own
comfort or well-being) until she
is so used up she either dies or
is discarded when her broken
down body can no longer carry
the pups to term. |
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If by some
miracle of fate you manage to
get your dog into a shelter who
will place him and who will
screen applicants you're still
not home free. Very few shelters
can afford to hold a dog for the
6 to 8 months it will take to
find him a home. Most public
shelters can only offer a dog a
couple of weeks at best. It's
not their fault - people refuse
to have their animals altered
and more and more unwanted dogs
are born daily. Unlike a private
rescue public shelters cannot
turn dogs away simply because
they have no room and so must
euthanize a portion of their
population to make room for the
dozen new dogs that will come in
tomorrow. In the 6 months your
dog ties up a kennel they could
place a dozen or more other dogs
who the general public finds
more "acceptable". |
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So if
you are unable or unwilling to
help your dog in 95% of cases
his choices will be 1) immediate
euthanasia surrounded by
strangers who neither know nor
care for him 2) a short brutal
life as a bait dog or breeding
stock or 3) spending a couple of
weeks in a scary place,
wondering why he has been
abandoned only to be euthanized
in the end anyway - again among
strangers. |
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No matter how hard it may be on
YOU we recommend you consider
your dog's fate and have him
euthanized at your local
veterinarian. Remember that dogs
do not fear death - they have no
concept of it as we do. Yes,
you may cry and yes, you may
feel like crap and yes, it will
be VERY hard - but it's
the right thing to do. Dropping
him off at a public shelter is
the easy way out for you - what
you need to consider is the easy
way out for him. He didn't ask
for whatever changes in your
life lead to you needing to
re-home him - don't make him pay
the price that should be yours. |
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If you find our opinions harsh
then you are welcome to spend
some days with us walking the
rows of local shelters deciding
which one of 20 dogs will be
lucky enough to get the single
spot we have open. You are
welcome to help us choose who
will live and who we will leave
behind to die or to walk those
same shelter rows day after day
when all will die because we
have no room. You are welcome to
help us throw a treat to the
bait dog we know was once a
really super dog but who is now
so physically and mentally
scarred that we know he isn't
adoptable, you can help us say
"sorry, we're out of room" to
the dozen emails we get every
day from caring shelter workers
across the state who have a
really super dog in their
kennels but no room to give him
the time he needs for his new
family to find him. |
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Courtesy of Halfway House Pit
Bull Rescue
www.hhpbr.com
(Thank you Susan! ) |
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