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RESCUE SKYE IN FRANCE
What is it?
Everybody knows what rescue means
in English, and rescue Skye is only for the breed we love. This
association has been created to help poor Skyes in danger to find another
family, another home to spent happy days. We are working in France and
abroad. Rescue Skye exists in America and in England, from what I know,
they are very dynamic, and do a great work to help poor Skyes every year.
In France, the association is bound to a law of 1901 (non lucrative
association), that means that we don’t accept monetary gifts, only
personal gifts : attention, observance and
vigilance…
To help us, we need every body to
pay attention during walks, and in the course of every day, with the aim
of possibly noticing a Skye terrier in danger, because in some cases it
can be a question of days… This battle must be won in order that we don’t
want to accept monsters working on unprotected dogs.
Why rescue Skye?
The kennel of “The Vallées
Engissoises” has been be the direct witness of a few cases of wrong
treatment on dogs, and saved a few of them in horrible circumstances.
This association founded (for the
French organisation) in memory of Whimsy and her daughter Thea, some
extraordinary courageous bitches. Whimsy died in our kennel, in spite of a
lot of intensive care during three long months, after she had bad
treatment, horrible bad treatment during a period of a few years. She was
only three years old. Thea died in Spain, alone, abandoned by everybody,
in a small kennel. The second owner who took her with rescue Skye, had
abandoned her as well. She was only one year and a half years old. In
France, near your home, a super Skye (we don’t say the name of this dog
and the name of her “owner”, because it’s unfortunately too late, we are
not in a tribunal). No place for him in his house after six years, he was
put down, he was only six…
If we don’t want to see anymore of
these sorts of horrible stories, we don’t want other dogs knowing the
same horrible life as Whimsy, her daughter and the others had known, we
must react…
We can’t forget them and per the
association, we keep their memory alive, we must never accept a Skye
Terrier, a real Prince of dogs, can die in these conditions…
And the law?
( in France)
Even if the dog is considered like
a piece furniture in French law, you can be fined for mistreatment of
animals and sometimes even jailed. I few years ago I got a German
Shepard’s owner to face a tribunal. He had to pay a fine of 600 euros, the
payment of all the vet’s bills and a jail sentence of six months if he
re-offended. That was ten years ago. Now laws are stricter and it’s common
practice.
What can we do to stop it?
Everybody has a responsibility in
a case of bad treatment of a dog.
The breeder must be very carefully
when he finds a new family for his pet. He must follow the dog as often
as possible. When we have a litter, we are responsible for it for life, if
we can’t, it’s maybe time to the thing that one loves doing.
We have many responsibilities
regarding our pets: our work doesn’t stop the day we receive the money for
the baby. We must realize that the sale of a pup is not a way to become
rich. We are all passionate people. The money given in exchange for the
pups must be the reserve of money necessary to help with the up keep of
the others dogs in the kennel. The professional breeder can think
differently because his proper job and he must live off the money he
earns.
The breeder must work out if the
future owners have real reasons for having a pup. We must ask ourselves if
the owner can take this kind of long-term commitment.
We must do a lot of investigative
work. With the puppy the maximum of information on the way to care for a
pup must be given. The best way to bring it up, and a lot of other
information about food and health etc… You must tell the future owner that
he can call you often, when he needs some more information. It’s good to
propose him the chance to lend you the pup during holidays. You must
follow the dog often, but you mustn’t be a burden in his owner’s life, you
can call for example in the teeth’s change, in the moment you receive the
official paper for him Etc..
If you have no news for a long
time, give him a call, you can work out if everything is OK for the pup.
Tell them in the beginning, that we never know what life may bring and if
they have a problem, you’ll be there to take the dog back. It’s better for
the breeder to find himself a good new family than settle for second best.
The second actor is the owner. A
dog is a long commitment, 15 years in general. 15 years of care, of love,
of patience etc… When you take a dog you must be sure you can give him
happiness, cares and security. A dog is full of pleasure but also some
obligations. Holidays for example, it’s a different organisation. If you
are working during the day, and think about your dog, it will be always
alone in the house. You will have to go for walks when you come back home
even if you are tired. This thing must be done every day, even if the
weather is horrible, even if you are ill, sad or tired…You’ll have to
spend some time with it even if friends are at home… When a dog is alone,
sometimes he is becomes bored and starts doing curious things, so you must
learn that you can lose your preferred cheese because he ate it, even if
you are angry, you must remember he is not the one responsible. Don’t take
a pet for your child if you are not ready to do the work yourself, a child
is not able to care for a dog alone, he needs you for a lot of things.
Your child will become a teenager and he will prefer to go out with his
friends than stay at home with his dog. A dog costs considerable money for
food and for veterinary care. In the best case, one vaccination per year
will be OK and a few medicines, but unfortunately sometime he can need to
be operated on which is very expensive and never at the right moment
financially.
If you are able to do all this
things without problem and if you want a dog then you are ready to have a
dog.
Having an animal is simple and
pleasant if we take time to study all the questions…
What positive things has Rescue
Skye France brought about?
Some few dogs have been saved who
are very happy in France.
Made in Finland, Finnsky Viceroy, La Pera del Rincon
de Iguna and Poesa eres tu etc…
Rescue Skye in future may no
longer be needed in the future if every body becomes concerned a dog’s
living conditions and Whimsy may sleep in peace: her friends will be safe…..
For
all of them,
Thank you...
 
Finnsky Viceroy (09/00) two months after his rescue...
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