Fundraiser
SOAR will be having their first annual fundraiser event on March 13, 2010. Please join SOAR for “A Night For Chain-ge.” The event will be held at the beautiful Bryan House Bed and Breakfast in Georgetown, KY.
Event Time: 6:30-9:30 pm
Drinks and Hor Dourves
Live and Silent Auctions
Cost: $25.00
All proceeds will go to SOAR's efforts to end lifetime chaining in Kentucky!
Event is RSVP. You can order your tickets by emailing Tracy at rescueadogky@yahoo.com or by calling (859) 621-0079.
Bryan House Bed and Breakfast
401 West Main Street
Georgetown, KY 40324
Chaining dogs, also called tethering, is a cruel and inhumane practice that is harmful to the dog as well as the human community.
Like people, dogs are highly social animals, and being isolated on a chain is one of the worst cruelties imaginable for them. They become depressed, anxious, unpredictable and defensive about their territory.
They are unable to perform many of their most instinctive behaviors, such as tracking smells, playing, and running. Chaining also increases the risk of bites and incessant barking.
For these reasons, SOAR, a 501c3 charitable organization, is working diligently to get a chaining ban as well as space and shelter requirements passed in Lexington, Kentucky.
The Chain-Free Lexington campaign involves:
- meeting with Lexington-Fayette Urban County Councilmembers
- going door-to-door to help individual dogs
- writing letters to the media
- building a coalition of concerned citizens.
If you live in Lexington, and you think no creature should live on the end of a chain, we need YOUR help! Please click here for simple things you can do for chained dogs.
Chained Husky Adopted!
I am happy to report that Fang now Faye has been adopted!
Today she was freed from her chain of 4 years. She went straight to the vet and got all of her vaccinations, a microchip, her home visit was done and she now has a new family and a brother named George, a 10 year old Husky who thinks she is the greatest.
Thank you to everyone who crossposted her story and for all the emails recieved. Congrats to Faye's new family and thank you for adopting a dog in need!
Help A Chained Husky Find A Rescue Or Home For Christmas
SOAR was called to check on a Husky that is chained with no dog house in Frankfort. When we got to the address we saw this beautiful girl just lying on the ground watching life go by. She had no food, frozen water, and she sleeps under the owners trailer for shelter.
The owners will surrender Fang to SOAR, so we are hoping to get her placed into a Husky Rescue so she doesn't have to live like this any longer. She has been chained since she was six months old!
Her name is Fang, awful name, i know, after the movie, White Fang.
She is 5 yrs. old, and spayed. She likes dogs her size but does not like small dogs or cats. She is very people friendly.
She probably got the most attention yesterday than she's had in years. We gave her food, which she ate all of, put lots of straw bedding down for her under the trailer and gave her a big knuckle bone that made her very happy. I had the owner go get her fresh water as the bowl she had was frozen from the previous day we were told.
Let's get Fang off her chain and into a home for CHRISTMAS.
We will transport anywhere she needs to go.
Update: November 11, 2009
Hoarder dogs that SOAR took into foster care passed away last night from his heartworms. Junior had me from hello. I'll never forget the day we rescued him from that awful house. He was chained to a tree, with tail wagging. He had no idea life for him was about to change (I thought) for the better. He originally went to Woodford Humane Society, where he got his heartworm treatment. Shortly after, we took him into our foster care. His foster dad only had him for 10 short days before he took a turn for the worse on Tuesday and he passed away during the night last night at the vet. The only thing that makes this easier is that he at least had a week in a loving foster home and didn't die in that nasty mess he was rescued from.
JUNIOR
He lived in a house full of dogs
and rarely saw the light of day
Then one October his rescue came
and life would never be the same
Junior had heartworm disease
and fought with all his might
but it was just too much
and Junior crossed over to Rainbow Bridge last night.
RIP Junior
Update: October 28, 2009
SOAR recently assisted in the rescue of 20 dogs from a hoarding situation in Bourbon County. The dogs lived with an elderly gentleman. Some were tied to trees around the property and some dogs had never been outside. There were 8 puppies and 12 adult dogs. The puppies and their moms went to Woodford Humane Society and the other 9 adult dogs went to P.A.W.S (Paris Animal Welfare Society).
Please visit the link. The story was shown on WKYT a local news station.
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Foster Home Needed
This 2-year-old shepherd mix is waiting patiently for a foster home so he can get off his chain. In this photo he is getting a new harness to replace his too-tight collar. His owner realizes that he cannot provide Lucky with the time, attention and care that a dog needs, so he has asked SOAR to find him an indoor home. Can you foster Lucky until he finds his forever family? He is a sweet, somewhat shy boy who warms up to people after they take him on a walk!