1. Why isn't One Lucky Dog a non-profit? We are contemplating going non-profit in the future, but at this time we are still in the red, so no
big changes until we can afford to make new cards, donate more to rescues, etc. We do donate to non-profits.
2. What is rescue? Not everyone knows what a rescue does, or what makes a rescue different from a shelter/pound. A rescue takes in
homeless animals, many times from pounds/shelters to save their lives. A rescue takes in animals that may need health care, rehabilitation,
behavior modification and provides the love, patience and time to find that forever home . A pound/shelter may kill an animal with these issues
or pass them on to a rescue. Pounds/shelters impound animals, and also categorize the animals in their care as "adoptables" or "unadoptables".
Rescues believe if you can keep most animals alive, a forever home will be found. Rescues have no need to utilize the Asilomar Accords (see
links page for more about them). Some animals may stay with a rescue for several years until the right home is found for each animal as well as
working with them on an ongoing basis to make them more adoptable. Most rescues require a home visit prior to adoption. Rescue is not a
"used pet seller", an adopter cannot just go "shopping" for a pet at a rescue as they can at a pound, they must be approved and matched to the
pet. A rescue many times can place an animal into a better home than a private party or pound because they have the experience in screening
homes as well as potential adopters contacting them.
3. What is no-kill? No-kill is a reality in many shelters and most rescues. Unfortunately it is not common with many shelters/pounds. Many
pounds will have empty kennels but will kill due to their "rules". No-kill is not the easy way to run a shelter, but it is the humane way. Many
large organizations in our country do not support no-kill, but set up things like the Asilomar Accords (see links page for more about these). Do
your homework before you support any "shelter" or organization if you believe killing homeless animals is wrong. Euthanasia is different than
killing homeless animals, semantics don't change what killing is, we euthanise our beloved pets when all hope of recovery and enjoyment of life
is impossible, that is not killing. Pounds kill because of temperament testing abuse and misuse, wrong color, lack of exercise
that leads to kennel aggression and less than optimum behavior, etc. The list is very long for reasons to kill at a pound. A no-kill may euthanise,
but they don't kill. Many that pretend they care about homeless animals dislike the use of No-kill terminology. I say if a pound wants to kill
homeless, healthy animals, they need to change their methods of managing their animals, not just change the nomenclature.
4. Why is it important to spay or neuter your pets? Spaying and Neutering is key to stopping the killing. Ask your veterinarian what they do
to help with low-cost spay and neuter, ask if your local pound spays and neuters prior to adoption. If the local pound doesn't spay and neuter,
and local vets refuse to help reduce the overpopulation problem by donating some of their time and efforts, the killing is harder to stop. If you
are a responsible breeder you support spay and neuter of pet quality animals. http://www.ahimsatx.org/nnl/index.htm
5. What is a Canardly? Canardly "you can hardly tell what breed it is". Mutt, random bred, mixed breed, Canardly sounds so much better. A
true designer, one of a kind breed of dog. Each is unique and one of a kind, see the Links page for more about a Canardly.
6. Does One Lucky Dog offer special offers for non profit rescues or for fundraising? Yes, email me and we can discuss what you have
in mind.
7. What is a backyard breeder? Aka BYB, backyard breeders usually breed for "fun or profit". A BYB doesn't breed to any breed standard,
doesn't do the responsible testing for genetic defects, doesn't know how to breed phenotypically for correct breed type or genotypically for
correct matching of genetic traits. A BYB may not have a pedigree on their litter,will not show their dogs to obtain any titles and may even
produce a litter of mixed breed. They won't place the puppies responsibly, won't feed a premium diet, won't know much about vaccinations,
won't require an application for adoption or a home visit. A BYB wants to make money off their puppies so invests very little to ensure they are
healthy. Many times a BYB's dog will be their family companion, and because they don't take breeding seriously, they don't understand the risk
to their pets health and maybe life by breeding her. They also will not invest money to save any puppies with defects or problems, even though
they are responsible for bringing them into the world. Don't support a BYB, it only encourages them to produce more puppies that may not have
forever homes waiting for them. For every puppy born, a dog will die in a pound somewhere statistically.
8. Why are puppymills "bad"? Puppy mills are commercial dog breeders that breed only for profit. The dogs are treated as livestock rather
than a companion animal, and expected to produce offspring regularly. Those that don't produce are eliminated from the puppymill. That may
mean it is sold at auction or killed on the premises. Many puppymill owners have no pet dogs at all. Many cannot imagine a dog coming into
their home and being part of their family. Their concern is producing a product (puppies) that can sell either at a pet store or via the internet to
Joe Q public. Many puppymill dogs live on wire floors their entire lives, never feeling grass under their feet or a comfortable doggy bed. The
dogs live as if they are in prison. Just because a dog has AKC papers doesn't mean it has come from a responsible breeder, is healthy, has
parents who have had genetic screening, or has parents with suitable temperaments for breeding. Statistics show that possibly 98% of puppies
sold in pet stores are born in a puppymill. Puppymills now have other registries to provide with their puppies. What purpose they provide is to
fool Joe Q public to think the puppy has papers similar to AKC. AKC breeds have a standard that dogs are supposed to be bred to exemplify.
9. What is a responsible breeder? No responsible breeder would ever sell one of their puppies to a petstore. That is a simple fact. Don't be
fooled. Ask the petstore for the breeders name and number and pictures of the parents. A responsible breeder only breeds when they want to
keep a puppy from the specific breeding, breeds to their breed standard, and screens both parents for all genetic defects common to their breed,
hips, eyes, epilepsy, etc. Responsible breeders have very few litters. Responsible breeders have retired dogs that no longer reproduce or attend
shows living with them, because they love their dogs. Responsible breeders support their breed via rescues. Responsible breeders will required
an application for adoption, a home visit, and either spay or neuter their puppies prior to them leaving their home, or have a contract they
enforce and no papers available for pet quality puppies they produce. A responsible breeder is responsible for their puppies for their entire life,
they want them back if a home doesn't work out in the future of the puppies life. A responsible breeder is harder to locate than a puppymiller or
BYB. It is worth the effort and the extra money to buy a quality dog if you choose not to rescue. Remember, there are many purebred homeless
dogs available. A responsible breeder will know the good rescuer to refer you to them as well. A responsible breeder may have a waiting list for
puppies and they also may have retired show dogs to place in forever homes.
10. What can I do to help homeless dogs? You can foster, you can adopt, you can transport, you can volunteer at a rescue or spay and
neuter clinic. You can groom, walk, train homeless dogs at shelters and rescues. You can convince your local pound to work towards no-kill
and help find vets and funds to ensure all the homeless animals are altered prior to adoption in your area. You can encourage your shelter to
microchip. You can support rescues and no-kill shelters financially, via donations or sponsoring homeless animals until they are adopted.
11. Are all shelters and rescues no-kill? Many pounds masquerade as a shelter though they are an impound facility and not much about
them "shelters" the animals beyond the bare minimum necessary to keep them alive for a very short time. There are more kill pounds in
Wyoming than no-kill, and this is probably common in most parts of our country today. When a pound states they only kill "unadoptables" this is
a key word to understand they are killing homeless animals and finding things "wrong" with them to justify the killing. Thus their kill stats may
look low because they don't count the "unadoptables" in them. Don't be fooled by these tricks to make a kill shelter look better to the public.
Find out what the salary of the Shelter Director is at a kill shelter, you may be surprised to learn they get a 6 figure salary. Check out the salaries
of most no-kill rescues and shelters, you will find no salary or low salaries...the money goes to the homeless animals and efforts to keep them
alive to find that forever home.
12. What is an "unadoptable" at a pound? Labeling a homeless animal as "unadoptable" is a common method used in todays pounds to
justify killing them and satisfying Joe Q Publics questions about why the animals must die. If a pound is only killing "unadoptables" then it is OK,
right? Wrong !!! Rescues run into very few truly "unadoptables", their are many reasons an animal needs help, killing it is not a method
acceptable to those that support no-kill. Rescues RESCUE animals from death row at pounds every day and find them homes. Thus, they are
not "unadoptable". They may not be a quick sell, and may need some training and grooming, or may be elderly and need some medical help, this
does not mean they should die.
13. Homeless animal statistics: 5-8 million animals end up in shelters and pounds every year. 3-5 million don't make it out of the shelter or
pound alive. Anyone that dumps their animal at a pound needs to face the fact that they are killing their animal. Amazing to me how many of the
dogs in shelters are named Buddy, or Baby, or Honey. Also how many people will adopt from a kill shelter and then return their pet to that same
kill facility at a later date, sometimes years later, and walk away leaving that animal again at risk of death. The excuses Joe Q uses to dump their
animals at the pound and on the taxpayer financially are repeated over and over. See the poster on our Special Orders page, too bad all pounds
and shelters can't hang that up in the lobby. SOS is stupid owner syndrome, which is why most animals end up homeless. Do you know anyone
that has dumped one of their animals at a kill pound? What kind of person are they?
14. Why microchip? Don't let your pet become homeless. Microchipping greatly increases the chances of your pet being returned should he be
lost. Microchips are about the size of a piece of rice and are implanted under the skin between the animal's shoulder blades. They are inexpensive
and do not have to be implanted by a vet. A good time to have a microchip implanted is when it is spayed or neutered. All responsible shelters
and rescues will scan for a chip and contact the owner of record.
15. What is it like for an animal to be abandoned at a pound? Looking at a pound through the abandoned and homeless animals eyes is
frightening. It can show you what is so wrong with a society that can walk away from an animal that just wants your companionship and the
people responsible for its safety just dumped it on the taxpayer financially and walked away. Senior animals suffer differently than many other
animals in pounds. They will huddle in the back of a kennel run, shaking, waiting for their "owner" to come pick them up. They don't run to the
front of the kennel as younger animals may, they sit and wait to go home. Sadly, some animals coming from terrible conditions may actually feel
happy at a pound, they will have food and shelter, which they didn't have before. Many animals at pounds will get sick and thus be killed in lieu
of being treated for their illness. It is cheaper to kill them than treat them many times. Why do they get sick? They are stressed, they may not be
vaccinated prior to coming into the pound, and they may not eat properly, thus they are susceptible to the germs and disease that come into
pounds on a regular basis.
16. Why should I take the time to learn about homeless animals? Because animals are no less important than we are.
17. Why should I take the time to be a medical advocate for my pet? Because over vaccination is rampant, crappy ingredients in dog food
is making trips to the vet common place, cancer in our furkids is out of control, and behavior issues can result from drugs, vaccinations, diet,
and thus many animals end up dead or homeless at pounds because they were not cared for responsibly.
18. Why is it important to make arrangements for my pet if something should happen to me? Most of us believe our family members
promise to adopt our pets if we should die suddenly or become ill and need someone to care for our pets. Many family members dump the pet
they promised to care for at the local pound as soon as the pet becomes inconvenient. Make sure you leave funds and a written plan in your will
for your pets. Make a plan A and plan B, family member, good no-kill rescue, etc. Seniors in a pound are heartbreaking, they don't run to the
front of the kennel to greet the public, the huddle in the back, waiting for their owners to come get them.
big changes until we can afford to make new cards, donate more to rescues, etc. We do donate to non-profits.
2. What is rescue? Not everyone knows what a rescue does, or what makes a rescue different from a shelter/pound. A rescue takes in
homeless animals, many times from pounds/shelters to save their lives. A rescue takes in animals that may need health care, rehabilitation,
behavior modification and provides the love, patience and time to find that forever home . A pound/shelter may kill an animal with these issues
or pass them on to a rescue. Pounds/shelters impound animals, and also categorize the animals in their care as "adoptables" or "unadoptables".
Rescues believe if you can keep most animals alive, a forever home will be found. Rescues have no need to utilize the Asilomar Accords (see
links page for more about them). Some animals may stay with a rescue for several years until the right home is found for each animal as well as
working with them on an ongoing basis to make them more adoptable. Most rescues require a home visit prior to adoption. Rescue is not a
"used pet seller", an adopter cannot just go "shopping" for a pet at a rescue as they can at a pound, they must be approved and matched to the
pet. A rescue many times can place an animal into a better home than a private party or pound because they have the experience in screening
homes as well as potential adopters contacting them.
3. What is no-kill? No-kill is a reality in many shelters and most rescues. Unfortunately it is not common with many shelters/pounds. Many
pounds will have empty kennels but will kill due to their "rules". No-kill is not the easy way to run a shelter, but it is the humane way. Many
large organizations in our country do not support no-kill, but set up things like the Asilomar Accords (see links page for more about these). Do
your homework before you support any "shelter" or organization if you believe killing homeless animals is wrong. Euthanasia is different than
killing homeless animals, semantics don't change what killing is, we euthanise our beloved pets when all hope of recovery and enjoyment of life
is impossible, that is not killing. Pounds kill because of temperament testing abuse and misuse, wrong color, lack of exercise
that leads to kennel aggression and less than optimum behavior, etc. The list is very long for reasons to kill at a pound. A no-kill may euthanise,
but they don't kill. Many that pretend they care about homeless animals dislike the use of No-kill terminology. I say if a pound wants to kill
homeless, healthy animals, they need to change their methods of managing their animals, not just change the nomenclature.
4. Why is it important to spay or neuter your pets? Spaying and Neutering is key to stopping the killing. Ask your veterinarian what they do
to help with low-cost spay and neuter, ask if your local pound spays and neuters prior to adoption. If the local pound doesn't spay and neuter,
and local vets refuse to help reduce the overpopulation problem by donating some of their time and efforts, the killing is harder to stop. If you
are a responsible breeder you support spay and neuter of pet quality animals. http://www.ahimsatx.org/nnl/index.htm
5. What is a Canardly? Canardly "you can hardly tell what breed it is". Mutt, random bred, mixed breed, Canardly sounds so much better. A
true designer, one of a kind breed of dog. Each is unique and one of a kind, see the Links page for more about a Canardly.
6. Does One Lucky Dog offer special offers for non profit rescues or for fundraising? Yes, email me and we can discuss what you have
in mind.
7. What is a backyard breeder? Aka BYB, backyard breeders usually breed for "fun or profit". A BYB doesn't breed to any breed standard,
doesn't do the responsible testing for genetic defects, doesn't know how to breed phenotypically for correct breed type or genotypically for
correct matching of genetic traits. A BYB may not have a pedigree on their litter,will not show their dogs to obtain any titles and may even
produce a litter of mixed breed. They won't place the puppies responsibly, won't feed a premium diet, won't know much about vaccinations,
won't require an application for adoption or a home visit. A BYB wants to make money off their puppies so invests very little to ensure they are
healthy. Many times a BYB's dog will be their family companion, and because they don't take breeding seriously, they don't understand the risk
to their pets health and maybe life by breeding her. They also will not invest money to save any puppies with defects or problems, even though
they are responsible for bringing them into the world. Don't support a BYB, it only encourages them to produce more puppies that may not have
forever homes waiting for them. For every puppy born, a dog will die in a pound somewhere statistically.
8. Why are puppymills "bad"? Puppy mills are commercial dog breeders that breed only for profit. The dogs are treated as livestock rather
than a companion animal, and expected to produce offspring regularly. Those that don't produce are eliminated from the puppymill. That may
mean it is sold at auction or killed on the premises. Many puppymill owners have no pet dogs at all. Many cannot imagine a dog coming into
their home and being part of their family. Their concern is producing a product (puppies) that can sell either at a pet store or via the internet to
Joe Q public. Many puppymill dogs live on wire floors their entire lives, never feeling grass under their feet or a comfortable doggy bed. The
dogs live as if they are in prison. Just because a dog has AKC papers doesn't mean it has come from a responsible breeder, is healthy, has
parents who have had genetic screening, or has parents with suitable temperaments for breeding. Statistics show that possibly 98% of puppies
sold in pet stores are born in a puppymill. Puppymills now have other registries to provide with their puppies. What purpose they provide is to
fool Joe Q public to think the puppy has papers similar to AKC. AKC breeds have a standard that dogs are supposed to be bred to exemplify.
9. What is a responsible breeder? No responsible breeder would ever sell one of their puppies to a petstore. That is a simple fact. Don't be
fooled. Ask the petstore for the breeders name and number and pictures of the parents. A responsible breeder only breeds when they want to
keep a puppy from the specific breeding, breeds to their breed standard, and screens both parents for all genetic defects common to their breed,
hips, eyes, epilepsy, etc. Responsible breeders have very few litters. Responsible breeders have retired dogs that no longer reproduce or attend
shows living with them, because they love their dogs. Responsible breeders support their breed via rescues. Responsible breeders will required
an application for adoption, a home visit, and either spay or neuter their puppies prior to them leaving their home, or have a contract they
enforce and no papers available for pet quality puppies they produce. A responsible breeder is responsible for their puppies for their entire life,
they want them back if a home doesn't work out in the future of the puppies life. A responsible breeder is harder to locate than a puppymiller or
BYB. It is worth the effort and the extra money to buy a quality dog if you choose not to rescue. Remember, there are many purebred homeless
dogs available. A responsible breeder will know the good rescuer to refer you to them as well. A responsible breeder may have a waiting list for
puppies and they also may have retired show dogs to place in forever homes.
10. What can I do to help homeless dogs? You can foster, you can adopt, you can transport, you can volunteer at a rescue or spay and
neuter clinic. You can groom, walk, train homeless dogs at shelters and rescues. You can convince your local pound to work towards no-kill
and help find vets and funds to ensure all the homeless animals are altered prior to adoption in your area. You can encourage your shelter to
microchip. You can support rescues and no-kill shelters financially, via donations or sponsoring homeless animals until they are adopted.
11. Are all shelters and rescues no-kill? Many pounds masquerade as a shelter though they are an impound facility and not much about
them "shelters" the animals beyond the bare minimum necessary to keep them alive for a very short time. There are more kill pounds in
Wyoming than no-kill, and this is probably common in most parts of our country today. When a pound states they only kill "unadoptables" this is
a key word to understand they are killing homeless animals and finding things "wrong" with them to justify the killing. Thus their kill stats may
look low because they don't count the "unadoptables" in them. Don't be fooled by these tricks to make a kill shelter look better to the public.
Find out what the salary of the Shelter Director is at a kill shelter, you may be surprised to learn they get a 6 figure salary. Check out the salaries
of most no-kill rescues and shelters, you will find no salary or low salaries...the money goes to the homeless animals and efforts to keep them
alive to find that forever home.
12. What is an "unadoptable" at a pound? Labeling a homeless animal as "unadoptable" is a common method used in todays pounds to
justify killing them and satisfying Joe Q Publics questions about why the animals must die. If a pound is only killing "unadoptables" then it is OK,
right? Wrong !!! Rescues run into very few truly "unadoptables", their are many reasons an animal needs help, killing it is not a method
acceptable to those that support no-kill. Rescues RESCUE animals from death row at pounds every day and find them homes. Thus, they are
not "unadoptable". They may not be a quick sell, and may need some training and grooming, or may be elderly and need some medical help, this
does not mean they should die.
13. Homeless animal statistics: 5-8 million animals end up in shelters and pounds every year. 3-5 million don't make it out of the shelter or
pound alive. Anyone that dumps their animal at a pound needs to face the fact that they are killing their animal. Amazing to me how many of the
dogs in shelters are named Buddy, or Baby, or Honey. Also how many people will adopt from a kill shelter and then return their pet to that same
kill facility at a later date, sometimes years later, and walk away leaving that animal again at risk of death. The excuses Joe Q uses to dump their
animals at the pound and on the taxpayer financially are repeated over and over. See the poster on our Special Orders page, too bad all pounds
and shelters can't hang that up in the lobby. SOS is stupid owner syndrome, which is why most animals end up homeless. Do you know anyone
that has dumped one of their animals at a kill pound? What kind of person are they?
14. Why microchip? Don't let your pet become homeless. Microchipping greatly increases the chances of your pet being returned should he be
lost. Microchips are about the size of a piece of rice and are implanted under the skin between the animal's shoulder blades. They are inexpensive
and do not have to be implanted by a vet. A good time to have a microchip implanted is when it is spayed or neutered. All responsible shelters
and rescues will scan for a chip and contact the owner of record.
15. What is it like for an animal to be abandoned at a pound? Looking at a pound through the abandoned and homeless animals eyes is
frightening. It can show you what is so wrong with a society that can walk away from an animal that just wants your companionship and the
people responsible for its safety just dumped it on the taxpayer financially and walked away. Senior animals suffer differently than many other
animals in pounds. They will huddle in the back of a kennel run, shaking, waiting for their "owner" to come pick them up. They don't run to the
front of the kennel as younger animals may, they sit and wait to go home. Sadly, some animals coming from terrible conditions may actually feel
happy at a pound, they will have food and shelter, which they didn't have before. Many animals at pounds will get sick and thus be killed in lieu
of being treated for their illness. It is cheaper to kill them than treat them many times. Why do they get sick? They are stressed, they may not be
vaccinated prior to coming into the pound, and they may not eat properly, thus they are susceptible to the germs and disease that come into
pounds on a regular basis.
16. Why should I take the time to learn about homeless animals? Because animals are no less important than we are.
17. Why should I take the time to be a medical advocate for my pet? Because over vaccination is rampant, crappy ingredients in dog food
is making trips to the vet common place, cancer in our furkids is out of control, and behavior issues can result from drugs, vaccinations, diet,
and thus many animals end up dead or homeless at pounds because they were not cared for responsibly.
18. Why is it important to make arrangements for my pet if something should happen to me? Most of us believe our family members
promise to adopt our pets if we should die suddenly or become ill and need someone to care for our pets. Many family members dump the pet
they promised to care for at the local pound as soon as the pet becomes inconvenient. Make sure you leave funds and a written plan in your will
for your pets. Make a plan A and plan B, family member, good no-kill rescue, etc. Seniors in a pound are heartbreaking, they don't run to the
front of the kennel to greet the public, the huddle in the back, waiting for their owners to come get them.
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