FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 10, 2006 -- Newly-formed Westie Rescue of North Texas, the NonProfit offshoot of the Trinity Valley West Highland White Terrier Club, is pleased to announce the first Westie placed under the new organization.
Our first rescue and placement as Westie Rescue of North Texas was a young
male Westie we named "Ewan". He was a stray that had been picked up by
a local municipal Animal Control, and was in their shelter. Each shelter in the
D/FW Metroplex has its own rules. The shelter that had him gives preference to
adopters from the general public before they are willing to release a dog to
rescue, and will then normally only release to 501(c)(3) organizations. But they
do not screen their applicants, so there is no assurance that the home to which
an animal goes will be a safe and loving environment. In such circumstances, we
usually try to have someone "adopt" the Westie in order to get it into
our rescue program, paying the adoption fee rather than waiting for a
"free" dog to be released to rescue.
One of our Trinity Valley West Highland White Terrier Club members who is
interested in rescue work volunteered to assist us, and she got to the shelter
an hour and a half before they opened on the day the dog became available for
adoption. She was first in line, adopted (and named) "Ewan", and we
then took him immediately to our rescue veterinarian for a checkup, shots, and
neutering. The vet found him to be in good health, and estimated that he was
only about a year old.
We had an applicant who had volunteered to foster a rescue Westie, and who was
also interested in adopting. We had already done a "Home Visit" to
qualify her as a foster home. She was eager to take "Ewan" on a
"foster with option to adopt" basis. I delivered Ewan to her home as
soon as he recovered from neutering, and he immediately began exploring every
nook and cranny of the foster home, and began to play with two much older dogs
in the home. The "foster mom" said that was the most active she had
seen the two Senior dogs since she had lost her own Westie to old age last
Summer. When I asked her how long she thought she would need to make up her mind
as to whether to adopt Ewan, she replied "Can I do it right now?" So,
we signed the Adoption Agreement, rather than the foster care agreement.
Followup communications have indicated that everything is going beautifully!
For More Information Contact:
Westie Rescue of North Texas
6924 Leameadow Dr., Dallas, TX 75248
Tel: 214-432-7541
FAX:
Internet: rescue@wrnt.org