Animal Welfare Professionals

Hi there.... 

I'm with Lone Star Bulldog Club Rescue ~ a breed-specific rescue based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. 

We have quite a few long-term foster dogs who need to be adopted, but we can't find them appropriate families. While they're great with people, they need to be the only dogs in the homes. It's difficult for us to even find foster homes willing to take them on because our foster families all have multiple dogs. 

We've tried to team up with other Bulldog rescue groups out of state  with hopes we could transport these long-termers, but it seems all the Bulldog groups are overflowing. We need to figure out a Plan B. These dogs deserve "happily ever afters!" 

Any thoughts, ideas or guidance you can offer?

Thanks so much! 

i believe a saw a webinar on Maddie's site that concentrated on this topic. The only dog club.  I believe the webinar provided some good tips and marketing advice.  Once again, the Maddie's monitor-can't remember your name- can you ask your wizard once again if there is a webinar on this specific topic?

Reach out to Best Friends -they generally have creative ideas. They are always searching for ways to save dogs v. reasons to euthanize. Even in this age, there are too many orgs that would euthanize dogs that don't do well with other dogs. Good for you for going t he extra mile  to try to safely and appropriately adopt them.  It isn't easy.

Hi there.... 

I'm with Lone Star Bulldog Club Rescue ~ a breed-specific rescue based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. 

We have quite a few long-term foster dogs who need to be adopted, but we can't find them appropriate families. While they're great with people, they need to be the only dogs in the homes. It's difficult for us to even find foster homes willing to take them on because our foster families all have multiple dogs. 

We've tried to team up with other Bulldog rescue groups out of state  with hopes we could transport these long-termers, but it seems all the Bulldog groups are overflowing. We need to figure out a Plan B. These dogs deserve "happily ever afters!" 

Any thoughts, ideas or guidance you can offer?

Thanks so much! 

i believe a saw a webinar on Maddie's site that concentrated on this topic. The only dog club.  I believe the webinar provided some good tips and marketing advice.  Once again, the Maddie's monitor-can't remember your name- can you ask your wizard once again if there is a webinar on this specific topic?

Reach out to Best Friends -they generally have creative ideas. They are always searching for ways to save dogs v. reasons to euthanize. Even in this age, there are too many orgs that would euthanize dogs that don't do well with other dogs. Good for you for going t he extra mile  to try to safely and appropriately adopt them.  It isn't easy.

Hi there.... 

I'm with Lone Star Bulldog Club Rescue ~ a breed-specific rescue based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. 

We have quite a few long-term foster dogs who need to be adopted, but we can't find them appropriate families. While they're great with people, they need to be the only dogs in the homes. It's difficult for us to even find foster homes willing to take them on because our foster families all have multiple dogs. 

We've tried to team up with other Bulldog rescue groups out of state  with hopes we could transport these long-termers, but it seems all the Bulldog groups are overflowing. We need to figure out a Plan B. These dogs deserve "happily ever afters!" 

Any thoughts, ideas or guidance you can offer?

Thanks so much! 

Hi @deirdre jack and @Mary Lou Maraganis,

Your MPF monitor and webinar wizard are here to help!  I'm unsure if the webcast you had in mind was the one below - but I will keep looking, and will look for others that might help, as well.

Ensuring Transparency While Keeping Marketing and Adoption Counseling Separate

This may be helpful as it's all about how the dogs are presented.
https://university.maddiesfund.org/products/ensuring-transparency-while-keeping-marketing-and-adoption-counseling-separate

Chew on This blog
No pets, no kids, no problem! Why your harder-to-place pets don't need to languish in the shelter
Being completely transparent with potential adopters about pets' history and behavior is critical. However, telling all of pets' flaws in the pet's adoption marketing often leads to long shelter stays because certain phrases act as "stop signs," even for the perfect potential adopter.

Medium and Large Adult Dog Foster Manual
https://www.maddiesfund.org/assets/documents/apprenticeships/medium-and-large-adult-dog-foster-manual.pdf

i believe a saw a webinar on Maddie's site that concentrated on this topic. The only dog club.  I believe the webinar provided some good tips and marketing advice.  Once again, the Maddie's monitor-can't remember your name- can you ask your wizard once again if there is a webinar on this specific topic?

Reach out to Best Friends -they generally have creative ideas. They are always searching for ways to save dogs v. reasons to euthanize. Even in this age, there are too many orgs that would euthanize dogs that don't do well with other dogs. Good for you for going t he extra mile  to try to safely and appropriately adopt them.  It isn't easy.

Hi there.... 

I'm with Lone Star Bulldog Club Rescue ~ a breed-specific rescue based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. 

We have quite a few long-term foster dogs who need to be adopted, but we can't find them appropriate families. While they're great with people, they need to be the only dogs in the homes. It's difficult for us to even find foster homes willing to take them on because our foster families all have multiple dogs. 

We've tried to team up with other Bulldog rescue groups out of state  with hopes we could transport these long-termers, but it seems all the Bulldog groups are overflowing. We need to figure out a Plan B. These dogs deserve "happily ever afters!" 

Any thoughts, ideas or guidance you can offer?

Thanks so much! 

Hi there.... 

I'm with Lone Star Bulldog Club Rescue ~ a breed-specific rescue based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. 

We have quite a few long-term foster dogs who need to be adopted, but we can't find them appropriate families. While they're great with people, they need to be the only dogs in the homes. It's difficult for us to even find foster homes willing to take them on because our foster families all have multiple dogs. 

We've tried to team up with other Bulldog rescue groups out of state  with hopes we could transport these long-termers, but it seems all the Bulldog groups are overflowing. We need to figure out a Plan B. These dogs deserve "happily ever afters!" 

Any thoughts, ideas or guidance you can offer?

Thanks so much! 

Deirdre, over the years, we've had the best luck marketing German Shepherds that need to be single dogs as great companions for single women -- your breed might be similar.  Women who live alone, and who enjoy jogging at night, for example, tend to love having a powerful-looking, large-breed dog next to them. That's not to say they couldn't be placed with guys or couples too, but it just seems like ours have found their person a lot more often with a single woman.   (But you're right that fostering them is nearly impossible, so we don't pull them on purpose -- it usually turns into a crate-and-rotate foster situation, which most foster volunteers find really stressful.  It creates a huge risk of losing foster homes.)

You're in a big city where security is likely a concern for a lot of single women, so it's a natural audience. 

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Maggie Thomas
President
Red Stick German Shepherd Rescue

Original Message:
Sent: 08-06-2023 09:56 AM
From: deirdre jack
Subject: Long-term dog aggressive dogs

Hi there.... 

I'm with Lone Star Bulldog Club Rescue ~ a breed-specific rescue based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. 

We have quite a few long-term foster dogs who need to be adopted, but we can't find them appropriate families. While they're great with people, they need to be the only dogs in the homes. It's difficult for us to even find foster homes willing to take them on because our foster families all have multiple dogs. 

We've tried to team up with other Bulldog rescue groups out of state  with hopes we could transport these long-termers, but it seems all the Bulldog groups are overflowing. We need to figure out a Plan B. These dogs deserve "happily ever afters!" 

Any thoughts, ideas or guidance you can offer?

Thanks so much! 

#AdoptionsandAdoptionPrograms

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Deirdre Jack
Lone Star Bulldog Club Rescue
dfwbulldogrescue.org
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