Rescue for

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Rescue for by Parent Clubs

• Lew Olson
• American Rottweiler Club

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Who is Lew Olson?American Rottweiler Club
Rescue

• (Background)

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Presentation Handouts

• How to start a Rescue
• Lists of Breeds in Shelters
• Rescue survey (copy of instrument)
• Sample Adoption Contract
• Sample Application for a Breed Specific Targeted
  Dog
• Komodor Club Rescue Pamphlet

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Katrina the Aftermath
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ARC Disaster Committee
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Rottweiler Rescue Foundation
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Dogs by breed, listed on PetFinder July 28th,
2010 http//www.petfinder.com/breeds/Dog(see
handout)
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Results of Parent Clubs Rescue Survey
171 breeds contacted 142 responses
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AKC Parent Clubs Survey Q1

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• 1)    Does your parent club participate in rescue
  of abandoned dogs in your breed?
• 80 -Yes
• 25 No
• 3 No answer

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AKC Parent Clubs Survey Q2
2)    Is the Rescue Organization part of the
Parent Club or is it a separate (free standing)
organization? 50-Yes, it is part of
the Parent Club 37-Yes, it is separate
from the Parent Club 21-No, it is
separate from the Parent Club
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AKC Parent Clubs Survey Q3
 3)    Is the Rescue Organization registered as a
not for profit for tax purposes? 62-Yes 42- No 10
No Answer 2-N/A  
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AKC Parent Clubs Survey Q4
4)    Does your Parent Club support more than one
rescue? 29-Yes 83-No 5-No Answer 1-N/A
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AKC Parent Clubs Survey Q5
 5)    Do you consider your Parent Club to be
successful at rescue? 91-Yes 9-No 3-Yes and
No 8-No Answer 7-N/A
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AKC Parent Clubs Survey Q6
 6)    What Standards do you use to measure
success? Top Five Answers -The ability to
successfully place rescued dogs in quality
forever homes -The ability of Breed Clubs to be
able to provide funds to their supported rescue
groups and the ability of the rescue groups to
raise funds and meet the health needs of the
dogs
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-The ability to rescue all or most of the
purebreds that wind up in rescue -The Volunteer
base that is necessary to make rescue happen -The
cooperation and communication between the breed
clubs and their affiliated rescue groups
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AKC Parent Clubs Survey Q7
7)    How many dogs of your breed did your Parent
Club rescue in 2009? This was a difficult
question for many to answer. Some put together
numbers for 2008 and 2009. It appears over all
rescue numbers many have dropped in 2009, but it
is hard to determine why. It may mean less dogs
bred, or more being rescued. Or hopefully, more
education on appropriate breed types for the
homes.
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AKC Parent Clubs Survey Q8
8)    What are the major issues your Parent Club
faces in rescue? Top five answers -Not enough
fosters, not enough volunteers -Financial issues,
not enough funds for medical care -Poor working
relationships between clubs, rescue groups and
shelters. Poor communication between club
members and rescue volunteers
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-Transport and logistics. Being able to rescue is
limited due to, support, geography and lack of
help in particular areas -Breed clubs lack of
interest participation and education. Breed club
politics and breeders responsibility. Other
issues mentioned BSL targeted breeds, breed
identification, Puppy mills, temperament issues,
increased dogs coming into rescue and liability.
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AKC Parent Clubs Survey Q9
9)    Does your Parent Club Rescue network with
the rescue organizations of other
breeds? 72-Yes 6-No Answer 2-Yes and
No 37-No  
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Top Five Answers 1-Network with similar
breeds 2-Participate in large email network (ie
yahoo groups_ 3-Help with transports 4-Help with
breed identification 5-Help with shelter
visits/pulls
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AKC Parent Clubs Survey Q10

• 10)    Do you have a cooperative relationship
  with local shelters? What do they require to
  rescue a dog?
• Top Answers
• 501C3 documention or other Breed Club documents
• What shelters require varies for each shelter

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• Adoption contract, spay/neuter requirement,
  veterinarian and personal references and adoption
  fee
• Some stated some shelters wont work with breed
  clubs, they see them as part of the problem.

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AKC Parent Clubs Survey Q11
11) Is liability a major concern for your Breed
Club? Rescue is seen as a liability to nearly all
Parent Breed Clubs, which is why the Parent Clubs
themselves do not rescue. Because it is a major
concern, Parent Club rescues are formed under a
separate 501c3 organization Those that said No,
reported that they used a separate entity covered
by its own 501c3, or they simply supported
outside rescue groups in their breed
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Discussion of Legal Issues Liability
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Resource Litigating Legal Disputes by Joan
Schaffner Julie Fershtman
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Options to Improve Breed Rescue
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Komodor Club Rescue Material (see hand out)
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Proven Techniques

• Communication with breed rescue groups
• Foster homes recruitment
• Fund Raising
• Education of Club members
• Importance of keeping pure bred breds out of
  shelter

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AKC CAR Disaster Relief

• Our best friends in times of crisis

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