katdobemom
11-19-2008, 06:30 PM
All
I have to share a bit about my day.
I do owner intake for DAR&E which simply means I deal with owners who want to surrender their dobes for one reason or another.
We have a surrender mailbox, a surrender line as well.
My first call today was regarding a gentlemen who wanted to get info on vets in our area that do ear "docking". I returned the call and left my phone number so this should be interesting one to say the least. Ear "docking". ........
My surrender box today included an e-mail regarding an albino and rust female in need. :confused:
I go thru the normal questions of getting more information on the dog and we begin going back and forth about this albino and rust doberman. I thought she may be mistaken and ask her if this could possibly be a fawn and was assured this was not the case. She was told since the sire was rust, and the "dame" was albino, the dobe was def albino and rust. sooooooooooooo
Then we begin going thru more about the "albino and rust" gal and ask my normal questions of her being spayed, UTD, on HW preventative etc.
I was told the vet refused to spay the dog because she was albino. We go thru another series of e-mails and I ask her if there were medical reasons as the dog being albino would have nothing to do with vet not spaying her.
I was assured this was the case because the vet was concerned about the "ANASTASIA" . Took me a quick second to figure out what she was referring to.........sigh........
E in DAR&E is for education so I hope our efforts today werent in vain.
Please note the items in quotation marks ARE NOT spelling errors on my part but actual info from owner.
As an FYI, the reason the gal wants to rehome this dog is she is attacking their 12 year old dalmation.
DAR&E typically rec's from about 6-10 calls a day on our dareline, and thankfully many are interested in adoption, but sadly the majority are to surrender. I thought these two specific calls were interesting to say the least
This time of year is especially hard and is considered the "holiday dump".
Add into that the horrible state of the economy and we are building up to a horrendous season.
The many calls we are rec'ing are def of a very common thread and that are home foreclosures.
Lets hope all my calls tomorrow are to adopt.
I have to share a bit about my day.
I do owner intake for DAR&E which simply means I deal with owners who want to surrender their dobes for one reason or another.
We have a surrender mailbox, a surrender line as well.
My first call today was regarding a gentlemen who wanted to get info on vets in our area that do ear "docking". I returned the call and left my phone number so this should be interesting one to say the least. Ear "docking". ........
My surrender box today included an e-mail regarding an albino and rust female in need. :confused:
I go thru the normal questions of getting more information on the dog and we begin going back and forth about this albino and rust doberman. I thought she may be mistaken and ask her if this could possibly be a fawn and was assured this was not the case. She was told since the sire was rust, and the "dame" was albino, the dobe was def albino and rust. sooooooooooooo
Then we begin going thru more about the "albino and rust" gal and ask my normal questions of her being spayed, UTD, on HW preventative etc.
I was told the vet refused to spay the dog because she was albino. We go thru another series of e-mails and I ask her if there were medical reasons as the dog being albino would have nothing to do with vet not spaying her.
I was assured this was the case because the vet was concerned about the "ANASTASIA" . Took me a quick second to figure out what she was referring to.........sigh........
E in DAR&E is for education so I hope our efforts today werent in vain.
Please note the items in quotation marks ARE NOT spelling errors on my part but actual info from owner.
As an FYI, the reason the gal wants to rehome this dog is she is attacking their 12 year old dalmation.
DAR&E typically rec's from about 6-10 calls a day on our dareline, and thankfully many are interested in adoption, but sadly the majority are to surrender. I thought these two specific calls were interesting to say the least
This time of year is especially hard and is considered the "holiday dump".
Add into that the horrible state of the economy and we are building up to a horrendous season.
The many calls we are rec'ing are def of a very common thread and that are home foreclosures.
Lets hope all my calls tomorrow are to adopt.