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| Mitch who was failed by society and the rescue system. He was due to be killed in a pound just last week. He is now safe with us. |
I really feel I have to post this because it appears that our position and what we do is either not fully understood or not quite clear enough.
SHAK is a sanctuary for abused, mistreated and neglected dogs. Due to NO government funding or commercial support, which leads to very limited resources (and around 70 dogs constantly in our care), we cannot take or get involved with dogs from members of the public or take dogs from rescues we aren't already partnered with.
Such is the demand on our time and efforts that we simply CANNOT REPLY TO ANY UNSOLICITED CALLS, EMAILS, TEXTS OR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, even if they come from 'recommendations' from external sources. As I do not have a secretary or administration help, I simply do not have enough hours in the day.
I hope you understand that this is not due to ignorance, we value everybody's support, but to give you an indication I have already had nearly 20 requests from people to take dogs in the first week of the school holidays. We have neither the money or space to be able to take on such large new numbers. Alternatives would be to seek behavioural advice, training classes, breed specific rescues who maybe experienced with the issues you're facing, contact the breeder/rescue you got the dog from.
I'm sorry to have to make this post but putting the line of 'if you don't help I will have the dog destroyed' is unfair to a team of people already punching above their weight to save the dogs we do.
We appreciate everybody's support, without you we couldn't function, but please understand how difficult it is for us.
We do this because too many dogs are killed in this country needlessly on a daily basis, but our resources are stretched beyond belief as it is.
Sorry.