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As many people and businesses fight to keep their heads above water in these difficult times, we ask those Bully Breed lovers that are not impacted as greatly by the recession, to reach out to the dogs!
We are in desperate need of donations. You may have read that we are a volunteer run rescue. We do not have a physical shelter per se. We rely on foster homes to keep the dogs until they are adopted. If we don’t have enough foster homes, we have to resort to paid boarding.
The poor economy has really hit rescues hard. We get “owner surrender” mail on a daily basis. Many people are faced with foreclosure and/or downsizing, so they’re not able to take their Pit Bull type dogs with them to a relative’s house or a new apartment. BSL is making it harder to find Pit friendly housing for those that are trying to keep their family together. It has been proven that having a pet lowers stress and depression. These people (and dogs) need that sense of family during times like this. It’s devastating for people to have to give up a family pet under any circumstances.
In terms of adoptions, less people are willing (or able) to take on another mouth to feed. Until we can make more adoptions happen, we are at a standstill to bring any more dogs into our program. It’s important to mention that we will still maintain our high adoption standards. We still want the best ambassadors of the breed to go to homes that will perpetuate the goodness of the breed. We will not sacrifice the possible well being of our dogs, just to move them out!
Money is crucial, but we also welcome donations of your time and or services. We can always use more volunteers! Please go to our online application at www.mabbr.org/application.html in the space for the dog’s name, just put “volunteer”. Please fill out the rest of the application in full. If you have other areas of interest such as printing, transport, helping at adoption events, event hosting, advertising, graphics, photography, etc…please note them on your application. I’ll have our volunteer coordinator Janelle; contact you about other volunteer opportunities. We do board several of our dogs at a facility in South KC. We have an overworked kennel team that tries to go several times a week to spend time with each dog. They usually take them for a walk or run, and just spend “quality time” with them! They do not clean the kennels!
Right now, we’re hoping that upcoming adoption events will find new homes for some of our babies. If you have any fundraising ideas, or you do grant writing, PLEASE help us!