oh how sad. im guessing theyre selling an in pup bitch to make more money from her than if she werent without wanting to deal with a litter themselves :rant: hope she and her pups will be alright, this is such a vulnerable time for any girl, without being in this situation :rant:
)Thank you for drawing our attention to this but Jane and I have discussed it and at this point in time we don't think Scruples can help. This littlle girls situation is very different to Molly's ... sadly it is not so very unusual in the world of working whippets/lurchers for bitches in whelp to change hands and there is no reason to suppose that this little lady needs rescuing in the strictest sense of the word. Molly on the other hand was advertised with just days to go before whelping by someone genuinely unable to keep her and she needed to be assured of a safe place to give birth.
As a small rescue with limited resources, if we were to buy in every bitch in whelp advertised amongst the working whippet fraternity we would soon be overwhelmed and would risk subsequently being unable to rescue a whippet "in need of care and attention by reason of maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage", as per our mission statement. We may of course think that to sell a bitch in whelp qualifies as ill usage but to some it is perfectly commonplace and it is more than probable that this bitch, who as Janis says seems to be in excellent condition, will be safely settled in a new and hopefully caring home well before she whelps, an event still some weeks away. Of course were her circumstances to change, and her rescue to become as imperative as Molly's was, we would do what we could for her, just as we have for Molly :thumbsup:
In an ideal world every dog would have an ideal life but sadly this world is far from ideal and one of the hardest things we Scruples trustees will have to do is make decisions about who we rescue and who we don't. Maybe as we grow we can do more but for now please understand that we do have to draw the line somewhere :thumbsup:
Here's wishing this little girl and her lurcher babies a healthy, happy future :luck:
Annie and Jane (who don't really understand how people can do this either
:thumbsup: i agree 100%
if you look your always going to find "another" and as you say Molly had days to go...very wise choice by the scruples team if you ask me :thumbsup:
) at what some members of the so-called 'Human Race' are prepared to do to make money.
working in rescue for year I can tell you all rescues are short of cash and have to prioraties to what they consider the most urgent case. if your so distresed about this dog you have a few options you could phone round other rescues and see if they will get her or faling that get her and take her to your own vet. you cannot expect a small rescue like scruples to take on another pregant bitch when they will have to hold back funds for mollys litter incase she has any problems. you will probaly fined the sighthound resuces would have more chance taking the other bitch as shes not having whippet puppys and most whippet rescues only deal with pedigre whippets there check under greyhound or sighthound rescue save your anger for the people with the dogs not the rescues who are doing the best job they can with little funds
