Dogs Deserve Better, a national nonprofit organization and the 2003 First Place Winner of the ASPCA/Chase Pet Protector Award, is a voice for chained and penned dogs, whose sadness speaks only through the eyes. As the days become years, many of these dogs sit, lay, eat, and defecate within the same 10-foot radius. Chained by the neck, they exist without respect, love, exercise, social interaction, and sometimes even basic nourishment. They live as prisoners, yet long to be pets.
Chaining is not only inhumane for dogs, but has taken a severe toll on this nation’s children as well. In the period from October 2003 through today, there were at least 331 children killed or seriously injured by chained dogs across the country. Chained dogs, unsocialized with humans, can become very territorial of their tiny space, and any two year old who wanders into this space can be attacked and killed before adults can intervene. A recent attack in Arkansas in October 2009 left 2 year old Matthew Clayton Hurt dead from head and neck wounds. He was attacked and killed by an unspayed female chained in the backyard, with puppies.
Would you for one second choose to live the life of these dogs? No matter what reason is given, the bottom line is that it is NOT ok to chain a dog for life. Dogs should not have to live chained or penned as prisoners, yearning for a place in a family, craving acknowledgement, respect, and love. They DESERVE BETTER, and we as caretakers have the obligation to provide it for them.
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We are a national non-profit rescue group who focuses on rescuing chained or penned dogs. We believe dogs should not live out their lives isolated from the family on a chain or in a pen. Dogs are pack animals that want to be a part of the family. The dogs that we re-home came from a life on a chain and are looking for an adopter who will show them that there are loving people out there who will care for them like they deserve.
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We ask all adopters to fill out an adoption application and agree to a home visit. The adoption fee is a minimum of $75.
All dogs are spayed/neutered, given shots and de-wormed before adoption. They are also heartworm tested and treated for heartworms if neccessary. We do adopt out, and transport across the country thanks to caring volunteers.
359 Cree Lane,
Jackson,
MO
63755
Imperial, MO 63052
House Springs, MO 63051
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