Rocky; GSP Rescue of NJ

Posted on September 15, 2022 by Cello's Corner | Leave a comment

Windy Spot Cabin had a temporary guest from September 15 to September 17, 2022… Rocky, an owner surrender. Rocky was given up by his family because they could not provide him with the proper amount of exercise to keep him happy. He is also a very large boy and was too strong for the owner.

Rocky is a small pony… lol… very tall and almost 70 lbs at just 10 months old!

Traditional foster weigh-in:

During his stay with us he enjoyed swimming in the lake and jumping off the dock!

Best of luck to you in your new life Rocky!

Pinelands’ Perfect Half-Pour: Martini (“Tini”)

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Cello's Corner | Leave a comment

Please help us welcome “Poppy” (formerly known as “Jiggy”) to Windy Spot Cabin! This little gal is a lemon and white English Pointer and estimated to be about 6 months old. She was surrendered to the same small outdoor kill shelter in Tennessee as Whiskey was – and by the same person.Poppy was lucky enough to be saved by Pointer Rescue, Organization where she was then extremely fortunate to be loved and cared for by Jessica, a Pointer Rescue foster volunteer, before making her journey to us in NJ.

Despite the extreme heartache I have every day, I know Margarita would want me to continue the rescue journey that she helped our family start when she became our first “foster fail” in 2016. Rita’s superpower was her ability to help others both near and far…and I intend to honor her by doing my best to continue to help as many dogs and people as I can. With “Poppy’s” arrival being just short of the 1-month anniversary of losing Rita, I can’t help but think Sweet Reet played a part in the timing of her arrival – reminding me that even during my sadness- to keep my heart open to helping others.

While Brian and I are still capable of handling a larger pack, we feel we should continue to have a full house.. “Poppy” is with us as a Foster-To-Adopt placement because …well…let’s face it – we all know what happens to just about every foster dog that finds their way to us! Poppy will be examined by our veterinarian and spayed before we can officially adopt her. Poppy’s official family color will be turquoise…and her adopted name will be Pinelands’ Perfect Half-Pour: Martini (“Tini”)

Meaning behind Tini’s name…

We live in an area of southern New Jersey called the Pine Barrens (Home of the Jersey Devil)…It’s also referred to as the “𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬”… “𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭” is a way to order a martini (50% dry vermouth and 50% sweet vermouth for all the non-martini drinkers)…and plus let’s face it… she IS pretty perfect … at just 28 pounds, she’s half the size of even our smallest Pointer, Whiskey… which is where the “𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟-𝐏𝐨𝐮𝐫” and “𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐢” came from.

We have A LOT to learn in terms of helping an extremely fearful dog, and an enormous amount of work ahead of us as we set out to show her not all humans are scary … but we are honored to be Martini’s family and grateful that she found her way to us !

Jäger: GSP Rescue of NJ

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Cello's Corner | Leave a comment

We had taken ourselves “off the market” for fostering, but this guy found himself in a bit of a predicament and needed a spur-of-the-moment place to go, so……Meet Jäger!

(He came to us with this name, I swear!) This handsome root beer head is a 3 year old German Shorthaired Pointer. He is an owner-surrender because his family could no longer take care of him with his special needs. Unfortunately Jäger suffers from seizures due to Epilepsy. Jäger has a dominant personality and from what we know at this point will most likely need to be adopted into an only-dog household. He is be available through GSP Rescue of New Jersey to approved adopters in NJ and NY. Further medical and behavioral details about Jäger will be shared privately with approved potential adopters.

Anna: Pointer Rescue, Org Foster

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Cello's Corner | 3 Comments

We hosted a little gal named Anna for 1 day and 1 night as she made a pitstop here on her way from Georgia to her her foster home in PA!

Anna was found as a stray along a back road in Georgia which is unfortunately known as a “popular” road for people dumping dogs. She had just recently had puppies and had pyometra – which if left untreated could have taken her life. She is lucky she was found in time. A good samaritan found her, took her in, and paid to have her pyometra and spay completed.

She loved the lake and even took a swim!

She is a beautiful girl who is full of spunk!

We wish Anna the best in her foster home and pray that she finds her forever family soon! Welcome to your new life, Anna!

Maxeen: GSP Rescue of NJ Foster

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Cello's Corner | 2 Comments

On Friday night, October 26, 2018, Brian and I were on our way out the door to go to dinner when we got a call about someone in our area who wanted to surrender their German Shorthaired Pointer, and wanted the dog out of the home as soon as possible. GSP Rescue of NJ had a foster family who quickly stepped up to foster, so all we needed to do was pick up the dog and have her as our guest for the weekend until the foster family could pick her up.

We contacted the owner, and postponed our dinner plans.

We met Maxeen in the owners home. Her owner told us that Maxeen is 15 months old, and was purchased as a hunting dog. Maxeen did not have any interest in hunting, and spent a lot of time in her crate. Since her owner was avid hunter, and knew he could not give Maxeen the time she needed, he thought it was best to re-home her. After proper paperwork was filled out, we brought Maxeen back home with us.

We weighed her in on the antique scale, as we do with all of our fosters…

Maxeen was amazing. Super affectionate, crate trained, house trained, and very eager to please!

Maxeen went with her foster family on Sunday. In a few days, that family decided they were interested in adopting her. Before the adoption was official, however, Maxeen and the foster family’s resident dog had a few issues with getting along. It was determined that Maxeen was not a good fit for the foster family to adopt – and in everyone’s best interest, it was determined that the ideal situation was to find Maxeen another foster. Rather than have Maxeen go through another adjustment getting used to another family, we decided to take Maxeen back to our house until she found a forever home.

On November 27th, we picked Maxeen up again to take her in as our longer-term foster.

Maxeen is smart, full of energy, and willing to please!

GSP Rescue of NJ had many approved applicants waiting to add a fur-kid to their family. However, that list was greatly narrowed down knowing that Maxeen was best fit to be an only-dog.

When we spoke to the family we thought was the best match for Maxeen, we knew immediately that they’d love her like we would! They drove 3 hours to come meet her on December 8, 2018 , and as soon as they came through the door, Maxeen greeted them both with lots of kisses.

We all knew immediately that Maxeen’s forever family had been found, and Maxeen’s Christmas wish had come true! Her family took her home with them that day.

Merry Christmas, Maxeen and family!

Agatha: GSP Rescue of NJ Foster

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Cello's Corner | 2 Comments

Agatha is a three year-old German Shorthaired Pointer who was found as a stray in Northern New Jersey. GSP Rescue of NJ stepped in to help this sweet girl. Agatha was on stray-hold for a week, and then was spayed by the rescue’s vet in North Jersey.

On November 16th, we drove north about an hour to a turnpike rest-stop to meet a fellow rescue volunteer who offered to transport Agatha so we didn’t have to drive as far to pick her up.

Agatha had a stuffed monkey to help her heal from her surgery.

Once we met her in person, we quickly agreed that Agatha looked more like an English Pointer than a German Shorthaired Pointer.

Another fellow GSP Rescue volunteer who had seen our pictures of Agatha on our Facebook, fell in love, and decided to adopt her!

One of my students fell in love with Agatha and drew her picture as a gift to her forever family.

Just a few days later, on the night before Thanksgiving, the rescue volunteer and her husband came to meet Agatha, and took her home!

Happy Thanksgiving, Agatha and Family!

Lilly’s Painting

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Cello's Corner | 1 Comment

Remember our Pointer Rescue, Org foster, Lilly ?

Well JJ Kelley, who drove a part of her transport from TN to NJ, painted her from a photo her new FURever family took of Lilly and her new Bro-fur!

: Photo that Lilly’s new mom took of her and her bro-fur, Toby

: JJ Kelley’s painting

JJ Kelley plans to sell her paintings, and donate 50% of sales price to various rescues, fosters, and other groups involved in rescuing pets!

You can see the full post here: Bluej Imagery & Art

Tennessee Whiskey (AKA “Wish 181011-P-B-TN “)

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Cello's Corner | 5 Comments

Wish is a Lemon and White Pointer who was surrendered to an over-full kill-shelter at the age of (approximately) 4.5 months in Tennessee because she didn’t quite cut it as a young bird dog.

She was in a very urgent situation, so Pointer Rescue Organization stepped in to help this sweet pup. We dropped off our foster dog, Lilly, on her transport to her forever home on May 19, 2018 and picked up Wish on her transport from Tennessee the very next day on on May 20, 2018.

: Wish’s shelter intake photo as she shares her kennel with her sister, “Zeal”

: Wish’s shelter intake photo

Picking up Wish from her long transport:

: Love at first site!

: Arriving at our house!

Immediately upon her arrival at our home, we could tell she had little-to-no human contact. In fact, she didn’t even respond to human voices, had no bite inhibition, and was extremely wild. We knew we had a lot of work ahead of us!

Soon after Wish arrived, she had to be put on “medical hold” for adoption for several reasons. First, after Brian and I examined her on our own, we noticed that she was limping on her right leg. After an orthopedic consultation, X-rays showed she had an abnormal shoulder joint. The specialist said it looked like it was most likely caused by an old compression fracture of the scapula. Unfortunately there is no surgical correction for this. Due to this untreated injury, we were told that Wish shouldn’t be pushed beyond normal activity – which meant that she would not be able to be a running partner, a hiker, or a hunting buddy ( a lot of the reasons people adopt Pointers like Wish). It was also noted that she did have a little pain on hyper-extension of her shoulder. If she develops arthritis or increase lameness in the future, amputation would be the best option. Secondly, we had also noticed that all of her lymph nodes were swollen. We had tests done to explore this issue, and luckily, the testing did not indicate any cancer. The test did show, however, that this very young pup had gone through some major traumatic illness. Her swollen lymph nodes could also remain a chronic issue. Next, we also observed that Wish had constant diarrhea. We tried every home remedy and medication out there before putting her on a prescription diet. The prescription diet combined with an antibiotic seemed to regulate her somewhat, but this, too, would be a possible chronic problem. Lastly, Once Wish settled, in and became a bit more comfortable with our pack, she began to display a lack of pack manners. She would need to be slowly integrated into a pack, and closely watched, as she jumped on the other dogs, nibbled on their ears, and did not respond at all to warnings or even corrections from the other dogs. In the meantime, we discovered that Wish also had major separation anxiety, and could not be in the crate more than a few minutes without having an accident. The above medical and behavioral problems made it more difficult to find an adoptive home for her, so she had remained with us for several months.

Although any dog we have brought into our home is immediately loved as if they have always been a part of our family, we had spent several months with Wish, and became very attached to her, despite her medical and behavioral issues. Wish also seemed to be very happy at our home. She became very attached to Limoncello, and wanted to be wherever Cello was – even if it meant jumping in the lake to be with her! Wish began jumping off of our dock into the lake to get to Limoncello – something an English Pointer doesn’t usually do!

On National Dog Day, August 26, 2018, while at a dock diving event in Canada, we made the decision to officially adopt Wish into our family as “Tennessee Whiskey!” Welcome home, baby girl!

You can click HERE to see pictures of Whiskey’s Journey from being dumped in the kill shelter… to traveling all the way from Tennessee to New Jersey …to being adopted by us. And of course, you can now follow her adventures both here, as well as on all our social media pages: FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, and YOUTUBE !

Lilly 180682-P-B-TN

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Cello's Corner | 1 Comment

On April 15, 2018, Brian and I picked up our first Pointer Rescue, Org foster dog, Lilly.

Lilly is an orange and white English Pointer, and was found as a stray in Tennessee. This (approximately) 2-year old Pointer ended up in a very urgent situation in an over-full kill-shelter. Luckily , Pointer Rescue stepped in to help her!

These are Lilly’s shelter intake photos:

Meeting Lilly when we picked her up on her transport!

Welcome to your foster home and the start of a new life, Lilly!

Lilly was THE sweetest dog! She was an extremely easy foster, as she had no issues being in a crate, was dog friendly, and learned commands quickly. We did have to work very hard to slowly add some healthy weight to her, as by the time she got to us, she was very thin.

: Weighing Lilly once we were home

: Lilly was very thin when we picked her up!

Lilly was so broken and neglected when she arrived … but the “after” results in a photo and what we see person are an amazing transformation. It’s mind boggling to me how people can mistreat animals. The fact that these dogs can love and trust humans again after all they’ve been through just proves to me what amazing souls they are! We are so happy we were able to help Lilly, but even more honored that we got to call her family for a temporary time.

You can click HERE to see Lilly’s freedom ride from the Tennessee shelter to us in New Jersey. The album documents her time with us until she was adopted.

Thinking about fostering? Pointer Rescue, Org is always looking for fosters so they can help more Pointers in need! Click HERE to apply to volunteer!

Penelope, The English Pointer

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Cello's Corner | 3 Comments

The rescue we volunteer for, GSP Rescue of NJ, covers all of New Jersey, parts of New York, and assist other recognized out-of-state GSP rescues in urgent situations. In addition to rehoming GSPs, they also work with owners to help them with any issues they may have with them. In emergency situations, the rescue will also reach out to help English Pointers.

GSP Rescue of NJ offered to help a female English Pointer, known as Penelope. Although the rescue was willing to help this poor girl who was found as a stray, our foster homes were full, and there was no one available to foster her. This meant that Penelope could find herself in a shelter. Although we do not usually foster, we decided that we just couldn’t let this skinny pretty girl end up in a shelter. On March 3, 2016, we committed to fostering Penelope so that she could begin her road to recovery.

She was transported to the rescue’s vet, and was examined. Penelope was emaciated, appeared to have had many litters, had a lump on her neck, and severely damaged and rotted teeth. She also had a cut on her tail and her belly. While at the vet, she was supposed to have dental work done, and also be spayed. The dental work took so long, that not all needed teeth could be pulled, and the spay could not be performed due to the length of time she was under anesthesia. She had a total of 6 teeth pulled. The vet set her up with a future appointment for continuation of dental, her spay, and removal and biopsy of the lump on her neck.

Another rescue volunteer, Mandy, was nice enough to pick Penelope up from the vet and meet me half way to cut down on my 2 hour drive-time.

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Penelope was a great passenger, and rested calmly for her ride to our home.

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Once home, we introduced her to each of our fur-kids individually on lead by meeting out on the street and taking a short walk together. After the initial greetings were over, we gave her some time to explore the yard on her own before we settled her down in a crate.

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In just the first night and day that we spent with Penelope, we got her to sit for a treat, and sit-stay for a picture. She does not appear to know basic commands, but is very food-driven and eager to please. She did wonderfully in her crate, ate well, and slept soundly.

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We introduced her to our cat, Loki, and she seemed to be just fine with him.

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We also introduced her to fellow rescue friends Jen and Grace’s male English Pointer (Penelope LOVED him!) as well as our friends’ two GSP puppies. She did amazing with all the dogs, and had a very fun-filled, exhausting day!

We will be fostering Penelope until she has her vetting complete, and can be adopted.

Click HERE to view a public photo album of Penelope!

Update! Penelope has been adopted – by US! Meet Señorita Margarita!

Beautiful Bella, the German Shorthaired Pointer Puppy

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Cello's Corner | 4 Comments

We received a post from the GSP Rescue of NJ about an owner-surrender situation. Someone had purchased a GSP puppy from Tennesee, not having researched the breed very well. The puppy arrived to NJ at 8 weeks of age, and 8 weeks later, the owner was in over their head. They could not provide this pup with an appropriate amount of exercise to diminish the GSP puppy craziness, so they decided to surrender the puppy to our rescue. As soon as I read 16 week old female puppy, I could not help myself! We agreed to foster this baby until a forever family was found for her.

On October 17th we picked Bella up from her home.

We immediately fell in love with Bella! She was loving, playful, and got along with Cello and Hooch so well! We actually gave thought to adopting her ourselves!

Hooch could’t keep up with the girls!

How can you resist this face?!

Bella had a blast running off lead in our yard!

Bella has one ear that is shorter than the other…our vet said it looks to have been “cut” off.

Just gorgeous!

…having fun and being a happy puppy!

Bella also has a really cute tan area that you can see in this picture:

In just 6 short days, Bella was adopted by a family that lives not too far from us. We hope to get all our pups together for play-dates often!

Bella is now known as Pepper, and is just loving her new life!! She is living with an AMAZING family who just adores her, has a HUGE yard to run all that GSP energy off, and has (2) very beautiful and loving 2-legged sisters, and (1) 4-legged sister named Mocha. Mocha is a Viszla/Weimaraner mix who looks like Cello’s twin!

Mocha and Pepper:

Pepper is a very lucky gal to have found such an awesome home, and we are so thankful for having met her new wonderful forever family! We are SO happy for Pepper!

German Shorthaired Pointers are often discarded, given up, abandoned, and returned due to their high energy level and strong hunting drive. Some are discarded by hunters because they won’t hunt, or they may be “gun-shy.” We have fallen in love with this often misunderstood breed. ..So…Cello, Hooch, Brian, and I have been volunteering for the GSP Rescue of NJ. We have made phone calls to vets for background checks and references, visited GSPs in shelters to evaluate them and offer the help of the GSP rescue, called potential adopters for initial screening and application review, transported GSPs to their foster homes, temporarily fostered, and have done home inspections for potential adopters. Cello and Hooch have even volunteered as donation dogs, wearing a donation vests and “working the crowd” with their cuteness at events such as the Ocean County Gunning and Decoy Show in Tuckerton, NJ.

Live in the NJ/NY area and want to help GSPs in need? Contact our rescue today!

Want to help dogs in your area but don’t know how? Click HERE to see just some of the ways you can help!

Thinking of a GSP? Think rescue! The National GSP Rescue lists regional GSP rescue groups across the United States and Canada. If you are interested in adoption, volunteering, or would like information on how to surrender your dog to rescue (Please do not surrender GSPs to a shelter or abandon them!!!!), please contact the group that covers your state or region. If there is no contact listed for your state, you can email the National GSP Rescue at rescue@gspca.org .

A GSP rescue will help match you up with the perfect GSP for your family!

Clarabelle’s Journey

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Cello's Corner | Leave a comment

Meet Clarabelle!

Clarabelle was Cello’s house guest for 5 days while she was in between foster homes. Clarabelle was rescued from a high-kill shelter in North Carolina, and is a (approx) 9 month old Hound-mix. She is a sweet southern belle with ice-blue eyes (no filter on those baby-blues – they are truly THAT blue!).

She is spayed, up to date on shots, and has been to the vet this week. We took her to the vet while she was with us because I suspected that she had ear infections (she did)…and while we were at the vet, it was discovered that she has an umbilical hernia – which is common – and is not harmful to her at the moment, but would have to be watched for possible repair.

In the Jeep on the way to the vet, enjoying a bully stick:

She is a very happy and affectionate dog despite her unfortunate past. After being abandoned in a kill-shelter, Clarabelle was then unfortunately placed in a foster home that was found to be not adequate. That’s when we took her for a few days, so that she would be out of yet another unfortunate environment. She came to us with a broken harness, un-bathed, and I immediately could “smell” ear infections (if you’ve ever had a dog with a bad ear infection, you know what I mean!!) It was also suspected that Clara was made to stay in a crate for long hours at her first foster home.

We went to a local pet store and bought Clara a new harness and martingale collar asap.

We made sure to provide her with lots of running and play time so that she could release some of her pent-up energy!

Clarabelle after much running decided it was time to rest!

Clara was SO good during her clean-up and let me bathe her, clean her ears and teeth, and brush her after her bath. It was great to see her all cleaned-up and smelling good!

She was so sweet… she “hugged” me gently with her paws and nuzzled in for kisses for as long as I would let her. All she wanted to do was to be around people and dogs, and be petted, kissed, and loved – and OUT of her crate. As far as we had seen, she had shown no aggression toward people, children, or other dogs. She had seen my cat, Loki, from afar/through a gate – and just stood there watching – no barking or aggression – just curiously watched. We did not truly introduce her to Loki, so I can’t verify if she is completely cat-friendly.

Clarabelle loved playing soccer in our yard!

Clara has an amazing jumping ability, and can easily jump over gates and fences and onto tables and counter tops. A high, physical fence is necessary, as she can easily jump a 4ft+ fence.

Originally, we were only supposed to have Clara for a night or two. During her move to us, her next lined-up foster home fell through. She wound up being with us for 5 days. Although she immediately stole our hearts, we knew our home was not the right fit for Clara to be fostered. Cello was NOT happy with Clara’s puppy behaviors, and was acting-out. Clara also continuously tried to jump our 4ft fence. We did our best in our short time with Clara to love and care for her. We were happy to have gotten her out of her unfortunate situation, and to have been able to provide Clara with a temporary stay in a gentle, loving, and caring environment. Clara’s has moved to another foster home, and is still looking for a long-term foster, or better yet – a forever home!

Here is a FB link with her pictures

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.475897742511328.1073741935.201807263253712&type=3

Also, pictures and video of her can be viewed on New Life Rescue’s FB page https://www.facebook.com/NewLifeAnimalRescue

New Life Animal Rescue’s website http://www.newlifeanimalrescue.org/ … as well as on Cello’s FB page, and Cello’s Instagram and Twitter pages (all easily accessed here on Cello’s Corner).

Help Clarabelle’s Journey end, and give her a forever-home! …To find out more details on Clara, to volunteer to foster her, or to apply for adoption, please visit New Life Animal Rescue’s website http://www.newlifeanimalrescue.org/ or email them at newlifeanimalrescue@gmail.com.

Santa’s Three Reindeer, and (Christmas) “Eve”

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Cello's Corner | 5 Comments

Rescue mission #2… 4 dogs in Kentucky in awful situations…

This past Saturday Brian and I took another road trip to pick up one of 4 German Shorthaired Pointers found abandoned in Kentucky.

The first, and eldest, “Eve” (Christmas Eve). Eve was found wandering, and thought to be a discarded puppy-mill dog. It was very obvious that she had been bred over and over again. Another volunteer from the GSP Rescue of NJ, Ally, kindly adopted this loving senior (assumed to be about 9 years old).

“The Three Reindeer”, “Prancer, Vixen, and Blitzen” , are three 1 year old litter mates, also abandoned in Kentucky. They were transported as well. Prancer and Vixen were picked up and being fostered by two other rescue volunteers, and we picked up Blitzen to foster.

Prancer has already been matched up with an approved adopter, has been renamed Belle, and will be moving into her new forever home!

Vixen is at her foster home and awaiting a forever home.

Blitzen (now referred to as Whiskey) came home with us, and will stay with us until tomorrow morning, when I will drive him to another volunteer’s home to be fostered closer to where the approved potential adopters they have for him reside. This will make it easier for meet-and-greets to be sure that Whiskey is matched up with the right family.

Whiskey has been such a joy to foster these few days. Despite his past, he is an affectionate boy who enjoys to give and receive love! He is just adorable!

Here are the “Three Reindeer” at our pick-up spot:

Here is Whiskey:

Both Vixen and Whiskey need some basic training, but are two beautiful and affectionate German Shorthaired Pointers. They are now in their foster homes, and up for adoption through the GSP Rescue of NJ. Pray that these wonderful dogs find their forever homes quickly!!

A GSP rescue will help match you up with the perfect GSP for your family!

UPDATE: ALL DOGS IN THIS POST HAVE BEEN ADOPTED!! YAY!

Cello’s First Foster-Bud, “Perry”

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Cello's Corner | 3 Comments

German Shorthaired Pointers are often discarded, given up, abandoned, and returned due to their high energy level and strong hunting drive. Some are discarded by hunters because they won’t hunt, or they may be “gun-shy.” We have fallen in love with this sometimes misunderstood breed. ..So…Cello, Brian, and I have been volunteering for the GSP Rescue of NJ. We have made phone calls to vets for background checks and references, visited GSPs in shelters to evaluate them and offer the help of the GSP rescue, called potential adopters for initial screening, and to go over their application, and have done home inspections for potential adopters. Cello has even volunteered as a donation dog, wearing a donation vest and “working the crowd” with her cuteness at events such as the Ocean County Gunning and Decoy Show in Tuckerton, NJ. We recently decided we could help out a bit more…so we signed up to pick up and/or transport GSPs to their foster homes, and to foster a dog if needed. This past weekend, we were able to help two GSPs who were on the “urgent” list in Kentucky …they were scheduled to be euthanized. Here is the story of the rescue of Penny and Perry…

Meet Penny and Perry…

About two weeks ago, A regional GSP rescue group in the Kentucky area contacted the GSP Rescue of NJ about Penny and Perry because the rescue’s foster homes were full, and they would not have been able to save Penny and Perry from a kill shelter in Kentucky. Penny and Perry were found roaming in Perryville Battlefield State Park, in Perryville, Kentucky.

Penny and Perry were brought to a kill-shelter, and held for the required amount of days to see if their owners would come forward. No one claimed them after the hold-period was over, and they were placed on the euthanization list. We received an email from the GSP Rescue of NJ to see if anyone could foster these two sweethearts, or to help pick them up from transport. Two members quickly offered to foster. When I had seen the email, no one had responded to do the pick up and transporting, so Brian and I volunteered to do this. Just after the regional GSP Rescue group in the Kentucky area contacted the GSP Rescue of NJ, a woman in Kentucky came in to the shelter and adopted both Perry and Penny.

…But not even two days later, the woman returned Penny and Perry to the kill shelter because they were “too hyper.” The regional GSP rescue in the Kentucky area got back in touch with the GSP Rescue of NJ, and foster homes in NJ and pick-up and transport was again set.

Early this past Saturday morning, Brian and I took an 1hr and 45 minute road trip to pick Penny and Perry up from their Kentucky transport. I cried as soon as I saw them – – both were skin and bones, and severely dehydrated..but as Brian brought each one out of their crate to put a slip-lead on them, each dog stood up on their hind legs, put their front paws up to Brian’s chest, and kissed Brian with appreciation. These two dogs were so sweet loving!! It was heart-wrenching to me that no one claimed them in the first place, that they were returned to a kill-shelter by someone who didn’t understand the breed – -and that these two loving dogs were close to being euthanized!

Brian and I had no crates to transport them with , so I rode in the back of our truck with Penny and Perry…for an hour and 45 minutes, these dogs smothered me in love and puppy kisses. Here are some pictures from the ride home… and then when Perry got to our house.

We arrived back to our house with Penny and Perry, and walked them around the yard and provided plenty of water for them both. Penny’s foster family picked her up right away (I bawled my eyes out, as I had already became attached to these two wonderful dogs!!) Perry’s foster parents could not pick him up until Sunday, so Cello was going to have her first sleep-over!

We bathed Perry, gave him plenty of access to water, and fed him. Although extremely affectionate, Perry knew no basic commands, and did not have leash or house manners. Brian took Perry out on the street in front of our house, and I brought Cello out to meet Perry… both Cello and Perry were very happy to see each other! We walked them together down the street, and then back to our yard. When we were back inside our fenced-in yard, we let Cello off her leash…but Perry had already tried to leap our fence while on his leash, so we were unable to let him wander the yard off-lead. Luckily we had beautiful weather and were able to spend the day and most of the night outdoors. (Perry was not house trained, and had a bad case of diarrhea!) While outside, Perry saw other dogs, people, bikes, and cars go by our yard, and he did not once bark – he was such a good boy!! My aunt and uncle came to visit, and Perry greeted them gently, without jumping, barking, or being rough. Perry’s tail did not stop wagging from the time we picked him up from transport, until we saw him leave with his foster family!!

Perry

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Perry finally settled down and took a nap out by the lake!

When we came inside, Perry got a visit from my mom, who brought him over some nice treats to enjoy.

Perry immediately became attached to Brian – and became upset if Brian was out of his sight. …So Brain loaded up a crate with nice soft fluffy quilts and blankets, and put the crate right in front of our couch. Brian slept on the couch so that Perry would not be upset or alone. Perry did very well throughout the night. He was very content sleeping next to Brian, and whimpered each time he was about to have an accident (Brian ran him outside about 6 times that night due to his loose bowl movements). Overall, Perry did great!

In the above picture, check out the bottom quilt…my mom had given us some quilts and blankets she was going to get rid of so that we had some bedding for Perry. One of the quilts she gave us was mine as a kid (and has to be over 35 years old at this point!!) It’s a Life Savers candy quilt… but how cool/coincidental is that?!?!… LIFE SAVERS, and we are using it to help this GSP who would have lost his life if it wasn’t for the volunteers at several GSP rescues! I thought the Life Savers quilt was just too cool!

Cello was a polite hostess, and Perry was a great house guest. Perry’s foster family came to pick him up Sunday morning (more tears and sobbing on my part…!)

Both Penny and Perry need some basic training, but are two beautiful and affectionate German Shorthaired Pointers, and are now in their foster homes and up for adoption through the GSP Rescue of NJ. Penny has been renamed Casey by her foster family, and Perry is now referred to as Chester (short for Winchester) by his foster family. Pray that these wonderful dogs find their forever homes quickly!!

A GSP rescue will help match you up with the perfect GSP for your family!

UPDATE: BOTH PENNY AND PERRY HAVE BEEN ADOPTED!! YAY!

UPDATE ON “PERRY” (NOW CHESTER) on 02/20/2014: Here are some pictures of a very happy and healthy Chester at his forever home sent to me by his loving family!