But what else goes into it? I have land, will be putting up a building for the horses and could easily add some area for kennels or recovery room...training space....
IF I should do this, it would be a VERY small operation. The dogs rescued would have training on them before rehoming.. hopefully a CGC. Homes would be carefully screened... etc....
--Kel
PS... feel free to be brutally honest... I have NO CLUE what goes into this kind of thing.
Tell me if you think I am being a sentimental (mental??) dumbass too!!!!
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Unless you can find lots of volunteers you will go broke very quickly. The cost of food and housing can barely be recouped with an adoption fee. If you are planning training and long term care, like spay and neuter before the adoption, then I certainly hope you have a good source of fund raising.
It would be a very noble venture but may not be very long lasting with a few boat loads of money.
As far as starting out I am not totally sure but I can put an e-mail out to the woman who started the rescue I work with and see what she says.
I think finding a good low cost spay and neuter clinic that will work with you is a big thing. As well as vets that are willing to work with you on prices and things like that.
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You could file for a non-profit 501c3 , consider who you would like and how many volunteers to help you. I am sure you have a vet in mind,talk to them, some vets offer discounts for rescues.
I would look into various federal and state grants to help defer from the cost of food, supplies, kennels, etc. Be aware of what grief you may get from your local community pertaining to the rescue,. Set up your adoption policies before starting.
If you're not particular about what you feed the dogs, you can probably get a lot of food donated. At the humane society, we literally had a massive garage FULL of expired food donated from manufacturers. The food was still fine to feed 6 months past the "best before" date.
Most vets do give rescues a discounted rate, at least here they do.
A wonderful idea, and with your training skills I bet you could save many.
But the dogs maybe need a skill beyond "pet" to guarantee them a path to a home.
Talk to Willie?
Once, I had 8 dogs. Strays and dogs that kids from college had got sick of. It didn't go as I'd hoped. I gave them food and love, but not the "skills" that would make folks want them.
I was intrigued by Michael Wise's "tracking of down deer". I think that could be huge in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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