Ozark Haven Rescue, LLC a Not for Profit Organization

Ozark Haven is a 5013c recognized, Limited Liability Corporation, MO State Lisc. Animal Rescue. We have our paws in many projects for Southern Missouri Dogs. In addition to our Foster Care Program for homeless dogs to seek adoption into forever homes, our sister site www.petfinder.com/shelters/MO207.html is our Safety Forum. This site features dogs in our communities. These dogs are not in foster care but remain in their original situation. Ozark Haven is part of a huge network and often the dogs in the Safety Forum are seen by other rescues and find safety. In our continued work with CARE, a Not for Profit Homeless Dog Transport we can offer SO MO dogs a chance to reach populations where they arent as common and have better adoption potential. Dogs that live rurally in the forest communities of Southern Missouri dont have municipalities or other agencies to help them. They often burden the hillsides and face horrible violent fates. Our Safety Forum provides those dogs fair and equal web exposure to find safe screened options for life!! Our Dominicks Honor program addresses the deadly practice of tethering. People will tie anything around a dogs neck. Our local rural administrations are not concerned with the deadly act of tethering. As a charity we cannot lobby but we sure can offer light weight harnesses and cables to improve the life of dogs that are tethered. While sharing the gift of painless tethering, we always offer our Safety Forum services in hopes of moving these dogs to a home with appropriate care practices. Our Littering the Ozarks Program has been a successful one, we plan to build on this in the New Year. We will offer screened placement of unwanted litters in the community if the owners of the mother will consent to allow us to spay her. This program has been well received in our communities and is a targeted program for growth in 08. And finally, our Feral Dog Project MO. Feral dogs are a symptom of "dumping". Abandonment plaques our communities. With limited options for unwanted pets, dumping on a country road is common place. The survivors of these dumpings often find disease, starvation, conficts with wildlife and violent deaths are their only reward. The strongest survivors may be a natural enemy to fielded livestock, chickens or local small game such as rabbits and squirrels, at which time they become hunted themselves. They threat our farmers and burden our food chain. Feral Dog Project MO supports the use of humane trapping, rehabbing and placement of these dogs. In the future we hope to build a compound for feral dogs that will not make human companions. Here they could continue to live "wild" but with safety and care. These would be the exception as many is the time these lost terrified souls make wonderful pets!!

Cabool, MO,65689
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Website: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MO401.html

DC

American Pit Bull Terrier | Brownsville, TN

Age : 9 Years 11 MonthsAdultMaleLargeGolden/Chestnut

About

Coat Length

Short

Vaccination

Current

House Trained

Yes

Declawed

Yes

Good in Home With

Children

Meet DC

DC is a wonderful, loving, fun kid who wants nothing more from life but a friend to hang with, go on a few walks a week and just live a life of love and care in an adult setting.  He MUST have a fenced attached yard or he will roam off in search of an adventure that will end badly!   *************  DC is thriving in foster care!  He has taught his foster parents that he LOVES to chase a ball!  Might bring it back, might prefer to play keep away but either way BALL IS A MUST!  He is very passionate about playing ball and will need a new guardian that would love to play ball too!! ***************************** DC is a beautiful young adult bull who came from circumstances that define his emotional needs.  He is a smart, sensitive and affectionate boy who is a people pleaser but due to his past life he is very unsure and will quickly be submissive.  He needs a guardian that is firm, gentle and will lend him some confidence and assurance that he IS a good boy and its ok, he does not need to worry about doing wrong and facing horrible punishment and pain.  He just wants to make his human happy!   This dog has illustrated that he is not clear on what is his bad and what is not his bad and at some point was punished harshly for things that he did not have a hand in, maybe an angry human or just drunks or who knows what.  Many times the ego plays a role in some human types to select this breed and they imprint their lack of self confidence in domination over the powerful beast, some how that makes certain humans feel better about themselves.  We don't play into that mentality and will be watching for signs as to avoid placing him where he will face it again.  DC will sit and speak on request, which is fun!  He is good on a leash and will spend all afternoon just playing, romping and snorting around the yard.  He enjoys toys and will chase squirrels and birds, which usually qualifies him as not a cat person!   He loves to throw and chase so might be a good ball chaser with the right human!  He very much likes other dogs but needs possible housemates (if any) that would hold up to some seriously not gentle but fast play.  He would not be a good housemate to small, fragile or easily annoyed furkids.  He does well with the furkids in his foster home but they are all big and busy kids like himself.  We are so heart warmed to see him engage is care free play and running around just to run and feel the freedom it offers. DC will need a fenced yard because he will suffer discrimination from neighbors and local governments wherever he lands.  He will so need the freedom of going into his yard where he knows its safe and he can enjoy the carefree time that has been so instrumental in his progress this far. DC has an adoption donation of $175 of which $150 + any addition donation amount will be tax deductible for you Poor guy does have a sensitivity to topical flea treatments so his new family would have to be committed to Nexguard Chewables as part of his regimen.  DC is 22 inches at the shoulder, broad and strong weighing in at 70 lbs of solid muscle!  He will need a gentle, firm pack leader with a super tight fence.  Since he got in trouble over a domestic disturbance and quiet no kids home would be ideal.  He loves Leash Walks!!!  Please submit your interst at this linik https://ozarkhavenrescue.weebly.com     Glad to answer any questions at all!

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