Friends of NMBR, Sam and Scott For The Love of Beagles! |
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| New Mexico Beagle Rescue is located in Santa Fe. Having adopted four Beagles from Colorado Beagle Rescue, we became aware of the needs of this amazing breed, and the need to save unwanted Beagles, and their friends, in New Mexico. We now travel throughout New Mexico rescueing Beagles from a variety of situations and placing them in their Forever Homes.If you know of a Beagle looking for a new home, or that is in a bad situation, please let us know. We are not yet a non-profit organization. NMBR is operated by Trish and an anonymous Beagle lover dedicated to the welfare of the Beagle Breed, and relies completely on the generosity of others to support itself. When a Beagle is placed in a new home, a donation is requested in order to help with the expenses of running the rescue services (spaying, neutering, advertising, veterinary care, tags, adminstrative expenses, travel expenses, etc). Most of the dogs we have available are living with us in our home, but some may be temporarily fostered by volunteers. Speaking of volunteers, NMBR is always in need of people like you. Any help is greatly appreciated. Please contact us.
EMAIL Trish@newmexicobeaglerescue.org
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| Ralph Scagall has vounteered to help NMBR by piloting Air Beagle. With his help we will be able to help Beagles out of desperate situations quicker. On Air Beagle's first flight April 27. 05 to Artesia Raplh saved a Beagle, now Bud, a terrier, and a little chiquhua. Ralph and Bud bonded on the flight and Ralph and Renee and Beagle Bailey have decided to adopt Bud! Lucky boy will be having allot more flights in his future. NMBR thanks Raplh and Renee for their continue help to NMBR and for adopting Bud! |
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| Trish Skowronek relaxes with a few of the 15 dogs she has at her beagle rescue operation at her Eldorado home Wednesday May 19, 2004. - by Steve Babuljak/The New Mexican |
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| W. JAMES HONABERGER for The New Mexican
June 16, 2004
She's not a breeder and she's not a hoarder. Trish Skowronek just wants to find good homes for dogs and save small lives.
"I've adopted dogs all my life," Skowronek said. "It's taken over my life and I love it."
In her home in the Eldorado-area, Skowronek runs New Mexico Beagle Rescue, her independent venture to save as many of the dogs as possible. There she shelters unwanted beagles until suitable homes are found.
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Last year alone, Skowronek placed over 60 beagles with new owners. This year, she is well on her way to reaching that mark with 20 more families found for the dogs.
Although breed rescue programs are common around the country, Skowronek is the only program that rescues beagles in New Mexico.
"My first love was for greyhounds, but there are so many greyhound rescue programs that they really don't need my help," Skowronek said.
Stevie Bernhard, a veterinarian technician at St. Francis Animal Clinic in Santa Fe, said that would-be owners don't realize the care that animals, in particular beagles, require. She said a dog that came to the shelter recently that ran loose in Albuquerque and now "screams and bites herself."
"It's because her owner didn't take care of her," Bernhard said.
The extreme of animal abuse cases were seen earlier this year in New Mexico when animal hoarders -- some keeping dozens of cats and dogs in horrendous living conditions -- were uncovered by law enforcement.
One case, 86 cats were held by one person in Do��na County.
"Hoarders keep the animals at the jeopardy of their own health and safety and that of the animal," said Ann James, Rescue Coordinator at the Do��na County Humane Society
James added that rescue programs like those run by Skowronek are important.
"There's complete and total difference between a hoarder and a rescuer," James said. "A good rescue program will tell me 'I'm at my limit.' "
Beagles taken in by Skowronek are most often those abandoned by owners who might not have understood the attention needed by the dogs.
"For some of these dogs, this is their second or third time (adopted)," Skowronek said. "When they're adopted from me, I want this to be their last move and their forever home."
Skowronek said she often knows very little about a dog's history before it comes to live with her. After they leave her care, they are spayed or neutered and carry current vaccinations.
Skowronek's home is residence to a dozen or more dogs. They sleep in her living room at night and rule the back yard by day.
Skowronek is up at 4 a.m. each day to give the dogs the first of two meals. Throughout the week, she might rush to a veterinarian appointment or to Hobbs or another remote town, to pick up a beagle.
"I take these dogs to clean their teeth more often than I take myself," she joked.
Bred for hunting small game, a beagle has a keen sense of smell and a distinctive bay. Their instincts cause them to seek out tasks to accomplish as if they were at work, Bernhard said.
"Dogs need jobs, too, and this is a breed that needs a job," Bernhard said.
Skowronek said she educates all would-be owners of the dogs so that they are aware of what possible obstacles their traits will cause.
Off a leash, even for a moment, beagles will chase whatever interests them. In a back yard they will bark and bay -- a possible irritant to neighbors. They also will eat anything they can reach, so don't plan on serving hors d'oeuvres at the coffee table if you give a beagle a home.
Despite their potential difficulties, beagles will repay a good owner's attention and patience with the greatest loyalty and companionship a dog can muster.
"If given guidance they can be the smartest and best trained dogs -- and they're so damn cute," Skowronek said.
For more information on adopting a beagle visit http://ww.newmexicobeaglerescue.org. |
Please check these links for other Beagle and hound Rescues. Beagles-on-the-web and SOS has a locator
map listing all known Beagle Rescues.
- Colorado Beagle Rescue,Denver,CO
- Lone Star Beagle Rescue, Dallas, San Angelo Area, TX
- Houston Beagle Rescue, Houston,TX
- Oklahoma Beagle Rescue, Norman, OK
- Arizona Beagle Rescue,Phoenix,AZ
- Northern California Beagle Rescue
- Beagles-on-the-web
- National Hound Registry
- New Mexico Basset Hound Rescue, Albq,NM
- North Texas basset hound Rescue, Dallas, TX
- Red Dog Rescue,BARC, AZ
- Basset Hound Rescue
- Bro and Tracy, Albq,NM Uniting People and Pets
- 1-800-save-a-pet
- Petfinder
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HELP NEEDED ASAP:
Please help!!!! After two long years of being on a waiting list for an agility dog, we have been notified by the breeder that, at long last, our number has come up and...WE ARE HAVING A PUPPY!!! We must get rid of our children IMMEDIATELY because we just know how time consuming our new little puppy is going to be and it just wouldn't be fair to the children. Since our little puppy will be arriving on Monday we MUST place the children into rescue this weekend! They are described as: One male - His name is Tommy, Caucasian (English/Irish mix), light blonde hair, blue eyes. Four years old. Excellent disposition. He doesn't bite. Temperament tested. Does have problems with peeing directly in the toilet. Has had chicken pox and is current on all shots. Tonsils have already been removed. Tommy eats everything, is very clean, house trained & gets along
well with others. Does not run with scissors and with a little training he should be able to read soon. One female - Her name is Lexie, Caucasian (English/Irish mix), strawberry blonde hair, green eyes quite freckled. Two years old. Can be surly at times. Non-biter, thumb sucker. has been temperament tested but needs a little attitude adjusting occasionally. She is current on all shots, tonsils out and is very healthy & can be affectionate. Gets along well with other little girls & little boys but does not like to share her toys and therefore would do best in a one child household. She is a very quick learner and is currently working on her house training-shouldn't take long at all.
We really do LOVE our children so much and want to do what's right for them; that is why we contacted a rescue group. But we simply can no longer keep them. Also, we are afraid that they may hurt our new puppy.
I hope you understand that ours is a UNIQUE situation and we have a real emergency here!! They MUST be placed into your rescue by Sunday night at the latest or we will be forced to drop them off at the orphanage or along some dark country road. Our priority now has to be our new puppy.
Brenda, Tessa and Beamish |
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