LGM Giving Tuesday: Oaxacan Dog Rescue

Last year, we did an LGM Giving Tuesday thing for the Oaxacan dog rescue operation that friends of ours run in a couple of the villages south of the capital. We did a great job supporting this effort last year. Your money made a lot of difference. Our friend writes that thanks to LGM readers/donors:

Dogs rescued: 16 total! 12 puppies and 4 adults (10 puppies were found dumped in our area).  Almost all have found homes. Still looking for homes for 4 of them

Spay and neuter campaigns: 3 campaigns in rural towns outside of Oaxaca City, with a total of 207 animals spayed and neutered

Strategic spays: these are spays of female street dogs to curb street dog populations. I capture the dog, spay, and release. I did 6 of these this year. 3 were already pregnant and we aborted 29 fetuses (not everyone is pro dog abortion, which I find ridiculous, so might not be info to share, but I consider it a huge accomplishment!)

Expansion of our rescue network: we have been finding local allies who are helping us keep on eye on street dog populations. For example, a woman who sells tacos on the highway near the airport, a woman who has a restaurant along the highway, some people who live along the highway and look out for street dogs.

Health of our pack: It was a challenging year with the health of our pack, and we had MANY vet visits and expensive issue to treat:
Cookie: heartworm treatment and then knee surgery

Nutmeg: surgery to remove infected cysts

Tamal: allergic reaction and now a sinus infection

Our pack update: A big highlight of the year was the adoption of Luna, who had been in foster care with us for almost 3 years! We still have 7 dogs living in our home, and are looking for homes for 3 of them still.

This site is officially pro dog abortion, let me just say.

You can bring these dogs to the U.S. too! It happens. The interesting thing about dog rescue is that if you live in a place like New England, like, dog rescue has been amazingly successful. Basically everyone I know who goes to get a dog these days is going out of region–Virginia, Tennessee, wherever. Same with much of the Northwest–my dad got his current dog from a neighbor who needed to move into a place that didn’t accept dogs and my dad took him (he’s a very silly fellow) but his previous dog came from Arizona I think. So bringing dogs from Mexico can make a lot of sense. In fact, I know other people who have rescue dogs from Mexico totally unrelated to this.

Here’s the site to donate:

Who needs to see some of these dogs? I was hanging out with some of them last fall:

That was 15 lbs ago off my fat gross gut by the way, don’t judge me I can do plenty of that to myself.

Also, I still think Tamal got screwed in not wining People’s Cutest Rescue Dog contest last year, with his poor face (which does in fact require special attention. No one knows what happened, he was just found that way, with a permanently broken jaw).

Also, here’s some links to available dogs. I don’t know Niquía. But I do know Nutmeg, who is an older lady who is very sweet and kind. Sunny is a fun dog, you’d like her. Baloo is a husky who requires husky care (Mexicans love to adopt huskies because they look great and then they can’t handle them, it’s a problem). I don’t know Itagüí or Ayurá either, there are always new dogs and I haven’t been down there since March. I am sure they are good dogs.

Anyway, do something useful for a change and help these dogs!