Boston Terrier Club of Connecticut - Rescue Committee
Our Rescue program is dedicated to fostering and re-homing Boston Terriers whose owners have surrendered them. The Club members who run the rescue program are dedicated to finding a permanent and loving home for all Bostons in our care. We work full time day jobs and care for fosters, travel to home visits (on weekends), and return calls in the evening and weekends as time permits. Please call back if we haven't returned your call within 24 hours. Keep in mind that the club cannot afford to pay for long distance returned calls so please call us in the evenings or email us for the best time to call.
Boston Terrier Club of Connecticut
Rescue Committe Email
Application Form we concentrate our rescue work in Connecticut and occasionally we do go to other New England states.
Owner Release Form ***If you need (or know someone who does) to find a new home for your Boston Terrier contact email: rescuebtcc@yahoo.com. Any food, bedding, or special possessions of theirs that come with them at the time of surrender will help in their transition to their new home.
Rescued Boston Terriers are fostered in our homes and socialized with other dogs and people. We temperament test many of our Bostons to aid in making a good match with a prospective adopter. We will typically pick up a surrendered Boston at their home to speak with the owner to better understand the Boston and its needs and behavior before coming into foster care. Sometimes we may pick up a Boston at a shelter but most come from owner surrender. Since they are fostered in our homes there may be some Boston's that are not suitable for home fostering or care.
Some of the things we look for in a new family for one of our dogs are knowledge and understanding, resources to adequately provide for a Boston and the willingness to work with any medical/behavioral issues the dog may have.
While many times the interest in adopting a Boston Terrier exceeds the number of Bostons we may have in rescue, we encourage you to submit an application anyway. We will keep your application on file and will contact you if a Boston arrives that we think will be a good match with you. In turn if you no longer are interested we ask that you let us know.
Please be aware that to partially off-set the expenses incurred in providing necessary care for a Boston Terrier in rescue we ask for a minimum donation of $250 at the time of adoption.
Bostons love to be with you and please you. You can help them be the best Boston they can be by socializing them. Our events are a great way to do that. Bostons should have proof of current shots and show good canine behavior.
PELVIC BLADDER IN DOGS
We have had three Boston Terriers with Pelvic Bladder surrendered into our rescue program in the past four years. Urinary incontinence could be defined as an involuntary escape of urine during the storage phase of the urinary cycle. This appears clinically as an intermittent or permanent dribbling of urine associated or not with normal voiding phase. Some causes of urinary incontinence are various and include: Urethral Sphincter Mechanism Incontinence (=USMI), anatomical abnormalities (ectopicureters, pelvic bladder, urovaginal and urethrorectal fistulas), among others. Consult with your own Veterinarian if you feel as though your dog is going more than normal or if your young dog isn’t improving their housebreaking schedule.
Two of our rescues were young females; both needed to go more than usual, one dripped often the other did not. One of our rescues was a young male that seemed to go more often than a normal dog of his age and he did not drip urine.
At the very least check with your Veterinarian as to whether urine tests are warranted. One of the females we had came to us with very bad crystals in her urine. Once we started to use a diaper and attached an incontinent pad it was evident on the diaper the elimination of many crystals. The crystals were evaluated and she was treated for the crystals in her urine, which are very painful. Then she was evaluated and found to have a pelvic bladder along with leaking. Your Veterinarian can discuss your own dog’s particular condition and any treatments that are needed.
If your dog can tolerate a bellyband or panty with an incontinent pad attached he or she can be free to live in your house and be your companion. For those who don't leak, a doggie door could be the answer when you are at home; but with coyotes and other animals Bostons are too small to be left outside alone. You must be careful using an incontinent pad that your dog doesn't try to eat it. Until they are used to it, only use it while under supervision. Pictures to follow.
For adoptions in NY, NJ and PA : Contact Sheryl Trent , Northeast Boston Terrier Rescue, Inc. based in NY. www.nebostonrescue.org
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Date: 2009-05-31, 8:45PM EDT
My Boston Terrier puppy was recently stolen. He was last seen on Fenn Rd. in Newington (Friday May 29th, around 2:30pm) being put into a maroon/red minivan by a white male with (balding) dark hair. Please help me find him, my kids are devastated. His name is "MAJOR" and he has a heart condition which requires meds. There will be a cash reward for any info leading to the finding of my dog. Please call 860- 965-8865. Thank you. Location: newington it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests PostingID: 1198782258
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