A pair of puppies taken in by the Battleford's Humane Society. (Battleford's Humane Society/Facebook)

By Keaton Brown

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Battlefords Humane Society takes in 21 dogs after removal from rural Saskatchewan

Sep 26, 2019 | 2:00 PM

The Battlefords Humane Society (BHS) has had a very busy week.

The BHS has taken in 21 dogs that were part of 31 removed from a rural area in Saskatchewan. Out of the 21 dogs 14 were puppies and 7 were adult dogs. As a result of that they found themselves caring for 43 dogs in a facility that is designed to hold 27.

A lot of the dogs that were taken in last week were very emaciated and therefore cannot be vaccinated or spayed until they return to a healthy body weight.

Shelter Coordinator Michelle Spark said dogs that are emaciated take a lot of extra care to return to being healthy.

“These dogs need round the clock care from nine in the morning until nine at night to make sure they are getting fed often enough that they can put weight on without overfeeding them. They are too skinny to vaccinate so a lot of them can’t be vaccinated or spayed and neutered yet. We have to wait until they put weight on to do that,” she said.

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The extra care also means that the dogs are in the shelter a lot longer than they would normally see before they are ready to be adopted.

“They will be in our care longer than the average dog that we would get. Normally they are vaccinated, spayed and neutered and adopted out within two or three weeks. These guys will be with us a lot longer before they can be adopted out,” Spark explained.

After taking in the 21 dogs the BHS made a post on their Facebook page asking for help from the community. Spark said the support they received was beyond their expectations.

“The support has been overwhelming, it has been amazing. We have had lots of foster home applications, lots of donations came in. We have a lot of interest in adopting so the support has been overwhelming, it has been really good,” she said.

Spark said that they have managed to find foster homes for most of the puppies but are still looking for help with their adult dogs.

“We still need foster homes for the adults. The adults really need to get into a home environment as well. I don’t want people to forget about the adult dogs just because they aren’t cute little puppies. They still need the same care, the same attention and the same love as the puppies do,” she said.

So far they have found temporary homes for 25 dogs and still have around 20 dogs that are in the shelter.

Anybody that is interested in helping out either through fostering, adoption or donations can contact the Battlefords Humane Society by phone or visit their website.

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Keaton.brown@jpbg.ca

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