Meet Yong and Jessica

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Our rescue brought these two in from South Korea today - the first time we have ever taken in foreign dogs.



Jessica


Yong

A rescue group in Inchon saved these two from the dog meat trade.  There were times knowing the story of these two that it might not have bothered me so much if Trump and Kim had turned Korea into a radioactive wasteland.  After we got them out of there, that is.

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Our rescue brought these two in from South Korea today - the first time we have ever taken in foreign dogs.



Jessica


Yong

A rescue group in Inchon saved these two from the dog meat trade.  There were times knowing the story of these two that it might not have bothered me so much if Trump and Kim had turned Korea into a radioactive wasteland.  After we got them out of there, that is.

Do you have to learn Korean to get them to sit?

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I had no clue that international rescues happened, except for when the military was involved.

Kudos to your rescue society/group. 

How's their health? Are they being quarantined/tested?

[Minimalist]

Funny but when one of our Placement volunteers was calling families on the waiting list she was asked if the dogs "spoke English."  I don't know how she didn't laugh in the woman's face.

You know, MH, compared to the EU and UK-Commonwealth countries, bringing a dog into the US is a piece of cake.  They need a certificate of rabies vaccination and a clearance that they are healthy enough to travel from a vet in the originating country.  These two had a full battery of shots over there.  They cleared Customs in a heartbeat and the United Airlines personnel didn't even beat them up as they have been known to do with human travelers.  Yong will go to the vet today.  He tested positive for something called Heartworm so we will redo the test and begin the treatment regimen which is mainly antibiotics of different types and rest.  Jessica is at a vet now being tested.  In a day or two we will move her north to Prescott to live with a foster for a few days before she is spayed.  Then her new family will come down to pick her up, get post-op instructions direct from the vet, and drive her home to where they live in the absolute middle of nowhere!  Hence why she is being vetted BEFORE they get her.

We have two dogs pending in China and 3 more in Mexico.  We have already identified homes for those 5.  Mexico is a snap for us, of course.

[SteelCurtain]

My Golden Rescue did the same for about 12 Goldens from Turkey.

Awesome work, Min.

[I_am_not_mafia]

How do they get rescued? Do they get bought off the meat vendors?

[brewer]

Funny but when one of our Placement volunteers was calling families on the waiting list she was asked if the dogs "spoke English."  I don't know how she didn't laugh in the woman's face.

You know, MH, compared to the EU and UK-Commonwealth countries, bringing a dog into the US is a piece of cake.  They need a certificate of rabies vaccination and a clearance that they are healthy enough to travel from a vet in the originating country.  These two had a full battery of shots over there.  They cleared Customs in a heartbeat and the United Airlines personnel didn't even beat them up as they have been known to do with human travelers.  Yong will go to the vet today.  He tested positive for something called Heartworm so we will redo the test and begin the treatment regimen which is mainly antibiotics of different types and rest.  Jessica is at a vet now being tested.  In a day or two we will move her north to Prescott to live with a foster for a few days before she is spayed.  Then her new family will come down to pick her up, get post-op instructions direct from the vet, and drive her home to where they live in the absolute middle of nowhere!  Hence why she is being vetted BEFORE they get her.

We have two dogs pending in China and 3 more in Mexico.  We have already identified homes for those 5.  Mexico is a snap for us, of course.

That's good. There is a nasty H3N2 canine influenza virus prominent in S Korea and China. Would hate for them to be the source of an outbreak (there have been several in the US).  The heartworm sucks, hope it's not advanced to the adult heartworm stage (oral antiparasitics don't work on adult worms). Our last rescue had it bad, vet had to shave the back, deep IM injections into her back muscles of an arsenic analog. Went for over a month, movement restricted to cage life, and ended up costing about $4K. We were all miserable. 

Best of luck.

[Minimalist]

How do they get rescued? Do they get bought off the meat vendors?

One was an owner turn in.  They told the rescue that if they didn't take her they would sell her to a butcher.  The other was detected with heartworm which rendered him unsuitable for the meat trade.  They turned him over to a shelter which contacted the rescue so they wouldn't have to put him down.

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Funny but when one of our Placement volunteers was calling families on the waiting list she was asked if the dogs "spoke English."  I don't know how she didn't laugh in the woman's face.

You know, MH, compared to the EU and UK-Commonwealth countries, bringing a dog into the US is a piece of cake.  They need a certificate of rabies vaccination and a clearance that they are healthy enough to travel from a vet in the originating country.  These two had a full battery of shots over there.  They cleared Customs in a heartbeat and the United Airlines personnel didn't even beat them up as they have been known to do with human travelers.  Yong will go to the vet today.  He tested positive for something called Heartworm so we will redo the test and begin the treatment regimen which is mainly antibiotics of different types and rest.  Jessica is at a vet now being tested.  In a day or two we will move her north to Prescott to live with a foster for a few days before she is spayed.  Then her new family will come down to pick her up, get post-op instructions direct from the vet, and drive her home to where they live in the absolute middle of nowhere!  Hence why she is being vetted BEFORE they get her.

We have two dogs pending in China and 3 more in Mexico.  We have already identified homes for those 5.  Mexico is a snap for us, of course.

That's good. There is a nasty H3N2 canine influenza virus prominent in S Korea and China. Would hate for them to be the source of an outbreak (there have been several in the US).  The heartworm sucks, hope it's not advanced to the adult heartworm stage (oral antiparasitics don't work on adult worms). Our last rescue had it bad, vet had to shave the back, deep IM injections into her back muscles of an arsenic analog. Went for over a month, movement restricted to cage life, and ended up costing about $4K. We were all miserable. 

Best of luck.

He did test positive again today - and will see a specialist on the 18th to begin the treatment regimen.  He is totally asymptomatic right now so the foster family was told that they could walk him if the wished.  The enforced rest starts when the treatment starts.  We'll know soon enough.  The Rescue, of course, gets a break on the costs from the vets.

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The medical reports are in on Jessica.  Slight Urinary Tract Infection being treated with an antibiotic.  Otherwise, all test results within norms.  I'm going to take a ride to pick her up tomorrow morning and bring her north to meet up with a transport colleague coming down from Prescott.  She'll foster her until her spay surgery.

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Update.

Jessica tested positive for heartworm, too, although the infection was fairly recent and the parasites had not had a chance to breed in her bloodstream thus simplifying the treatment.  She was moved to her adoptive family yesterday, needs to be kept quiet until receiving a second injection in a month and then kept quiet for a for a couple of months after that.  They are ready and willing to do what is needed.

Yong needs the full treatment and he is adapting well in his new foster home.  Once he gets his first injection in two months we'll start looking for a permanent home for him.

Two more dogs arrive from Mexico tomorrow.  Both already have homes waiting for them.

Four more dogs arrive from Mexico on Friday.  They are also already placed with new homes. 

The two China dogs got as far as Beijing when the vets there decided that one had and the other had been exposed to a contagious skin condition.  They will treated there and sent on when the vets clear them for airline travel.

And, then, I think we are going to take a bit of a break.