Wispa has spent her life in a breeding kennel, probably a puppy farm. She certainly hasn’t been cared for. But, despite this, she is a happy, waggy dog, eager to get on and enjoy life. She does have significant health issues, namely problems with both back legs, with one stifle worse than the other. She is currently being assessed by a specialist to decide whether surgery is her best option. This will be costly, but donations will ensure it is possible.
Sadly Wilma does have cataracts in both eyes, both quite mature. They will be assessed by specialists and if operable this will be arranged. Donations to Schnauzerfest will ensure that this costly, but life transforming surgery is done for Wilma before she heads off to her new life. Being able to restore the sight of a dog is one of the greatest gifts we can offer a dog from a puppy farm background. It removes a major obstacle to them getting on with making up for all the lost years in the breeding kennel. This is why our charity exists.
Topsy’s is a difficult story, one that’s thankfully rare when it comes to DBARC’s schnauzers. Eight years ago Topsy arrived at DBARC in serious need of help, having been rescued from a puppy farm. Over a period of months she was given all the necessary veterinary care needed to get her new life off to a good and healthy start. This included restoring her eyesight with cataract surgery. She was fostered by Janet and loved by the whole DBARC team during her stay at the centre, before being adopted.
Roll on 8 years and Topsy is now around 12-14 years old. And she is back at DBARC
Schnitzel lived for several years in a puppy farm. The deprivation of this kind of life is something most humans cannot imagine our beloved dogs living through.
However, Schnitzel did and was rescued from it, landing into the safe care of the Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre shortly after the October weekend of Schnauzerfest Walks. However, things did not go as expected for this sweet soul.
Meg arrived at the Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre in a state of fear and confusion. She had been saved from a life of breeding in a puppy farm. Her fear of humans is typical of dogs who have been starved of human affection, regular, normal human contact and been subjected to the awfulness of living in a breeding shed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
For a dog like Mara, from a puppy farm background, they are faced with a lot of challenges adjusting to living with humans. When the dogs are blind, this adds enormously to those challenges. Restoring Mara’s eyesight is one of the biggest gifts she can have, ready to head off to her new life with. This is what donations to Schnauzerfest achieve.
Pansy and Dennis arrived at the same time at DBARC. Both had eye problems but the extent of their vision wasn’t known for some time. While Dennis was a live wire from the start, despite years of ordeal in a puppy farm, Pansy was far more reserved, timid and wary of human interaction. Both had a long road ahead, but it was a road DBARC made as bright as possible for them both.
While their mum clung to life having undergone emergency surgery, Clara’s ten puppies faced an uncertain future. With no mum to feed them, it was down to Janet and her small team of volunteers to save their lives. With feeds needed every 2 hours and each feed taking that long, this was a mammoth night and day task that the Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre faced.
At the end of January an 8 year old miniature schnauzer arrived at the Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre, having escaped life as a breeder in a puppy farm. It’s unknown how many litters in those 8 long years she would have produced before being discarded by the breeder, but judging by the poor state of her, it was many. However, unlike the other dogs who arrived with her, she seemed a good weight, if anything, plump.
