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JR Mom, most breeds have local enthusiasts who rescue them. Usually if you contact a national group they can connect you to the local one. Sometimes there are groups of breeds, such as "terrier rescue" or small dog groups that would specialize in the JRs in your area.
What usually happens is they get on an approved list for the local humane society. When they get a dog in that has no owner that fits a breed description (roughly) they contact that group to come down and evaluate the dog and see if they would like to pull it from the shelter. It is good to have someone experienced help you because there are some dogs you should NOT pull and it is very hard to be objective at first.
But fostering is very rewarding. If you are expert or especially interested in a breed, you become a better judge at what will work out for that type of dog. For instance, you would know what to say to a pregnant woman with a two year old who wants "Wishbone".....
 

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Anyone else live with a packrat? I love this man but I wish I could manage the house better, especially to be making soap and cheese and products for sale here at the house. It is hard when you don't see eye to eye on how the house should be and there isn't enough space.
Part of my problem is that my prior house was big and airy and had nice work spaces and a huge kitchen. I really miss that house, I just wish it were sitting here.
i'm hearing you on all counts. here's what i did: i got a couple of big dumpsters when i first moved out here and threw all The Big Man's stupid man-stuff away. we all felt much better after that. and no he couldnt keep his golf-inspired motivational posters.

then i imposed new rules like "if you bring one new piece of clothing into this house you have to get rid of two" and i used to search his truck when he'd come home from Sam's/Costco just to make sure he didnt get another 60-pack of socks. and if he broke the rules i wouldnt feed him - and i'm a pretty good cook so he was highly motivated to get dinner every night.

after a while he looked around and said, gosh the house looks pretty good. and then when it would get messy it would start to bug him so he finally got it.

unfortunately, short of a brain transplant someone who is messy wont automatically wake up one day and see the value of organization. i've been on both sides of that coin and i finally realized that my problem solving was better when there wasnt so much stuff everywhere.

and

i miss my house that i had when i lived out there. a lot. so i'm feelin' ya baby. just hang in there. you're smart - you'll work it out.

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I decided we need a better name for our farm. Deb's thought that people might see "dungeon" out of Dunegan makes me re-think things.
We'd like to sell livestock (goats, rabbits, ducks, chickens), soap and eggs online, maybe other farm products, and do animal sitting. "Dungeons" shouldn't enter into anything in the imagination.......blackberries and rain forest would be the image I'd rather conjure up, not a dank cell especially if we do dog sitting.

Actually the place is rather ramshackle and the trees, many of them, are re-grown stumps although they are all covered with moss. Our fencing and outbuildings are all recycled constructs of different materials.
I'm trying to think of the right image here as well as a cute name, something funny that does not mislead perhaps. I think dogs could enter into the name. We wouldn't want to give the impression of being fancy. Somehow, Stump tree Dog Farm isn't quite cutting it for me, but that is the flavor I'm going for. We are also almost the End of the Road and Hubby and I are gettin' old, so something like Old Dogs Crooked Fence Farms comes to mind, but isn't whimsical.

Hubby still likes Dunegan Mountain Farms but I think we need a better name. I need something catchy to grab Hubby's attention.

Any inspirational ideas?
 

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savingdogs said:
I decided we need a better name for our farm. Deb's thought that people might see "dungeon" out of Dunegan makes me re-think things.
We'd like to sell livestock (goats, rabbits, ducks, chickens), soap and eggs online, maybe other farm products, and do animal sitting. "Dungeons" shouldn't enter into anything in the imagination.......blackberries and rain forest would be the image I'd rather conjure up, not a dank cell especially if we do dog sitting.

Actually the place is rather ramshackle and the trees, many of them, are re-grown stumps although they are all covered with moss. Our fencing and outbuildings are all recycled constructs of different materials.
I'm trying to think of the right image here as well as a cute name, something funny that does not mislead perhaps. I think dogs could enter into the name. We wouldn't want to give the impression of being fancy. Somehow, Stump tree Dog Farm isn't quite cutting it for me, but that is the flavor I'm going for. We are also almost the End of the Road and Hubby and I are gettin' old, so something like Old Dogs Crooked Fence Farms comes to mind, but isn't whimsical.

Hubby still likes Dunegan Mountain Farms but I think we need a better name. I need something catchy to grab Hubby's attention.

Any inspirational ideas?
What are the old trees? Mossy Oak Farm? Or something along that line.
 

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The chopped ones are evergreens, mostly western hemlock. We have over 1,000 alder trees, and lots of big leaf maples. Both of those are kind of known to be weed trees around here, they sprout up after logging is done. This area was clear cut 17 years ago and it has just resprouted into this. It is pretty again but in an eerie, quaint kind of way.
 

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savingdogs said:
The chopped ones are evergreens, mostly western hemlock. We have over 1,000 alder trees, and lots of big leaf maples. Both of those are kind of known to be weed trees around here, they sprout up after logging is done. This area was clear cut 17 years ago and it has just resprouted into this. It is pretty again but in an eerie, quaint kind of way.
Mossy Locks Farm
 

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I am not creative enough to come up with a catchy name.... but your theme seems to be second chances - rescued dogs, recycled materials and 2nd growth for trees.
 

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Another Chance Farm?

I'll think on it today and see if I can come up w/something.
 

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That would be good except we just left a dog and cat rescue group called Second Chance, so the word "Chance" can't be in there.

I suggested the Lazy Sleeping Dog Ranch this morning and hubby didn't like it, but I think that is closer to what we are going for.
Mossy Maple Dog Cabana......I don't know!
 
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