Rescued Rottweilers find new homes

The mighty Thor loves attention.

With four legs, a slobbery tongue, black and brown fur and a friendly nature, it wasn't long before Thor found a good home. This particular Thor isn't the hammer-wielding Norse god of legend; he's a two-year-old Rottweiler, one of three Rottweilers found tied to a tree in the Hanmer area on April 18.

Richard Paquette, manager of the Rainbow District Animal Shelter, was the one who had to venture out at 2 a.m. to rescue the dogs. He was responding to a complaint called into animal control.

“It was far off in the bush,” Chad Gauthier, an animal control officer, said. “Richard could only drive so far in, and then he had to walk the rest of the way into the dogs. If this was done on purpose, it was done with the intent of these dogs not being found, they were so far out in the bush.”

The three Rottweilers, including two six-year-old females Savanah and Sonja, were in good shape when they were found, and there was nothing in regards to their health that animal control officers were concerned about, Gauthier said.

As soon as they were brought into the shelter in Azilda, they were all vaccinated and dewormed.
 

All three Rottweilers have now been adopted, according to Rainbow District Animal Shelter. Furthermore, the owner of the dogs has come forward and appropriate action will be taken in this manner, the details of which cannot be made public as the investigation is ongoing.

Gauthier said it's clear by the way the dogs were found that no one was going back for them, and they would never have been able to defend themselves if they were attacked by another wild animal.

“We are an open admittance shelter, and while there is a fee in most cases to surrender an animal, it's better than letting them sit out in a bush and starve or be eaten by coyotes.”

More information about Rainbow District Animal Shelter and about any of its animals up for adoption can be found at gsshelter.ca.

Posted by Arron Pickard