Crossover Consulting

A Hilliard,Ohio rescue.
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One of the hardest things in rescue is leading with your head not your ♥️ . So even though my heart has lots to say I’ll keep this post short as possible

After several days of much anxiety and stress, that no person should have to endure, we have decided to close intake. We do have some dogs that we are in the middle of helping, and we will finish those commitments and then we will be re-shifting our focus. We want to say thank you 🙏 to everybody who has followed us and supported us and who will continue to do that through this rough time. But we are at the point where I need to consider my own mental health and reduce some of the anxiety not only I feel but our entire team feels. So for starters, we will finish rescuing the nine puppies 🐶 dumped on our Foster‘s property, the two pitbull‘s dumped on the game land one of our fosters found, smoke from Cumberland County, and we will be helping Lee County with one dog today as they will be depopulating the entire shelter on Monday. 💉

The cause of this temporary shut down is simple, we have had more returns this month then we have pulled out of the shelters. These dogs have caused unexpected financial burdens 💰 , they fill up Foster homes 🏠 usually for months while we work through the anxiety and depression of being rehomed. Then they inhibit us from saving dogs from the shelter

For that reason, we are going to be changing some policies. And a lot of people are not going to like this. 😡 But taking in a return that has been in a for years, is one of the most painful and heart wrenching things that we have to do. The anxiety, the depression, the physical health that deteriorates from a dog losing its home is not something that we should have to continue to endure. Nor should our Fosters have to. The financial burden, the time we lose saving others in the shelter who die because that return fills a foster home is not fair. We did our part. We found them a home that committed to them for life. We will continue to be the first point of contact when our dogs do not work out in adoptions. And of course, short term placements that just didn’t work out will always come back to us. And we will of course continue to help the Adopter find a new home for the dog. But we will no longer be the scapegoat for every dog that we’ve adopted out that does not work out. Every puppy that was not trained or socialized and now has issues. It’s not fair to us, emotionally, nor financially, nor is it fair to the shelters and the dogs in those shelters that we can’t save because somebody gave up on the dog they committed to for life. I am happy to share more to those who oppose this change.  We have saved over 2500 dogs. Simple
Math shows we cannot continue taking them back at the drop of a hat. And of course every situation is different and will be approached that way. We simply cannot be the responsibility party to take back all these dogs at any point in time.

So how can you help us get through this hurdle? 1. we will be focusing on and posting our dogs who have been returned and have been in our rescue for months or even years. If you can not adopt, please share and network.

2. we will be fundraising 💴 for the dogs that we were already in the process of being committed to. We need donations for silent auctions, we need funds called into our vets or donated through Facebook. Even a dollar helps.

3. last don’t give up on us. I haven’t given up on the rescue, even though some days I feel like I have nothing left to give. We will be back to saving lives. But for the moment the lives under our care are priority.

And here it is. The dreaded photo ⛔️ I have tried to scroll by for the last week.