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If you have to rehome your pet, NEVER offer you pet for free!
There are too many people who can pose as a good family and take your pet, fooling you into thinking they will provide a loving, safe home for it, only to dismember it, torture it, sell it to a lab, use it to try to fight dogs or use it as snake food. Instead, ask a small adoption fee, this can be donated to a shelter/rescue. Also have an adoption application and interview. The weirdo's will want to avoid that and it's well worth the time of finding your beloved pet a forever home.
What can happen to a pet that is given free to a casual, uncommitted owner?
*Abandoned to the streets. This is the most likely scenario that occurs when an uncommitted owner tires of a pet. Street
animals suffer every day of their short lives. The end always comes painfully, either from violent trauma or from lingering
disease.
*Handed over to Animal Control and euthanized. People who do not take their responsibilities seriously always take the
easy way out!
*Marginally Owned. The pet will not be cared for properly and is often allowed to roam the streets.
*Abused. The owner will not make the effort to properly train the animal. Often this leads to inappropriate responses
from the owner and abuse of the pet when it "misbehaves".
Next, be aware that there are dishonest people who routinely obtain animals for profit by fraudulently answering
"Free
To Good Home" ads. They are usually very persuasive and friendly. They know all the "right" answers to your questions
because they do this sort of thing on a regular basis. Some may even bring their kids along to make you think they are
a loving family!
The most important thing you can do to discourage this kind of person is to charge an adoption fee! This makes it
much more difficult for them to realize a profit so they will usually not bother contacting you.
What can happen to an animal if you let one of these con artists have it?
*Used to "live train" fighting dogs. The animal you expected to be a pet is used to bait a fighting dog and is literally torn
to pieces.
*Sold at Flea Markets or Auctions to anybody who happens along. Most of the time these animals are neglected, kept in
cramped, unsanitary conditions and often become sick and diseased.
*Sold to a Class-B Dealer who then resells the animal to a research facility. People who practice the despicable act of
rounding up strays to sell them are referred to as "Bunchers". At the research facility, the animal may suffer abuse and
most likely will be euthanized after they are finished with it.
*Used for breeding stock in a "Puppy Mill". The living conditions in most of these establishments are deplorable. Bitches
have continuous litters, one after the another.
*Used as live food or bait for exotics like snakes or alligators.
*Sacrificed in cult rituals. Some people find this hard to believe, but the FBI has many files documenting this kind of
activity in our country.
Rehoming your pet:
If you feel you must rehome your pet, BDSC can help you. If we do not have space in our rescue for you to surrender your pet to us, we can assist you in other ways to assure you that your pet finds a good home. But please, try these first before considering rehoming your pet:
Tips To Try First
First, if your dog is from a breeder that breeder should take the dog back or assist in placing the dog. Even if you moved and are now miles or thousands of miles from the breeder you need to let them know. Good breeders know people, and know others who can assist you.
Please search within yourself to keep the pet. If it's a behavior or training problem, or a reason such as allergies or moving your pet may not need to be rehomed if you truly want to keep the pet.
If you're still going to rehome the pet Make sure your pet is altered. Rehoming an intact pet is only condemning them to a life of creating more and more litters that will eventually have to be destroyed.
Vaccinations should be up to date. Many people are revising their vaccination protocol. You need to speak to your vet and assist the risk of certain diseases and follow the advice of your vet. Rabies are required by law in many places so you should have that taken care of. Remind the new owner about the license requirements of a pet.
Heartworm should be tested for. And overall general health should be good. Have the paperwork ready for potential new owners to look at and retrieve upon adoption.
Be honest about the situation. If there are behavioral or health issues you must present all this to any potential owner. If you do not do this your pet can end up in a worse situation.
If you have an older pet you may want to consider putting the pet to sleep yourself. You have to think seriously about the odds of an elderly pet finding a good home. Yes there are people out there who do adopt these animals. But they are few and far between. Is is much better and more humane on the pet for it to be gently put to sleep with the
family it knows and loves then to suffer the stress of a stranger or a shelter.
Tips to Rehome a Pet
* Have them sign an adoption application. Get one from any shelter or find one online.
*Ask an adoption fee. This fee can cover shots, spay or neuter. It can be donated to a shelter or rescue group.
*Take the pet to the new home, don't let them pick up the new pet. This way you can make sure the home is safe and the adopters are not lying.
*Have the pet altered before leaving you.
*Have the new adopters sign a contract saying they will return the pet to you if they cannot keep it.
*Enlist the assistance of a rescue or shelter.
ACTUAL CASE INVOLVING FREE TO GOOD HOME ADS
Barry Herbeck In Waupun, Wisconsin, Barry Herbeck, " received" a 12-year prison term for animal abuse in May of 1998.
In February of 1997, police found the bodies of five cats and one dog in Herbeck’s home. Poor little Nellie was one of the cats who was found. Nellie’s body was found with her rectum stretched to 1.5 inches in size (caused by Herbeck sodomizing her), both of her back legs were broken, her neck was broken and she had severe abdominal injuries. The other four cats, Morris, Butterball, Monkey and Harley were dead, with their eyes bulging from strangulation, and they had broken bones, jaws and necks.
Herbeck admitted to sodomizing, torturing and killing Nellie, and torturing and killing Morris, Butterball, Monkey and Harley.
Nikko, an 8-month old German Shepherd puppy, was found in a garbage container, her mouth and nose taped shut with duct tape. Poor Nikko remained in the container for a week, crying and whimpering, until, finally, there was silence. Nikko had urinated on the rug, and this was her punishment. Herbeck admitted to the murder of Nikko. The Rock County District Attorney dropped animal cruelty charges against Barry Herbeck for the torture and killing of Nikko. The Rock County District Attorney dropped the charges against Barry Herbeck for the sodomizing and murder of
poor Nellie.
Herbeck procured his victims by answering “Free to Good Home” ads, sometimes with his children. He claimed that he wants to give the animals a good home. He even pretended that his son was heartbroken over the loss of his 14 year old cat. In reality, Herbeck was obtaining these animals to torture and kill them. Herbeck reportedly told police that he punched the cats, twisted their necks and threw them against a wall until they died to relieve his pent-up anger. Rock County Humane Society official, Cheryl Silha, reviewed veterinarian reports on the dead animals and said the animals
had been tortured. And these animals were tortured and abused over and over and died a slow death.
Herbeck pleaded no contest to five counts of mistreatment leading to the death of an animal and one count of possession of a firearm as a felon. In exchange for a "no contest" plea, the Rock County District Attorney agreed to ask for a reduced sentence for Barry Herbeck and he dropped the charges against Herbeck for killing Nikko.
Herbeck is also a convicted pedophile and served time for first degree sexual assault of his then 6-year-old stepdaughter.
Barry Herbeck was up for parole on July 3, 2001.His parole was denied.
The Wisconsin Parole Commission received hundreds of letters and a signed petition!
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