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July 30, 2009

Community comes together for Jack Russell Terriers

I love this sweet tale from a paper in North Carolina I used to work at, the Greensboro News & Record:

When a couple on a 100-acre farm could no longer care for their 36 Jack Russell Terriers because the man had a stroke, a Greensboro woman stepped in to find homes for not just one or two of them -- all of them. At once.

The woman started an impromptu rescue. A pet shop in the city volunteered room for the dogs and puppies to stay. The Humane Society of the Piedmont provided transportation to get the dogs there. Planned Pethood and a local vet offered to spay and neuter the dogs and get them vaccinated.

The dogs are all available for adoption. Well done.

Noah Becker, 11, of Asheboro, is surrounded by Jack Russell Terriers on a cot at Dog Days. Neslon Kepley/News & Record).

Posted by Jill Rosen at 12:35 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: Dogs, dogs, dogs

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I have just lost my Jack Russell Terrier of 15 years - and am looking for another -short legs - around 12 lbs - about 2 or 3 years old.

Posted by: Ddoris Hefler | July 30, 2009 3:51 PM

I live with 3 Jack Russell Terriers, they are live wires !! how any one could possibly take care of 36 and give them the love and attention they crave is beyond me.
I hope all 36 find the kind of loving homes they deserve.

Posted by: Julie | July 31, 2009 7:56 PM

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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