Helping Under Dogs

Posted by Beverly Hill Mar 1, 2009

Yesterday I stopped by a rescue group in Fort Walton Beach called Save UnderDogs. They're actually based out of Destin, FL, but operate a store front in FWB. The reason for being there was to pick up heart worm medications for a wonderful little tripod (tripawd) dog that we are fostering for the group, but I guess I learned a lot more than I bargained for, as evidenced by this my article on How the Economic Crisis is Affecting the Pets.

The spokesman for UnderDogs, Terri Bondi, reported that for the first time ever, she'd had more dogs returned to the group in a single month than she had adopted out, one after three years of living with his new family. Terri suspects the collapsing economy and the fact that mortgage foreclosures are forcing people out of their homes. My full-time 8-5 job is in government and I can add that it's not just the foreclosures, but job losses and evictions as well.

Sadly, it looks like the economy is going to get worse before it gets better. With any luck, good people will keep these animals in mind and either donate to worthy causes like UnderDogs, or offer to provide one of these animals a forever home.