Purchase a magnet showing your support
of rescue groups and $3 goes to CWVRG!!
Helping Udders also
has a bunch of other dog-related items available (including
Vizsla collars like the one shown below), and anywhere from 10-50% of
the purchase price goes back to CWVRG!!! (Be sure to specify CWVRG
when placing your order!)
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"Your Vizsla" by John Strauz and Joe Cunningham,
published 1973
CWVRG has a limited number of copies of this out-of-print hardcover
book, co-authored by breeder/judge Joe Cuningham. This book is a must for any Vizsla
lover's library. It has very good black and white pictures of dogs & breeders
that were very important in the foundation of the breed.
You can get your copy, with all proceeds
benefiting the Vizsla rescue
program (the books were donated to Vizsla rescue, so the entire cost goes to the rescue
program!), for just $5 including S+H.
Contact Rita to pay by check:
Rita Prindle
email: spunki_61981 at yahoo.com
Be sure to include your shipping address!!
Or, order online and pay with a credit
card ($6 total to cover the credit card fee):
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Other ways to help:
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL RESCUE EFFORTS
-Provided by Rebecca Dowdell
Much can be done to support your local rescue efforts, even if you cannot foster dogs.
Here is a list of things to look over and offer to your local group.
Help the local group create a call list of local shelters. You need to get a contact name,
ask about their policies on dogs such as how long they hold them, and ask whether they
work with rescue groups. You may have organizations that they do not know about. Get your
name or the local rescue person's name on the list. If they do not work with groups just
keep calling every week. Send them a letter and a good photo of a Vizsla; full body shot,
tail showing etc. so they know what to look for.
Shop thrift stores, flea markets, and garage sales for blankets (not electric) that can be
used for bedding. Any size blanket, baby to king works and they can be cut down to size
and hemmed. Look for collars, leashes and the large or XL crates.
Buy an extra can or bag of food, treats, or a toy every time you buy for your dogs and
store up a bag of goodies for rescue.
Offer to help drive a dog to it's new home. A few hours of driving makes a big difference.
If you are going on a vacation to another state contact the rescue groups between states
to see if they need a dog transported. A list of coordinators in listed on the Vizsla Club
of America home page at http://clubs.akc.org/vizsla/rescue.htm
Take a rescue dog on a socialization outing. Go to the pet store, to the park, to the vet,
or to play in your yard for a few hours and give the foster folks a breather.
If you are a breeder donate $10 per puppy to a rescue group and make sure you use a
contract that gives the buyer the incentive to contact you if they cannot keep the dog. Or
take an amount of the purchase price and ask buyers to write a check to the rescue group
of your choice.
When at dog shows, state fairs, craft fairs (even outside your area), look for rescue
group booths. Ask if they have a local contact for Vizsla rescue. If they don't or don't
know if they do, take their information and forward it to Vizsla rescue and find then send
Vizsla rescue info to the group.
Pick an amount of money ($1, 5, 10, you get the idea) and send a monthly check to the
rescue group of your choice for each dog they rescued that month.
Send a donation to a rescue group for special occasions in your life or that of your dogs,
cats, etc. (birthday, wedding anniversary, show/hunt wins).