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"Bear" is one of many "Bear's" who've gone
through our program since 1985. This Bear is one of our favorite happy endings.
After spending his first 18 months of life on a short chain, without shelter and tormented
by other large dogs, a neighbor persuaded his owner to send Bear to us. He was in
very poor condition - covered with sores and bite wounds - but his disposition was sweet
and affectionate. Bear recovered quickly but he was here over a year because
no one was interested in adopting him. We couldn't understand why such a nice dog
was being passed over.
Meanwhile, Bjorn Flugstad was thinking of getting himself a dog. He'd never owned
one before and he wanted to make the right choice. He'd been watching our web site
for months and had seen Bear's name appear again and again. Finally, in August of
1998, Bjorn came to see Bear and it was love at first sight! Bear, the dog who'd
never lived in a house before went home with Bjorn, who'd never had a dog before.
Bear settled right in and has been a perfect gentleman ever since. Now we know why
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from Winnebago Animal Services in 1990. Adopted by the Henry Baumann family &
their three children, she went everywhere with them, even on camping trips, until she
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Many of our
adopters came back to us for a second and even a third Chow. "Candy" was an
unclaimed stray
from Illinois. A very pretty red, she was adopted by Eunice Peck
of Burlington. Eunice has had
Chows all her life and wouldn't dream of having any other breed! Candy was her constant
companion, going everywhere with her.
When Candy passed away, Eunice came back to
adopt "Taffy" who'd spent the first part of her life lying in
her own filth on a 5'
chain. When Taffy died, Eunice came back a third time and we
helped her find "Bon Bon", a senior black female from Katann
Chow Chow Rescue in Minnesota. Eunice, a senior herself, had a
real soft spot for hard luck dogs and Bon Bon certainly was that;
she'd lived outdoors all of her life and had been so neglected that
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In 1999, we were called upon to
retrieve several adult Chow Chows and a litter of puppies from a
puppymill in southwestern Wisconsin that was closing. The
dogs were all kept inside a barn on short chains. The
younger adult Chows had been born in that barn and, until we
arrived, had never been outdoors, never walked on grass, had
never seen the sun or felt the wind. Some of the Chows
were too psychologically damaged by this lack of socialization
to be saved but eventually, most were able to be placed in
permanent loving homes. Also rescued by other agencies
were several Cocker Spaniels, Poodles, Shih Tzu, and small mixed
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"Snuffy" was yet another stray from the
Winnebago Animal Services in Rockford, IL. A happy black female, Snuffy was adopted by Gil
& Vern Palkowski of Milwaukee.
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"Choo Choo's" plaintive expression says "Do I have
to come in right now?" Enjoying the snow, Choo Choo loves ambling around her adoptive
family's small farm, socializing with their pygmy goats, poultry, cats and other animals.
Choo Choo is one of several dogs rescued when a hobby breeder fell on hard times. She was
adopted by Marjorie Needham & family in 1995. Choo Choo's half brother,
"Horace" became part of Lewis Palm's family of Jefferson, Wisconsin in 1994
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"Chien" was
only 4 weeks old when she came to us and so anemic that our vet gave her only a 50-50
chance of survival. Chien was among 200 dogs rescued from a Jefferson puppymill in 1991.
She was the only Chow that could be saved from that kennel. Chien was adopted by Pat &
Bob Keith. Read more about the Jefferson puppymill.
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"Shelby" (left) was a thin stray when she was rescued in
winter '96. Fostered briefly by Rottweiler Rescue before coming to us, she won their hearts with
her happy, easy going nature. Smart, good with children & other dogs, Shelby was
adopted by David & Jennifer Scheer of Madison. "Indy" was adopted by the
Scheers in 1998 from the Dane County Humane Society.
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We have no pictures of "Dasha", our very
first rescued Chow, because she was afraid of cameras! Given up by a family broken by
divorce, Dasha came to us in 1985 at age 5. Apparently trying to set a
Chow record for longevity and health, Dasha spent the rest of her life with her adopters, the Carl
Rindfleish family of Beloit, until she passed away at the amazing age of
19!!
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"George" was an unclaimed stray from the Wisconsin
Humane Society in Milwaukee. In poor health when he arrived in 1992, he
recovered quickly and won everyone over with his silly personality.
George was adopted by Cindy & Tom Berryhill of Oshkosh.
They'd never had a Chow before but George sold them so well on the breed that they soon
acquired another one and joined the Wisconsin Chow Chow
Club.
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"Squeak's"
owner lost his home and had to give up both his dogs. Left at the Kenosha County
Humane Society in 1997, little Squeak became very depressed. He didn't even get up
when we came to see him. His mood picked up considerably when he realized he was
coming home with us! Shown with his new owner, this pretty blue
boy now makes his home with
Beth Ezell and Troy Dunlap of Minnesota who renamed him "Bear".
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