Bonnie Folz sends this sad story via email:
<< I'm sending this email out with a plea for help.
I found 5 female Pharaoh Hounds listed on Petfinders, owner surrendered. These five girls are not in the best of shape physically and mentally. A few seem to have bad skin conditions and have hair loss. We don't know if it is mange or a thyroid problem, all have teeth that are in very bad condition, they are afraid, some have separation anxiety and probably were not well socialized but seem to calm down when put out together and warm up to people after a while. After contacting the shelter that has them, The Animal Orphanage, we found that they will help these girls, get them vetted and spayed, and find good homes to adopt them out. It is a no kill shelter and the director is a sighthound person so she will screen potential adopters properly. One of these girls in particular needs to be out of the shelter and into a foster home as she's not coping well. She's a sweet, small, frail little 2.5yr old named Pink.
I've been in constant contact with the Pharaoh Hound Club of America's rescue committee as well as other club members and we are working together to do what we can for these girls. The problem is that these 5 that I found are only a partial number that may be in need of help. Though we are trying to find out how many there actually are, and where they were placed, we know there may be more that are in need of help.
It's been a sad chain of events and unfortunately, as usual, the dogs suffer, but as I said, we're working on it.
One of the other females, the sixth one we were able to track down, is being fostered now by the original owner's neighbor but the dog doesn't seem to be house-broken and she can only keep her for another week or so.
Sighthounds are somewhat of a fragile lot to begin with, tack on bad nutrition and possible lack of socialization, separation anxiety and you have a recipe for a dog who will need a special home/foster.
I'm friends with a gal, Marcy, who is a trainer and works at Wonderdogs and she's been out to see and socialize the five at the shelter the past two days (this all happened Friday). Marcy will send me a synopsis on her thoughts about each. From what Marcy has told me so far, these girls are just confused and scared but seem to warm up after a while.
Please do NOT contact this shelter direct. We currently have a good relationship with the folks there and any bombardment of emails and calls may be detrimental for us in helping these girls.
The Animal Orphanage is accepting donations of good premium food, bedding, toys and such, which if marked "for the Pharaoh Hounds" they will put aside for these girls.
Someone has already donated a months worth of dog food which is great! Marcy will also continue to work with these girls.
I have to tell you, I've been a member of the PHCA for about ten years now and we ALWAYS step up to the plate when one of our red dogs are in need. The breed is fortunate to have a relatively small, somewhat tightly knit community that puts all personal issues aside and bands together for the sake of our dogs. If the PHCA has 6 dogs a year in the rescue program, it's a lot. Finding out about possibly more than 7 Pharaoh Hounds in need of help at one time is just a bit overwhelming but not one of these dogs will go without being helped.
Donations for the 5 females, "Justice", "Pink", "Lady", "Emma" and "Storm" can be made to:
The Animal Orphanage P.O. Box 1363, 419 Cooper Road, Voorhees, New Jersey 08043
Please make a note if the donations are to be made specifically for the Pharaoh Hound girls.
Monetary donations can also be made to:
The Pharaoh Hound Club of America Rescue Program
c/o Chairperson: Pam Haig
8019 Corryton Luttrell Rd
Corryton, TN 37721
If anyone knows someone who can foster either of these girls, please contact me at
917-626-1374.
Thanks for your help
Keeping the faith & making a difference.
Bonnie Folz>>
Comments (5)
We have had a 5 year old pregnant rhodesian ridgeback go missing from our house which is located approx 2 miles south of Sango Elementary. Her name is Isabelle and she is very shy of strangers. I have checked everywhere for her. She has been missing since last Friday night 7/20/07. Please keep us in mind if you find a rr that fits this description- also she has a black color with no tags and she is microchipped. Thank you!!
We have had a 5 year old pregnant rhodesian ridgeback go missing from our house which is located approx 2 miles south of Sango Elementary. Her name is Isabelle and she is very shy of strangers. I have checked everywhere for her. She has been missing since last Friday night 7/20/07. Please keep us in mind if you find a rr that fits this description- also she has a black color with no tags and she is microchipped. Thank you!!
We have had a 5 year old pregnant rhodesian ridgeback go missing from our house which is located approx 2 miles south of Sango Elementary. Her name is Isabelle and she is very shy of strangers. I have checked everywhere for her. She has been missing since last Friday night 7/20/07. Please keep us in mind if you find a rr that fits this description- also she has a black color with no tags and she is microchipped. Thank you!!
We have had a 5 year old pregnant rhodesian ridgeback go missing from our house which is located approx 2 miles south of Sango Elementary. Her name is Isabelle and she is very shy of strangers. I have checked everywhere for her. She has been missing since last Friday night 7/20/07. Please keep us in mind if you find a rr that fits this description- also she has a black color with no tags and she is microchipped. Thank you!!
Jennifer - Very sorry to hear about your baby. Perhaps you need to post this to the top thread (current one) to have it noticed more.
Where is Sango Elementary also? We need a location such as city, state and streets or area such as Queens, Brooklyn, etc.
Good luck. Do you have a flyer made up to post? If not, let me know and I will try and help you make one in a Word format to distribute by e-mails, faxes, and post in the areas.