Dogs and puppies are also socialized and desensitized to normal household noises, and are treated with kindness and tender loving care especially if they have suffered terrible abuse. In home foster care allows for the dog or puppy to be treated as a member of the family while learning to be cage trained and house broken. Once in foster care, we access the dog or puppy’s health and complete our vetting protocols which include the following heartworm testing and treatment, tick panel testing and treatment (many dogs with heartworm also have tick borne illnesses so recovery time is doubled), fecals to check for intestinal parasites and protozoa and de-worming if necessary, Parvovirus and Distemper combination vaccinations, Rabies vaccinations, spaying and neutering, micro-chipping, dentals if necessary and for our special needs dogs, CBC (complete blood count) and chemistry and any major surgeries including mastectomies for mammary cancer and additional tumor/growth removals. We are lucky to have working foster homes in Illinois (licensed by the Il Department of Agriculture), Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Since our beginnning, we have been housing rescue dogs and puppies with foster care volunteers who open their homes to these neglected animals. Once an adopter is screened and approved and the adoption is finalized. IBR has adopted dogs on both coasts and several states in between besides Canada. On average we bring in 80 to 100 Pointers, Setters and a few mutts in between every year as funds allow and depending on foster care openings. These dogs come in from owners who have lost their jobs, some are facing foreclosure, some are going through divorce and sadly in many cases some have to be rehomed due to their owners passing away. We also take in Pointers and Setters from families that have been hit hard financially and are struggling due to the economy. Sadly, all were in danger of being euthanized - never reaching their full potential until we pulled them to safety. WE do know that these diseases are also passed from mother to pup so many dogs are disposed of young as rejects through no fault of their own and once treated- gain back their natural hunting drive and scent pointing abilities. Many of these dogs have never had any flea and tick protection and many come in with heartworm disease due to never having any monthly preventative. A dog that can not smell a bird and point is often a dog that will wind up in a shelter or worse- shot dead in a field for non performance. Due to IBR's tick borne disease research, we know that many dogs and puppies infected with Lyme disease and co infections can not scent point as these diseases affect their natural hunting instincts. Perhaps some weren't winning enough in Field Trials, maybe some became too old to hunt or to have litters of puppies, but many were gun shy. Most of the dogs and puppies in our foster care program were strays or owner surrenders pulled from overcrowded shelters and humane societies from all over the United States. We are dedicated to saving, transporting, vetting, fostering, and adopting homeless American Field bred Pointers and English Setters. Visit its Web site at and click on “Emergency.Illinois Birddog Rescue (IBR), is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization and licensed shelter by the Illinois Department of Agriculture. The International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council can also help you locate wildlife rehabilitators. You can also contact the NWRA central office at 32. NWRA’s Web site will take you through several methods for locating licensed wildlife rehabilitators in your city and state. You can also locate wildlife rehabilitators by visiting the National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association’s (NWRA) “ Finding a Rehabilitator” page. If your state wildlife agency doesn’t list wildlife rehabilitators in your area, you can check for the nearest wildlife rehabilitators by going to the AnimalHelpNow website. If you’ve reviewed the Wildlife Emergencies page and have determined that the animal does need human intervention and care, please contact your local animal control bureau or licensed wildlife rehabilitator in your area. In most cases, young wild animals should be left alone. Many animals do need immediate care, but often, well-meaning people with the best of intentions “rescue” young birds and mammals who, in fact, are perfectly fine and whose parents are probably foraging for food nearby. If you have found an injured or orphaned wild animal, please read our Wildlife Emergencies page to make sure that the animal truly needs help/rescue before attempting to capture and transport the animal to a wildlife rehabilitator.
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