7/11/13 Two Dogs on Deathrow OHIO "Due to no fault of their own, Bernie and Mac have been returned by their adopter who is moving, to the Humane Society of Richland County and need rehomed ASAP!! Their euth date is July 22, 2013.

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Richland County Humane Society. 3025 Park Ave W, Ontario, OH

From: Karlyn Schnapp [mailto:karlynschnapp@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:00 AM
Subject: Fwd: FW: RICHLAND COUNTY: Bernie and Mac URGENT - July 22nd Euth Date

CONTACT: For more info on Bernie & Mac please call Julie, Bonnie or Missy at the HSRC 419-774-4795 or missbrie2go@yahoo.com  (<@yahoo.com >) 
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From: "Sabrina - Go Buckeyes!!" <missbrie2go@yahoo.com>

Due to no fault of their own, Bernie and Mac have been returned by their adopter who is moving, to the Humane Society of Richland County and need rehomed ASAP!! Their euth date is July 22, 2013.  

Bernie and Mac came to us on March 11, 2011 when they were seized along with 50 other dogs and 30+ cats from a known animal hoarder in Mansfield, Ohio.  These guys have been in 'limbo' for the past couple years because their 'owner' has done appeal after appeal trying to re-gain custody of them.  Thankfully, she did not succeed.  However, since our shelter didn't have ownership of the animals seized in this raid, we were unable to place the majority of these animals into forever homes or rescues.  Bernie and Mac are currently being housed in foster care until better placement into a rescue, or their euthanasia date has come.  Bernie is approx 6-7 years old, and Mac is approx 8-9 years old.  These two handsome guys have come to depend on each other.  They have been through training for basic obedience and have come a long way since we first seized them two years ago. They are housebroken, HW tested (negative) UTD on routine vaccinations. They are still very timid of people, and still learning how to 'just be a dog'.  Bernie and Mac do not know what it means to trust humans completely yet, but they are learning well!  When we first got these guys we couldn't touch them too much without setting them off into a tremble because they were so terrified of us, neither of them knew what a collar was, or a leash, clean fresh water, or healthy food on a daily basis.  Now, they will let you scratch them, pet them, bathe them, walk them, brush them, take treats from your hands.  Now they know what true love is, and are even learning how to give some of that love back to us.  It breaks our hearts to have to put a date on these guys but we have to look at their quality of life.  These boys need someone who can continue to work with them, and a family and a home that understands that it may take quite some time to bring these guys around completely.  But we have faith that their perfect forever home is out there!  We haven't given up hope.  We just need some help finding it for these guys.  They have come such a long way, and we know that they can make those final steps towards trusting completely, we do not want to have to euthanize these dogs simply because nobody is stepping forward.  We have done all we can do for Bernie and Mac here at the shelter, we need help to get them the rest of the way.  We need a family with patience who will let us learn at our own pace how to trust them so that we can live out our golden years in a warm cozy bed.  Can you help us find our forever home??  Please help!  Euthanasia Date is set for July 22, 2013! Transport is available!!   For more info on Bernie & Mac please call Julie, Bonnie or Missy at the HSRC 419-774-4795.   PLEASE SHARE!!!