Chattahoochee English Springer Spaniel Rescue

Welcome to CESSCGA Rescue - Watermarked

A DIVISION of CHATTAHOOCHEE ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL CLUB of GREATER ATLANTA, Inc.
CESSCGA no longer rescues Springers. Scroll to the bottom of this page for the national rescue link.

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History	Help	Email ESRA Rescue ESRA Web Site Atlanta area contact	CESSCGA, Inc discontinued Rescue Jan. 1, 02	CESSCGA	Printable Membership Application
Letter from Nepal	*NEW* Natl. Spec. T's 04	Links to friends of CESSCGA	LenLear ESS
Before you adopt, visit LenLear ESS Pointers and visit the ASCPA web site for further information on pet care.

CESSCGA, Inc. is a non-profit club. To help keep costs at a minimum, please utilize Email
whenever possible. Thanks!

Barbara Welty - barbara@alcazardelmar.com phone 770-604-3355

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ANY donation, large or small, will be greatly appreciated.
Select Donations from the index for donations address.

NEW BEGINNINGS

CESSCGA Rescue began in 1990 when the club was contacted regarding a young male springer that had ended up in the Cobb County Pound. Finding a suitable home for that young fellow hooked us on helping homeless springers. To date, CESSCGA Rescue has placed approximately 900 springers.

CESSCGA English Springer Spaniel Rescue accepts approximately 80 springers into the rescue program each year. There are more calls for rescue springers, however not all springers are accepted into the rescue program. Should a springer be seriously ill, has bitten someone, or has shown aggressive behavior, rescue will not accept the springer for legal reasons.

There are many good reasons to consider adopting a rescue springer (or any rescue dog). The dog is often older, past the puppy stage of chewing and usually has been house trained. Many springers we receive into the rescue program are obedience trained, crate trained and will walk on a lead nicely. When a springer is adopted from our rescue program, the springer has been thoroughly evaluated. He or she has been examined by a vet, given any necessary shots, checked for heartworms, and neutered/spayed.

During all this handling and examination, the springers temperment is tested. ANY springer exhibiting aggressive behavior is not accepted into the rescue program.

HELP WANTED

GOOD RESPONSIBLE HOMES!

Good homes are always needed. If you cannot commit to adopt a springer, VOLUNTEER to foster a springer until a suitable home can be found. Donations are needed for dog food, heartworm checks, and other needs a springer in foster care requires. Help is always appreciated in grooming, bathing and transporting springers. No contribution is too small. Donations can be sent to:

CESSCGA
199 Apalachee Church Rd.
Auburn, Georgia 30011

Note:

CESSCGA is not a placement service, strictly rescue! Our primary concern is in placing a rescue springer into a loving home environment. Please do not be insulted by the (). Certain conditions MUST be met in order to place a rescue springer into your home. Mixed breed springers are not accepted into the rescue program. All springers are spayed or neutered as a condition of acceptance into the rescue program, no exceptions.

There is a fee of $200.00 to offset the many expenses incurred in preparing a rescue springer for a loving home.

CONTACT: All information is available by calling Barbara @ 770-604-3355 or via email.

If you cannot RESCUE, do not BREED!
Pets are for a lifetime, not throw-away toys!

This page designed, developed and maintained by Len Cooper

Questions we ask of potential rescue persons.

1) Do you live in a home or an apartment?

HOME:

Do you have a fenced yard?

Yes - Springers are very active dogs and require lots of exercise. A home with a fenced yard is the ideal environment for a springer.
No - How do you plan to exercise your new springer? Springers do not fare well if not allowed to exercise. Walking with the springer on lead several times a day is necessary if your yard is not fenced. We will not place a springer should you want to chain the dog outside in lieu of walking each day. We will not place a springer if the intent is to allow the dog to roam the neighborhood.

APARTMENT:

Springers can live in apartments, however, we do not recommend this scenario. If a springer is placed into an apartment home, you must agree to provide exercise on lead.

2) Are there small children in your home?

Each springer is evaluated to determine if he/she is compatible with small children.

3) Have you owned a springer previously?

4) Do you fully understand the characteristics and peculiarities of a springer? Literature is available through your local library or we will be happy to answer any and all questions you may think of.

5) Is it your intent to maintain a healthy springer via regular visits to your Vet. for shots, etc.?

NOTE: We require all rescue springers be neutered/spayed. If CESSCGA Rescue has the dog in a rescue foster home, we will neuter/spay the dog prior to placement.

NOTE 2: AKC registration certificates are not furnished with a rescue springer. We require the potential owner sign an agreement stating this dog was obtained through the rescue program.

NOTE 3: Once you have accepted a rescue springer into your home, CESSCGA Rescue will require you sign a TRANSFER AGREEMENT. This agreement states, " This English Springer Spaniel will not be sold, given away, destroyed or otherwise disposed of without first notifying CESSCGA Rescue giving CESSCGA Rescue first option to obtain the dog." The original fee is non-refundable.

Pete Dorland
4843 Mary Dale Circle
Lilburn, GA. 30047-5536
Email: dretep@aol.com
Ph. (770) 921-2749

Eleven years ago when CESSCGA started it's rescue program it filled a need. There was no ESS rescue in the southeast at all. Now there are several programs and a lot of confusion about who is who and what is what is resulting. To clearly draw the lines between CESSCGA Rescue and ESRA the following policy will become effective immediately.

1 - CESSCGA will limit it's rescue program to purebred Springers in the Greater Atlanta area only.
2 - CESSCGA will only list CESSCGA Springers on it's website. A link will be provided to other rescue groups.
3 - All Springers being accepted into CESSCGA rescue will be approved by the CESSCGA Rescue Committee.
4 - Information regarding rescue Springers from outside our area will be forwarded to the appropriate group.
5 - CESSCGA will assume responsiblity for all rescue Springers in the Greater Atlanta area.

If you have any questions I will be happy to try to answer them.

Zippy Cooper - CESSCGA Rescue Chairman

Placement vs. Rescue,

Owners of purebred springers occasionally call CESSGA Rescue attempting to find a home for their springer. We attempt to solve the owner's problem(s) with the springer by recommending steps to resolve their particular problem(s). If the owner is unwilling or unable to keep the springer after exploring all options, CESSCGA Rescue first recommends that the owner advertise the springer in a local newspaper. Failing that, CESSCGA will place the springer on our rescue web site and place the word "placement" beside the "Contact" person. If CESSCGA Rescue is unable to foster the springer and the owner is unwilling to keep the springer until the springer is adopted, CESSCGA Rescue will recommend the owner place the springer in a shelter that we have made arrangements to have the shelter call us upon receipt of any purebred springer. We ask the same questions to the owner about health, shots, spay/neuter, temperament as we ask someone seeking a rescue springer. Any springer that has bitten or growled at a person or displays any other temperament problems will NOT be placed on our site as a placement.

What is the difference between Placement and Rescue?

When CESSCGA Rescue agrees to place a springer on our web site as a placement, we remove ourselves from the loop between the person wanting a springer and the person owning the springer. All contact and arrangements are made between the two parties. CESSCGA assumes no responsibility in the matter of health or temperament and the rules that apply for a rescue springer are not applicable. You may view the rules under the "Please read" link on the main menu for this page.

CESSCGA, Inc. is a non-profit AKC approved club. Our rescue efforts are funded through donations to CESSCGA Rescue. A springer placement on our web site is a service to both the owner and the person seeking a springer. We only ask that you donate to the club to help us offset the expense of the vet bills (and the bills are huge) for other rescued springers.

Questions regarding this policy may be directed to,

Len or Zippy Cooper
Email: lenlearspringers@mindspring.com

CESSCGA, Inc. will discontinue our rescue program effective January 1, 2002. Rescue groups and shelters will be able to contact the national springer rescue group for assistance. I am not certain of how placement requests are viewed by the national group. A link and contact name will be listed here shortly.

Since 1990, CESSCGA, Inc. has rescued and placed approximately 900 English Springer Spaniels. During the last eighteen months to two years, our rescue page has become more of a placement service than a rescue service even though our stated objective has always been one of rescue.

Further information soon.

Len Cooper for CESSCGA, Inc.