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Otterhound Club of America Rescue
The official policy of the Otterhound Club of America is
that only purebred Otterhounds, or dogs presumed to be
purebred Otterhounds are eligible for assistance under this
program.
National Rescue Coordinators:
Eibhlin Glennon (847) 838-3889, Illinois
- eibhlinglennon@yahoo.com
Betty Smith (601) 634-0199, Mississippi
- betty_smith@bellsouth.net
Any questions, please e-mail
Eibhlin or Betty.
How You Can Help Otterhound Rescue
The Otterhound Club of America is comprised of a very
small number of people spread out across the US, Canada,
the UK and Europe. OHCA gets calls weekly about "Otterhounds"
in shelters which turn out not to be hounds of any kind,
much less Otterhounds. If you've found a dog in a shelter
or other rescue situation, please check Is it an
Otterhound? before contacting Otterhound rescue.
When a volunteer drives for hours to get to a shelter,
only to find that the supposed Otterhound has little
erect ears on top of its head, or is an adult dog, not
malnourished, and weighs 25-30 pounds, they get very
discouraged. If this happens too often, the volunteer
may stop taking time off work or using Saturdays to
check out reports of rescue Otterhounds. The 100 or
so members of the OHCA in the US cannot rescue every
large shaggy stray - even though many of us were originally
attracted to Otterhounds because of resemblance to a
well-loved mutt. The odds of a stray being "part Otterhound"
are miniscule. There are fewer than 40 unneutered male
Otterhounds in the US of an age that could possibly
breed. And all or almost all of those unneutered male
OHs are securely fenced family pets who are also show
dogs. There are even fewer unspayed females, and they
are even more closely contained.
OHCA Rescue does care and has rescued and rehomed
several Otterhounds in the last three years, going
to considerable work and expense to transport OHs
across the US, etc. Otterhounds do sometimes end up
in shelters. Just, happily, not very often.
Photos of Otterhounds rehomed by OHCA Rescue
- this includes photos of OHs whose coats are in bad
shape or have been clipped short, and may be useful
in determining if a shelter dog might be an Otterhound.
As dogs in shelters may have been clipped to remove
matts, we've also put together photos of shaved Otterhounds to give you an
idea of what an OH looks like without its coat.
How you
can tell if a dog might really be an Otterhound
Rescue Adoption Application*
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