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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
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eibhlinglennon@yahoo.com
Betty Smith (601) 634-0199, Mississippi
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betty_smith@bellsouth.net
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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