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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.
Otterhounds needing
new homes.
How you can tell if a dog might
really be an Otterhound
Rescue Adoption
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