Spinone Rescue - Spinone Club of America

The Spinone Club of America is committed to insuring that any Spinone in distress be rescued and an appropriate home be located. The Club co-ordinates rescues and contacts throughout the United States

James Channon, President SCOA will coordinate rescue at your request.
You may call him at (804) 333-0309.

We Need your Help!

Request for Donations

Recent Rescue presents financial hardship on SCOA. We need your help!

During the past years, several Spinone have been rescued from unfavorable situations and replaced in good homes. Several have also been located at Humane Services or Pounds, others along the highway or in the woods.  Fortunately, until recently all were relatively healthy and required little or no medical attention. Recently, a Spinone was rescued, however, that had lost 25 (yes 25) of its original 59 pounds. She was so weak that she had to be hand fed and watered until she could get to the veterinary hospital. There she was thoroughly checked and fed and watered. She appeared at first to have defective kidneys, but they were ok as was everything else—eventually. She now has been released from the hospital and is in a new loving home. In the four weeks since she has been at her new home, she has regained 13 of the lost 25 pounds and is back in bed with her new owner—after 18 months solitary confinement in her previous back yard with no weather protection and food only when they remembered to throw her something. Whether a former owner is having family difficulties or whatever a medical emergency, this is no excuse for neglect and mistreatment of your Spinone. They are very loving and forgiving and must not be treated as this Spinone was.

The new owner was able to pay over half of the rescue costs. The Club has paid the balance, and these fund’s need to be replaced. I feel that this is the single most important role for us—to protect as well as promote the Spinone; however, we do have limited funds at present and cannot spare this additional expense. I am asking donations for this rescue as well as establishing a fund for any additional ones we encounter in the future—hopefully, there will be none.

Please send any amount that you can spare.

Please mark your donation "Spinone Rescue Fund" and send to:

Spinone Club of America - Rescue Fund
PO Box 307
Warsaw, VA 22572

Thank You For Your Help.

Jim Channon

Last updated on: 11/17/07