Oklahoma: Joey

Joey is a 7-month old male black sable puppy with an active, loving, friendly temperament.  Joey is always in the middle of everything and a big, fun, goofball!  He is fine with other dogs but not good around cats.  He would do best in a home with children over 5 years old.  He is partially housetrained, neutered; up-to-date on shots an in great health.

Texas: Harper

Harper is a special girl who is a true survivor. She was found as a stray and turned into a South Texas shelter. Adding to her woes, she was diagnosed with heartworm. After eight weeks in excellent foster care, she is now 100% back to normal and doing great! Harper is 4 years old and very friendly and easygoing. She loves attention but is also fine being told to go lay down. She also loves to play with her toys and is fine with being groomed.   

She is very athletic and could be a great agility prospect.

Harper gets along fine with other dogs. She would do best with children over 12 years of age. She has seen cats at the vet and did not chase them; however, it is unknown how she would react if they were running around. She is housetrained using a doggie door, crate trained and in excellent health.

Harper is protective of her food around other dogs and would do best being fed separately from other animals in the household.

To learn more about Harper, please contact her foster mom, Connie Hinton at 210-824-3447 or  belstarecs@sbcglobal.net

To submit an application for adoption, please complete the Adoption form and send to Anita Berkey at blarneyecs@dishmail.net

Oklahoma: Jessie

What a sweetheart! Lovable Jessie is a 2 -1/2 year old red female with an endearing personality. She is easygoing, friendly, loving and follows you everywhere. She enjoys sitting on your lap to be petted and follows you everywhere. She is good with other dogs, unknown around cats and would do best in a home with children over 5 years of age. 

Jessie had two litters before the age of two. Thankfully, Jessie was rescued by ECSCA in May and spayed soon thereafter. She is up-to-date on shots and in excellent health. She is mostly housetrained but will need ongoing vigilance to keep her on track to becoming completely housetrained.

Texas: Gracie Mack

Gracie Mack is a really a special gal. A 2-year old, spayed and pedigreed field-bred English cocker, she is a rarely seen liver, white and tan color. Her owner is heartbroken to part with her, but, typical of field-breds, Gracie is a bit too rambunctious and needs more play space than her townhouse can provide.  She is very sweet dog and full of love.  She's had some field training and she is very birdy and a great retriever. Her owner would love to see her talents put to use. Gracie Mack is healthy and UTD on her shots (may be due for heartworm test).

Virginia: Toobie

Toobie was named by a toddler who grew up with this dog for 6 years. However, he also answers to Doobie, which is what his foster mom calls him. Toobie is the product of a broken home; dad left and mom wanted him gone and so he ended up in a shelter.

Although he is 6 years old, he acts like a puppy. He is a happy clown whose tail never stops wagging. He loves to be with people and play fetch and tug. He needs to be an only dog and is fine with kids. We do not know (yet) how he is with cats.

Breed-wise, Toobie is a bit of a mystery. We think he is an American cocker from hunting lines. Whatever he is, he is very sweet with a big head that he likes to plant on your lap. He's a sturdy dog with a loud bark, although is generally quiet. He’s good in a crate and stays off the furniture. He can use a dog door but not reliably and he prefers walks or to be accompanied into the yard. He does know "no" and "sit" and could benefit from additional training.

Toobie needs a home with an active partner, perhaps someone that runs or has an active teenager.

To learn more about Toobie, contact his foster mom Marsha Wallace at 703-548-7641 or ecresqr@comcast.net.

Between Aug 5-12, it may be best to contact Anita Berkey, our adoption coordinator, which is also necessary to apply to adopt him. Anita can be reached at 615-797-5998 or blarneyecs@dishmail.net

Submit an application for adoption to Anita Berkey: Adoption form (copy and paste to an email)

Virginia: Belle

Belle is a 4-year-old spayed black AMERICAN cocker spaniel who is ready for her forever home. She has been through quite a journey and was an insecure dog when she came to her foster home in August 2009. She did not want to be touched and would sit, staring and stiff, sometimes shaking, and watch her foster mom carefully. She spent a lot of time in the yard at first, preferring to avoid much contact.

Belle gradually transformed into the most amazing dog. Smart as a whip, she learns things with zest. She is much more calm and affectionate now, yet not cloying or a cuddler. She sleeps on her foster mom’s bed most nights and has her favorite chair during the day. She loves to fetch balls and try to get food out of appropriate toys. She is extremely good in the house, completely housebroken and the only thing she will get into is the wastebasket to chew up paper. (She also is a “bag inspector” and will empty such receptacles to see what is there for her). She's very alert and a great watch dog. She travels well in a crate in the car.

Belle gets along very well with other dogs and, in fact it, would be great if she had a canine playmate. Belle is fine when seeing cats up close but has a VERY strong prey drive and small critters are not safe around her. She loves to be out in the yard stalking squirrels. Belle’s one major drawback is that she is NOT safe around, even the most well behaved, children. The perfect home for Belle would be with an active experienced dog person, that has a background in positive training methods. Belle could be a good performance dog, e.g. rally or agility, fly ball, tracking or maybe even free-style. Belle is very healthy although she does have a very mild heart murmur that is highly unlikely to cause any serious problems or affect her life span.

Some conditions for Belle's adoption are that a potential adopter must be able to travel to meet her, and for her to meet their pets. Her foster mom prefers that this be a drive of 4 hours or less so that she can come back to her foster home easily if, for some reason, things don't work out. Belle comes with a huge assortment of toys (they all end up in the backyard) and tennis balls.

If you would like to make an appointment to meet Belle or ask more about her, please call Marsha Wallace at 703-548-7641 or e-mail her at ecresqr@comcast.net

Virginia: Annie

This is Annie, and you are right, she is not a purebred English Cocker Spaniel, but she has the sweetness of temperament that is the hallmark of the breed. Annie was rescued from a high volume kill shelter. She was in pretty bad shape – covered with fleas, low-grade fever and really horrible teeth and gum disease, and through it all Annie never lost her sweet and loving nature. All that is better now and Annie is ready for her “forever” home.

Annie is about 7 or 8 years old, housebroken (asks to go out by gently pawing the door), and loves other dogs.  Annie is good with children, but we don’t know about cats. Annie wants to be with her people, and loves to put her head on your knee and be gently petted on the head. She is a quiet girl and wants to please.  Annie loves walks. She has some arthritis in her hips and knees so she sets a sedate pace and doesn’t pull. She likes car rides and is fine with grooming and bathing (but doesn’t like the noisy blow dryer).

Annie would be perfect in a quiet home, with or without the company of another dog.  Annie is a special girl who would thrive with owners as gentle, affectionate and kind as she is. To learn more about sweet, loving Annie, please contact her foster mom: Susan Hotchkiss at hotchkiss89@yahoo.com

Submit an application for adoption to Anita Berkey: Adoption form

California: Maddy

MADDY is one lucky dog!

She is approximately 10 years old and was brought into an LA shelter unable to use her rear legs. The folks who brought her in claimed she was a stray; that seems unlikely, given how clean she was and that she couldn't walk!

At any rate, the shelter did their best to treat her pain but there was not much else that could be done. She was in obvious distress and not able to understand what was happening to her. A wonderful cocker rescuer, Cathy Stanley, got her out of the shelter and took her to an orthopedist. Without an MRI it was hard to say what to do and the fact that several days had already passed made her prognosis, even with surgery, very questionable.

Even with many people helping, we knew that further delay for fundraising, even for one day, would mean prolonging her discomfort. Also of concern was who could foster a dog post operatively; the recovery period can be lengthy and require almost constant care initially and even then she might not walk.

So we (Cathy, the many other cocker lovers who heard about her, and ECSCA) came to the sad realization that the kindest thing to do would be to give her peace. Cathy trudged to the vet the next morning to be there for Maddy and..to her great surprise and delight, Maddy had greatly improved overnight and was able to walk 10 feet to greet her! (no doubt it was buoyed by the prayers and tears from her fans!)

So Maddy is now getting physical therapy BUT, a foster home is still needed. We can have her transported almost anywhere if we have to. If you can give this girl the special care she needs, please contact me immediately. ECSCA Rescue will be happy to sponsor her.

Make sure to see Maddy's video here

There is a special site for donations to help with Maddy's care here

If you would like to foster or adopt Maddie, please email Cathy Stanley or cal; 310-358-9918