Bo the Rottweiler will have a benefit yard sale Saturday. Photo: Trained Dogs for Adoption.
New rescue organization holds fundraiser for dog’s chemotherapy
by Timothy Rutt
Bo’s had it pretty rough already.
A five year old Rottweiler who has lived in a kennel ever since he was a year old, Bo can be a handful.
But he attracted the attention of Catherine and Tom Peters, who have started a new rescue organization, Trained Dogs for Adoption (TDFA).
TDFA is a kind of rescue of last resort, specializing in hard-case German shepherds.
“TDFA started because my husband and I discovered there was a place in the community for difficult-to-place dogs,” Catherine Peters said. “The tougher-to-manage dogs always seemed to speak to us.”
As longtime dog lovers who’ve worked in rescue before, Catherine Peters said they started TDFA “because we have a lot of experience dealing with difficult behavior and difficult-to-manage dogs, and just wanted to do it our way.”
Because they deal with difficult dogs, TDFA makes a long-term commitment to train and socialize them, and find the special kind of owners who will give them good homes, Catherine Peters said.
“Those kind of dogs kind of touch our hearts, and we have a soft spot for them, so we make a longer term commitment to them … They need someone to give them the gift of time.”
The Peters recently moved to Altadena, in part because it’s “an animal-loving community,” she said.
So what’s the story with Bo?
Bo the Rottweiler will have a benefit yard sale Saturday. Photo: Trained Dogs for Adoption.
New rescue organization holds fundraiser for dog’s chemotherapy
by Timothy Rutt
Bo’s had it pretty rough already.
A five year old Rottweiler who has lived in a kennel ever since he was a year old, Bo can be a handful.
But he attracted the attention of Catherine and Tom Peters, who have started a new rescue organization, Trained Dogs for Adoption (TDFA).
TDFA is a kind of rescue of last resort, specializing in hard-case German shepherds.
“TDFA started because my husband and I discovered there was a place in the community for difficult-to-place dogs,” Catherine Peters said. “The tougher-to-manage dogs always seemed to speak to us.”
As longtime dog lovers who’ve worked in rescue before, Catherine Peters said they started TDFA “because we have a lot of experience dealing with difficult behavior and difficult-to-manage dogs, and just wanted to do it our way.”
Because they deal with difficult dogs, TDFA makes a long-term commitment to train and socialize them, and find the special kind of owners who will give them good homes, Catherine Peters said.
“Those kind of dogs kind of touch our hearts, and we have a soft spot for them, so we make a longer term commitment to them … They need someone to give them the gift of time.”
The Peters recently moved to Altadena, in part because it’s “an animal-loving community,” she said.
So what’s the story with Bo?