Greenspring Poodle Club Established 1953 An Affiliate of the Poodle Club of America

GPC Breeder Referral

Greenspring Poodle Club Breeder Referral is available to assist people in finding puppies. The GPC contact for Breeder Referral is Linda McNeely. Her telephone number is 301-831-5878. Linda's mailing address is 4317 Langdon Road, Mt. Airy, MD 21771.

GPC Rescue Reccue

Rescue Guidelines

We are an organization of volunteers. We feel that rescue is an essential part of a purebred dog club’s mission. We do, however, have very limited resources and only one club member handling rescue for the club. With that in mind, our guidelines are as follow:

For potential adopters:

We do not do any fostering of Poodles. If you make an application to adopt a Poodle we will keep your application information on hand until a Poodle comes into rescue which might fit your situation. This could be within a week or it could be several months before I contact you.

I do NOT take adoption applications on the phone. They must be filled out by you and sent to me. I do not mind discussing rescue with you and in fact I welcome your call as a followup to that application but please wait until I have received it. Email is also welcome.

If I have to return a long distance call it will be a collect call. I am in north-central Maryland, in Carroll County.

We matchmake. By that I mean that if a Poodle comes into rescue that might be suitable for you I contact you with the information about the dog. If you are still waiting for a Poodle (remember it could be months) and you are interested I will put you in direct contact with the owner. Basically you and the dog’s owner work out the details of meeting and transferring the dog. I follow up so I will know whether I need to continue trying to place the dog or not. I will make all attempts to know as much as I can about the Poodle prior to contacting you.

Occasionally I hear of a Poodle in a shelter. Some shelters will only adopt to local residents but others do not. In the case of a Poodle in a shelter I will still try to place it by applications. Of course the potential adopter would be subject to the shelter’s requirements.

NO MONEY CHANGES HANDS.

Dogs coming into rescue are either neutered/spayed or are expected to be taken care of within the first month of placement.

For People placing dogs into rescue:

We do not do any fostering of Poodles. We matchmake (see above notes to potential adopters).

To get your dog into rescue, call or e-mail Paula Waterman with info about the Poodle. If you e-mail we will still have to talk directly (by phone, that is) so I can learn all I can about your dog to help me find a placement. Information I hope to get from you includes: age, gender, variety, color; reason for placing the dog; medical issues if any; medications; experience with children, men, other dogs, cats; diet, training level. There are not any bad answers to my list of questions; I just try to match a dog which is not safe with cats, in a household with no cats.

Sometimes it takes a while to match your dog to someone. This is particularly true with elderly dogs, or dogs with particular behavior problems. Doesn’t mean they are unplaceable, but it does mean it takes time sometimes. I can have dozens of applications but many might be no longer searching by the time I call them. Or everyone has a cat.

I do my best to make a good match and do not ever knowingly send an applicant to you who would not be a good home. Ultimately however the decision on who will take your Poodle into their home will be yours to make. I expect and hope to stay involved in the process as well.

NO MONEY CHANGES HANDS. We do not collect a fee from either party in rescue. The Poodle should be neutered. The cost of this will be borne by the adopter if the dog its not yet neutered.

If you have any other general questions please feel free to email me, my preferred method of contact for general information. Call me if you need to place a dog, however. As noted above, long distance calls from me will be collect calls.

About Poodles in rescue

They come in all sizes and all ages, and for all reasons. As you can imagine the easiest to place are young, healthy and have no significant behavioral problems. The most difficult to place are the elderly and/or infirm. These older dogs can be wonderful sweet companions, and often the medical issues are mostly issues needing careful diet management or daily medication. We hope you will consider being open to adopting the older dog.. We are fortunate to get a steady stream of applicants for rescue Poodles but it can take a very long time sometimes to match the senior dog to an applicant.

Rescue Chair

e-mail pioneer6@comcast.net

Rescue forms

If you are interested in adopting a poodle please go to this page Greenspring Rescue Service Home Evaluation Form ) (HTML), a new browser window will open.. You may print the form and then close the form. If we do not have an appropriate poodle in rescue we will be happy to keep your name on file. Please mail all Home Evaluation Forms pioneer6@comcast.net.