It's Going to be Another Record Year

Last year we helped 121 Bostons find a new home, or live permanently with us for life.  Many we gave counselling to their distressed owners, or helped in many other ways.

Today we are at 131 with Maria's Milo and 3 new Puppy Mill survivors we took yesterday.  We don't have very much information on them yet, but that there are 2 females and 1 male.  Their foster homes will give them a name (not a number that they now have) and let us know all about them.

Their new life begins.

Prayers and positive thoughts are needed for Cabbage Patch baby, who Jerrilyn pulled from the NYC shelter this week, and who is being fostered by Linda Antonelli.  She is getting the best vetting and 24hr monitoring by Linda.  She is not out of the woods.




We have 400 ish volunteers.

60 adoptable dogs in care now ( there are 4 pairs included in that)

30 permanent fosters 

Sheryl Trent, President NEBTR

This is amazing. We are so humbled and proud to be part of such an amazing network of caring and giving people. 

Thank you everyone for your dedication and services. 

God bless!!

Group opens hearts, homes for beloved Boston terriers

From The Messenger Post:

Erinn Cain
Team Leader/News Reporter for Monroe County
Messenger Post Media



Pictured are Mack, Sydney and Bogey, Boston terriers owned by Heather Scott, a volunteer for the BT Cruisers and Northeast Boston Terrier Rescue.


Tyson is a 10-year-old Boston terrier available for adoption through the Northeast Boston Terrier Rescue. He is so driven by food that he has been nicknamed “the vacuum” by his foster family.


Joan Stark, a volunteer with the BT Cruisers and Northeast Boston Terrier Rescue, is pictured with two of her Boston terriers.
Henrietta, N.Y. — Heather Scott got her first Boston terrier in 2007. With Mack, it was “instant love.” “I have always loved dogs and have owned other breeds in the past, but something about this breed just stands out for me,” said Scott, of Irondequoit. “ ... They just want to be loved, they have high energy, but each one has such a personality. They make you laugh at their antics sometimes.”

Now with three Boston terriers — Mack was joined by Sydney and Bogey — Scott is one of about 50 members of the Rochester-based group, the BT Cruisers, an organization that holds monthly fundraisers with proceeds going to Northeast Boston Terrier Rescue (NEBTR). The NEBTR, with volunteers in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Delaware, provides medical and health care to Boston terriers in need and helps find dogs homes through adoption. Rescue dogs are placed in foster homes and evaluated for at least two weeks to assess their personality and provide them with basic skills, including house and crate training, to help ease their transition into permanent homes.

The BT Cruisers’ fundraisers are named Madison’s Mission in memory of Madison Hunter, a Boston terrier owned by Betty Ann Manganello, of Rochester. It was about five years ago, after the death of Madison Hunter, that Manganello decided to get involved with the NEBTR.

“I was giving Madison Hunter such a good home that I felt no other Boston should have to be abused or lack a safe, loving home,” she said. “I knew I wanted to get involved and try to make a difference — no matter how small it may be.”

Joan Stark, Of Ontario, has owned Boston terriers for over 40 years; she currently has three of her own and two foster dogs.

She said she became involved with the NEBTR because she appreciated its “philosophy of finding the perfect home for every Boston.”

“There are many ways to help,” she said. “Join the group and help with transports, helping a Boston from a foster home to its forever home, home visits, fundraisers, donate and help educate.”

She added, “Their personality, intelligence and those adorable, pushed-in faces are hard to ignore. They are clean and smart, so train easily. They are also very stubborn, and it needs an owner with patience who understands the breed.”

Fostering a dog, said Manganello is difficult, but admirable.

“It’s a tough job,” she said. “They sometimes have to nurse back the very sick Bostons. The love they give the fosters is insurmountable. They get faced with challenges that sometimes take months to work through. They truly are angels.”

Foster Evaluation

All of our rescue dogs are fostered and evaluated for a 2 week minimum to allow us to assess their personality and provide them with basic foundation skills - House/Crate training, basic manners - to ease their transition into new homes. It is our belief such work in foster care better prepares dogs for success and helps forms lasting bonds.
Sometimes our dogs do stay with us longer before we consider them ready for a new home, usually because they may have health issues that need to be evaluated and corrected or they require more socialization and training due to their history. Ultimately, this makes it easier for both the dog and the forever family to have a happy life together.

1000 Blog Posts

This is blog post number 1000!  That's right, we've published 1000 stories about NEBTR and the Bostons we have rescued.  You can see the history of all the posts in the right hand column.  Just click on a name, and you can see all the stories about a particular topic or pup.

There are 571 stories about our fosters and their success stories alone.  So join us in a trip down memory lane and read about all that NEBTR has accomplished over the past several years.

Special thank you to President Sheryl Trent, without whom this would not have been possible!

Final Stats for 2011

With the birth of 3 puppies that Lara and Jesse helped Mandy, their foster and a PM survivor, deliver on New Year's eve, we were able to take in 136 Bostons this past year.

The year prior was 93. Prior to that was 80. Not a good indication of where we are going, and having already been contacted to help 7 since Jan 1st, our wish for a quieter year doesn't look promising.

Thank you to each of you who give your time, your homes, your tears for each lost soul and the joy of another successful adoption.

I am so proud of us.

Cheers,

Sheryl Trent, President NEBTR

2010: Cost to Save Lives

In 2010, we rehomed a record 93 dogs. On average, we lose $155 per adoption (the medical costs per adoption are higher than our adoption fees.) That means that we needed to raise $14,000 just to make sure the dogs received the basic veterinary care they required. Normally, people are surprised to hear that we lose money even though we have higher adoption fees but the reality is, we agree to take dogs that other rescues could not because of our generous donors. Most dogs that came to us need some sort of medical attention as well as being spayed or neutered, and your donations are truly saving their lives.