{"id":825,"date":"2016-02-12T14:53:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T19:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=825"},"modified":"2016-02-12T14:58:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T19:58:52","slug":"rescued-dogs-from-turkey-warm-local-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/first-coast\/rescued-dogs-from-turkey-warm-local-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescued dogs from Turkey warm local hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Courtney Clark<br \/>\nmail@floridanewsline.com<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2000, Judi and Reed Brown realized the need for a non-profit pet rescue in Northeast Florida. With their love of and experience with golden retrievers, they founded GREAT \u2013 the Golden Retriever Emergency Assistance Team. The group has saved almost 900 goldens since its opening, but now it faces a new and exciting rescue opportunity.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">About two years ago, GREAT learned that the country of Turkey was experiencing a high volume of stray goldens. In Turkey, golden retriever puppies are status symbols, but when they grow they lose this status. Sadly, many of the dogs are simply thrown out and left to fend for themselves. Because goldens are so docile, their chances of survival in those harsh conditions are slim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GREAT was happy to help in January of 2016 with three of the 275 so called \u201cTurkey Dogs\u201d that have been transported to the United States: Jax, Sabal and Flora.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Browns asked for foster families to take these dogs in and Chris Ann Gibbs of the Southside, who previously adopted from GREAT, gladly offered her help. Flora, renamed Maggie Mae, is now in her foster care. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The terms to foster a Turkey Dog are simple: fosters must be previous golden owners, have a fenced-in yard and have someone home all day. Most importantly, as Gibbs says, families have to provide a loving home. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gibbs speaks highly of her new family member, describing Maggie Mae as calm and sweet, such that one would \u201cnever, ever know this pup had been in such a dire situation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maggie Mae is friendly to people and dogs, and she has filled a void in the Gibbs\u2019 lives. In fact, she immediately made herself at home when she arrived. The family fully intends to adopt the sweet Turkey Dog, although Gibbs praises those who are able to take in dogs only temporarily, calling the act one of the most unselfish of all. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yet Gibbs strongly encourages those who can open their homes to foster a rescue dog, since those who do are rewarded many times over.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Jacksonville community can help GREAT by giving. Judi Brown explains that bringing over Turkey Dogs is highly expensive. Each dog is $1,800 to transport and veterinary expenses such as vaccinations only add to that amount. Since the organization is not-for-profit, it relies on the kindness of families and businesses for donations and to host fundraisers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gibbs believes all dogs are the greatest gifts given to people. Although the rescues never expect anything in return they are happy to offer unconditional love and loyalty, remaining grateful to their last breath. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GREAT Rescue and foster families are living up to the rescue\u2019s motto with the public\u2019s help: \u201cGiving Goldens a GREAT Second Chance.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/greatrescue.org\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/greatrescue.org\/<\/span><\/i><\/a><i> to learn more about the Golden\u00a0Retriever\u00a0Emergency Assistance Team.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo courtesy Golden Retriever Emergency Assistance Team<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Kaitlyn Chana with Sabal, Jax and Flora (now Maggie Mae)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Courtney Clark mail@floridanewsline.com In 2000, Judi and Reed Brown realized the need for a non-profit pet rescue in Northeast Florida. 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