RESCUE Blog update February 9th, 2010

Hello RESCUE Fans!

I hope you are well! Here's the latest update on all things RESCUE:

On 1/25 RESCUE dogs Mandi and Duke were both adopted. For all the details about their new homes, click on each of their names.

On 1/26 RESCUE was able to save two dogs from the kill list. Ernie and Jay. Ernie is an adorable terrier mix and Jay is a lab/shepherd mix. Click on their names to watch the video from their rescue.

On 1/27 RESCUE was able to go back to the pound again to save Sonny. Sonny had been given up by his owners and after three long weeks with no one adopting him at the pound, he went on the kill list. Thankfully RESCUE was able to take this sweet guy in. Click here for a video of him from the day we saved him.

On 1/28 RESCUE cat Parker was adopted. Click here for all the details.

On 1/30 RESCUE cat Marcel was adopted. Click here for all the details.

On 1/30 RESCUE attended an adoption event up in Anthem. There was a lot of people at the event and our dogs got a lot of exposure. Hopefully some adoptions will result from our time at the event.

On 2/1 RESCUE celebrated it's 15th Anniversary. RESCUE was created to save, care and place the orphaned dogs and cats on the kill list into permanent loving homes! With the help of our volunteers, support from the community and our adopters we have fulfilled that mission over 9,400 times! Hopefully we won't exist in the next 15 years due to an end of euthanasia! But in the meantime we have much work to do on their behalf!

On 2/3 RESCUE dog Ernie moved into foster care. He is doing well and enjoying playtime with his canine foster sister Tina.

On 2/3 RESCUE dog Frederick moved into foster care. Frederick loves being in foster care. He is an older fellow and enjoys the slower pace of foster life. As you can see from his photo he looks great!!!

On 2/6 RESCUE dog Scout was adopted! Scout has a perfect new home with a 125 pound canine big brother to play with!! Click here for photos and here for video from his adoption appointment!

On 2/6 RESCUE held their 15th Annual Volunteer Picnic. RESCUE has over 250 volunteers and we honored over 80 of them for their service to our amazing organization. We have so many fantastic people that help the dogs and cats of RESCUE every single day, year after year. We couldn't save and care for those 9,400+ lives without each and every single one of them! It's truly a privilege to be surrounded by such amazing, generous people! Click here for photos from the event.

RESCUE has several special events this month and next month. This weekend we will be at the Willo Home Tour and will be having a Bake Sale at Mane Attraction (32nd/Camelback) on Saturday from 9-1pm. Please join us at our events, we'd love to tell you more about RESCUE and introduce you to some of our wonderful animals.

Thank you for all your support, for following our journey and for helping to spread the word about RESCUE!

Jennifer Berry

President

RESCUE Blog update January 25th, 2010

Hello RESCUE Supporters!

It's been a busy couple of weeks at RESCUE! Here's the latest:

On 1/16 RESCUE cat Kirby was adopted by former RESCUE adopter of Max. Sadly, Max recently passed away and his Dad was really missing having a feline friend share his home. Kirby was the lucky one that stole his heart!

On 1/16 RESCUE dog Duke moved into foster care. We already have folks interested in adopting him so stay tuned for the next post to learn about his new home!

On 1/17 RESCUE dog Jack was adopted!! Click here for all the details. And here's an update from his new parents: Thanks Jennifer! You guys are doing great things there at rescue. Glad to see more animals have been rescued! Jack is so well behaved, potty trained, and brings us so much personality and fun. We love him! Terry has been so much help to us as well. He seems to be adjusting well. He does really well in the car, and last night he met our friends doxie, Danger, who also loves to have friends. They played so much Jack slept all the way home and all night right through breakfast this morning. Everyone loves him! He had a vet appointment already and won all of their hearts. He seems to be getting plenty of exercise, and when he is done playing, he hops in his bed and there is no moving him for a while.

Thanks for all you are doing with the animals! You guys all do a good job!

Jaime and Jeff.

PS we will send you a new family picture when we get one!

1/19 was a very busy day!! We were lucky enough to save five dogs from the kill list. The new dogs are Henry, Lucy, Lydia, Landon and Sammy. Click on their names for videos from the day we saved them. Henry, Lucy and Lydia all moved into foster care. All are doing very well and enjoying their time in foster care. They should be ready for adoption soon!

RESCUE's social calendar is quite busy over the next month or two. Please visit our event calendar to see a complete list. Please stop by our events and visit our RESCUE dogs.

Thank you for all your support and for following our journey!

Here's to another great week!

Jennifer

RESCUE Blog update January 13th, 2010

Hello RESCUE followers,

I hope you are well and enjoying 2010! A lot has been happening at RESCUE in 2010. Here's the latest:

On January 1st, 2010 RESCUE cat Tommy was adopted! Click here for all the details. His new family reports that Tommy, now Enzo is doing very, very well and they all love him very much!

On January 2nd, RESCUE dog Paige was adopted. Click here for all the details. Paige is already being spoiled by her new parents and loves her new canine brother!

On January 4th, RESCUE cat Aidan was adopted. Click here for all the details. Aidan is enjoying his new home and loves to play with his new feline siblings.

On January 4th, long time RESCUE dog George was adopted. Click here for all the details.

On January 5th, RESCUE was honored to start the New Year off by saving two new dogs -Autumn and Olivia. Click here and here for videos from the day we saved them. Both girls have now been spayed but Autumn is currently sick with an upper respiratory infection and Olivia is recovering from having to have multiple teeth removed and two mammary tumors removed. Olivia has the luxury of recovering in foster care and should be ready for adoption next week! A HUGE thank you to her foster mom Kristi for the amazing care she is taking of our little girl!

On January 7th RESCUE held New Volunteer Orientation. We had several dozen new volunteers attend and we look forward to having them join our amazing organization!

On January 9th, RESCUE cat McKenzie and Tasha both were adopted to a wonderful young man. Click here for all the details.

Also on January 9th RESCUE dogs Louie, Xander and Nicolas were all adopted. Click on their names for all the details.

On January 10th RESCUE dog Apple was adopted! Click on her name for all the details.

On January 12th RESCUE was back at Animal Control to save more dogs from the kill list. The new RESCUE additions are Duke, Hazel and Maddox. Click on their names for videos from their rescue. Duke and Maddox will be moving into foster care this weekend so we are looking forward to learning more about them.

I think that's it for now! I hope you have a great week. Thank you for all your support and for following RESCUE's journey!

Jennifer Berry

President

RESCUE

RESCUE Blog update December 4th, 2009

Hello RESCUE Fans,

We've been busy with the RESCUE animals since our last post. Here's what's been going on:

One of our recent rescued cats Mason has ringworm!! Poor guy! We are trying him and he has to be kept separate from the other cats but the volunteers are doing their best to keep him company. Hopefully within the next two weeks he will be completely over this.

We conducted a training class for our dog volunteers to help them understand dog body language, how to safely handle them on leash and how to do an introduction with another dogs. We had a dozen new volunteers attend the class. With this new knowledge our volunteers will be able to help provide even better care to our RESCUE dogs.

Unfortunately adoptions have been down a lot this year. Normally this is our busiest time of the year. Hopefully things will pick up soon. Thankfully we did have a number of adoptions - RESCUE cat Charlotte found her new home - click here for the details. RESCUE cat Giselle has a new home for the holidays too. Click here for the details. RESCUE dog Joel was adopted. Here's an update from his new mom. RESCUE dog Josie found a new home. And RESCUE dog Maximus also found his forever home.

RESCUE dog Rex and RESCUE cat Aidan both moved into foster care. They are doing very well. Rex has an adoption appointment this weekend so hopefully you'll be reading about his adoption in our next Blog update!

On 12/1 RESCUE was honored to save two lives from the kill list. Both are black and tan and both are "seniors." Louie is an adorable Beagle/Chihuahua mix. He is a super cuddle bug and wastes no time jumping into your lap! He is 8 years old an about 15 pounds. He had really long nails when we saved him but we have had those clipped so that should add a little more pep into his step. :) Then we have the lovely Mina who is a Black and Tan Hound mix. She is a sturdy 51 pounds and 10 years old. In typical hound fashion, Mina loves to walk and has her nose close to the ground to catch all the wonderful new smells.

We have a number of special events taking place this month and would really appreciate your support. Please attend the events if you can and/or please ask others to do the same. With your help we can raise some much needed funds for our efforts.

Festival of Trees - click here for details.

Photos with Santa - 12/12 and 12/19. Click here for details.

Donations are down substantially this year and the few expenses we do have are way up. We run on a shoestring budget so we do our best to stretch every dollar as far as we can. Please give what you can. Every dollar helps the dogs and cats of RESCUE.

Thank you for your support and for continuing to follow RESCUE's journey!

Jennifer Berry

President

RESCUE's Blog November 9th, 2009

Hello RESCUE FANS!

Another busy week for us at RESCUE!!! :) Here's the re-cap:

On 10/29 RESCUE was thrilled to save five cats lives from the kill list!! We have Benny an active short haired black and white kitty, Charlotte a pretty gray and white girl with green eyes, Finn an orange tabby with a really long tail, Aidan a handsome gray boy and Mason a long haired black and white cuddly boy.

The local Whole Foods on Tatum and Shea started a pilot program called "Recycle your change." You can give your spare change to RESCUE. They have containers located at each register. The program runs through January 17th, 2010. If you don't shop at that store but you have some spare change laying around, perhaps you'd consider driving over to the store to drop it off. Every dollar helps!!

On 11/2 RESCUE dog Gretchen was adopted! Click here for the details and here and here for photo/video updates!

On 11/5 RESCUE held New Volunteer Orientation. We welcomed about two dozen new volunteers to our amazing organization!

On 11/5 local Channel 3TV played a segment that they did on RESCUE and some of what we do. Here is a link to that segment. Please forward the link and/or post to your Facebook page. We really appreciate your personal support of our efforts to help the voiceless dogs and cats in need.

On 11/6 RESCUE cat Graham moved into foster care. He is doing very well! Here is a photo of him from foster care.

On 11/7 Two Plates Full celebrated their 20th Anniversary and the wonderful owner Terri decided to have her celebration benefit RESCUE!!! We had several dogs and volunteers at the event which was also attended by World Famous Animal Artist Ron Burns. The event raised over $1,150 for RESCUE!!! Here are photos from the event. HUGE THANKS TO TERRI FOR HER SUPPORT OF OUR EFFORTS!!

On 11/8 RESCUE dog Blue was adopted!! You may recall from previous posts that Blue is the dog that was gravely ill just last month. He had double pneumonia and distemper. Thanks to your generous donations, RESCUE was able to save his life yet again! Today he is completely recovered, gaining weight and growing by the minute!! He got a fantastic new home - click here for all the photos from the happy day!

On 11/8 RESCUE dog Jack moved into foster care. He'll be enjoying plenty of canine rough housing in foster care!!

On 11/8 RESCUE cats Paisley and Izabella were adopted. Paisley is an older kitty who had been returned to us after 8 years. :( Since older kitties are much harder to adopt, Paisley knew it would take some time but we cared and loved her every day until her new mom adopted her, along with fellow "roommate" Izabella. Click here and here for all the details on their adoptions.

Today RESCUE cat Harlow is being adopted by a single dad and his daughter. Harlow will be a spoiled only child in her new home! We are looking forward to seeing photos and updates on her new life.

Well that's it for now.....stay tuned for the next update and as always, thank you for all your support and for following our journey!

I hope you have a great week!

Jennifer Berry

President

RESCUE

RESCUE's Blog October 28th, 2009

Hello RESCUE Supporters!

Another busy week at RESCUE....

On 10/20 RESCUE was able to save two more lives from the kill list. Rex, a Catahoula mix who had ear infections in both ears and worms. Apple, a long legged Pug with an adorable underbite. Both are doing well and will be up for adoption soon.

On 10/20 RESCUE dog Gabriel was adopted. Click here for details.

On 10/21 RESCUE spent some time with local TV Channel 3 to do a story on the unsettling rise in animal cruelty here in the valley. We do not have a date that this segment will air but we will keep you posted.

On 10/22 RESCUE dog Frasier was adopted into an amazing home. Click here for details.

On 10/22 RESCUE dog Pepe was adopted by his foster parents. They just couldn't let this little guy go. He now shares his home with his canine sister and two parents!

On 10/24 RESCUE held it's Annual Adopter's Picnic. It was a HUGE success! We had over 60 RESCUE dogs in attendance. Here's a re-cap of the contests:

Best Kisser was won by a landslide. RESCUE dog Ginger could have kissed all day!! :)

Best Costume was tough. We had some adorable costumes. RESCUE dog Bonnie Belle (now Mollie Topaz) was dressed to the nines in a lovely pink and white dress and bonnet, all hand made by her mom! RESCUE dog Katina also was very cute in her candy corn outfit. But the winner was RESCUE dog Tad as a frog. When we rescued Tad we fondly referred to this little man as Tad-pole. Tad's new parents thought it was only fitting that since he was all grown up now in his new home that he should be a Frog! What a handsome Frog he was and is!!

Best Trick went to RESCUE dog Bonnie Belle (now Mollie Topaz). For those in attendance for the previous 6 years you'll know that no other RESCUE dog has come close to beating our little Mollie! She didn't disappoint again this year. Her mom brought her agility equipment and even with over 120 people and 60+ dogs looking on, Mollie was calm and performed perfectly much to the delight of us all!

Bobbing for Hot Dogs was the newest contest this year and it was a huge hit! Lots of RESCUE dogs competed in this event....well many "tried" to compete but couldn't quite figure out how to get the piece of hot dog just below the water in the kiddie pool. :0 But then RESCUE dog Mack, now Buddy came over and showed the gang how it was done by grabbing four pieces. RESCUE dog Ellie with her extra long Basset ears tried and while she didn't succeed before the buzzer ended, she did figure it out and then didn't want to get out of the pool!! :0 RESCUE dog Jake and his sister decided to give it ago and came close but RESCUE dog Laney ran away with the competition by eating a whopping eight pieces!!!

Here are the photos and videos (part I and part II) from the picnic.

On 10/25 RESCUE dog Sammy was adopted. Click here for details/photos of the adoption and click here for an update on his first couple of days.

On 10/27 RESCUE was honored to save two more lives from the kill list. Paige is a beautiful Wheaton Terrier mix. Don't let the photos fool you, she is only 16.5 pounds - full grown. Frederick is a handsome Pomeranian who was in just horrible shape when we rescued him. :( His nails are about an inch long, his fur is matted, his skin is dry and inflamed, he is overweight and it doesn't appear that he has ever had his teeth cared for. :( He got his nails and fur taken care of yesterday and will be getting his teeth cleaned today. Hopefully he won't need any pulled. Poor guy! Despite all his ailments, Frederick is a very happy, sweet boy!

On 10/27 RESCUE cats Paisley and Izabella moved into foster care. So far things are going well. Stay tuned for updates.

On 10/28 at midnight RESCUE concluded it's Annual Pet Idol Contest. Votes were coming in fast and furious late last night. Each contestant was determined to win. It was close but former RESCUE dog Tango came away with the win!!! RESCUE cat Amica and former RESCUE cat Romeo came in 2nd and 3rd and both our cat contestants are donating their winnings back to RESCUE!!!! A HUGE thanks to all of you that voted and help spread the word. RESCUE raised just over $6,200 with this fun event!

Tomorrow we will be heading back to Animal Control to save some cats from the kill list so stay tuned for their photos and videos.

Thank you for all your support and for following RESCUE's journey!

Here's to another great week!

Jennifer Berry

President

October 19th, 2009

Hello RESCUE Fans!

We had a pretty exciting week at RESCUE! Here's the scoop:

On 10/10 RESCUE dog Noah was adopted. Noah is a spoiled only canine with a fun, outgoing Bengal cat sister. His parents have been looking for the right dog to add to their family for nearly two years and then they spotted Noah. Once they meet him in person, it just confirmed their feelings - they were smitten with him and he was perfect for them!! Congrats to everyone!!

On 10/12 we introduced RESCUE dog Frasier to a potential adopter but unfortunately he wasn't the right match. However on 10/17 we brought little RESCUE dog Lola over and she was perfect! She will be a spoiled only child with lots of canine friends in the neighborhood to play with. Her new dad is retired and will be spending a lot of time with her and enjoying their many daily walks together! We couldn't be happier for the both of them!

On 10/12 RESCUE dog Pepe moved into foster care and is enjoying play time with his foster sister while he awaits his forever home.

On 10/17 we introduced RESCUE dog Frasier to another potential adopter named Melanie. Since Frasier has some special needs we needed a particular adopter that suits his needs. As of today things are looking very good and we hope that his adoption will be finalized soon!!! Stay tuned.

RESCUE's Pet Idol Photo Contest is in full swing. Round 2 voting will end in two short days and then the Third and Final round will begin! If you haven't voted, please visit our site and cast your vote for your favorite!

National Talk Show Host Rachael Ray began a contest last week called Mutt Madness. Contestants were hand picked amongst thousands of entries. RESCUE was one of the lucky groups to be selected!!! As such we have won $1,000! But we have a chance to win $50,000! Please check out their website and cast your vote for RESCUE. We are on the left side, third bracket down - RESCUE. Voting for his round ends at Midnight, this Sunday, 10/25. If we advance to the next round we win another $1,000 along with the other 31 rescue groups. So please go online today and help support RESCUE and so many other worthy rescue groups around the country.

I am very happy to report that RESCUE dog Blue is 100% healthy now!!! You may recall that Blue had double pneumonia and distemper. Thanks to donations from our animal community RESCUE was able to provide the life-saving care that Blue needed. He will be neutered this week and then be available for adoption. This photo is of him from this past weekend! He has grown and put on weight! He looks so good! HUGE thanks to those of you that made a donation on his behalf. We greatly appreciate your support!

This Saturday is RESCUE's Annual Adopter's Picnic! We are very, very excited about this event! We have over 60 former RESCUE dogs scheduled to attend the event. We will have photos and videos from the event posted on our Facebook page after the event!

Again, please don't forget to vote for RESCUE in the Mutt Madness!

We hope you have a great week! Thank you for all your support and for following our journey!

Jennifer Berry

President