RESCUE dog Piper

I type this email to you with a heavy heart. A couple of hours ago we sent Piper over the Rainbow Bridge. Piper was only with us for a very short period of time but she touched many hearts with her gentle, loving spirit! Despite the fact that she had many scars on her body (including the terrible injury to her tail) and her heart, Piper was always happy to see people and hang out with the foster brothers and sister.

Unfortunately Piper had incurable condition that made it impossible for her to control her urine or bowel movements. As such urine and feces would freely flow from her constantly. She had infections to her tail and her kidneys. Her bladder was damaged by these chronic infections and after many consultations with several vets we determined that the most humane thing for Piper was to let her go.

It just breaks my heart that we could not fulfill our promise to Piper to find a loving, permanent home for her. She deserved so much more and was taken from us much too soon!

Personally, I take comfort in knowing that during her short time with us she was loved deeply by fellow RESCUE volunteers Khrisann and Cindy! Their patient, loving care was a godsend. Piper was doted on by her foster parents and watched over by her canine foster brothers and sister.

We have posted a number of photos and a video of her at the park that we filmed this morning. Here is the link to both - http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1111029658398 http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=27379542493&ref=pb&edit. If you would like to send your thoughts and prayers to Piper, Khrisann and Cindy, please feel to post comments on the Facebook page or send them to me and I will forward them onto Khrisann and Cindy.

I know many of you have pets that have passed over the Rainbow Bridge and I hope that your loved ones will take a moment to say hello to our girl Piper. She will be greatly missed, always remembered and hold a special place in many hearts.

Jennifer

February 22nd, 2009

Tuesday both RESCUE dogs Ellie and Piper went to visit the vet.  Ellie has some cracking on the ends of her ears which need a bit of cream to help those heal.  We ran bloodwork on her as well and it all came back normal.   YEAH!!

Piper health on the other hand continues to elude us.  You'll recall that 

Piper came to us in dire straits.  She had to have a portion of her tail removed due to previous injury of some sort.  Additionally her teeth were in terrible shape and had to have two remove.  And not surprisingly Piper was not spay.  Unbeknownst to all of us, Piper was pregnant when we spayed her.  So Piper had a lot to deal with right away.  After surgery she had terrible diarrhea and a problem with incontinence.  So back to the vet she went.  She had an infection in her tail from all the diarrhea, which we treated and we also discovered that she had a terrible urinary infection.  Piper was placed on medication for both conditions.  Unfortunately by Friday we had not seen any improvement with the incontinence so we placed her on a medication called DES that helps strengthen the muscle that control urine.  We managed to get the diarrhea under control but discovered another issue, although I'm not sure at this point what the cause of this issue is.  Piper does not appear to have control of her bowel movements in addition to her urine.  This is a very rare condition.  I was hoping that as I typed the weekly recap of RESCUE events that I would be able to tell everyone that we had Piper on the road to recovery.  Unfortunately while we have her tail and her mouth under control these two new conditions are not under control and what is causing them is a mystery.  She will most likely be going to a specialist next week for further evaluation and testing.  Fingers crossed.   

I am happy to report that the two RESCUE cats that we were treating - Anastasia and Tristan are doing fantastic!!!  Anastasia or Annie was the kitty that was returned to us severely overweight with a massive infection in her entire back end.  The RESCUE volunteers had to thoroughly clean the area and apply a cream to the area, twice a day!  This was no easy task but RESCUE has the most dedicated and loving volunteers!  And today 

Annie's condition has improved by about 75% in 2 short weeks!  Now we'll start to work on her weight loss.  I'm sure Annie will not be happy about that as most cats tend to be content with doing nothing much at all!  :)  Unfortunately weight loss with cats is a much more challenging task to accomplish as they are not nearly as motivated to move around and if they don't like the reduced calorie food, there's not much we can do about that because cats have to eat.  If they go longer than 3 days without food they can get a condition called fatty liver disease which can kill them.  It will take some time, a lot of patience on our part but eventually we'll get a pound or two off our big girl!  

Tristan is the RESCUE cat that we saved from the east side Animal Control back in January.  He was given up by his owners on New Years Eve due to moving.  They had adopted him from that same facility four years ago to the date.  :(  Tristan sat at Animal Control for 17 days, shaking  and terrified.  Then we arrived and took him into our care.  Tristan was already neutered but his teeth were in back condition.  His fur was matted to his 

skin as well.  We brushed and cut off the mats but since he had a cold we had to wait to take care of his teeth until he was healthy.  Tristan continued to be terrified while he recovered from his cold.  The volunteers would have to pull him out of his "hidey-hole" so that he would eat.  Once in your lap he felt so much better and adored being brushed.  I visited with him this week and am thrilled to report that our handsome boy Tristan is now much for social and animated.  He still loves to be brushed, or rather he prefers if you just hold the brush and he will rub and rub himself all over the brush!!!  :)  He loves to be pet and to chase after a feather wand!  It was so wonderful to see him blossom.  I'm sure Tristan's true personality will continue to flourish in our care as we search for his permanent loving home.

RESCUE was on local channel three promoting our upcoming Beauty to the RESCUE event.   Big thanks go out to RESCUE volunteers Tanja and Debi for allowing us to "make them over" on TV.    We will have another appearance on Tuesday on local channel 10 also to promote the Beauty to the RESCUE event coming up on Sunday, March 1st.

On Thursday, Odie moved from foster care to boarding while his foster parents are away for a couple of weeks.  Odie has learned so much in foster care and the volunteers were happy to spend some more time with this goofy boy while his foster parents are away.  He was at our Noble Beast event and had a couple of people interested in him so maybe he will be adopted soon!

Willie (left) and Nicolas (right) we're both neutered on Friday.  They both are doing very well in foster care and are now ready for

 adoption.  We've learn a lot about these two boys while they are in foster care, thanks to their foster parents Teri and Alissa.  Now RESCUE will search for a wonderful loving home for each of these cute boys.

Buster moved into foster care on Friday afternoon with RESCUE volunteers Kat & Jim.  Kat & Jim have two other RESCUE dogs, Fred and Otto.  Otto is a bit particular with which dogs he calls friends so we weren't sure if Buster would meet with Otto's "requirements."  As I type this, things are going well so he will stay in foster care for a bit and hopefully we can learn more about him.  

On Saturday, RESCUE was at Noble Beast Pet Market with several RESCUE dogs.  They all got a lot of attention and hopefully some of those in attendance will fill out an application for adoption.

On Saturday I received a call from the adopters of the RESCUE dog Addison.  Addison is a 6 pound Chihuahua that was adopted to a semi-retired couple in north Scottsdale.  Addison got away from her parents and the neighbor dog, a MUCH larger dog attacked her. :(  Unfortunately the adopters were having some financial difficulties due to a recent job loss and were looking for advise on a low cost vet.  I gave them suggestions and thankfully Addison had only two bite wounds and neither were life threatening.    Thankfully Addison seems unaffected by the whole situation and is happy to be back home.

Today we moved the RESCUE cat Lelah from one foster home into another foster home with fellow RESCUE volunteers Teri and Pat.  Lelah is the FIV positive cat that we rescued in January.  Since Lelah is an FIV positive cat she cannot be in a household with other cats as she could infected them with FIV.  Lelah is a healthy, happy, very loving cat.  Since this disease has a lot of mis-conceptions about it, it will be nearly impossible for us to get anyone to fill out an application for Lelah and most likely she will be adopted by her foster parents.  This condition is not contagious to humans or dogs and most likely Lelah will live a long healthy life and eventually pass away from something other than FIV.

This week we sent emails out to all our RESCUE contacts asking for support of RESCUE's Beauty to the RESCUE event this Sunday, March 1st.  We have raffle tickets available online for anyone wishing to help support our efforts!! 100% of the proceeds benefit all the RESCUE dogs and cats within our care and the ones we have yet to save. 

The last two weeks adoptions have dropped off drastically.  It seems that everyone is concerned about the economy.  Hopefully things will stabilize soon for everyone and adoptions will pick back up.  More and more dogs and cats are loosing their homes every day and with less and less adoptions taking place it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that means more animals will be killed due to lack of available homes for them.  :(   I'm optimistic that things will get better soon.  In the meantime, if you have the ability to help with volunteering, adopting or donating to our efforts, we would greatly appreciate the support.

Thank you again for following RESCUE's journey and here's to a great week!

February 15th, 2009

Another busy week at RESCUE.  Here is a re-cap of this past week's events:

We changed RESCUE dog Kermit's name to George.  George has been with RESCUE for a long time and we are hoping to spark new interest in him by changing his name.  George is the

 name that his foster parents have been calling him so we thought it was the best choice.  George is a sweet, quirky dog.  He adores his foster mom and likes to follow her everywhere although he probably would not miss his foster dad! :0  George is not really partial to other dogs or cats so he needs to be an only dog.  He has a lot to offer but sometimes it just takes longer for some dogs or cats.  Rest assured, just like every RESCUE dog and cat, we will continue to care for him until we do find him a permanent loving home.

On Tuesday, February 10th we were back at Animal Control to save more lives.  We took in two new dogs.  Both have disheartening stories. 

Willie is a little red dog.  He has short legs, a long body, thick velvet fur, a slender face and a HUGE heart.  We are not sure what he is mixed with... maybe some Corgi but 

it's really just a guess.  Willie was "kicked out of his house by his owner" and brought down to Animal Control by a neighbor.  After nearly a week of sitting and waiting for someone to adopt him, no one came.  But RESCUE did and we are so happy to be apart of his little guy's life!  He is so full of life, joy and energy!  Willie quickly moved into foster with long time RESCUE volunteers Teri and Pat who have three other dogs.  Within a couple of days the dogs were already playing with each other.  Willie will be neutered next week and then will be placed up for adoption.

The second dog we saved was Piper, an adult Bloodhound.  While much of Piper's story is unknown, this is what we do know:  Piper was dropped off at Animal Control on February 2nd, by a man that said he was not her owner.  Half of Piper's tail had been cut off, about 3 inches of bone was protruding from the remainder of her tail and she had 

another open wound above that area. The man put some cream on the bone and wrapped her tail in purple gauze.  It is unknown how Piper received this horrible injury to her tail.  For eight long days beautiful Piper sat at Animal Control with her injured tail.  RESCUE was at Animal Control twice during this time but we did not see Piper on either visit.  (With over 500 outside kennels and dozens of interior areas, it's not uncommon to "miss" a particular dog or cat.  Additionally, the staff move the dogs and cats around based on various factors).  We heard about her late on Monday, February 9th and began making the necessary calls to secure her rescue.  My first call was to Animal Control to make sure that she would not be put down before we arrived.  My next call was to a foster home.  With Piper's injuries I did not think it was in her best interest to spend more time in a kennel environment recovering.  So I called RESCUE's Volunteer of the Year, Khrisann and told her about the the Bloodhound the terrible tail injury and that while I hadn't personally met or evaluated her I wanted to be able to help her if we could.  Khrisann graciously agreed to open her home and her heart as she so often does with the dogs of RESCUE.  My last call was to our vet.  Since I wanted to make sure that Piper received immediate medical attention I needed to make sure that out vet was available and prepared for our girl.  I anticipated that Piper's tail would need to be removed due to the severity of her injury but the vet would be able to make a better determination after her exam.  So we had all our ducks in a row, now we just needed to save Piper. Sadly Animal Control was closed so we would have to wait until the next day.  Needless to say I couldn't sleep all night.  I felt so bad for Piper and what she had already gone through in her life and hoped that she could bear the pain one more night until we arrived.   

I was so eager to meet Piper and when I arrived at her kennel I was chest fallen that she was not in her kennel.  As I mentioned, the staff does move around the dogs a lot but this is also a kill shelter and you never know what that empty kennel means.  I quickly went to our contact at Animal Control.  She had been off for four days so she was not familiar with Piper nor her whereabouts but she would look into it and see if she couldn't figure out where she had gone.  After nearly an hour of searching, she was finally located.  Thankfully!  I was so relieved.  Now we could finally met Piper.  Piper is a sweet, gentle soul, what I would call an "old soul."  I gave her a big hug and a kiss and told her I was so very sorry for her pain.  We spent some time getting to know each other.  Piper appeared to have had multiple litters of puppies due to her mammary development, so she would need to be spayed and her teeth did not appear to have every been cleaned or cared for either.  It just broke my heart to see her wag her tail and hear the bone of her tail hit the wall.  Thankfully, it did not appear that she was in pain, most likely all the nerve endings were dead now.  As is common with all the dogs we save from Animal Control, Piper reeked of urine.  Her fur was dull and very coarse.  Yet Piper's spirit was not broken from all this.  She wagged her tail, she sought you out for pets and leaned into you when you did so.  

Soon our girl became Piper, was given a proper collar with a rabies tag and RESCUE ID tag.  Photos and videos were taken and off we went to the vet.  I of course called Khrisann on the way to let her know about our new addition and that I thought Piper would need more medical care than her tail - she would need to be spayed and have her teeth cleaned.  We made arrangements for Khrisann to pick her up after her surgery and I continued on my way to the vet.

The vet was able to save about 4 inches of Piper's tail, but she did need to have two teeth removed during her dental cleaning.  She had stitches from her spay, and in her tail and would be on some hefty medication to help with the pain.  Khrisann picked up our patient and was instantly in love with her!  Piper was pretty out of it so she wasn't able to spend too much

 time with her before Piper was fast asleep.  Unfortunately Piper had some diarrhea and was whimpering and pacing in the morning.  Khrisann did the best should could to help her and comfort her.  After another day or so Piper was feeling a world better but was having some incontinence issues.  We put her on a herbal remedy and hopefully this will help.  Time will tell.  Aside from Piper's health issues she is recovering very well.  She is an excellent patient and a wonderful dog.  She has perfect leash manners and is a perfect houseguest.  As time goes on we will learn lots more about Piper and what kind of home she will need.  For now we will continue to care for her tail and enjoy spending time with this precious girl.  

On February 11th, RESCUE dog Buster was returned.  He had 

been adopted a month before to a family with another dog, two kids, a teacher and a cop with rotating schedules.  The adopter's were beside themselves over Buster's behavior.  They explained that he had chewed on two of their sofas.  For the wife, this was a deal breaker for her and she wanted to return him to us.  However her husband wanted to try and work through it.  I learned that Buster, a young, active dog was being walked for about 15 minutes a day.  When I brought this up as a possible cause for the damage to the sofa, it was quickly dismissed.  I tried to provide them with other suggestions and while she said they would work on, I didn't have high hopes.  A couple of days later she called back, even more upset then before because "they had done everything" and it wasn't working.  They felt "there was something wrong" with Buster and wanted to return him as soon as possible.  When I tried to figure out what had occurred from the last time we talked the woman became very agitated and so we moved on and made arrangements to have Buster returned shortly thereafter.  

Buster is back in our care and doesn't seem to be any worse for the wear.  He recognizes all the volunteers that took care of him and while we are sad that it didn't work out we know we will make sure we do a better job of finding him a home where he will get enough mental and physical exercise.

This seems like a perfect place to mention an excellent book called "The Loved Dog" by Tamar Gellar.  I HIGHLY recommend this book to all dog owners, new and old.  Tamar's philosophy for dog training is by far the BEST advice available.  The book is easy to read (although it's available as an audiobook via iTunes if you prefer) and gives numerous examples to help you understand the principles.  Tamar is regularly featured on the Today Show and is the trainer that Oprah used with her three Golden Retriever puppies.  The one thing that I would note about this book is that Tamar discusses giving your dog bones, however she mentions cooking them.  This is a definite NO-NO.  Cooking bones makes them brittle and when the dog chews on them they can easily splinter either in their mouth or if they ingest the bone it can splinter in their intestine.  I do recommend bones that your dog cannot swallow (such as marrow bones) but they need to be raw.  You need not worry that your dog will become ill from chewing on a raw bone.  Dogs have been eating and chewing on bones for thousands of years and while the pet food industry has been around since the 1950's, dogs have not evolved since that time. :)

On February 12th, RESCUE cat Lacy moved into foster care with fellow

 RESCUE volunteer Valerie.  While Valerie volunteers her time on the "dog side" of RESCUE she felt she had the space to share with a kitty and that the cat could keep her company while we searched for a home for her.  Unfortunately, cats are not like dogs when it comes to adopters.  While this is not true of all people, many adopters are interested in cats of a particular color, whereas dog adopters are looking for a companion that compliments their lifestyle, i.e. likes to go hiking, likes other dogs, etc.  When you couple this information with the fact that there are literally cats available for adoption on every corner, cat adoptions take place far less often than our dog adoptions.  As such we can have cats for much longer periods of time than our dogs.  Lacy is one such cat.  She also is a kitty that prefers to be an only cat, which limits the number of possible homes for her as well.

We of course will care for all of our cats and dogs for as long as it takes to find them a loving, permanent home and Lacy is no different.  I'm happy to report that Lacy is quite content in foster care already.  We are looking forward to learning more about her while she is in foster care.

It seems there is so much uncertainty in the air with the economy in disarray, massive job losses and a seemingly never ending losses to housing prices.  I have seen several animal groups close their doors due to the lack of funding.  Just last week a major group closed five of their locations due to a 25% decrease in their donations.  I also just read a disheartening statistic.  While I know that animal groups are at the "bottom of the barrel" when it comes to charitable giving, I had no idea just how large the discrepancy was.  Last year 1.5 million grants were given to non-profit organizations in the United States.  That's an unbelievable number!  These grants were given by corporations big and small, foundations and charitable trusts.  Animal groups were awarded the least amount of grants at 967.  The next closest non-profit received nearly 5,000 grants.  The Phoenix area has over one hundred animal rescue groups in the valley alone.  While I am uncertain of the exact number of animal non-profits, it's fair to say that their are several thousand groups nationwide.  It doesn't take too much math to figure out that there is an enormous amount of competition for a small amount of grants.

You can see why RESCUE counts on our donors so much and why every dollar is greatly appreciated.  We do everything we can to keep our cost to a bare minimum and to stretch every dollar as far as we can.  Since we have only been around for 14 years we do not have the luxury of endowments like some of the larger organizations.  Most of our adopters are still very much alive.  :)  We have a couple of fundraisers a year to help cover our costs.  Our next event is on March 1st.  Please visit this link to learn more about the event and how you can make a donation (of any amount) to help us care for dogs like Piper, Willie and Buster or cats like Lacy and all the other RESCUE dogs and cats that we have the honor of sharing in their lives until a loving, permanent home is found.

Thank you for your time in reading about our journey!  Here's to an great week!

  

February 8th, 2009

It seems only fitting that I start this blog at the start of RESCUE's 14th year in existence.  On 1/31 we celebrated the previous 13 years and all the volunteers that helped us throughout the year.  It was a lovely day and I was so grateful to our amazing volunteers.  They have given so much throughout the year and what a difficult year it has been.  

Many people are losing their homes and their jobs.  Countless dogs and cats are also losing their families and their homes too.  While sadly this is not a new occurrence it is happening with more and more frequency.  Just this past week we saved a 6 year old Bluetick Hound that was dropped off with the family cat.  Her family lost their home and wouldn't be taking the family dog or cat with them.  When RESCUE arrived the cat had already been placed but Brooke as she would now be known as was still there, waiting.  While she was waiting for her former family that wouldn't come, RESCUE did and we made a promise to her.  We would find her a loving permanent home that she could live out all the days of her life.  Watch a video of Brooke!

Brooke's story is not unique.  We happen to know a bit about her past - that she lived with a family and a cat and that "she barks at thunder" and with that her life changed forever.  But what is Winston's story?  Winston is a small, scared terrier that we saved on 2/3.  Winston was a stray dog that was brought into the West Side Animal Care & Control four days before and today, unbeknownst to him was to be the last day of his life.  But thanks to the resources at RESCUE, we prevented that from happening.  Winston has no "story."  He's just another dog in a cage with a number denoting who he is.  Did Winston have a family?  Why was he there?  Why was he going to die?  These are questions that we get often.  I'm sure I had the same questions years and years ago when I got involved in RESCUE.  Honestly, I can give you plenty of answers, some of those answers might make you feel better about why Winston and hundreds and hundreds of other dogs and cats end up at Animal Control week after week.   Some of those answers might make you angry or even spark additional questions.  For RESCUE none of those answers or questions matter.  Winston matters.  Saving his life matters.  Giving him hope that he will have a loving home and that we will care for him every day until his forever home is found.  Watch a video of Winston.

Long time RESCUE dog Molly found her forever home this week too!!  Foster parents Teri and Pat adored and cared for Molly for 18 months!!!  Molly was a challenging placement but we never gave up and thankfully her foster parents didn't give in and "just adopt her."  Molly, like many Jack Russell's was an opinionated gal!  She was very, very picky with which dogs she would allow to play with her.  :)  We also learned that Molly really disliked children and because of barking concerns she couldn't be placed into an apartment or a condo.  So Molly's pool of potential adopters was smaller than most but finally her perfect home came along.  While Teri and Pat were sad to see her go, they are eager to foster again.  Stay tuned to hear about who their new foster dog will be. Watch a video of Molly.

One of our "juvenile delinquents" Cooper was adopted this week by past RESCUE adopters of Billie.  Cooper is a young, super active boy who will provide tons of laughter and joy to his feline brother, sister and human parents.  Watch a video of Cooper.

RESCUE dogs Nellie and Ketina also found their forever homes this week too.  Nellie got a home as a spoiled only dog with two human siblings and a stay at home mom and dad.  Ketina will be the only dog amongst three former RESCUE cats and two human siblings to spoil her rotten!

Recent feline additions, Harley and Tristan finally recovered from their feline colds that almost all our new cats get from their stay at Animal Control.  Harley was neutered on 2/6 and by 2/7 he was up, about and introducing himself to fellow RESCUE cats.  Harley is another young "teenage" cat that will have many cats with similar personality to hang out with while we search for his forever home.  Tristan on the other hand is a middle aged kitty that was dropped off at Animal Control on New Year's Eve, four years to the date of when he was adopted from the same location.  His owners gave no information during his surrender.  Tristan stayed there terrified and shaking for 17 long days.  When we saw him and how many days that he had avoided being killed we had to help him!  He surely had used up many of his nine lives during those days.  Tristan was neutered already but was in dire need of a dental.  On 2/7 Tristan had all his teeth cleaned and thankfully only needed one tooth removed.  We are looking forward to seeing Tristan blossom and we will do everything we can to help him heal this heart while we search for his loving parents.  Watch a video of Harley and Tristan.

Last Saturday (1/31) we had one of our former RESCUE cats returned to us.  She had been adopted for nearly two years.  A couple of weeks prior the adopter developed asthma and her doctor told her she needed to get rid of her cat Ana.  Ana was none to happy with the decision and let all of us know about it.  Within a couple of days we noticed that Ana had blood coming from her back end.  We had out vet check her out and Ana had a whole slew of issues going on with her.  :(  Ana was overweight (17.1 pounds).  This caused our long haired Ana to develop rolls of fat, particularly around her "back end" area.  Now I won't go into all the details but the jest is that Ana could not clean herself because she couldn't reach those areas.  Ana developed several bad infections and now requires medication and cleaning of the "area" twice a day every day for two weeks.  Now if any of you have cats you know this is not an easy task nor one that you would want to do.  But RESCUE's volunteers are extremely dedicated and they have stepped up to help Ana during her time of need.  Hopefully Ana will be feeling a ton better in no time.

On Sunday (2/8) RESCUE was scheduled to attend the annual Willo Home Tour, unfortunately the weather did not cooperate.  A big rain storm rolled in and so we had to cancel.  Sadly, the loss of this event cost us exposure for our RESCUE dogs (possible adoptions), spreading the word about what we do and funds that we would have raised from the community during the event.

Thankfully we did have some good news on Sunday (2/8).  RESCUE cat Fergie was exposed to a deadly virus while she was at Animal Control.   Sunday was the day that we found out if she had contracted the virus.  The results couldn't come fast enough but the news was negative - she didn't have the virus!!!  YAHOO!  We are so thrilled!  Now we need to get her spayed and then placed up for adoption.  Watch a video of Fergie.

RESCUE kicked off it's fundraising efforts for our 9th Annual Beauty to the RESCUE.  This event has live music, services for humans and animals alike.  We will have a silent auction, food and local animal merchants on hand.  Our raffle is key to the success of this event.  We have two Grand Prizes.  A year of Beauty, donated by Mane Attraction Salon.  This is a $1000 value.  The other Grand Prize is $500 in cash!!!  Now who can't use an extra $500 right now?!  A limited number of raffle tickets are available and are only $5.  You don't have to be a local resident or present to win.  Purchase tickets online NOW!  The event is 3/1/09 and 100% of the proceeds from this event benefit all the dogs and cats of RESCUE.  We couldn't do the work you read about in this Blog without help from the community.  Every single dollar adds up and is needed now more than ever!  Please help us continue our much need work by purchasing a raffle ticket or two. 

Well I hope you have enjoyed RESCUE's  journey for the first week in February.  Please stay tuned for the next edition.  Here's to a great week for the dogs and cats within our care and the new lives that we will save this week.  I look forward to sharing their stories!  

Introduction

Hello and welcome to the world of RESCUE!!  We have important live saving work to do and are looking forward to the day when we are out of work!!!  In the meantime, I hope you will join us along our journey.

This is the journey of one grass roots, not for profit, volunteer driven animal organization dedicated to caring for the formerly orphaned dogs and cats that we saved from the "kill list." For every animal that we place in a loving home we are back to save another life from the "kill list."

You'll learn about the most amazing dogs and cats that we have the privilege to know and help place in their loving permanent homes.  It's an honor to be apart of their journey, connecting them with their forever homes.

Every aspect of RESCUE simple could not exist without the love and dedication of RESCUE's over 200 volunteers.  RESCUE has a lot volunteers that have been with us for over 3 years, many over 5 years and a few over 10 years!!!!  We are so grateful to be apart of some of the most amazing people.    You will hear about many of them and their efforts to help us end the killing of dogs and cats.

It would be wonderful if RESCUE didn't exist or that because we exist that we could do our life saving work for free or with no expenses.  But as life goes, nothing in life is free.  Even if you are trying to lend a helping hand.  As such you'll also be apart of our determined and never ending efforts to raise money for our efforts.  

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