This is not a full update, just a quick update as we have a request for some help (as usual - I know!). We want to give you all an update on Roscoe and all the other animals here, but right now this will just be brief to ask a favor.
Since our last update on June 3rd, the following dogs were adopted: Savannah, Samara, Lennie, Shelley (again), Hickory, Annabelle, Griffen, Hank (again), Geoffrey, Naomi, Clare, Roscoe, Lance, Sissy, Paula, Mia, Cookie, Optimus, Dusty (again) and two cats - Pepper and Nemo. Yes, two cats! Weeeeeee!
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Updates by kerry on Jun 18, 2008. There are comments.
Imagine this — there’s a knock on your door and two policemen and an Animal Control Officer enter your house. They walk to where your dog is sleeping peacefully on his bed, put the loop from a pole around his neck and drag him out. He is euthanized that evening along with dozens of others.
His crime? He’s a pit bull and he lives in Ohio. This is called breed-specific legislation, and the worst I’ve ever seen has been introduced by a moronic legislator by the name of Tyrone Yates of Cincinnati. Here is the yutz himself.
The details are simple:
The bill requires all owners to surrender their “pit bulls” within 90 days of the effective date of the proposed law. The bill is unequivocal that the dog warden “shall” euthanize all pit bulls within 10 days of their surrender.
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Legislation by Admnistrator on Jun 05, 2008. There are comments.
Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last update on May 3rd, we have found homes for Mini Martha, Daisy, Pam, Dusty (and he was returned and we found a home for him again), Dude (and he was returned and we found a home for him again too!), Winston, Amber, Jane, Sugar, Rain, Brownie, Louis, Haley, Momma, Farah, Alley, Nico, Randy, Kane, River, Betty, Jimmy, Bronson, Harrison and one cat - Raina! Good luck in your new homes furries!
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Updates by kerry on Jun 04, 2008. There are comments.
Just wanted to write a brief blurb here to let you all know that Hudson has passed over to the Rainbow Bridge.
Newer volunteers won’t really know Hudson, but anyone that was here when Best Friends first came, or before will remember him. Hudson was a curmudgeonly old fellow. He could be snappy and aggressive and very grouchy at times…yet loving and affectionate and friendly when it suited him. He was elderly when we hit the ground over a year ago, but something in him just touched Carmine and Lucia and they eventually decided to take him home.
It wasn’t all roses and peaches. He bit them, or tried to, a number of times. Most people would have brought him back and said “too much”. Not Carmine and Lucia. They just changed the way they dealt with him and everyone lived amicably.
Sunday night, with Lucia and Carmine at his side, Hudson passed from this earth to a different life. One where I am sure he sits and waits at the gates for the people that loved him most.
This was a very special dog. He found two very special people. Hudson had a very hard life and spent most of it at the shelter. Yet, he still managed to wheedle his way into the hearts and arms of two of the most special people I know. Good for you Hudson. You did it. You managed to find love in the last year of your life and you managed to find a way to give love back, even though it must have been hard for you to trust. Kudos to you Hudson for manging to dig out some of the best people at the shelter, and find a way to get into their car, their house…indeed their hearts. I’m so glad that you died in their arms and not in the night in a cold run.
Rest in peace.
I imagine you racing around with no arthritis and no pain.
Say hi to Baron and Jerry for us.
You’ll be forever missed down here.
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Updates by kerry on Jun 03, 2008. There are comments.
We recently heard that Jerry “Sad” Eyes has passed over the Rainbow Bridge. Jerry was a staff favorite here at Pets Alive and we wee sad to learn of his passing, but oh so happy to know that his final year of life was spent in the loving arms of a wonderful family that loved him. Below is their kind letter to us to let us know that he had passed on, and below that is a write-up that Janet (pets alive staff) had written about him some time ago. I hope you will read this and recognize how much every dog deserves a home and a chance at a loving life. I think if you are here, reading this, then you probably already do. In that case, help us spread the word… Read the rest of this entry »
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Updates by kerry on May 14, 2008. There are comments.
Sorry to send out a mailing so quick on the heels of yesterday’s but we have a special request from our dog and medical staff. The dog I wrote about in yesterday’s update (that was already on the table to be spayed when it was discovered she was pregnant) needs a foster. Monique is a sweet, young, friendly dog and we are trying to find her a warm, calm and quiet home for her to give birth. We are asking if there is anyone that can take her for two to four weeks that is home most of the time, has experience with birthing dogs and dealing with a mom and a new litter. If you can provide a foster home for Monique, even for just two weeks, please contact us.
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Updates by kerry on May 06, 2008. There are comments.
Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last update on April 11 th, we have found homes for Shelley, Toby, Ruby, Little Man, Sunny, Christopher, Chloe, Unique, Cooper, Michael, Chuck, Rose, Nutmeg, CB, Elana, Sibley, Arby (again), Jane, Russell, Amber, Rain, Bow, Juana, Dalton, Jolly, Winston, and six puppies. That is 32 dogs! We also found a home for Jayjay, one of our cats. Good luck in your new homes everyone!
Animal deaths and illnesses:
This month we also lost two cats. We had to put Moses down, a semi-feral FIV cat that had renal failure and we lost Violet one of the cats in the back feral cat house.
Additionally of interest this month was that we brought in Monique - one of the Georgia dogs - to be spayed and it turns out she was about two-three weeks away from giving birth! She did not look pregnant to us or the vet and he had her on the table and everything. We were all shocked to discover this and so we had her closed up and she will be allowed to give birth to her pups. (Pets Alive does NOT believe in late term spays). So we’ll be having puppies again soon.
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Updates by kerry on May 03, 2008. There are comments.
Case Study “Missy”
By Dale Kantner, Cat Manager
When I started working at Pets Alive last June, I must admit to being a bit overwhelmed with the number of cats that lived here. I believe there were about 99, and they were divided into 6 rooms. There was one beautiful 8 year old kitty that lived alone in the kitchen, her name is Missy. I soon found out why Missy lived in the big kitchen all by herself, she HATES all of the other cats!! Or, as I tell her, she is so special that she gets her own room.
Those of you who know Missy, know that she is a staff and volunteer favorite. She definitely has her own personality, part sweetie pie and part MONSTER!
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Case Studies by kerry on Apr 14, 2008. There are comments.
Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last update on April 5th, we have found homes for THREE CATS! Spunky, Barney and JJ are all going home or have gone to their new homes. Wheee! Three cats is a record for us. We also adopted out two dogs - Sandy and Ernie. This is just in the past six days folks, as this update is coming on the heels of the other because I have some important things to tell (and ask) you. Unfortunately I have to mention that Dusty (Beagle) and Arby (Shih Tzu) have come back to us.
Young Frankenstein Tickets
I’m pleased to announce that thanks to John S., there are a pair of tickets to Young Frankenstein up for auction on eBay. Show is Wednesday evening, 4/16/08, with 100% of the proceeds to benefit Pets Alive. The tickets come with a VIP backstage tour by Tony-winning actress Sutton Foster. Thank you John.
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Updates by kerry on Apr 13, 2008. There are comments.
My Rescue Transport Debut
On Thursday I was doing some repair work in the kennel at Pets Alive when Kerry, one of the directors walked in and handed me a list of dogs with photos from a kill shelter in the south. They call Pets Alive sometimes when they fill up with dogs - some of their workers try as hard as possible to get the dogs out so they don’t have to be euthanized. Kerry explained that the dogs on this list were out of time and their usual transport service was unavailable. They had priced out other transporters who wanted at least $100 per dog and there were at least 25 dogs in this transport, which was out of the budget. Would I consider driving a rental van about a thousand miles each way down and back? Oh, and there was a second stop - another meetup in a southern city 150 miles away. Time was of the essence - the dogs had to be spoken for by Friday and out by Sunday. I was a little surprised, to say the least, and I probably looked like I was waiting for a punchline - which I was, and it didn’t come. She was serious. I said I’d see what I could do and started making phone calls.
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Animal Rescue by kerry on Apr 11, 2008. There are comments.
