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Sanctuary animal updates:
Since my last update on June 14th (has it been THAT long? I’m sorry!), the following dogs were adopted: Posey, Harold, Rusty, Boogey, Jackson, Racer, Dilly, Jethro, Possum, Sasha, Borus, Koasha, Lucy, Luke, Sebastian, Kibbles, Patches, Spot, White Foot, Lil Bit, Sebastian again, Brownie, Twila, Boogie, Peanut, Bunker (again but again returned, poor guy!), Johnny, Van, Buddy, Fresco, Lizzie, Spangle, Little Richie, Cade, Rocky, Misty, Bengal, Pauly, Teona, Rosemary, Rachel, Poppy, Choco, Pilgrim, Buddy2, Tor, Shu, Shea, Lady, Orlando, Buddy3, Chase, Rico, Carrie, Penny, Celia, Dinky, Doty, Pepsi, Bibi, Brownie2, Yogi, Pumpkin, Layla, Lady2, Tinkerbell, Penny, Cupid and Edison. 69 dogs? Not too bad!
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Updates by kerry on Aug 01, 2009. There are comments.
Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last update on May 19th the following dogs were adopted: Terry2, Rebecca, Doris, Frenchy, Sammy, Denver, Sparky, Yogi (but was returned), Jasper, Dudley, Paisley, Strutter, Tangelo, Glacier, Zesty, Agassi, Forbes, Charmin, Treasure, Nanook, Denali, Scooter, Stewie, Finnegan, Moxie, Honeycomb, Lola, Dempsy, Samson, Scrappy Doo, Penelope, Clover, Bambi, Juniper, Breeze, Jazz, Sadie, Precious. Precious had an amazing story and you can read all about her here. She is now safely in her new home with one of our daily volunteers – Sonya. They are BOTH so happy and we are really glad. This was truly a great match. Foxy, one of our horses was also adopted this month.
Snausage was once again, NOT adopted. This is a picture of him telling everyone what he thinks of that. Sorry Snausage. We will try again this month for you.
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Updates by kerry on Jun 16, 2009. There are comments.
Dear Doggie Friends,
I hope this email finds you well and happy in your new home. The reason I am writing is because everyone at Pets Alive misses you. We miss you A LOT! This place just isn’t the same without your furry face. To show you just how much we miss you and how much we love you, we all got together and came up with a fabulous idea– WE’RE THROWING A BIG PARTY IN YOUR HONOR! Please come, and bring your people with you, of course. Enjoy this special day with your family as our guests.
Event: The Alumni Picnic
When: Saturday June 20th 11am to 3pm
Where: Pets Alive, 363 Derby Rd. Middletown, NY
What: Mostly we want to reminisce and love on you, but there will also be lots of good food and fun things for you to do, including:
- A Blessing of the Animals led by our very special guest Reverend Eleni: The Reverend is coming a very long way JUST TO SEE YOU (don’t tell the others, they think she is coming to see them, too). This blessing is for all your animal friends, and for all people who are friends of animals, and for you, too! (Yes, can you believe it? Even though you are already so blessed to have found such a wonderful forever home!)
- A Parade: This is your big chance to strut your stuff in front of everyone!
- Contests: Bone up (no pun intended) on your fast tail wagging and speedy sits!
- Human/Dog look-alike competition: They say people start to look like their dogs after a while, so get your most special person to spruce up a bit so he or she resembles you even more!
Everyone at Pets Alive is keeping their paws crossed waiting to hear that you will come! Please RSVP BY JUNE 13th, and tell us how many humans (adults/children) you will bring along, so we can try to figure out how much food to get! (RSVP by sending an email to volunteers@petsalive.com). If you don’t RSVP, you can still come but it would really help us to have a guess at about how many people to expect. Please also note that we will clear out the outside runs and put all of our dogs in the kennel for the day. Your dog can stay in the run all day so we can go to each one to visit with them!
YARD SALE A BIG SUCCESS!
You raised over $3500! Hats off to our dedicated volunteers, and to everyone who baked, sewed, donated items for sale, lent tables, tents, and devoted their time to making this day a success – without you none of this would be possible!
Special thanks to Becky, the organizer – she is the YARD SALE QUEEN! And to Carmine, who worked so hard all week. To Donna for her doggie bandannas, they were a big seller; to Melissa, who sent a ton of baked goodies; to Roxanne for another successful 50/50 and a merchandise raffle; and to Annemarie, for the awesome dog biscuits – dogs loved them so much that they sent their people back for more, to J&J Tent Rentals for coming and setting up and breaking down a tent that day – at no charge to us!
A BIG THANK YOU to all the volunteers who setup, worked the sale and cleaned up – Joy, Debby & Keith, Yvonne, Russ, AnneMarie, Andrew & Matthew, Debbie V., Linda, Simon & Stephanie, Nicole, Roxanne, John, Mimi, Larry & Chris, Stacey, Trudy, Alex, Danielle, Linda, Albert, Megan, Melissa, Carmen, Carmine, Barbara, John, Tom, Sara, Jen, Kim, Lucia, Linda. If we forgot to mention you, we’re sorry – but we thank you, too! Finally to Juan and Marcos, thanks for all your help – you guys are great!
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Updates by kerry on Jun 11, 2009. There are comments.
Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last update on April 9th the following dogs were adopted: Terry (that is him in the picture with his new brother), Ellie (came back and was adopted again), Sarah, Chet, Apricot, Liberty, Jinx, Fiona, Slash, Magnolia, Banker, Sampson, Lil Ann, Greta, Bundy, Willie, Randall, Tanner, Sissy, Kelly, Winner, Alex, Swampy, Chester, Nyssa, Llaylia, Aggie (came back), Keena, Lab Lady, Shep Lady, Elvis, Deja, Jack, Bella, Moet, Vu, Bubba (went BACK home), Johnny Cash, Bertha, Max, Deja, Boxcar Willie, Chester, Hola, Amigo, Major, Lima Bean, Fresco, Limo, Sadie, Joe, Blondie, Memphis Belle, Sable, and Brittany. Cashew – A CAT – went home too! YES WE ADOPTED OUT A CAT! Almost 60 animals found homes this month. Nice going team. The staff at Pets Alive, and our volunteers – are AMAZING.
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Updates by kerry on May 19, 2009. There are comments.
So back in January we get an email from this guy named Anthony. He is an artist (well not in REAL life, in real life he does document handling or something that isn’t as interesting as his painting). He said the following:
First, I would like to say that I absolutely love this sanctuary. I would love to visit some day, hopefully with an adoption in mind. Currently, I am starting to work on a series of Acrylic Paintings, small ones, that I plan to leave at random places like bus stops or libraries, shelters, where ever, for people to just take if they want it, for free. These works will be my “Inspire” series, and have the number in which they were painted on them. In addition to the rest of the information about the paintings, I would love to place the web address for Pets Alive on the back of the paintings.
Wow. How amazing is this? Someone that never met us, found out about us, believed in what we do here and is using his talent to make a difference for us. We were amazed. Anthony and I chatted on and off in email for a while, then he donated some oils for our Penny Social and then we got around to asking him if he would do a mural for us on the wall, on the brick house stairs. We had wanted to do this for some time but the artist we had been talking to lived very far away and we couldn’t make it work out. Anthony started later that week. First he had to prime the walls – he did the entire downstairs and upstairs. It looked great. Then he came every weekend until the mural was done.
This past Sunday, he finished.
It is so cheery and so happy and really fun. It brightens the whole house and everyone who walks in stops to stare and they ALWAYS smile and say something akin to “wow”. Yep. Wow. In the past few months we’ve all gotten to know Anthony, he has helped us in various ways and attended our events, and now I wouldn’t hesitate to refer to him as a friend. Check out his website too when you get a chance: http://www.anthonytrott.com/
Thanks Anthony for doing this for us. It’s beautiful and greatly appreciated! Below is a picture (pending a better from Becky – I am no photographer) and of course that is Scrumpy (aka Tommy) sitting at the top. I LOVE it! Always puts a smile on my face when I walk in here (as if there wasn’t enough reason to smile before!).
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Updates by kerry on Apr 21, 2009. There are comments.
Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last update on March 12th the following dogs were adopted: Owen, Lilah, Arnie, Xandy, Swampy (but came back), Dylan, Clarence, Augie, Connie, Darla (but came back), Pokey, Daffodil, Jasper, Murphy, Blue, Kylie, Miriam, Doty, Diamond, Williard, SunLi, Suzy, Miley, Isis (but came back), Abby, Meadow, Garth, Rufus, Jillie, Middy, Rigsley, Lil Pip, Smokey, Zippy, Sounder, Kendall (came back and was adopted again), Sonny, Pancake, Blossom and Astor. Yes, that is 40 dogs. Nice going everyone!
We even adopted out two cats. Not only that but they were FIV cats! Sweet Pea and Ginny went home. Two FIV cats…it is just so wonderful that people are starting to understand that FIV cats are not something to be terrified of. We’re going to add a section (thanks Sandy!) to our website (as soon as I can find ten minutes to get to it) about FIV cats and the myths, etc. Unfortunately we also had a cat that died this month – our older feral cat Zack passed away. R.I.P Zacky.
One of the standouts as far as adoptions goes is Middy. Middy got adopted by Extreme Canines. Check out their website. They have videos that will blow your mind. Our little Middy is going to be a performance dog. GO MIDDY! They are also interested in coming back here at the end of the summer to do a fundraiser with us. How cool would that be?
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Updates by kerry on Apr 10, 2009. There are comments.
Giant Egg Hunt at Pets Alive – with special guest
On Saturday, April 11th (from 11am – 3pm), Pets Alive will be holding our first annual Egg Hunt and Family Fun Day!
The Easter bunny has agreed to make a special appearance at Pets Alive on April 11th. He is coming to run a giant egg hunt and many games and prizes for the kids. There will be face painting, prizes, photos, food, cotton candy, and much more! We will also have a spring flower sale and a bake sale. Event will run between 11 am – 3 pm. Fee is $2 per child (extra donations always welcome as well as bake sale items!) This should be a really fun event, we hope you will come!
Yuk it up to benefit Pets Alive
Middletown’s own Manhattan Comedy Club (YES! – this is in Middletown, just ten minutes away from Pets Alive) is hosting a night of comedy to benefit Pets Alive.
The event will take place on April 19, at 7:00 PM, at the Manhattan Comedy Club, 400 rt 211 East, Wallkill Plaza, Middletown, NY. There will be three comedians, a 50/50 raffle, door prizes and a short live auction with an auctioneer, and cocktails! Steve Schaffer from the Tonight Show, and Comedy Central’s Tony Darrow and Rich Franchasi will be performing that night. Tax deductible snickers, chortles and guffaws, and the money goes to Pets Alive. What could be better? You can buy your ticket right now by clicking the link below – or from the main page of our website (which allows you to buy multiple tickets). Tickets are $45:
We must sell 100 tickets to this event! Please ask your family, friends and neighbors to come along. We have only sold 25 tickets so far and if we don’t sell at least 100 more, we will have to cancel the event and refund those purchases. Please help make this event a success. We are trying very hard to raise money by giving something back – a dinner, an all day event, a comedy night – anything to try to raise much needed funds but also provide you a day or an evening out along with a tax deduction. We know the economy is in a bad way, which is prompting us to try to be more creative in our fund raising attempts – so please help support us in this way, as well as the businesses offering up their halls and clubs to us for the night.
Allura Designs Fundraiser to Benefit Animals of Pets Alive!
Pets Alive will receive 25% of the total sales of all orders placed in April through Debby Renna (one of our regular volunteers). Please go to www.Alluradesigns.com, and take a peek at all of the unique jewelry and gifts. Click on the individual pages of the catalog. The online catalog just doesn’t do the jewelry justice. The gems are gorgeous, are made of dichroic glass and all Allura gems are Made In The USA!
For only $4 shipping you can have your order shipped directly to your home. Contact Debby Renna at drenna2000@gmail.com to order. She accepts paypal or credit card payments. Thank you for helping Pets Alive! (If you are local or are a volunteer at Pets Alive Debby can deliver items to you).
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Updates by kerry on Apr 01, 2009. There are comments.
Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last update on February 21st the following dogs were adopted: Maggie, Oliver, Ninah, Bruno, Annie, Simba, Daisy, Sadie, Donnie, Fuzzle, Duckie, Nikki, Luke, Piglet, Bambi, Katie, Miles, Tiffany, Cappi, Tulip, Donner, Misty, Peanut, Umbro, Nelson, Mooch, Whittley, Emily, Freddie, Bunker, Sodie, Garret, Pete, Nibbles, Manly, Harley, Peanut/JRT, Meeko, Mooch (again), Queenie, Zoey (again), Kendall, Teek, Jett, King, Victor, Simba (again), Hazel and Doty.
One of the standouts here is Tiffany who has been with us for a very long time. She went to a great home with a family that is absolutely nuts, crazy in love with her. We loved them too and Tiffany goes everywhere with them. Yes — Our sweet girl is a car rider, and a couch potato and a bed hogger. They say she is the most well behaved dog in the world. (There are more updated pictures on our forum).
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Updates by kerry on Mar 12, 2009. There are comments.
On February 21st, at 2pm, privately owned small airplanes flew their own mercy mission, bringing 15 dogs targeted for euthanasia in South Carolina to Orange County airport and ultimately to sanctuary at Pets Alive.
All of these dogs were rescued from kennels where they were among as many as 250 dogs to be put to death this week alone in just ONE shelter in South Carolina. Every one of them was scheduled to die this morning. Many of the shelters there have as high as a 99 percent kill rate. Instead of being put into the gas chamber, they were whisked away and transported by ground from South Carolina to North Carolina where the pilots loaded them aboard and flew them to safety.
A group of local Pets Alive volunteers met the pooches at the airport and brought them to our shelter where we examined them, checked them into runs with good food, a warm Kuranda bed and fresh water and we started to prepare them for adoption.
Another 10 dogs are being driven to Pets Alive on Sunday as part of the continuing rescue effort.
All of these dogs are young, highly adoptable and friendly. It was a great day. Planes coming out of the air, all of them with dogs on board that would have been dead today. (Please consider adopting a homeless animal).
Special thanks to all our volunteers for going out to the airport on almost no notice, waiting around for over an hour and a half because of transport delays and then bringing these wonderful dogs back to our shelter. Thank you to Rhonda Sims and Freedom Train Transport for coordinating, Kerri our adoption coordinator for making it all go smoothly and to AnimalRescueFlights.org and Pilots-N-Paws for helping to save all of these dogs. Every pilot donated his time, fuel expense, their own plane and their love and compassion to make it all happen.
We can’t thank you all enough. Click here to see photos of the arrival. Thank you to Becky Tegze for the photos.
Thank you so much to our FABULOUS volunteers! Lisamarie, Lorraine, Eileen, Frank, Suzy, Sarah, Michael, Dina, Alyssa, Jo, Paula, Jan, Alina, Richard, John, Betty and Yvonne. We had hours to pull this together and we were so grateful for you all to leaving everything to rush down there and help. THANK YOU!
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Updates by kerry on Feb 22, 2009. There are comments.
Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last update on January 31 st, the following dogs were adopted; MINDY!!!!!!, Trendy, Van, Gail, Blitz, Pietra (again), Liberty, Mya, Eddie, Tilly, Diesel, Oscar, TC, Pepper, Lil Bit, Tino, and two kittens – Precious and Tammy.
Intakes
In the past few weeks we took in: Leo, a beautiful, handsome guy from another shelter that was closing (Animal Haven in Flushing, Queens). Leo has some serious guarding issues and would bite when trying to protect his toys. He is being worked with by our staff and in the past two weeks has made TREMENDOUS progress!
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Updates by kerry on Feb 21, 2009. There are comments.