Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last update on February 17th, we have found homes for Kane, Chip, Johnny, Kenny, Ned, Badgee, Newby, Barney (again), Elmer, four of the puppies, and Mr. Big (one of our cats). Did you notice that name? Yes! Our sweet Badgee got adopted! Go Badgee! That is him in the picture with his new family, and the woman in back is Lace, who was the one who took care of him for us.
In the past two weeks we also lost two of our cats - Bramble who was elderly and died of renal failure, and Miles who died of cancer related to his FIV. We will miss you guys. Please see the memorials posted on our website. You can also submit a memorial for your own pet, or a loved ones pet. Very sadly we also had to put Champ down this past week. Champ will be very much missed by everyone at Pets Alive.
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Updates by kerry on Mar 05, 2008. There are comments.
Running Pets Alive can be challenging. Draining. Disheartening. Even if you’re lucky enough to have someone like Kerry Clair doing all the real work. Sometimes it just seems like one big Rube Goldberg device (Sigh…those of you who don’t know what a Rube Goldberg device is — it’s a complicated machine with lots of moving parts designed to perform a simple task. Like this one from YouTube.)
Some days you get here and it seems like you’re getting your butt kicked from the second you walk in until the second you leave. There are so many animals and not enough space. Sometimes we have to choose which ones we can take, knowing the rest will probably die. Then there’s the money. We watch every penny and always seem to get blindsided by one more expense, like a $3500 electric bill. Ouch. Then there are people who mean well who insist on second guessing every decision or policy, not realizing that we have to take into consideration every animal, employee, volunteer and donor, not just their favorites. And you wouldn’t believe the minute details that we have to deal with every day. I’m a big picture guy, and some of this stuff just makes my eyes glaze over.
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Why we do this by matt on Feb 20, 2008. There are comments.
Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last update on February 5th, we have found homes for Scarlet, Barclay, Lexi, Dusty, Tina, Sherry, Dawn, Poncho, Buttercup, Valentino, Barney (but he came back), and Roxi. Three of our other dogs - Poppi, Royce and Tugger were also adopted from ARF this week! Good luck guys! Behave in your new homes! Sadly this is the first update since mid December where we had no cats adopted. Where are you cat people? Your cats are waiting here for you. Come and get them!
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Updates by kerry on Feb 17, 2008. There are comments.
Hello everyone. It’s me, Matt DeAngelis. A thousand people out there just collectively scratched their heads. “Who?” It’s a long story, but I’m the co-director of our little Shangri-La. I spend a lot of time on the behind-the-scenes stuff. My partner, Kerry Clair, makes my job easy. She’s perfect for this job and is really terrific at it.
So the new Pets Alive is one month old.
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Uncategorized by Admnistrator on Feb 06, 2008. There are comments.
New Pets Alive Website is LIVE
Our new website is live! We’re really excited about this and would like to thank Laura Cromwell and her husband Pete for all their work on this with us. They have been AMAZING in getting the new design developed, up and running. Thank you! Please be sure to check it out. We also have our new blog thre and a Badgee Update (who is now ready for adoption)!
Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last newsletter/update we have found homes for Rex, Jake, Sandy, Belle, Bridget, Tara, Gabrielle, Opal (although she came back), Leo, Tulip, Peaches, Barney (all dogs), Mimi (cat) and Ringtail (cat). We also took in 26 more dogs from the South - all set to be euthanized at some point. We took them in from Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. We also took in a few dogs from private homes where they could no longer care for them. ARF (Animal Rescue Foundation from the Hamptons) came and took six of the smaller dogs that we rescued to their shelter. They will adopt them out from there. They also have high adoption standards.
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Updates by kerry on Feb 05, 2008. There are comments.
With one of the Georgia rescues we got in a litter of lab pups. One of these pups the staff started to call Little Mutant Man. This poor little guy was showing very weird signs of bowed legs.
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Case Studies by kerry on Jan 29, 2008. There are comments.
Pets Alive will be staying open!
Hello again everyone! We got a very welcoming response to our last email asking if you wanted to continue to keep Pets Alive up and running in this area. We’re going to continue to do this and continue to ask for your support. I will also post this sort of update to the forum and to your email at least 2-3 times a month to keep you abreast of what is happening here at the sanctuary. We encourage you to come down, visit, get involved and meet our staff and animals. WE NEED YOU!
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Updates by kerry on Jan 29, 2008. There are comments.
Best Friends Pulls Away!
Goodbye and Thank You!
We would like to thank Best Friends for the past nine months. As most of you know, Best Friends came to Pets Alive when we were in a desperate situation and they helped us in every way imaginable. They hired staff and taught us how to properly care for and house the animals. They helped us develop a network of volunteers and supporters, showed us better adoption practices, helped us train the animals (and the staff), and helped teach us how to stand on our own two feet. We’re doing that now. Maybe a little wobbly in our new shoes but we are definitely on our own two feet. We are grateful.
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Updates by kerry on Jan 28, 2008. There are comments.
My dog Zack died today.
Zack was just eight years old and like all your dogs are to you (I am sure), he was very special to me.
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Why we do this by kerry on Jan 27, 2008. There are comments.