Pictured at left is Gail, the PetSmart Rescue Waggin' Driver with Alum.Believe me when I say that Rebecca, Susan, Laura and I are completely exhausted! On Sunday, we hit the road at 6:30 AM for the Adoption Options conference in Charlotte, and we certainly got our money's worth! The speakers were informative AND entertaining, lunch was great, and we got some free stuff! We learned a lot of simple training tricks from speaker Sue Sternberg that we can use with our shelter dogs to make them more marketable and keep them from going kennel crazy. Check out this link to learn about Sue and her methods: http://www.suesternberg.com/index.html. Thanks to Laura for finding this site!
The four of us barely had time to recover from Sunday when the PetSmart Rescue Waggin' rolled in at 5:30 AM on Tuesday. David was also there bright and early to help us out. I can only remember 13 dogs, including Boss and Hogg, pictured here (Boss and Hogg are the puppies), but I thought there were more--maybe one of my co-conspirators can help me out?
After the Waggin' left, we started pulling up drain covers and scrubbing food bowls to get the room ready for when Dean and Donnie came in. Susan cut her hand pretty badly and had to go home--let us know how you are doing Susan! This should be a warning to the rest of us that those guillotines and drain covers can be SHARP!
As if Waggin' day wasn't busy enough, Tuesday was also Assissi day! Thank goodness for Katrina, because Anita is still recovering from the flu! Hope you are feeling better Anita! If I am remembering correctly, Katrina told me we had 6 shelter dogs, 6 shelter cats, 6 public dogs, and 4 public cats on the van. Most of the public dogs came from us, so I got to visit with Begonia, Asia, Brazil, and several other puppies whose names I cannot remember! The shelter dogs that were neutered are Sassy, Coconut, Sugar, Kenya, Chyna, and Parker. The shelter cats are most likely going to Orange County or Rikki's Refuge in the next day or so. Thanks again to Judith for making the long drive to save our kitties!
Dedicated Yappy-hour walkers Jane and Julia showed up Tuesday evening only to find that Laura and I were half-dead and ready to go home! Yappy hour was cancelled, but since the dogs had a pretty active day and our walkers seemed pretty beat themselves, I don't think anyone minded. So, after being at the shelter for 12 hours, I got to go home, and Laura got to go to the Events Committee meeting, which hopefully, Cris can update us on soon! Here's to your speedy recovery, Laura!
New faces:
I couldn't find any new cats for Sunday and Monday, but I did find 2 new dogs. Peaches, a pretty black APBT, was picked up on Sunday. She seems very friendly and sweet. On Monday, an elderly Cocker Spaniel was found stray and brought in by a citizen. This poor senior boy appears to be both blind and deaf and his fur is severely matted. He just sits in one spot in his kennel and shivers. Very sad, so please visit with him when you get the chance.
Adding to the hectic pace of Tuesday's Waggin' and Assissi van, the shelter received 8 dogs and 7 cats! Since 2 of these cats are definite Siamese, and one is a Siamese mix, there is a possibility that they could go to Siamese rescue. The other 4 cats include 2 long haired orange kitties, one tabby, and one reverse tabby who reminds me of Patch--right down to the squinty eye!
The new dogs include a litter of 4 puppies, one of whom was adopted less than an hour after he had been relinquished to the shelter! We also received a shiny black female APBT, a dog who may be an APBT/Dalmatian mix, a small beagle mix puppy, and a Min Pin.
New faces also includes volunteers, so let's all welcome Michelle! She trained with JoAnne and Katie in the condo yesterday, which was great because we needed all the help we could get! Michelle recently became the proud mama of Cheyenne, our beloved Husky, and reports that Cheyenne is doing quite well in her new home!
The only adoption that I can find or recall since Sunday is the puppy I mentioned above, which is very sad, considering we all know how wonderful our shelter dogs are. A "covert source" reports that ZooQuatic Pet Supply had 7 puppies for sale as of Monday, so if you haven't already contacted the store or signed the petition, please do so!
Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/No2ZQ/petition.html
PETA's action alert against ZooQuatic (includes store contact info): http://www.peta.org/actioncenter/ActionAlerts-item.asp?id=2153
Please add your comments if I have forgotten anything!
The four of us barely had time to recover from Sunday when the PetSmart Rescue Waggin' rolled in at 5:30 AM on Tuesday. David was also there bright and early to help us out. I can only remember 13 dogs, including Boss and Hogg, pictured here (Boss and Hogg are the puppies), but I thought there were more--maybe one of my co-conspirators can help me out?After the Waggin' left, we started pulling up drain covers and scrubbing food bowls to get the room ready for when Dean and Donnie came in. Susan cut her hand pretty badly and had to go home--let us know how you are doing Susan! This should be a warning to the rest of us that those guillotines and drain covers can be SHARP!
As if Waggin' day wasn't busy enough, Tuesday was also Assissi day! Thank goodness for Katrina, because Anita is still recovering from the flu! Hope you are feeling better Anita! If I am remembering correctly, Katrina told me we had 6 shelter dogs, 6 shelter cats, 6 public dogs, and 4 public cats on the van. Most of the public dogs came from us, so I got to visit with Begonia, Asia, Brazil, and several other puppies whose names I cannot remember! The shelter dogs that were neutered are Sassy, Coconut, Sugar, Kenya, Chyna, and Parker. The shelter cats are most likely going to Orange County or Rikki's Refuge in the next day or so. Thanks again to Judith for making the long drive to save our kitties!
Dedicated Yappy-hour walkers Jane and Julia showed up Tuesday evening only to find that Laura and I were half-dead and ready to go home! Yappy hour was cancelled, but since the dogs had a pretty active day and our walkers seemed pretty beat themselves, I don't think anyone minded. So, after being at the shelter for 12 hours, I got to go home, and Laura got to go to the Events Committee meeting, which hopefully, Cris can update us on soon! Here's to your speedy recovery, Laura!
New faces:
I couldn't find any new cats for Sunday and Monday, but I did find 2 new dogs. Peaches, a pretty black APBT, was picked up on Sunday. She seems very friendly and sweet. On Monday, an elderly Cocker Spaniel was found stray and brought in by a citizen. This poor senior boy appears to be both blind and deaf and his fur is severely matted. He just sits in one spot in his kennel and shivers. Very sad, so please visit with him when you get the chance.
Adding to the hectic pace of Tuesday's Waggin' and Assissi van, the shelter received 8 dogs and 7 cats! Since 2 of these cats are definite Siamese, and one is a Siamese mix, there is a possibility that they could go to Siamese rescue. The other 4 cats include 2 long haired orange kitties, one tabby, and one reverse tabby who reminds me of Patch--right down to the squinty eye!
The new dogs include a litter of 4 puppies, one of whom was adopted less than an hour after he had been relinquished to the shelter! We also received a shiny black female APBT, a dog who may be an APBT/Dalmatian mix, a small beagle mix puppy, and a Min Pin.
New faces also includes volunteers, so let's all welcome Michelle! She trained with JoAnne and Katie in the condo yesterday, which was great because we needed all the help we could get! Michelle recently became the proud mama of Cheyenne, our beloved Husky, and reports that Cheyenne is doing quite well in her new home!
The only adoption that I can find or recall since Sunday is the puppy I mentioned above, which is very sad, considering we all know how wonderful our shelter dogs are. A "covert source" reports that ZooQuatic Pet Supply had 7 puppies for sale as of Monday, so if you haven't already contacted the store or signed the petition, please do so!
Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/No2ZQ/petition.html
PETA's action alert against ZooQuatic (includes store contact info): http://www.peta.org/actioncenter/ActionAlerts-item.asp?id=2153
Please add your comments if I have forgotten anything!
1 comment:
What has surprised me is that none of the local news outlets have covered this story, with the exception of the short piece in the NRV current.
None of my emails to local news have been answered; I wonder if an inquiry from a local shelter to do this story would bring a better response?
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