Weekly Update-Dec. 12-18, 2011-12 Adoptions!

   This was a very nice week.  The dogs were pretty good at the shelter-unlike the previous full moon week.  Not too many sick ones except for the little kittens.  We did 12 adoptions this week-Mila, Wilhela, Smiley, Max, Rocko, Finley, Nikki, Aida and Yoshi were the dogs going to new homes.  The kitties were Isidora, Corgan, and Bob.  Kisses got to go to a foster home with Sue and Walt!  Perry, Titus, Mango, and Zippity went to foster homes.  We were able to pull about 10 dogs and 4 kitties.  We were able to rescue a momma dog and her 5 babies that were strays.  This week we were able to rescue the other mom with 8 brand new babies so they will get to be safe and warm for Christmas.
   On Friday, we had a wonderful surprise at the shelter. Melissa makes the cutest hats you have ever seen.  She knits them with frogs, dogs, lambs, pigs etc. on them.  They are really great and people love them.  She sells her hats and on Friday she donated all her proceeds to P4P!!  I am constantly amazed at the kindness of people.  Thank you Melissa!! 
   Santa Paws pictures ended on Sunday at Petsmart.  Big thank you to Santa Rich and his elves for the Santa pictures.  Petsmart gives P4P half of the proceeds from the pictures we take.  Haven't got the total pictures taken but I'm sure it is near 300. 
   On Sunday we had a great Christmas present!  Hannah and Danielle, two teenage girls, brought us a truckload of supplies and a check for $250.00.  The supplies were 40 bags of kitty litter, food, towels, toys, treat, and more.  The girls had worked for over a year to raise money for P4P.  Very awesome!
   We have been getting all kinds of Christmas cards from people that have adopted from us with pictures.  It is really great to see a once hopeless animal all happy in their new home.  Check out Molly and Micah's story on the blog. We have also been getting some wonderful Christmas gifts from some really great people.  The animals at the shelter really appreciate all the presents.  Thank you!
   This weekend is Christmas so we will not be going to Petsmart for adoptions.  We have had several people call about fostering an animal for Christmas or adopting.  If you would like to foster please call Nev at 618-540-7387.  Merry Christmas to all from Partners For Pets!!

Danielle and Hannah with Santa Rich

All the supplies they collected

Katie's Kookies 4 Pets

Katie is one of our young volunteers that helps at adoptions, fosters some dogs and make dog cookies to sell to help the animals at our shelter.  Her Mom posted this on Facebook and I just wanted to share this with you.  Way to go Katie!!  Awesome!!

Katie's Kookies 4 Pets are being produced in bulk this week! $10 gets you approximately 35-2" cookies--- All profits go to @partners 4 pets. Katie has raised over $75 this fall with her Kookies. If you want a batch let me know ASAP! By the way...there are 25 ounces of biscuits in a $10.00 batch.  They are pretty popular around our house.  Would you like to help Katie reach her goal of $100.00 for P4P this fall?  Elizabeth Dugger-Riesberg   By the way... there are 25 ounces of biscuits in a $10 batch. They are pretty popular around our house... Would you like to help Katie reach her goal of $100 for Partners 4 Pets this fall? So close... So very close and I am so very proud of her!

Merry Christmas From Molly!

Merry Christmas from Micah!

What a great picture of Micah.  She was an older girl that was left at the pound.  I love old dogs.  They are so wonderful and the thought of them living their last days at the pound is hard to bear.  Micah was very dirty, scared and thin when we got her.  She will have a wonderful Christmas this year in her new home!  Thank you for giving her a second chance.  Merry Christmas Micah! 

Merry Christmas From Hannah and Danielle!!

On Sunday, Dec. 18,  two teenage girls, Hannah Stricklin and Danielle DeMay, brought a very welcome Christmas present to P4P at Petsmart.  Both girls, age 14 and 15, have worked for the last year and a half to collect money and supplies for the shelter.  They held yard sales, lemonade stands, did odd jobs, babysat, and collected money in their Piggy Bank to help the animals at the shelter. 

   The girls brought the gift to the volunteers at the adoption event at Petsmart.  There were approximately 40 bags of kitty litter!!, towels, dog food, toys, shampoo, blankets, treats and canned food along with a check for $250.00!  Everyone was so excited. 

   I think it is really amazing that these two worked so hard to help the animals at our shelter.  It is just really awesome and so kind.  Their accomplishment is very inspiring.  What great girls!  It just goes to show you how the work of a few can make a huge difference in the lives of the animals.  Thank you! 

Update on Kisses

   After spending two weeks recuperating, Kisses has left us to go with Sue and Walt.  Kisses was at the pound several weeks ago with a compound fracture of her back leg.  It had been broken for some time and infection had set in.  Dr. Ervin at Horseshoe Lake AH felt the only option to save Kisses was amputation so within hours of rescue the surgery was done. 
    When we got the call from animal control about Kisses they had said she was a Dalmatian.  We called the Dalmatian rescue group, SpotSavers, for help since we had had way too many emergencies and surgeries in the last month.  They said they would help with her medical costs and work on a foster home for her.  When Kisses arrived at the shelter after surgery, it was determined she was not a Dalmatian at all but a rat terrier mix with spots.  We emailed SpotSavers back to tell them thanks anyway but Kisses was not a Dal and to our surprise they still said they would help!  On Sunday after her surgery, Sue and Walt came to see Kisses.  They volunteer for SS.  Kisses loved them and even though she was in pain she curled up on Sue's lap.
   This last Monday Kisses got her stitches out and her surgical site was healed.  On Friday Sue and Walt came to pick her up and Kisses was transferred over to SS.  What a great bunch of people.  Very awesome!!

   We got an update from Sue and Walt and Kisses, aka Missey, is doing great.  Sue said she was running and playing like she had all her legs.  She has settled right in and thinks Walt is it.  Big thank you to all who helped Kisses go from a hopeless, seriously injured pooch to one that is really enjoying her life again.  Way to go Kisses!!

We are Rescue

Saint Francis Animal Sanctuary Inc. Vermilion, OH

We find beauty in the most incomprehensible places and the otherwise homely faces.
It is our gift to see beyond the dirt, terror, sadness and defeat and find the true soul that lies within.  We are Rescue.