a life with a dog

I just read a friends words of her life with her dog. She had to have her companion put down earlier this week and the pain in her heart seemed unbearable. However, the words of the life they had for 14 years together were of a family who loved, lived, played, protected and thrived as a dog and his/her family should.

she adopted her dog from a shelter, the pup saw her come in and immediately told her "it's me, you are here for me!". and she was. two years later; they moved off 6,000 miles away to Alaska, enjoyed the wide open frontier chasing moose and elk, and then later after a divorce - moved back home to the northeast and settled in there. eventually the pet started to decline and then, it was time. my friend had to make the painful decision to gently let her go.

her words of their years together touched me as a testimony of what an adoption should be. a commitment of love and life.

that dog who came from a shelter just needed a chance. a small chance to join a family and the rest of her life she gave them the unconditional love that only a pet can give.

please adopt a shelter dog or cat. that love is just waiting for you to be the one to come in and get them

posted by Elizabeth @ 7:04 AM 6 comments

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Economic times are tough all around right now, gas prices are going up, which in turn causes goods and services costs to increase, people are having a tough time doing the things which have become normal expectations.

This creates an issue with animal rescue as well. When people are cutting back on extras, donations drop. Being an organization that survives on donations (we get no governmental support and have no grant in place for operations) we are suffering the effects of a depressed economy as well. Our expenses don't decrease ever, in fact our expenses are rising like everyone's and we need support.

People don't realize the enormous daily cost of caring for 70+ dogs and cats; it is very high. Our organization does it's best to keep costs down. We have one paid employee who has not been paid in the past two weeks, and won't be paid this week. All other income goes to pay for food, vet care, waste removal and rent.

So. I come to this blog place today to ask for help. Please consider donating any amount. and if you are able, a monthly donation would help tremendously.

The donation button on the side of this page makes it simple, help us continue to help the many homeless animals needing our assistance

posted by Elizabeth @ 7:39 AM 0 comments