2 Trips and Adoptions Too!!

Hi folks,

A couple weeks ago we were able to send 6 of our precious beasties to S & L rescue in NJ and my friend Lisa is taking good care of them. Nube, my Great Dane, Bruno the Rottie mix, Amanda's rescues, Alex and Chubby went and also Tina and puppy Bella. That happened thanks to those of you who donated for the trip. oh yeah - it did get here in time:) Thank you SO much.

And today we were able to send 8 doglets to the angels at Monmouth SPCA and Wag on Inn!! Clemmen, Michelle, Panchita, Roxy, Onyx, Piru and puppies Holly and Molly left today. They took our pups because of all the new ones that need to come home soon.

Also, sweet Camila was adopted right here in PR by a wonderful family in Utuado. Margarita Carbonell, my friend and I drove Camila the 2 hour trip to the mountains of Utuado to take precious girl to Marga's sister's house where Camila is now a beloved famly member!

Here are pictures of the kids who left in order:


Bruno and Nube



Alexandra



Chubby



Tina



Bella



Master Clem



Michy



Panchita



Roxy



Onix



Piru



Holly



Molly



Camila





For those of you in the states, I don't know if you've heard about the terrible disaster of the Gulf refinery explosion but it was huge, 19 tanks were devastated and it left lots of animals displaced, dehydrated, scared and gritty from the fire. Rescuers from around here were working hard to get animals out of there and even the police worked with us. My friend Doreen works with the hotels and she was able to get 2 hotels nearest to Ft. Buchanon to take the families from the base with their pets till the fire was put out, since the explosion was on one of their boundaries. The explosion was Thursday afternoon and on Friday, I had a sore throat and tight chest so I didn't go to the fire. But there were lots of heroes and Barbara and Celi were two who kept going in day after day to take puppies and moms and other doglets to safety. All our fire kids are at Dr. Casta's now living the spa life and soon will be coming home with Barby and me for some much needed TLC. Pictures will soon follow.

Meanwhile, on the way home from the airport after shipping today's kids, Celi and I drove by a small blond terrier mix girly doglet. I'd been watching her for weeks here at the beach because she is small, very sweet and submissive. I just couldn't bring any more home because I had so many. Heck - I paid down Dr. Casta's bill of $2800 and a month later it's $3400 again. But of course little China is now fed, watered and safely tucked away in her run until tomorrow when I can take her to the good doctor. I know it's only a band aid to the population problem here, but for each one we're able to save, it's the difference between life and death. I just wish I could do more.

Just wanted you all to know that Homer has been home from Dr. Casta's office for about 3 weeks and besides some socialization issues that are now under control, he is heartworm free and living a good life. His hair is now growing back and he's calmed down from his horrible life on the beach.

Homer




Now that my internet seems to be working (all but slowly in this rural beach town) I will be putting up many happy stories of kids adopted from Wag On Inn and Monmouth SPCA. And hopefully, after S & L Rescue's adoption day today in New Jersey, I'll get good news about some of my newly adopted kids tomorrow :)

That's all for now friends. Been working hard on the ACO/CI course coming in January and I keep rescuing. Without your help and donations, none of this could happen so I thank those of you angels who have been faithfully helping rescue along side of us. Every penny you give goes to the animals. Please folks, donate when you can and always adopt the adoptable. Thank you so much for reading.

Be Blessed,

Adri

Help - I need Somebody!!!

To coin an old Beatles tune, Help - I need Somebody!!! You know it's not for me, it's for the animals. After getting my computer fixed, now my camera is dead so I just got a cheap one on Ebay last night that won't get here for 15 days but what I really need is to find $450 by NEXT WEEK to send 6 of my doglets to my friend and fellow ACO, Lisa in New Jersey. She started a rescue org to save dogs and cats scheduled to be euthanized in the shelters but she's ready to help me out and already has 2 of my babies adopted and has fosters for the rest.

MY bestest and dearest girl, Kathy from Wag On Inn has her hands full doing the same thing as Lisa and she NEVER sleeps. Half the time I call her, she's running out at 12 midnight to pick up some dogs she saved from Tennessee!! Then she goes to work at the SPCA the next day - That's her DAY job!! She and Adrienne and Jody and all those volunteers for WOI are just crazy AWESOME. Monmouth SPCA hasn't been able to take any of my doggies since July because of all the folks surrendering animals during these hard times. Poor animals - They're the ones who pay for our sins. We just can't stop helping them now. Humans usually can help themselves but animals can't. They depend on us.

So - Help me if you can I'm feelin' doowwwnnn.

Not really guys - just anxious about having the opportunity but not the bucks to send my children to their forever homes.

Many of you know that I haven't worked for anybody but the dogs for the last year and a half and my fixed income is $700 till 2012. Then there's nothing - nada. I'm so grateful that my mom left me this so I could actually live and still help the animals, so if you've wondered how I do it, that's how. Where there's a will, there's a way. Kathy and I both agree that The good Lord put us on this earth to help the animals - that's our mission.

If you can help, please do. Everybody is broke and government workers (2 of my friends included) are loosing their jobs here in Puerto Rico right and left. I'm truly scared of what's to come as far as animals being dumped on the streets and euthanized at the shelters.

Please help if you can - and don't forget to always adopt the adoptable. Don't buy dogs or cats at pet shops - think of that one precious gift that you could save, and who might save you back!

Thanks for reading - God Bless,

Xx Adri

please communicate.....

Dear friends, I don't know if I told you all that I had another computer breakdown and lost all my newer contacts because I hadn't backed them up, like an idiot. you'd think that by now, I'd know better but I am truly computer challenged.

This means I haven't thanked you, Marian H or Janine C and lots of you guys who have been so thoughtful and helpful. If I haven't recently sent you a thank you email or told you how grateful I am, it's not because I forgot, it's because I couldn't since you've been wiped off my dreaded computer! Please forgive me - I really really appreciate you. And I completely forgot to let you guys know the other reason why I disappeared for so long - my computer disaster. Next time this expensive PC goes berzerk, I'm just getting a Mac laptop and that will be the end of my computer problems. You are welcomed to send me an email and drop me a line. I'm at amigosdelosanimalespr@gmail.com or my personal email is adri.galler@gmail.com - Thank you, thank you, thank you for all you have done to help the Piñones Beach Project kids!!! You have saved lives.

Thanks for reading!

Blessings,

Adri

So much GOOD NEWS!!!

Well guys - I'm so sorry it's taken so long to update. More than a month has passed and I've been running around like a whirling dervish. My professor, John Saccenti, President of Career Development Institute has come and gone and our Animal Control Officer/Cruelty Investigator course is taking a life of it's own. The course will be given January 25th through 29th with a large animal welfare summit to follow on the 30th. Below is the flyer for the course.






Today i had a meeting with Maximiliano Brandt, the Member Society Development Manager of World Society for the Protection of Animals who has always been our contact on the island. Other large foundations have come and gone (Pegasus for one) but WSPA has been constantly present in Puerto Rico, trying help the animal welfare movement here. They have been communicative and helpful. WSPA funded my ACO certification course and my flight to New Jersey.

Max was excited that the course is coming to fruition and he will be present with Dr. Monica List who is WSPA’s veterinarian. He and Dr. List will be attending the summit and he knows Dr. Carazo, Head Veterinarian of the state and Wilma Rivera, Director of Animal Control, and he has also met Dr. Gonzalez and has been to the Carolina Animal Control Center so he’s thrilled with all the teachers who will be giving the course.

WSPA will be a major presence in this inaugural ACO/CI certification course and they have invited me to attend the‘ First Dominican Conference for Animal Welfare’ at the Veterinary College of Universidad del Este, in Santo Domingo to attend their workshops AND meet and greet all the WSPA people who he says can help make our Latin American portion of our ACO/CI certification course happen.

Well that’s the recap – I need to make plans to go to the center for OCAM (municipalities) next week and get all the mayor and town info so we can send off letters to the mayors. Lois Reed, our web designer is already working on putting the registration form and information about the course on the Amigos de los Animales web site and I’m waiting for the WSPA logo to add to our marketing materials.


I will give you updated pictures of the 34 kids I have at home and will be showing you pictures of big Homer, who will be coming home tomorrow!! Yay!!! It's been a long time since I've been able to ship doggies because apparently the economy has been as affected in the states as it is here and people are giving up their 'best friends' to shelters. It's very bad here and in pinones where I live, I see 3-5 new dogs every weekend. i just found 3 puppies on Friday night that were dropped off at the beach.

Folks - Sorry it's been so long since I've written. Please forgive me. It takes a lot of time for me to write and make sence, and when I go to bed at night (with my 6 dogs that sleep with me in bed)I just black out with exhaustion.

Please don't forget to donate to the animals at my mini shelter here at home and always adopt the adoptable! You can either donate to my doggies upkeep through this blog's donate button or you may send your check or money order to: Amigos de los Animales, PO Box 79169, Carolina, PR 00984

Thank you so much for reading. You are appreciated!

Blessings,

Xx Adri

More kids left and I miss them.....

7 of my kids left to Monmouth Co. SPCA last Thursday and I'm just getting to tell you about it now. I miss them so much - most of them have been here for many months since the SPCA took 78 dogs from a puppy mill bust back in April and they only now have space to take more dogs in. We sent 2 of Gloria's huge doggies on this trip, Nancy and Gonzalo who have been at the Save a Sato shelter for 3 years. Gloria didn't have any place to send the big dogs and believe me - before the Monmouth SPCA, I didn't either, so we are all being blessed by these wonderful folks at this great no-kill shelter. I keep getting letters from folks who have adopted some of my other big doggies I've sent there and it seems like the adept adoption volunteers from the SPCA hand pick the new owners of each and every dog adopted from that place!


Precious Mama Linda


Fellow rescuer, girlfriend and dog foster, Barbara called me crying one night in April. She said there was a sweet girl dog in heat in her neighborhood that didn't let her sleep at night because she was crying a lot from being beat up and violated by the pack of dogs following her. She'd apparently been thrown out by her owners so I asked her to try to get her and bring her to me the next day. That was my sweet Linda, who has been here since then, was pregnant, had her babies, was treated for anaplasmosis and now she's gone 5 months later. She went from being an abused and frightened girl to being the sweet and happy little girl you see here. She never used to smile and now she smiles lots. Why, she has become down right flirtatious and I love her so!





Shelly

You'll probably remember Shelly, who thinks she's a billy goat and would climb out of the yard every morning and night to go for our walks on the boardwalk with me, Mari, Iggy, Candie, Negri, Benny and Salva. Barbara rescued her too at a Shell station (thus the name Shelly) and our friend and rescuer, Vivian helped us pay her vet bills. So Shelly also came here around April and she has become the perfect obedient pet who comes when called. She never goes in the street and she stays right along with the rest of the walking crew, then comes in when I ask her to. Anyone who gets her, gets the ready made, house broken, crate trained, hiking doglet. She is the perfect pet for an active young family and sweet and loving as can be. Oh do I miss her. She was such a great beach companion too. She would wade right into the water with Negri, Iggy, Mari and Candie and me and would sit and accompany me in the little pool for hours, never leaving my side.





Mamasita

My sweetest Mamasita is gone too :( Celina, the owner of 2 (soon to be 3) Ben and Jerry's Ice cream Parlors here rescued her when she was already an older girl dog. She kept her at her home for awhile but one of her dogs didn't get along with Mamasita so she put her in foster care with Barbara. But Barb decided that since my yard was bigger than her's, Mamasita would be happier at my place. So, in May, I started fostering Mamasita too. And she became one of my favorites, always asking for belly rubs. What a wonderful pet she'll make. She's a beauty.







Baby Sparky

Sparky is a whirling Dervish that I found hiding under a car at The Water Front Resturant here in Piñones and he and my little girl Jadie would play for hours, so she misses him too. She came out looking for him as soon as I got back from the airport. Though he was hard to catch and was growling and barking during the the rescue, he is relaxed and as cute as a button now - he'll make some children very happy.





Sweet Pea

Sweet Pea was a joint venture rescue between Susy Palou and myself. We went out to Fajardo to rescue a doggie that a tourist had wanted to take home, and we found little Sweet Pea in the middle of the street at the docks just begging for love. She was irresistible and we took her home and cared for her. She's a loving sweet girl and will make someone very happy. She became much more outgoing and secure when she came home with me.





Linda (up front) and Canica

Linda and Canica were rescued by my friend Nelson Garcia, printer extraordinaire. He is also one of the few truly experienced male rescuers I've ever met in Puerto Rico. He's married to a doctor and he and his wife are showing his children a wonderful example of rescue and responsibility. I was proud to help them out by fostering Linda and Canica to get them to the SPCA. The younger generations in Puerto Rico seem to have become much more volunteer conscious so we are moving in the direction of rescue and adoption - little by little. These girls are adorable and very friendly and they get along great with kids.





I rescued a tiny white male Chihuahua the same morning I was putting the doglets in the car to take them to the airport so I put him in my back bathroom for days for observation and now he's in one of my runs for his safety - he's so little the dogs might think he's a toy and hurt him. As soon as I get a picture of him, I'll post it.

I have lots more "Happy Tails" to tell you about and thanks to my ANGLES Ellen and Maryann who help us with some of our dog shipping costs to the SPCA and to Myrian Hernandez who so generously donated toward Homer's treatment and donated medical supplies.

Homer is starting his heartworm treatment on Monday morning at Dr. Casta's office (thanks to Myrian) and he's already growing in hair. He looks good so I can't wait to bring him home, he's such a sweet big boy. I'll get pictures to you soon.

Thank you Janine for helping out with your monthly donations and your big check last month - You are a DOLL!! I live here in Piñones every day of my life and every day is a rescued dog filled day. All this couldn't happen without folks like Janine, Myrian, Gregorio, Jess, Isabel, all my fellow rescue friends and all of you who have so graciously given of yourselves and your donations.

I still have a large and ever growing vet bill of $1800 with Dr. Casta so please don't forget to donate when you can. You may send a check or money order to Amigos de los Animales, PO Box 79169, Carolina, PR 00984 and there is a Paypal 'Donate" button right on this blog. Amigos de los Animales is a federal non-profit 501c(3) and your donations go directly into my Amigos de los Animales rescue account (On PayPal it says "Horse Rescue Account" but it's my Amigos rescue account).

I am committed to my Puerto Rico rescue mission field and I will continue to help the voiceless animals who suffer cruelty and abandonment here every day. Please know that. Although I have gone through emotionally hard times in the past few years, I am still here and will remain in Puerto Rico, if God is willing. I will not let anything get in the way of my helping God's creatures.

Also, always adopt the adoptable. Thanks for reading!!

Blessings and Hugs,

Adri

Happy Tails and .......

Jess, Coqui and Dimas


Jessica and I became great friends when she communicated with Liz and I to help her rescue a dog she named Coqui, from the streets of El Yunque when she was here on vacation. She, her sweet heart, Greg and her family had come to PR to go on a cruise and as soon as she got back from the cruise, she rented a car and went looking for Coqui. She found that soulfully beautiful, but skinny beast and brought him to me just hours before she had to fly back to Jersey with her family. That was more than 2 years ago and Jess and I have been true friends and sisters ever since. Her love for animals is something that I love and respect in her and her willingness to go for broke when it comes to them is truly awe inspiring. Then Jess saw a picture of Dino, who I rescued from the Pueblo Supermarket and was skinny and depressed when I took his first picture at Dr. Casta's office. She and Greg fell in love with him and they adopted him too and renamed him Dimas. Now look at these 2 beasts and tell me they aren't living in bliss!!!

In Jess'words, "A photo of Jessica's precious Dimas and Coqui preparing for their roles as "ring bearers" in her upcoming wedding ceremony...haha" Aren't they just too adorable for words!!











Francesca and Molly

Kathy, Fran, Ellen and Maryann are the angels who flew into PR from the monmouth Co. SPCA for a wham bang rescue weekend. Here are excerpts from the email and pictures I just got from Franny:

" Hi Adri!
I just wanted to drop a note to let you know how much I just love Molly! She is an absolute doll! I am so lucky to have her and I owe it all to you! Thank you so much for bringing us to the beach where I found my little treasure (or actually she found me). I just adore her and she always makes me smile. Even Dirk, my husband, and my mother-in-law love her. She is getting along very well with all her feline siblings - she actually prefers the cats to any dog she meets. I am very lucky that I can take her to work with me everyday so she never has to be alone. She greets all the volunteers as they come in to "work". She is very spoiled; they bring her boiled chicken and buy her special treats and take her for walks all day long. I never thought I would have a dog in my life again (my family had quite a few of them when we were kids) but I just love her and don't know how I was ever without her. When I have to go out and leave her at home it's almost like something is missing... "

love,
Francesca

Molly sends kisses!!!!"

Here's Molly!! - She was hungry and alone at Dead Dog Beach and look at her now after being rescued and loved by Francesca!








Betty Ann, Mike and Nina Dalberg


"Hi All,

Just wanted to let you know that Nina is doing great! She is just as you described her! We've never met a dog who is so calm, friendly, and just adorable. Thank you to whoever is responsible for her beautiful training. She is a pleasure to walk on the leash and is very respectful of our things. No interest is chewing shoes or touching things that are off limits. Someone taught her well! Nina is so easy to please and requires only a couch, a long walk, and of course, many belly rubs which we are more than happy to provide!

We are so happy that she has found a way into our lives and our hearts! She adjusts each day to life with us and we with her. It took her only 2 nights to end up sprawled out on our bed! She is helping to fill the void left in our hearts when we lost our 16 yr. old dauchshund, Penny. We thank you for finding her for us.

Here's a link to her story on Mike's blog

http://michaeldalbergphotography.blogspot.com/ "

Here's one of my pictures of precious Nina when she was here with me. Please go to Mike's beautiful blog and see how great Nina looks with her new "folks"!





I want to thank these folks who believe in adopting "satos" (our version of a mutt or mixed breed) instead of purchasing mistreated animals that were bred at puppy mills. They have given these animals a second chance to live, to know good health, the joy of being loved and of loving back. I am so grateful to you. May you experience long lives filled with all good things.

God Bless and thanks for reading!

Love, Adri

Hola Zola

"She's thinking about her friends in Puerto Rico but glad to be in her new home"





Here's the Loveliest of Happy Tales of my sweet Jeannie who became Hola when she was adopted from the Monmouth SPCA last April. Then she was renamed Zola and you'll see why when you read her story. Her owner was doubtful that I'd remember her but believe me, Zola is such a special girl that it would be impossible to ever forget her. I'm so grateful to Debbie and Bob for their love and patience and I just wish for each of our rescued kids to find such loving and understanding homes. Please read on:


Debbie and Zola at the Jersey Shore April 2009






"Hi Adrienne,

My husband and I adoped Jeannie today from the Monmouth County SPCA in Eatontown, NJ. She is so affectionate.

We had to put our 15 year old beagle collie "zima" to sleep last Friday. Our hearts are broken. We had no intention of getting another dog for quite some time as the pain is so strong and we miss her so. After almost a week we just couldn't bear the quiet of the home and no one greeting us, so we took a ride to the SPCA. Jeannie was outside in the gated area with the other dogs that came over with her from Puerto Rico. They were all playing and when we went over by the fence, she came over and my husband bent down and she started licking his face through the fence. Needless to say that was it for him. We had to wait the few days for some tests that they do before adoption. We renamed her "Hola".

.... We live 10 minutes from the beach so I am sure she will enjoy romping on the beach, but now she will just do that for fun and then will come back to her loving home."

"Bob & Zola at the Jersey shore 10 minutes from our home"






Their story is continued in this email:

"It is 1 week since Hola has been home with us. She has really done well this past week. When we first got her she was unsure of everything. She is now so much more comfortable. We went shopping last week and bought her a crate, which she sleeps in at night. We also bought her a bed. After the 3rd day she started using the bed. She uses that during the day. She is now getting gutsy and is starting to chew on things like slippers, etc. She is still a puppy so we are working with her on that.


"Ahh!!! Isn't she adorable?"





All week we worked with sit/stay and she has done very well with that. She seems very smart. We enrolled her in an 8 week training class which started today. The trainer commented that someone must have worked with her before we got her. She is pretty well behaved.

She is so hard not to love. As you said she is very affectionate. We still miss our baby girl Zima so much but Hola is making it so much easier.


Zola playing in her yard




She likes her walks. We walk her a few times a day.

In fact Bob and I booked a vacation for the middle of May after our Zima was gone because we just couldn't stand being here without her. We didn't think we would be getting another dog for quite sometime. Then we went to the SPCA and saw Hola and the rest is history. Bob is canceling because we don't think it is fair to Hola to have her moving around again after all she has been through. She is just settling in here and then if we send her somewhere else for 1 week may throw her off."


And the story continues with these excerpts from another email:

"Just thought I would drop you a note about Hola-Zola. Let me explain the name change again. For the first couple of weeks and still sometimes we call her Zima (our previous little girl). Well anyway one day it came out Zola so we decided to keep that as her name. This just feels right!!! I think Bob and I would have gone crazy if we didn't have her. We still miss Zima very much and Zola is so busy giving licks that she really fills the void.

She is doing well. It took her some time to get adjusted. Now she is very comfortable. She is still skittish at some noises and you can't go up to her real fast because then she backs away and crouches down. That makes us sad. We are so glad you rescued her because who knows what life she led before then. You know that makes us love her even more.


"What a watch dog"






She seems to be strong willed. I don't know if I had mentioned that we signed her up for an 8 week training for just basics. We can tell she had some previous training, which was probably at your place. Next Saturday will be the 8th week and graduation. There are 2 other dogs in the class. She is still giving us a hard time with shake/give paw. She also doesn't "come" when you call her real well. We know she is a puppy and we are as determined as she is. I wonder who will win?

Well so much for the crate. She now sleeps with us. She is just the cutest....


"Zola made it into our bed within 2 weeks"




I have some pictures we took of her from about a month ago. She is starting to fill out and she's a good eater......

Zola's Mom
Debbie"


Thanks folks for helping us save lives. Please donate if you can - Our vet bill is again at $2900 and there are still 20 doglets ready to go to the Monmouth SPCA by the end of this month if we can find the money.

And please always adopt the adoptable!

Thanks for reading - be Blessed,

Xx Adri

An Animal Rescuer

This poem was sent to me and I needed to share it with you.


My job is to assist God's creatures.
I was born with the drive to fulfill their needs.
I take in helpless, unwanted, homeless creatures without planning or selection


I have bought dog food with my last dime.
I have patted a mangy head with a bare hand.
I have hugged someone vicious and afraid.
I have fallen in love a thousand times and
I have cried into the fur of a lifeless body too many times to count


I have animal friends and friends who have animal friends.
I don't often use the word "pet".
I notice those lost at the road side and my heart aches.
I will hand raise a field mouse
and make friends with a vulture.
I know of no creature unworthy of my time.


I want to live forever if there aren't any animals in Heaven,
but I believe there are.
Why would God make something so perfect and leave it behind?
Some may think we are master of the animals,
but the animals have mastered themselves -
something people still haven't learned.


But a rescue that makes the news gives me hope for mankind.
We are a quiet but determined army and we are making a difference every day.
There is nothing more necessary than warming an orphan,
nothing more rewarding than saving a life,
no higher recognition than watching them thrive.
There is no greater joy than seeing a baby play,
who only days ago was too weak to eat.
By the love of those who I've been privileged to rescue,
I have been rescued.
I know what true unconditional love really is........
for I've seen it shining in the eyes of so many,
grateful for so little.


I am an Animal Rescuer....
My work is never done,
My home is never quiet,
My wallet is always empty,
My heart is always full.



Blessings and thanks for reading - Xx Adri

Gordito!!

My dogs, Negri, Iggy and I found this adorable 8 lb. boy I named "Gordy" short for "Gordito" or Fatty, as we were walking on the beach near my home. He was squealing and he was biting himself ferociously - looking like he was in agonizing pain. When I picked him up to check him, he was full of thousands of ticks which started crawling up my arms too!! After taking him into the ocean with me for about 45 minutes and pulling thousands of ticks off him, then bathing him at home with medicated shampoo, massaging in a strong Taktic dip and spending a long time with him, petting and massaging him, Gordy finally calmed down and relaxed. Ain't it a wonder - his skin was on fire with ticks! He is now the most beautiful, playful funny little lovable critter. As soon as he sees me with the hose, he jumps right into the stream! He's such a gas!



















And sweet Kramer from Dead Dog Beach, is finally smiling lots and kissing too. He's so much happier and well balanced now that he's been home for a few weeks. He's a very nice sociable and playful boy and will make a great pet as soon as his hair grows in. Poor fella, he apparently had boiling water tossed on him so he is still covered with dead black skin, but with time, love, lots of soothing baths and good nourishment, he is starting to look very handsome indeed. Just look at his smile:) I was worried about his personality because he had hard eyes and no expression when we took him off the beach, but he apparently really needed to get started with the healing process to become the sweet boy he is.




Folks, I'll take this opportunity to ask you to please help out with your donations. I have an, again growing $2900 debt with Dr. Casta, neither Clem nor Homer have started their heartworm treatments for lack of funds and there is no money with which to ship the next 20 large dogs that are ready to go to the Monmouth SPCA at the end of the month. The longer they are here, the less space I have to rescue more animals. If you can help with your donation dollars, you will be saving these lives and allowing us to rescue more lives. And don't forget to always adopt the adoptable.

Many Blessings and thanks for reading! Xx Adri

Kids Left Town For Great Homes!!

It's been a grueling week of photo finish tax filing, taking dogs to the vet for travel certificates, pulling together pictures, pet records and rabies certificates, but this morning at 6:00am we finally made it to the airport to send off 18 of my precious kids and Stewart's doggie, Marcia to Wag On Inn! Barbara was a huge help by staying over last night and waking up early to help me get all the kids in crates, in our 2 cars and to the airport this morning. Barbara, by the way, is a wonderful soul who also rescues and has a pet fostering business at her home. She's been a source of countless great ideas about animal care and she's always been a true friend to me. Stewart was also a huge help and stayed the entire time to help too. Once we got the 7 crates to the elevator at the airport, my friend Tony, the traveler, called that he was too sick to fly and couldn't make it. So I, in my flip flops and t-shirt was going to have to fly to JFK and back on the same day, if we couldn't find someone in line to escort the dogs. I'll tell ya - sometimes things just don't let up till they let up!

After about 45 minutes and many "no's" to our frantic pleading, we finally found a wonderful young couple who were willing to escort the dogs to their new lives in New Jersey - Alexandra and her husband were flying to JFK for a 4 day New York vacation! By then I was sweating bullets but God came through again and smiled on our precious cargo and their journey.

It feels like an empty nest now, and I miss my babies, even though I still have 20 dogs to care for and a few more to bring home from Dr. Casta's office. I slept the whole day today (since I'd been up for the past 36 hrs.) through countless efforts to reach me by phone. The only person I spoke with was sister Kathy, who was keeping me updated on the kids arrival to Wag On Inn. What a girl!! She and her fellow WOI rescuer, Adrienne are da BEST!!!!

Here are the fortunate kids who flew to their new homes today:

Nina





Nene





Maritza





Lucy





Lolita





Karolina





Jack





Hanzelito





Tucker





Tigger





Shenene





Shenaia





Scrappy Doo





Scooby Doo





Oscar




Leo





Lolita's Baby Gabriella




Freddy




Your donation $$$$ are the reason all this can happen. Josee, Greg, Ruthie, Janine, Olivia and all of you who have helped make this happen countless times with so many helpless animals - Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I am truly grateful.

Please donate when you can and always adopt the adoptable!

Thanks for reading and God Bless you!

Xx Adri