7 Şubat 2013 Perşembe

Update on Cheyenne's Virtual New Year Fundraiser!

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WOW! The $250 match has been met! According to the Chip In we are at $355 so that means Cheyenne has $605 towards her surgery already! Can we have it all by January 1, 2012?!?!? Amazing already what people have done!

If anyone would like to throw out a match of any size, please let us know! People love to double their money - and they have so far in a big way.

We want to say thanks to the donors we know and to the donors we do not - your kindness to people and dogs you've never met is a truly wonderful way to start the New Year. 

Thanks again for donating, sending this on, posting it on Facebook, and for your thoughts and prayers for Cheyenne.


Wow! Only $425 to go for Cheyenne's Surgery!

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What a wonderful New Year's Gift to be surrounded by the kindness of people we know and people we do not know but who have donated and spread the word about Cheyenne. Thank you all.

Here is her updated party picture - more info about her new virtual party items below:

Since it's the New Year now and people are trying to cut back...these are the new virtual items for Cheyenne's party:

Virtual Skim milk $5: 

Virtual sports headband (virtual Andre Agassi not included) $10:

Virtual Veggie tray with yogurt dip $25:

Virtual Self-hypnosis for weight loss $50:

Virtual sneakers $100:

Thanks again!

Rocket's Been Adopted!

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Rocket came to us the week of June 18, 2012 so we have not had much time to assess him but the shelter says the following about him:

He is a big goofy puppy who loves to play and is good on a leash. He is great with other dogs and keeps his kennel clean. He loves the water and is very smart. He is respectful to cats (not sure that means he loves them though). He is a people pleaser, well-mannered and a perfect companion for a family. Overall he is a big sweetheart. He is currently up to date on shots and ready for puppy class...which he would make an A+ in with a little time and one on one attention...any dog is waiting for that! Won’t you give him a chance to be part of a loving family?




Name: RocketAge: young pup, 10 mos. as of June 2012
Gender: male

Weight: 73 lbs. as of June 2012
Mix/Purebred: mix
Housetrained: yes
Crate trained: assessing
Heartworm Negative/Positive: negative
Spayed/Neutered: Neutered
Micro chipped: Yes
Good with other dogs: assessing, but said to be good
Good with cats: unknown
Good with children: not assessed yet, but young and playful

 
Put in your application today to come out and meet this big sweet guy!


If you are interested in adopting Rocket, please go to our website, copy, paste and complete our adoption application. Email the application to gsdrescuectx@yahoo.com.

Success Stories Are Fabulous! Here's Layla (Miley)

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Layla has been great, although a bit obsessive. She remains as sweet and loving as ever but loves to sit on the couch upstairs in front of the window, guarding her castle. She lives and breathes to play ball. We have about 15 tennis balls around the house and in the back yard...under the couch, behind the couch, behind tv's, in her bed, under my bed. I think they breed. She will catch everything you throw at her. If you throw it straight up, she will catch it ever time. It's really quite impressive and people love to show her off at parties. I've wondered before if they have competitions for it. 
 She hates thunderstorms and her and our other dog would cuddle together in our closet when they happen. It's the only time we'll let them in our bed. She would cuddle non stop if she could though. She's a german shepherd through and through with her loyalty.  She also loves to sit on things. We had a recycling bin in the back yard that became her favorite toy. If she wasn't throwing it around the yard, she would carry it with her and sit on it like a chair. She'll sit on us, on the stairs, on other dogs heads. It's hilarious.   We couldn't have asked for a more loving and devoted family dog. I can't wait to start helping out again in the new year at the rescue.

From Katya's Adopters We Hear....

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the following:

"Hi to all at GSD Rescue:

Katya was in her first formal obedience class yesterday and she was awesome. When the other class members did the long sit I stood about a foot and a half in front of her and she never broke her sit. Everyone just loved her and she was friendly to all! She was very well behaved even when I left her at her tie out stake to go walk the Rally course. Other dogs were whining or barking but she just watched me and was quiet!. No one could believe how good she was to be so young!

More reports will follow as we progress through her training."

6 Şubat 2013 Çarşamba

Wow! Only $425 to go for Cheyenne's Surgery!

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What a wonderful New Year's Gift to be surrounded by the kindness of people we know and people we do not know but who have donated and spread the word about Cheyenne. Thank you all.

Here is her updated party picture - more info about her new virtual party items below:

Since it's the New Year now and people are trying to cut back...these are the new virtual items for Cheyenne's party:

Virtual Skim milk $5: 

Virtual sports headband (virtual Andre Agassi not included) $10:

Virtual Veggie tray with yogurt dip $25:

Virtual Self-hypnosis for weight loss $50:

Virtual sneakers $100:

Thanks again!

Save a senior and change your heart forever.

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Poppy, our sweet senior looking for a home 
So I have this old guy here at my house as a forever foster, and he has a lot of issues.   He is completely deaf.  I mean...I can actually come up within an inch of him with the vacuum and he doesn't even turn around.  Completely deaf.   His vision is pretty bad.   He walks into corners and you have to wave his food dish around in big circles so he sees it and knows dinner is ready.   His nose works well, so he knows when you are making breakfast or dinner...he just needs help knowing that it is ready;  then he wags his bald little tail and gets on over to his meal. 

He also is very stiff, and my daughter calls him "Robot" because of the way he moves.   When I offered to foster him, we took him in to get his teeth cleaned. They were pretty bad.   He had 15 teeth removed.  Wow.  That is a lot.   You would think he would have trouble eating... but he doesn't.   He is such a little trooper.  I love this guy.  I really do.  

There is something so special about rescuing an old dog.   He is so sweet.  It feels like he knows I will be here with him when he needs me the most.   We have a special bond.  With everything we have going on around here, this little man seems to be so grateful, and is so attentive to me.  He can't hear me, but he watches my every move.     He and I don't have a history.   I don't have memories of him as a healthy dog that I can giggle over with him.   I don't know what his favorite treat is, or where he loved to be rubbed before the aches settled in.   But I spoil him.  I cook for him.   I give him his meds.  

But I wonder who he misses...

I think for me right now, this is such a parallel that it is having an impact on my heart.   I have a kitty that I rescued when she was about 7 months old.   That was 19 years ago, so she is old and at the end.   My husband has been around for 15 years, so my kitty is the veteran here.   As kitties age, they get thin. She is so thin now.   She is on medications.   She is on fluids.  She is always hungry.   She misses the catbox.  She screams for who knows what.   And still... she is my baby.   I know her.  I know where she loves to be rubbed.  I know what her favorite treats are.  I remember how silly she was when she was healthy and I still see it in her... deep in there.   I know her as a healthy cat. Now, her body is failing and she is an old lady... but I remember her silly little face standing over me at 3am... wanting to play.  I hold her now and I giggle and whisper our shared memories to her.   I know this girl, and she will be comforted by me, by us-her and I... until the end. 

My sweet little old man foster... I don't know that he gets the same comfort from me as my kitty does.   I know he is comforted by me and I know he loves me.  His sweet little tail wags when  I come in the room. I know his little body aches and I am learning where he likes to be touched.  I have learned what foods he especially likes.  I am here until the end with him...but I wonder who he dreams of when he goes to sleep.   Who is it that knows him and who shares his memories?   He is in my heart and I will be here until the end with him... but who is in his heart?  

I wish he had someone holding him who could whisper special memories to him.  

I don't understand how someone dumps an old dog.   It is like dumping a sick child, or an old parent. I wish everyone would return the favor with these amazing animals and hold them near and dear through the last amazing years of their lives.  

I wish they could all have loving memories whispered in their ears until the very end.  

This they deserve. 

Rescuing an old dog will truly change your heart.  It is one of the purest forms of love you will ever experience.   I highly recommend it.   The heartbreak...totally worth it. 

The pictures you see on this blog are of Poppy. She is our old gal.  She is safe in our care, but she needs a forever foster or home.  She is living in a kennel right now.  She deserves to be cherished and have a warm bed.   Maybe you can be the one Poppy dreams of.