guys...my once a year plea

[backwoodsbob]

I work with our local P.A.W.S. group and I get to see close up how animals get mistreated and how groups of dedicated people rehab and home so many animals.We get the good stuff..not just dogs and cats,we get goats and horses and cows and everything in between.

This year I personally hit up our local stores for dog and cat food they couldn't sell because of busted bags and gathered over 4,000 lbs of food for our local rescue.

That's not bragging..that's what we all can do if we try.And we need to try.

My once a year plea...PLEASE find a local no euthanize rescue..I could care less if it's PAWS or any other organization...Just help.Give them ONE DAY of help..give them ONE BAG of good nutritious food..Give whatever organization is in your area ONE DOLLAR towards keeping these rescues going.

Thank you

[peacebird]

1. excellent idea! Thank you!

[backwoodsbob]

4. it works :)

we hit up wally world..Krogers..K-mart..Magic Mart.

They get to write off the busted stuff and we get food for the critters.

It's amazing how much food 38 dogs*current population* and 100 or so cats *who can count that high while they move* can go through.
Bottom line..help your local please.I'm not in any way asking for help and to make sure this won't cause problems won't accept help here.

I just ask in my once a year *or so* that people seek out there local non euthanize shelters and for one day just say *how can I help*

[siligut]

2. Thank you

A reasonable request.

[a la izquierda]

3. my husband gathers pet supplies at his job...

about 2x a year, and brings the haul to the no-kill shelter. he works at a dog daycare and boarding facility, so he always gets loads of stuff.

[Lucinda]

5. Excellent post. Thank you for the reminder of what We CAN do.

:toast:

[OneGrassRoot]

6. Thank you. Great suggestions. K&R n/t

[Uben]

7. My best friend came from a no euthanize shelter

A scrawny 6 mo old black lab.......well, he was scrawny at one time, now he is....uh.....portly, let's say. He he! I give them $100 every year at their fundraiser. Hey, the guy brings me my evening paper rain or shine, sleet or snow!

[backwoodsbob]

9. I hear ya

have my shep and the amazing she hell terrier who are both rescues and now the shi-tsu from hell who rules them all that was dropped at the bottom of our road.
The shi-tsu is like the one ring...the evil that binds them all.

She is a trip.She weighs 18 lbs now *fatass* and rules all the dogs on the hill

[Uben]

11. I had german shepherd brothers for 14 yrs

They both got into such bad medical condition that I had to put them down. One had a terrible case of hip displasia and was having to drag his hind legs and the other had the worst case of ruptured bowel glands the vet had ever seen. He said it was time and came to my house to do the deed. That was hard. They had lived together with us their entire life.

[lamp_shade]

8. Big Huge Kick and Rec from another no-kill rescue volunteer. Wal-Mart donates most of

the food we need at our shelter (dogs and cats only) which is a huge help, but monetary donations are way down and it costs a lot of money to heat our shelters and provide veterinary care for all of them. Almost as important, as you know, is finding volunteers to come and spend a little time with them; to help feed, clean, medicate, and "love" them; to play with them and help them learn to socialize. Some of the "senior" cats and dogs will probably never be adopted and will spend the rest of their lives with us. These are the ones that need the most love and attention. Ohhhhh... the heartbreaking stories you and I could tell.

[backwoodsbob]

12. yeah thats me

I'm the volunteer who plays with them.I love my *job*.I help where needed
I help with cleaning and feeding and whatever needs done.
I only get to get there every other day.It's fun watching the *regulars* who see you coming.

we have our share that we know will never be adopted..they will be taken care of.

I rarely open up like this...sorry if I offended anyone

[backwoodsbob]

13. walking the bigger dogs is fun

it's a challenge.we get some we aren't sure about.Have yet to be bitten by the bigger dogs..the little ones on the other hand..

[Angry Dragon]

14. There is never an offense of honest emotions

The world would be a better place with more empathy

[backwoodsbob]

16. my sig

is the she terrier from hell..Katie.

She finally met her match with the shi-tsu..oreo.

Oreo won't take her crap and lays the law down ..it's fun to watch.A terrier and a shi-tsu doing a stare down is fun :)

[Mnemosyne]

10. KnR for the critters! n/t

[emilyg]

15. K/R

[Rhiannon12866]

17. K&R! Thank you for all you do for the animals.

I feed feral cats, and I get a premium brand. I don't know if they can tell the difference, but I've done it for so long that I'm not about to change...

[Tripod]

18. Thank you Backwoodsbob.

Two months ago I got my cat Jet from a rescue operation called HOPE, here in northern NY. I got him for my 6 year old cat to have a friend, because I work, and am not always home. What a joy Jet is for Bud and myself. :) The two cats are best friends, and I now have another very "user friendly" cat. Thank you for the post, I will try to help in some way. Keep up the good work.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

19. I do fundraising for the rescue group I co-founded.

I make and sell bandanas and homemade dog biscuits and raise hundreds of dollars each year. I've driven thousands of miles over the past 10 years transporting dogs from shelters to rescues or to no kill shelters. Yesterday I dropped off at our town shelter a box of discarded towels and blankets from the linen service my hospital uses - the first of what will be a monthly delivery.

So, even though I occasionally throw the "f" bomb and flip the bird when I get frustrated, there is a good side to me, backwoodsbob. We shouldn't judge people based on one incident, should we ?


http://sites.google.com/site/eastcoastasiandogrescueorg/home (those are Kendra's (the late, great Longhorn) dogs in the Christmas bandanas)

K &R for this important OP

[backwoodsbob]

21. we won't judge on one little situation

Love that you work for the little ones :hug:

We all good :loveya:

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

23. All good here, too ! n/t

[AllyCat]

20. We found our three feline friends at no-kill shelters

Our dog came from a happy home, but was about to be surrendered. Thank for the reminder to give some food. I don't have much time, but I can pick up a couple bags of extra food for our shelters.

[tblue37]

22. I donate regularly to our local Humane Society, and also to

one in a different city, because when one of my cats died I couldn't find one to adopt in my town, so a friend took me to Leawood, Kansas, and paid the adoption fee for me to get an eight-and-a-half-month-old kittie from a rescue group there.

By the way, a young man I know is trying desperately to raise materials or funds for 5 large doghouses he is building for the local Humane Society as his Boy Scout Eagle project. He has a limited time frame to work in, but the builders he has contacted are not willing to donate the materials, which is what he had been counting on.

Does anyone here have any ideas for how I can help him with his materials or fund raising for the project?

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

29. Has he tried Home Depot or a local lumber yard ?

Do you have a Freecycle group in your area ? He might be able to get some stuff there.

[tblue37]

31. Thanks for the ideas. I will suggest them to him. nt

[backwoodsbob]

34. yeah if he lets Home depot know why he needs

here all we have is lowes but same thing...they are usually really good at helping with needs.we got two dog runs built from lowes free of charge.They actually got the guys to come down and set them for us

Most will work with a KNOWN local.

[backwoodsbob]

36. I get a chuckle when I read the all corp people are evil stuff

I have the big truck so I get to work with the local wally world/k-mart/krogers/food city.

to a person every manager I have dealt with has not only been helpful but wanted to know what else they could do.Half our setup is freebies from Lowes and we get literally TONS of free food from the stores mentioned above.

[CrawlingChaos]

24. K&R - and hooray for folks like you

Right there with you. :)

[frebrd]

25. K&R - and good on you!

[WillyT]

26. K & R !!!

:kick:

[InvisibleTouch]

27. Thank you! n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

28. kick!

[lillypaddle]

30. When I was freaking out

and okay, I was over-reacting to some high blood pressure tests, I was sure I was gonna die any second. And I was worried about my two rescue doggies and what would happen to them ... and Backwoodsbob sent me a pm and told me that he would take my dogs, no matter what, and would even drive here to Atlanta to get them.

This guy loves him some animals. And now I've been somewhat settled down, and don't feel like I'm going to drop dead in the next five minutes, and I will never forget the sense of relief I felt when I got his message.

I'm going to donate SOMETHING first thing tomorrow. Thank you, Backwoodsbob, for keeping hope alive, and for caring.

:loveya: You are the BEST!

edited to add link to Atlanta "no kill" shelter: http://www.atlantapetrescue.org/www_ver2/

donation made in honor of Backwoodsbob

[lamp_shade]

32. How sweet you are. I've got goosebumps. Kudos to Backwoodsbob.

[lillypaddle]

33. Thanks ... yeah, he's pretty special

:hi:

[backwoodsbob]

38. I don't do this often

thank you

[backwoodsbob]

37. thank you so much

:hug:

I love my little ones.

Thank you so much

[TBF]

35. Great post, and everyone remember to get your pets inside -

it's cold even here in Houston so it's gotta be brutal in the other states.