This site is devoted to acknowledging,applauding and singing the praises of the wonderful people in our midst. Many of them are unknown,but all are certainly deserving of kudos galore from our collective minds and hearts.
We are SO here to ensure
that they know
that we know
that they make this world better,
just because they are
who they are.
And I do now hereby proclaim the following people to be wonderful. Let's make this list a BIGGY.
Petfinder
www.petfinder.com
WOW.What can I say? They've changed the face of pet adoption.You can reference animal shelters nationwide and in Canada and Mexico.They "promote shelter pets as the #1 choice for a new pet." Amazing.I can't say enough about the goodness they have brought to world.It's where we found our wonderful boy Taco.I am forever thankful to this fantastic website.Please visit.
Friends Fur Life
http://www.friendsfurlife.com/
They are a non-profit rescue in Tennessee.Taco was rescued from the Campbell County animal shelter and brought up north to New England where we found him in Vermont. Miss Renee Huntley saved Taco's life. Thank-you Renee,thank-you a million times.We love our boy so much.
Random Rescue
http://www.randomrescue.org
Hoo boy. If a dog winds up here he is lucky,lucky. Sam Punchar has a wonderful rescue. She has acres of trails and a pond for swimming and lots of furry pals to goof around with.This is where Taco landed after Renee rescued him. We found him on Petfinder. Go figure. Aren't the circles of life GREAT?
Big Shrimpy
www.bigshrimpy.com
I am so happy I found Big Shrimpy.They are based on the West Coast and they make and sell fabulous pet beds.The beds are completely washable and they use discarded fleece scraps from North American clothing manufacturers for the stuffing. Well, yahoo for recycling and yahoo for wash-ability. I own 4 and they are used daily by our dogs and cats. They really love them. They are one of the best companies around.Great environmental philosophies,great philanthropy,great product. A triple whammy. VERY impressive. Do check them out.
Crossing Paths
www.crossing paths.com
An animal shelter in Alabama. Betty dearest hails from there. The poor girl was pregnant when she arrived there and had her pups in the shelter. From February 2008 through November 2008,she was in the system. All her pups were adopted after being placed on....say it with me, Petfinder. Three wonderful women all had a hand in Betty making her way to us.
Linda Diver brought Betty's pups to a shelter in Pennsylvania. She even kept one,his name is Scuba. Cool name ,huh? After I contacted the shelter to tell them Betty (then Biscuit) had a home, Linda sent me pictures of her pups from the petfinder website.Really...so cute.
Maryellen Tidwell and Shannon Whitfield run the shelter, I believe. Maryellen fostered Miss Betty, but no one was interested in her. Ha. The fools. She is the most delicious smush head ever.
Thanks,ladies.
Can't forget our locals.
Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society
http://www.dpvhs.org/
They do the work to save the lives of the animals. What more is there to say? Big huge hearts giving with far reaching results. Bless,bless,bless.
This site is also a forum for me to go on and on about what I'm calling Creative Philanthropy. Because I've dreamed of having my own foundation, but sorta lack the big wad of moola, I've thought of another way to give. My first foray are these nifty stickers that I had made to benefit my wonderful public library in Greenfield,Mass. They say I love( but really the symbol for a heart) Greenfield. Simple, not ostentatious and much smaller than your average car bumper sticker.Truly they are nifty. So, money gets donated to my library and people show their affection for their cool town. What I've decided is that any item I create in the future will benefit someone,somewhere. Feels good.
Since this is my first post, I'm just going to send it out now.My vision was different though. I imagined pictures of dear boy Taco and trees and cats and the lovely Betty. For now, I gotta just do this thang. Okee doke.Until next time.Big hearts.
3 comments:
Yea! I'm the first follower. I'm very proud of Mayr's attempt to share the good!!!
Much love and success,
marc
I can't believe I saw this blog! I have one of Biscuit's pups! I have always hoped and prayed that her mother (Biscuit, now Betty!) made it out alive. I put Linda's name and Save a pet in google and this blog came up. I was reading along and then I saw Crossing Path and as I read, my eyes teared up as I realized you were actually talking about Biscuit and her litter. I would love to connect and show you pictures of Sunny Lee. Here is her dogster page: http://www.dogster.com/dogs/794702
She looks SO much like Betty! Please email me at dmend10@aol.com
Your dog Betty/Biscuit is my dog's mom! I posted my dog (Sunny although she was known as Brandy at save a pet rescue in PA) as a follower on your blog. We were SO excited to see Biscuit/Betty's name pop up when we googled "save a pet" and were linked to your blog! We are thrilled to know that Sunny's mom was adopted and is a wanted, loved dog just as Sunny is :)
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