Thank you so much!!! you’ve inspired me, and Jenny called me and said lets do this. We’ve never done it before but we’re gonna give it our best! 🙂
G. on fb: Some friends and I are collecting blankets, beds, small comforters, baby blankets and stuffed animals and doggie toys to donate to shelters this winter. If you have something you’d like to donate please send me a message. Thank you!
if we get blankets, was gonna take them to West Side German Shepherd for Macfarland…
She made this flyer to take around as well as a black and white handout for door to door:
YEah, I’ll take Spirit one day and go door to door to drop off flyers and Bravo another day… and then drive around on those mornings to pick up. 🙂
fingers crossed!
She was a sweet girl – and people did try hard – in the end – her time had come – Is it a consolation that she had food and care for many years? Rip sweet angel. It is right – you were loved….
RIP sweet sweet Baby - Gone but "NEVER" Forgotten 13
Brooklyn Center
My name is BABY. My Animal ID # is A079001.
I am a female tricolor germ shepherd. The shelter thinks I am about 12 years old.
I came in the shelter as a OWNER SUR on 11/09/2011 from NY 10310, owner surrender reason stated was NO TIME.
EUTH MEMO
No Euth Memo
MOST RECENT MEDICAL RATING, BEHAVIOR RATING & WEIGHT
11/21/2011 Exam Type CAGE EXAM – Medical Rating is 3 C – MAJOR CONDITIONS , Behavior Rating is NONE, Weight 37.4 LBS.
Coughing / sneezing R/O K/C / uri Start doxy tabs – 1.5 tabs sid x 10 days
Profile date 11/09/2011 PET PROFILE
Profile Comment: SWEET DOG, WAS FED WET AND DRY FOOD. ONLY GOES AFTER DOGS WHEN WALKING OUTSIDE.
Length owned 1 YEAR, Spends day time in or out? INSIDE, Spends nights in or out? INSIDE, Housebroken? YES, Mated? ONCE, Travel in Car ? YES, Leash? YES, Obedience? GOOD, Escapes? NO, Fence? NO EXPERIA, LOVES MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, LOVES CATS, DOGS,
11/09/2011 PET PROFILE MEMO
Dog Information Sheet 1: – Why are you surrendering this dog? family changes 2: – How long have you had this dog? 14 yrs 3: – How many people are in your household? 2 adults 1 child 4: – Is your dog house trained? N/A 5: – Has accidents if left alone more than ? N/A 6: – Is your dog paper trained? yes 7: – How long do you usually leave your dog alone each day? rarely 8: – Where is your dog kept when alone? loose in house 9: – Has your dog ever lived with other dogs? yes 10: – How does your dog behave around other dogs? plays, barks 11: – has your dog lived with cats? yes 12: – How does your dog behave around cats? ignores 13: – How does your dog behave around strangers? friendly 14: – How does your dog behave around children? tolerates 15:- Does your dog know any commands? sit, down, stay, come here – but say “Baby” 16: – How does your dog behave on leash? excited, walks calmly 16B: – Lunges, growls or barks at? dogs 17: – What does your dog normally eat? both 18: – Please specify brand, amount, and times: Alpo, pedigree, Kibbles & Bits 1-2 twice daily 19: – Does you dog have any behavior problems that you are aware of? no 20: – Does your dog have any medical problems that you are aware of? If yes, please provide as much detail as possible: no 21: – Is there anything else you?d like to tell us about your dog? she’s full of life Jessica Medina
WEB MEMO
No Web Memo
11/15/2011 BEHAVIOR EVALUATION – BEGINNER
Exam Type BEHAVIOR
Evaluator: Jason Handler: Jeremy Helper Dog: A916635 Baby walks calmly on leash and was sociable toward the handler during the assessment – soft body, low wag. She was calm and relaxed during handling and had a low body position during the tag test, but followed the assessor at the end of the leash. She did not resist being handled while eating, and was easily pushed out of the food bowl, but was not interested in toys or rawhide. Baby was relaxed when approaching the helper dog, but was not playful. Look: 1. Dog holds gaze with soft eyes, soft body. He allows head to be held loosely in Assessor’s cupped hands. Dog holds gaze for three full seconds. Sensitivity: 1. Dog leans into the Assessor, eyes soft or squinty, soft and loose body, open mouth. Tag: 1. Dog stands with his tail low and wagging, and comes toward the Assessor in a friendly manner when the Assessor ceases moving. Squeeze 1/2: 1. Dog gently pulls back his paw. Food: 1. Dog lifts head and ceases eating when you reach to pull the bowl away or push him out. Toy 1: No interest. Reassess at future date. Rawhide: 1. No interest. Reassess at future date. Dog-dog: 1. Dog approaches helper dog to investigate, loose body, then turns away.
11/09/2011 INITIAL PHYSICAL EXAM
Medical rating was 3 NC – MAJOR CONDITIONS NOT CONTAGIOUS, behavior rating was NONE
Scan positive #402918006E Temp. – 101.7 RR – 22 Female.. geriatric Tolerates handling but tense, nervous Nuclear sclerosis Severe tartar, gingivitis and dental disease AMB X 4 QARH
11/21/2011 CAGE EXAM (LAST MAJOR EXAM)
Medical rating 3 C – MAJOR CONDITIONS ,
Coughing / sneezing R/O K/C / uri Start doxy tabs – 1.5 tabs sid x 10 days
North Star German Shepherd Rescue
Email: northstargsdr@earthlink.net
Shepherds Hope Rescue
Email: toomanyshepherds@aol.com15 hours ago ·
Debbie Stoller left mssg with amsterdog and trying to get through to shelter
Debbie Stoller i can’t get through to brooklyn and i have to go to work now.i can pick up and foster this dog and transport to nj but i CAN NOT keep her indefinitely. if there is someone out there who will adopt i will keep trying to make this happen.
Debbie Stoller i tried contacting amsterdog, and 2 other rescues, via phone and facebook msg. left phone number with each. still haven’t heard back. is there anyone out there who can help get a hold put on baby so i can pick her up later today?13 hours ago ·
Debbie Stoller finally got through to brooklyn just now. Baby is gone. RIP poor sweet girl. I’m glad you had at least 14 years with a family.
We walked in the rain last night. When we walked back I dried her off, I took her face in my hands and kissed her and hugged her. I took a blanket and put it in the dryer for 10 minutes so she would have a toasty blanket to lay down on. She finished all her food. Tomorrow I will give thanks for being able to show Baby some love in her final hours. I share this through tears with all of you so you know she had some loving on her last night on earth. Run free Baby doll. 9 hours ago
To all the people, who adopted and fostered dogs like Baby in the past… Thankyou, Baby a perfect temperament, loveable old friend that more than anything else appeared on the wrong day of the calendar. While Baby is gone and I am sad, I remember those that have and will go the extra yard for the senior pro friends, Thankyou for all the other days when I feel such joy and relief from that incredible word safe. Baby I am so sorry… You were a great dog, who even under such stress continued to shine.
Jackie Ostrander francesca thank you for showing her love in her final hours at least she knew she wasnt alone and unloved..
Anna Perrone Lodi Beautiful Baby :”(( Thank you Francesca, so much for loving her on her last night. It makes a difference. RIP Baby ♥
The day I found the doggie pad page on facebook, I had looked at a lot of shelter dog images and seen some of the dogs lying on little pieces of cloth or blankets on their otherwise bare kennel floors and thought…wow, nice that they do this for the dogs. Not everywhere, just some, and it was a good thing for the dogs. That night I found doggie pad page and project – a lady got inspired one day and started making blankets for other dogs elsewhere … – so inspiring, I decided to make a page here just to show you that if you are open to it and willing …you’ll see a need where you are and start acting. Here is her facebook page: The-Doggie-Pad-Project. Read how it all came about (copies from the page on facebook, in case you don’t have a facebook account) – or scroll for more images at the bottom of this page 🙂
How the “doggie pad project” began …
by Kat
I was looking at the pictures of the dogs at MCACC eastside that were posted on Craigslist by one of the gals that take pictures of them, in hopes of finding them a home. I noticed they all look so sad and were laying on the bare concrete. I emailed the photographer Kathy and inquired if the dogs ever have anything to sleep on … Kathy responded that when there are materials to put in the kennels, they do …
This was heartbreaking to me. As I looked at my dog Bowie, who was adopted from that facility, I wondered how many cold lonely nights he spent there. I just knew I had to try to do something to help the shelter dogs! For a few days Kathy and I emailed back and forth about the situation. I shared my plan that “Every dog in the shelter would have something to sleep on every night” Kathy was wonderful and supportive! As I don’t drive, she offered to come and pick me up the nights she takes the pictures!
I posted on Craigslist asking people to donate any comforters, blankets, bedspreads that they don’t need for the shelter dogs. Many like myself, did not know that there was a need for the bedding and I started getting responses.
The first pink comforter showed up and I looked at it and thought that this could give one dog a bed, or I could cut it into smaller pieces and help more than one … and the sewing began …
In the first couple days, I had made 35 doggie pads from donations. I was so excited and Kathy came to get me to go to the shelter to place them. We were there after hours, so the kennels would be unlocked so we could gain access. I was introduced to Janet and told her about our plan and showed her the 35 pads. Janet thought it was wonderful, but there were 357 kennels! She advised to try to give the adoptable dogs the bedding to help us narrow down deciding which dog would be off the concrete that night. note : Bowie was located at PetSmart by MCACC, so I had never been to the shelter before …
I realized that our efforts that night were only a drop in the bucket, so much more needed to be done. There was one mamma dog in there with her new litter of puppies, she looked so sad trying keep her puppies warm and fed. We placed a doggie pad in her kennel and watched her arrange all her puppies on it. Then she looked up at us and in her eyes I could see that she was so grateful. Kathy and I both had tears in our eyes and knew we were about to start an amazing journey together.
I stepped up my postings on Craigslist, thanked all that donated and told them about our first night at the shelter and having to choose which dog would get something to sleep on and the mamma dog with her puppies. I promised that I would keep on sewing as long as I had the donated materials to work with. The emails and donations came pouring in! So many wonderful people stepped up to help! I was sewing at least 40 hours a week and Kathy and I were placing them at night when she was taking pictures …
I began wondering where all the pads were going, as I didn’t see the last ones we brought. It was then I learned that they were all picked up in the morning and bagged to be washed. Then at night, if there were any to put down, more bedding would be placed. We were shown the huge pile of soiled bedding in plastic bags and MCACC did not have the facilities to keep it up.
Kathy and I talked about it and decided the only way to keep the doggie pads in use, was to ask for help with laundry. There went another huge plea for help on Craigslist to help … again we had another great response from kind folks. LuAnn’s office raised money to pay for a huge laundry day at the laundromat, where a gal name Jessica spent 8 hours washing and folding with me. Many others, that I never got to meet, went on their own and picked up 3 or 5 bags and washed it with their own money. Others offered to bring some home and get them cleaned up and returned.
It was an uphill battle, despite our efforts we couldn’t supply the demand needed … I am not sure how it happened, but once in a while a laundry service was used and caught us up … thank goodness!
The donations kept coming and I kept sewing as I promised. I started taking pictures to show all that were helping and what their donations were actually helping! Then I burned out both of my sewing machines and ran out of thread. We didn’t have the money to buy a new machine or supplies and I was so sad, so much more needed to be done!
My husband Bob went on Craigslist and contacted everyone that had a sewing machine for sale (I didn’t know about this at the time) and told them what my friends and I were trying to do for the shelter dogs. An amazing lady said she would just give me, her sewing machine so we could continue on … A lady that works with LuAnn donated a box full of threads which LuAnn brought to me! We were back in business! I said many prayers of thanks for all these wonderful people that have come together to help the shelter dogs!
I have met some of the most beautiful people in this world by working together on this project! There is this one senior that has really touched my heart. She is not in good health, but likes to go to yard sales on the weekends. She spreads the word about the shelter dogs sleeping on concrete and asks if they would donate any bedding they have in their sale … every sunday that she was able to get donations, I find them by my front door, waiting to be sewn into doggie pads … even to this day!
I lost track of the total amount of doggie pads made after 4,000. Aside from MCACC east and west, some also went to Circle L, Circle M, Helping Orphaned Hounds, Lost Paws, Rockstar Rescue and Second Chance Ranch rescues … Just to name a few!
Now that the nights are cooling down, I have started asking for more donations and help with placing the doggie pads in the kennels at night. Many from last years effort have responded that they will try to help and a few new ones too! I try to educate that its best to make the doggie pads from a donated comforter rather than just placing the whole thing in one kennel. The doggie pads helps more than one dog at a time and reduces the amount of laundry! Also, by giving them bedding and getting them off the cold concrete, it may help their chances of getting adopted and not getting sick. For those that will not get out of there, maybe just give them a little love/comfort in their end of days …
I pray we can achieve our dream of “Every dog, has something to sleep on, every night in the shelter”.
There are so many people involved in this project and projects of their own, maybe, just maybe …
With millions of animals killed in US shelter every year, with millions of dogs and cats brutally poisoned and clubbed to death all over the world, here is a case for managing the natural procreative drive of animals. Rip sweet ones & mommies with puppies – you are not forgotten play free at the bridge.
Dear Lord as we start each day
There’s just one gift for which I pray
Please watch over all dogs everywhere
And Bless them with someone to care.
Watch over the pups with plenty to eat
and hungry strays out on the street
Those getting treats each time they yap
and those that struggle for every scrap.
Those that sleep on a nice soft bed
Those with hard ground under their head
Those who play with girls and boys
And those that never had any toys.
Those kept clipped and brushed and clean
And scruffy ones that don’t smell too keen
Those who get to ride in cars
And those that sit behind a cage bars.
Those that flunk obedience school
Dig up the yard snore and drool
Chew up your stuff, chase the cat
And still they’re loved in spite of that.
And those that are as good as gold
But left out to shiver in the cold
Chained up and forgotten there
They long for a warm home to share.
Please God as we end each night
Help more people do what’s right
For each dog they meet, to do their best
And send your comfort to all the rest.
~Janice Wolf
Janice - Rocky Ridge Refuge
“Maybe I can’t make a difference for all animals. But, I can make all the difference for some of them.“
If you don’t yet know of Rocky Ridge Rescue …it is worth spending a little browsing time – the calendars look good too – here is a link to the about page http://rockyridgerefuge.com/about/
I LOVE what she does ♥ – and check out the facebook page 🙂
