Bridge Kids begin with Tara leaving Doug & Char to mourn, Daisy leaving Julie to mourn, Newton leaving Tracy & family to mourn, then our very own T.C. (Top Cat). K-9 Bereavement Counselor contact is Michelle at mzcgrief@yahoo.com if you need to talk with someone who understands your grief.

 Foster care families do a fantastic job with evaluating, loving, letting go to make room for another. Sometimes a foster family will fail Fostering 101, adopt their fostered fur-kid. We LOVE such a failed foster! All of our foster homes must go through the adoption process prior to fostering. Thus an easy step to adoption when they decide to give their foster a fur-ever home.

 Good Samaritan Care Center visits - Rambo visited along with Don & Bonnie from Sedalia and their silky terrier Cassidy. It was the first time for both fur-kids to visit the care center thus more of a walk about while most of the residents were at lunch. Of course they both had to say "Woof" to Donna, the administrator. DaisyDuke visited after the Zucchini Races taking along muffins for the staff from the Maple St. Cafe & Bake Shop. Char brought her 3 chihuahuas, Hercules, Mr. T, Stuart Little, accompanied by Allan & I. Char had Hercules dressed in an arctic outfit, Mr. T & Stuart were wearing their "bling" outfits, quite the splash. All 3 fur-kids got lots of holding by the residents & Mr. T gave little kisses. Mildred brought Elmo, her Bichon, along to join in, wearing his Made in Cole Camp jacket she made.

 Adoptions began with Andrea placing Charly, Oliver Twist & Beatrice in their fur-ever homes. Bryan left from the Sanctuary with Allan & Mona making the "Special Delivery." Luigi was transferred to Sally with FlawDogs. It's always mixed emotions on a transfer. However, he needed IG experienced adopters, they had several, plus had a lot of high energy pups for him to romp & play with as he waited for his fur-ever home. Mike placed Abby & Copper in their fur-ever home, going together. Then he & Donna failed Fostering 101 on Jose Cuervo, adopted him. Judy V placed Gwendolyn in her fur-ever home. Char failed Fostering 101, adopted Stuart Little. Karl & Susan failed Fostering 101, adopted Lil Cochise AKA Floyd. Char placed Lil Rambo with his fur-ever family. Jed failed Fostering 101 with SweetPea, adopted her.

 Cole Camp pound brindle & white terrier mix male was altered, vaccinated, then left the state with his new mom. The little black & tan terrier was adopted locally. She was spayed then her new family picked her up from the vet. The terrier/beagle mix was transferred to FlawDogs. The beagle male with a pink collar was taken into our rescue, foster home that LOVES the breed. One black lab mix was returned to the owner. A beagle mix was returned to his owner.

This is a reminder for collar ID & microchip. PLEASE register your microchip, then VERIFY 30 days later that it was done!!! Some adopters have left their pets in care of friends or family members, dog gets out of yard, microchip tracks back to us rather than the new owner. Two strays south of Cole Camp were reunited with their owner. One had collar ID, name, area code & phone number, partner dog did not. The owner of the dog with collar ID came, recognized the other dog as his neighbor's, took them both back to Sedalia. Then a small chihuahua was found southwest of town. Microchip could NOT be traced. Seems there is a small OOPS in the ID process. A chip is either registered to track back to the owner or a Lot number is tracked back to the implanting vet, shelter, rescue. These chips had neither tracking. Fortunately the local newspaper ad resulted in the owner calling us, describing the dog. We had listed the chi as FOUND Chi on our web-site, no description as we wanted the owner to identify the chi to claim him. Three children now have their beloved chi back home.

 Upcoming Events -Per Jeff Johnson our former Whiteman Air Force Base/Cole Camp Liaison currently serving in Afghanistan "We've made a connection with the Chaplains here at Kandahar Airfield - they have been working with several groups that are supporting Afghan schools. They are in desperate need of school supplies (pencils/paper/erasers/glue sticks/etc) So...if Team Cole Camp could help out there. They also need basic OTC items (aspirin; ibuprofen; acetaminophen; benadryl; band-aids) - can't send liquids - but oral tablets and capsules are fine." Please see the note on our petfinder home page.

 July 8 Allan & I went to Parkview School in Sedalia to speak to approximately 100 students K-5, plus Staff, "Kindness to Pets", taking along Lil Max. We MUST reach the youth of today to make a difference for the pets of the future. We are grateful for Tara's invitation & delighted at the well behaved children in attendance. July 25 was the Zucchini Race & Parade. Over 17 zucchini racers were entered & over a dozen fur-kids were in the parade. It gave the fosters, volunteers & fur-kids time to sit & visit on the lawn of Rosebud Gifts & Fabric prior to & after the parade & race.

 Petfinder.com had suggested in January 2009 that rescues consider applying for tax exempt status. We have grown!. Thus attorney Karl Timmerman filed the application Feb. 2009. July 2009 we received IRS notification that our application had been approved. We have grant writers that will focus on educational materials for the school children. They will also apply for spay/neuter funds so we may assist our community with their pets. The local city holding facility is NOT set up for felines. Locals have been trapping, local vet alters, then the felines are released. Locals have set up feeding stations. We realize there are a lot of rescues & shelters requesting much needed funds. Thus, we will just cross our paws for the assistance, keep raising Pennies for Pooches to help the local pound dogs.

 Wish List - We are so grateful when we receive those gently used items. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Please continue to think of us & our little Cole Camp/Lincoln pound before throwing anything away that may be used for the fur-kids.

 We give thanks to each of you who so generously give of your time & talents to help these fur-kids as they wait patiently for their fur-ever homes. Rescue life is good, yet a fur-ever home is best. We could not do this work without your continued support. God bless you each & every one.

 And last, but not least, a very special prayer for those in uniform keeping us safe & free. In the words of a dear friend "How would we have the ability to take the time, enjoy the right to do so, if not for the sacrifices made, by our men and women in uniform? Perhaps today, they are sitting in a trench, walking a patrol, in harm's way ... Freedom has never been free: they are making payments. To our men and women in uniform: Thank You!"