February 2008

Senior Pets for Senior Homes www.7bellssanctuary.petfinder.com

K-9 Bereavement Counselor contact is Michelle at mzcgrief@yahoo.com if you need to talk with someone who understands your grief.

We mourn the passing of Hannah & we extend sympathy to Shirley on the passing of Fancy, to Mary, Dorothy, Cecelia & family on the passing of Miss Maggie, to Kim on the loss of Wally & Leroy.

Foster Care finds Ringo in Fur-Ever Foster Care with Colleen. "Hoppy" & Jolly are with Susan, Alyssa with Gerry, Jessie, Tilly, ChicoMan, Fauna & puppies Victoria, Lil Art, Ryan, Shelby, Clifford, Erica, Rudy are with Judy V, Violet with Barbara, Daisy with Marti, BabyCakes, Cinderella, SnowWhite, Winki, Moses, are with Paula & Alesha, Puddles, CocoaPuff, Charo, Lil Sammy are with Trina at fetchnfun.petfinder.com

Adoptions were Buford, Tilly (both handled by Judy V), Judith failed Fostering 101, adopted Bambi "BamBam", Lil Joe’s shameless begging landed him a fur-ever home, Onchu (handled by Trina).

The well trained volunteers were operating the Sanctuary during December & continued through January. They did a fantastic job handling adoptions, intakes, paperwork, phone calls, vet trips, assist City Hall with pound dogs. TEAMwork! Together Everyone Achieved Much! We took in 117 animals for 2007, 70 were adopted, 8 died in their sleep or were euthanized when Doc could do no more for them, 35 were transferred to other rescues. The foster moms played a HUGE part in these adoptions & we could not do it without their GREAT care of the special needs fur-kids. Several of the fur-kids had fresh dentals, CBCs done on the symptomatic ones, vaccinations updated. The foster moms took care of the trips to & from the vet, Susan kept the bills paid. Foster moms moved their fur-kids about between foster homes & most adapted very well to the changes.

Project Cinderella Valentine Style for Whiteman Air Force Base concluded with more evening gowns delivered Jan 29th by Donna. Feb. 8 is the Annual Award Banquet for the base. Thanks to all who helped with this project.

You may check out 7bellssanctuary.com as Susan & I work to make that educational in nature. We need to educate folks to properly care for their pets which includes altering to reduce this overpopulation nightmare we all face. We also want to help folks do their best to find a home for their pet prior to taking him/her to a shelter or rescue. Of course, obedience training & behavior modification are also extremely important.

Do you have a Happy Tail? All of our adopters do! Please send Petfinder.com your pet's happy ending story. It will be entered in their monthly Happy "Tail" drawing. You may win a Man's Best Friend Fun Pack & a baseball cap from the friends at The Animal Rescue Site.

Betsy Saul, Co-Founder of petfinder.com has this message for us "I'm tired of the same old problem. Experts tell us four million pets will be killed this year — many of them because they are homeless. Euthanasia to prevent suffering is one thing, but you and I need to get all of the ADOPTABLE pets into loving homes. Please help me in '08 by either fostering a pet or telling five people about Petfinder each week. Together we can end the euthanasia of adoptable pets."

"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 it cannot begin to compare with a fur-ever home.