July 2006 

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

This month we are pleased that we have no Bridge Kids to announce. The Memorial to Mayor R. E. Harris will continue through the 4th of July.

We had a very unusual month of adoptions. Several of our foster homes failed Fostering 101, by adopting. Yeah! Charlie Brown, Sir Alex, Lil Alan, Michael (Mikey) foster failures, great fur-ever homes. Into our Fur-ever Foster Program (patterned after Ellen's Twilight Senior Program) were Winston, Misty, Ringo. A regular adoption was Hermione. Lil Eric was transferred to Sally. We also took in 10 pups & 1 adult from a vet via breeder, immediately transferred them to other rescues that would spay/neuter prior to adoption. In exchange for those pups, we came back with the most wonderful seniors & special needs fur-kids. Yeah!!

Fosters for the month include Sir Victor with Marti, Lizzie with Jo Anne, Tootsie & Hoppy with Susan.

Visits to the Good Samaritan Care Center were made by Sir Victor & Marti.

On June 15 we were invited to speak at the Boonslick Regional Library in Cole Camp, their summer program. The program was on Animal Rescue, beginning with a talk by Tom, ACO for Cole Camp. He explained how a dog ends up in the pound, the importance of collar ID, how he checks for a microchip, how the city advertises to find a home, adoptions, rescue or death. I then spoke about being kind to animals, food, water, shelter, love, collar ID, veterinary care, spay/neuter. Marti then spoke about her Hospice program & how senior pets often end up in shelters to be killed. Jo Anne then gave a talk using a personal dog to explain the importance of a microchip to prove ownership. There were 14 children in attendance with 6 adults. We MUST begin to make a difference tomorrow by reaching the children today.

If you have not yet done so, please check out our home page for the link to Charlie Brown's Blog, & the new link for Chappy's Place. Susan will let the foster kids use her computer to help educate others about foster care, bring awareness to the need. The only way we have been able to increase our volume is through fantastic foster homes.

We cannot thank Loren enough for the great foster homes & adopters she steered our way by fostering Mikey, then putting him on Fox TV. We only hope more shelter & rescue dogs are finding great homes through her efforts.

We also thank Carl for another work day to make improvements for the small dogs. We also thank Karl & Susan for new pics for some of the fur-kids, Sherry for updating 1-800-Save-A-Pet, Pets911. While the majority of our fur-kids find homes through Petfinder.com, the extra exposure may help one more find a new home. We had an end-of-the month bath day with Susan & Marti helping bathe & chart all the small dogs.

Jo Anne will be assisting Lincoln as their city pound liaison with Cole Camp pound. With the distance between our towns, the need became apparent, Jo Anne was up to the challenge.