October Senior Pets for Senior Homes Newsletter

Oct. 1, 2004, the month of September has been a very busy one. We start by mourning the passing of Bless, 7 Bells 402H. She came here May 25 with just a few days to live. She crossed to the Rainbow Bridge on Sept. 12. There is a tribute to Bless on our web-site, www.7bellssanctuary.petfinder.com under the Happy Tails.

Rascal was adopted Sept. 8, goes to work almost daily with his guardian, spends the evenings at the lake and week-ends are spent camping. We then welcomed LadyBug, a 7 yr. old yellow lab, sponsored by Don and Sue. She often visits the residents of the care center, spending most of the time in Don's room when Sue is also there. We also welcomed Bijou, a cocker mix and our first cat, Oscar. We are thrilled that the City of Cole Camp dogs were all saved from Death Row. One dalmation and four beagles were all adopted. We are overjoyed that several of the dogs listed for Windsor also have been adopted. Seventeen dogs were listed on Sept. 16 and nine dogs have been adopted as of the end of September. There were many people working tirelessly on behalf of the Windsor dogs, plus some wonderful folks helped with donations. Our very own Maple Street Cafe and Bakery, Audra, and Rosebud Gifts and Fabrics, Marla, in Cole Camp put on a fund raising effort to provide surgery for one of the most urgent cases, WACO 212, now known as Bijou. Catherine also sent some very generous donations to help save some of the dogs. We are truly grateful for all they did. We have been listing other senior dogs on our site by request and were pleased to update their status to Adopted.

Several of our rescue dogs spent the month visiting our Good Samaritan Care Center. Rascal, Otto accompanied by Marti of the Community Retirement Village, Miss Maggie and LadyBug went several times during the month. Otto was also accompanied by Isabella, one of our youngest volunteers. The resident cats, Cali and Simon visited. Some of the residents prefer cats. LadyBug, Cali and Simon also made a special appearance to the Mo. Veterans' Home in Warrensburg. They have been asked to return in October when state inspectors are in so that they can see what a difference pet visits make for the residents. Lil Otto has been quite the talk of the town since his picture and story appeared in our Cole Camp Courier. He was shown with the senior village people and they are all so famous now. Lil Otto has good days and bad days and Marti has him in her care most of the time. She spends her time holding him and comforting him. Her help is a huge blessing to us and especially to Lil Otto. They can often be seen strolling about town and everyone loves to greet the little guy.

We have to give a huge round of thanks to the petfinder folks that provide our web-site. Brent worked extra hard to help get the Windsor dogs shown on the home page. He is so talented and always ready to lend a hand with a problem or special request. Thanks Brent!

Thanks to everyone for all the help you have given.