My 29 Day challenge is to assist with stray animals

Day Twelve
Dec 22 2008

I am still pumped up over our photo day with owners and their pets.Yesterday was just a pleasurable day.Today however the phone here is ringing constantly for late photo goers.Our turn out for this one and only day of the year is always excellent.I am sorry for the people who couldn't make it in to have their photos done.We are always in awe over owners and their pets.To see how loved others pets are brings me such a good feeling and I am always glad to have been a part of their new found happiness.Owning an animal as a pet is so rewarding,but to give a pet to a passionate person is much more than rewarding.The girls and I always say "I feel complete" which basically falls into all categories of feeling and expressions.I am still on phone duty.So I am finding it difficult to write today so with that I'll wish you all a Merry Christmas and once again I am taking another break due to the holidays.God bless.Have a wonderful Christmas
Peace-out




Day Elven
Dec 21 2008

This is the one I done today of my precious little Molly Girl

Today was a lovely day filled with barking dogs and hissing kitty

cats,Birds singing,squawking and chirping..I live to hear those

sounds.We had over 340 photos shots of animals galore.We had free lance

Artists and photographers from all over Ontario and New york State.I

even grab a few pencils and brushes to do a few of my pets.I brought my

Molly Girl in with me.She is a four year old Sharpei and really enjoys

meeting people and other species of animals.Since she has come into our

lives she has become quite the little peace maker amongst all our pets

here.She keeps the Kitty cats in line and gleams with such pride when

she has stop a cat fight or the cat quarreling.Our three cats seems to

adore her also.While Mommy was busy taking photos and meeting people

she stayed close to the puppies that were waiting to be photograph and

seems to take possession immediately of her duties.The shelter is

always full at this time of year generally when we send out photos of

pets needing homes the response is always good.We are always up to

speed though when its comes to parents getting pets as Christmas

gifts.We have the new potential owners take the pet on a trail bases

before they sign any adoption papers.So far this year our foster homes

volunteers are in large numbers.We are always grateful for the

generosity and support we received from our community and surrounding

areas.Thanks to the vast advertising of other organizations and animal

rights groups the awareness of animal cruelty and homelessness is

reaching people with a enormous impact and there appears to be more

people willing to foster this pets until they can find suitable

homes.Today we had more people coming in with their pets to have their

Christmas photos taken. I see more happiness in the strays and abandon

animals when we photograph them.They wear their appreciation well.We

also had people bringing in old photos that they wanted sketched or

painted and just to have an added Christmas spirit to their pets past

photos.Today all the pets knew it was their day to mingle,snack and

play with other pets.This was their day to be appreciated

Have a great day
Love and Peace to all

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Day ten
Dec 20 2008

Wow finally back on my feet after a serious bout of pneumonia.I will

continue with my 29 day challenge starting from my last day which was

nine My volunteer work with stray and abandon animals is always a

constant in my life and has been for over 25 years. I am an active

animal activist and this is my way of finding a little piece of that

peace out there.I am still under going hospital care for my battle with

pneumonia.I am having problems due to low t-cells which are quite low

due to me undergoing Chemotherapy a while back.I will however be home

for Christmas .The girls have been hooking me up with some live links

from the shelter and all have said that they have been extremely busy

now that the cold weather is upon us.I can honestly say that there are

alot of sincere people who loves to help out with these lost and

abandon little critters and this makes me feel better..especially

during these hard economical times and more hardships a head .Tomorrow

I will be assisting the girls with Christmas photos of our fury little

friends and rounding up some help and funding for the new year coming

in.Looking forward to our photography day at the shelter.I would also

like to express my sincere apologies for having to have such a long

break in my challenge ...but please bear with me as I will eventually

complete this challenge.Thanks to all my readers,all the kind words and

thoughts and well wishes they are greatly appreciated.Wishing you all a

nice weekend.
Peace-out

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Day nine
Oct 29/08

Well i am finally back on my feet after a grueling 12 days in bed

battling pneumonia.I've lost 17 lbs and still feel a little under the

weather.My medication are having a difficult time kicking in.Being

allergic to penicillin has made my battle even more difficult. For the

past 12 days i had to undergo intravenous therapy daily none of the

first medication were working.....after the first week they eventually

hospitalized me.Being in the health care industry for 17 years makes us

nurses avoid hospitals as much as possible even when we are sicker than

dogs.The girls at the shelter has been busy.Now that the cold weather

has come in,our worries are even more to deal with.We had our first

snow fall last night and had an accumulation of 6 inches of snow.I am

back at the shelter to do my volunteer work only they have me on desk

duty.The phone just keeps having a steady ring and the people on the

other end are just so rude and mean.I am trying to keep my cool if only

people would realize we are here strictly by volunteering our services

and offer sincere animal care for free and that we are a non profit

organization..also a little respect would make our day and progress

more easy.We are here for the love and concern of

stray/abandon/neglected and sick animals that have been put outside on

the curb like garbage and that we do really care and do our best to

help these beautiful creatures that Mother Earth has given to us to

love and nurture .I pray that some day we may find a way to help and

understand a way to develop a deeper relationship with Mother Earth,.

and, hopefully, with each other. ...
Peace-out

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Day eight
Oct 17/08

Well today I was a little under the weather and Shirley insisted that I

go to the emergency I was just not well.I went to the hospital and

found out that I have pneumonia.So I will take the five day bed rest

and cuddle with my pets they always make me feel better.The little

critters always know when I am not well they hover around me and stare

at me with their little sad eyes.So when I cuddle with them they seem

to be a little more at ease besides their warm little bodies are making

me feel great.I have three cats two black cats and a Calico and my

Molly girl she is a 4 year old Sharpei.I will be back on the 22nd or

23rd depends on how I am feeling.Peace-out

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Day seven
Oct 16/08

Shirley had been up all night going through foot notes on missing

pets.She thinks she may of found all the owners for the strays that we

picked up yesterday.So we were off to hopefully return the strays to

their owners.The two with the chips had been returned to their owners

over night.One owner came all the way from Windsor,Ontario and Shirley

said she cried and cried she was so happy to find her pooch,but

couldn't figure out how her little pooch got to London.We told her

someone probably stole her and that she managed to get way and met up

with other strays and just followed them around.Her little puppy was

missing for over three months and she had lost all hope of finding

her.We had to get rid of the fleas and gave her some shots in case she

had picked up other unknown visitors.Fortunately most strays are up to

date with their shots and have a strong immune system.Her puppy was

fine we found no known diseases and the puppy was just as happy to see

her Mommy.All in all it was another good day.

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Day six
Oct 15/08

It's raining cats and dogs today and I worry for the little critters

that are out in the streets and I am not alone.Shirley called me at 7

am and wanted to do a drive around looking for strays.I pack the usual

pets packs and we hit the streets.We picked up five dogs and left food

for a number of stray cats that were just too fast for us old Broads.We

took the dogs to the shelter and tomorrow we will see if any of them

are missing pets.Fortunately two of them had computer chips so we're

off to a good start.It's days like this that I go home and hug my pets

to death for fear that some day they too may have the urge to run.But I

am surrounded with them all and they all want some loving probably can

smell the other animals off me.

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Day five
Oct 14/08

We started our day off with a call from the animal control staff.They

had received a call about a cat lady.Ok here we go again yesterday

explains today call.As we went to go to the cat lady home I prepared

myself for the worse and OMG this lady had 29 cats and her home smelled

like a litter box.But to our surprise she had provided for them all

quite well.They had all their shots and were all well fed.She was going

into the hospital and wanted us to just tend to her cats well she was

away.But Animal Control had to be the hard noses that they are.They

told her that the law only allows two cats per home and that she had

broken the law.Well I had enough with Animal Control and their nonsense

.We pulled the lady aside and told her that we would try and find homes

for her cats and that because she lived in a Rural area that the law of

the city does not apply to country folk.She had nearly broke apart when

Animal Control started to pull that garbage on her and asked them to

leave.She was so angry with them.This is why we operate under a no

clause menu because of Animal control and there threatening

tactics.This world would be a better place without animal control they

are the coldest organization out there claiming to do good for the

animals.They clearly are into it for the money always driving around

looking at who and what misery they can bring out of good hearted

people who just wants to provide love and care for animals.By the end

of the day the community that the cat lady had lived in had stepped up

for her and offer to take care of her cats for her she just didn't want

to ask her neighbors for fear of being a nuisance .Who needs Animal

Control when we have a community that is willing to help their

neighbor.My day is just ending it 2 am and tonight I am going to have a

well deserved sleep..nite..nite..all


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Day four
Oct 13/08

Today was a day at the computer updating my list of little critters

that needed to be place in a good home.As i started out I thought that

this day would be long and grueling but by the days end I realized that

there really isn't too much to do at the computer, we had possible

homes for the remaining animals who needed to be placed.I went over to

the shelter to see whether I could help the girls out there but even

they were having a slow day.In a sense thats a good thing.Usually when

we have a slow period it usually means tomorrow will be a heavy day.So

we played with the remaining animals tucked them in for the night and

prayed that tomorrow will be a good day.

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Day three
Oct 12/08

We were called out to a Hobby farm outside of London.They had a litter

of seven kittens that someone had dropped off at the end of their

driveway and left for the owners cause they had a Hobby farm.The owners

had enough cats on their own and other animals.They gave us a tour of

their farm and what a blessing to see these animals being care for with

such grace.All the animals were friendly and had their own cute

characteristics that shone like bright stars.They wanted to keep the

kittens there until we could provide homes for them,but wanted us to

have them checked out for diseases and other health threats.They gave

us a large donation to assist with expenses.We took photos of all the

kittens and had them check out and gave them some vaccinations and

returned to the Hobby farm.All the kittens checked out fine.After

posting their photos and info we had three families who wanted

one.After their interviews we took them to the kittens.Generally when

they see the cute little critters they always want another needless to

say the three families wanted a buddy for there new pets so we were

left with only one kitten.The owners of the Hobby farm couldn't resist

and they took the last one a little girl .They decided to name her

after me I was honor.Today was a good day I would say... seeing it was

my Birthday finding homes for these little furry critters is the best

present I received.

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Day two
Oct 11/08

Today was a sad day for us.The little female bull dog passed away over

night due to high fever and her injuries.I was called in at 4 am to

sign the legal papers to have her put down cause she was in just too

much pain.Unfortunately I got there too late she just didn't have any

strength left to fight.When animals are so weak and sick there is

always that glimmer of hope that they will find the strength to fight

back once we provide warmth, love and care.When one sees a animal dying

it's such an awaking for all to see.They appear to transform back to

their puppy stages in looks and behavior.This little girl just clung to

us for dear life.She is now back with the creator and hopefully taking

her journey back home.She passed away knowing that we were doing our

best to help her and she excepted our love and express such trust in

us.Well tomorrow is my Birthday and I'll see what the daylight brings

in.

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Oct.!0 2008
Day 0ne

It always sadden my heart when I receive calls about stray or abandon

animals or neglected animals.Today I had to go and remove a beautiful

Bull dog approx. age 3 - 5 years old.This poor puppy was in dire need

of food and water .Besides being under nourished this poor puppy needs

some medical attention due to some sores that were probably small

originally but due to her living conditions her environment was very

poor and no one to tend to her injuries therefore they were severally

infected and she had a high fever.Having to remove an animal from it's

owners is always difficult.I see the pain in the owners and the fear of

uncertainty from the animals.I do not blame the owners who are having

money problems for the poor care of their pets or even their living

conditions.We go there to assist people who want our help.We do this

discreetly so that the owner doesn't have to go through anymore pain or

humiliation due to financial situations or for other reasons.We go to

mainly find homes and take care of their sick or unwanted pets.There

are good days when we just go to find a new home for these little

critters and the pet has come from a good environment it may be due to

work constrictions or a medical reason we don't ask questions .We

assure the owners that we will not put down any animal unless it for

medical purposes.I am very fortunate so far to date I have found homes

for 167 stray/abandon/neglected dogs and cats and a mule.To help these

beautiful creatures from Mother Earth is very gratifying and I sleep

better knowing that I have helped these furry little critters find a

safe place to live and be loved.We do follow ups in the first 3 mths

then 6 mths later if all is well we provide the new owners with

adoption papers and first year medical expenses.Today's little buddy

that I went to pick up,unfortunately it is not looking so good the poor

little gals is pretty ill ,hopefully with medical and loving care she

will bounce back.The good news is I have 5 families already interested

in bringing her home.Tomorrow is another day so I keep my spirits up

that she will be around in the morning when I go to check up on my new

furry friends.My day two challenge is to assist with some of the

medical attention that the night brings in tomorrow.
Peace-out

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