Donations Sought for Benefit Auction

September 24th, 2008 User Imagehoundsgood Posted in financial giving, saving shelter pets 1 Comment »

gavel2.gifI have some exciting news!

Saving Shelter Pets, Inc., is holding an online auction this coming October-November!

Donatons are currently being sought to auction off in this event. If you are an artist, crafter, collector, business owner, or just an individual with something to donate…. send an email at info (at) savingshelterpets.com with your contact information, a description of the item you would like to donate, and the item’s approximate monetary value.

**Please Note** Due to the fees involved with the charity auction site we will be using, we can only accept items valued at $20 or greater at this time.

Please spread the word so we can make this auction a huge success for all the dogs & cats helped! Saving Shelter Pets, Inc., has several wonderful programs including Spay & Neuter, Puppy Promises (puppies are intercepted from ever entering a shelter environment), Bernie’s Buddies (help for heartworm positive shelter dogs), Rescue & Transport and more!

Click the banner to travel to the SSP site, or click HERE to read previous stories from this blog on SSP.

 

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Charity Dinner Season is Coming. Save On the Little Extras

August 7th, 2008 User Imagehoundsgood Posted in financial giving, promote thyself No Comments »

It is time once again to think about those autumn events. People will be back to the daily routine once September is in full swing. Outdoor fundraisers start to dwindle down in the fall and it is time to already have dates set for the dinners, auctions, and other “indoor” fundraisers that are scattered througout the fall and winter.

Luckily, there is a Special Sale going on at VistaPrint. You can order some of the promotional materials ahead a time at a great discount.

When one is throwing a fundraiser, often there are unnecessary expenses that can be avoided. However, you don’t want to bypass sending out invitations to key people. You may not spend a dime for the calendar listing in the paper, but people tend to forget about things. Time just slips away. A personal invitation may cost pennies to a few dollars, but if this is an event that attendees will be opening their wallets up for auction items, and the like, a dollar or two to spent on extending a personal invite will come back to you.

The one item you might not think of is the smaller corrugated lawn signs. I can’t tell you how invaluable little extras like this are. They really get people in off the street if you have an event where preregistration is not required. Put one or two at the entry to the parking lot or driveway of the event, and on the corner to attract attention. Even if it is a closed event, it will prevent people from driving right by it and second guessing their directions. Right now they are half off, only $5.99, so order a few with your logo, or with a three word or less phrase that attracts attention that you can use again.

With a little planning, your event can be a big success. It is like shopping for the holidays. Buy ahead and get a better discount rather than rushing things at the last second.

Sponsored by VistaPrint

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Some Test Results are Frightening!

July 7th, 2008 User Imagehoundsgood Posted in around the house, financial giving No Comments »

You may wonder why I periodically hammer on the subject of money. Of course,
I always am talking about different causes that need donations, but I mean your personal
finances? Why is this so important? Of course, so you can afford to donate to help others
as that is important to most of my readers, but more importantly, if you keep your head
above water, you won’t be in the position that you don’t have a roof over your head for
family and pets. Sometimes some Debt consolidation can keep things rolling.

If you keep your head above water, you won’t be in the position that you don’t have a roof over your head for family and pets. I know it is all about “priorities.” There are many of my readers who rather live in a cardboard box with their pet than to live in an apartment without them if they were not allowed. Not everyone thinks that way, though.

There is a BillsIQ test that tests your knowledge on matters of such “keeping one’s head above water” matters. I am really embarrassed to say what my score was. There are some questions that you may not think to ask yourself. Youmay be pretty cautious about choosing a credit card rate that isn’t outrageous, but there are so many other factors to stay financially healthy that I forgot had to do with credit. Just

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Order a “Barker’s Dozen” For All of Your Friends

May 21st, 2008 User Imagehoundsgood Posted in around the house, financial giving, gifts 2 Comments »

I was looking through some old birthday and Christmas cards over the years.  As you would expect, many people send me dog themed cards, particularly if it has a dachshund on it.     I wondered to myself, how many times the same message of a card being “Looooong on Wishes,”  or “Hot Dog; It’s Your Birthday!”   

looktough2.gifIf tired puns are and analogies are growing tired with you too, I found the most adorable gift idea for your witty, hip, animal loving friends.   The Barker’s Dozen card set offers 13 different note cards that features photo of dogs captured in situations that every dog owner can relate to, by photographer Rich Stone.  In addition, the set also includes a lot of nice extras!  There is a “Bark Mark” for reading, a colorful pen, a business card sized address book, and a reusable case.

(Correction: I guess I have to rephrase part of that last thought for the benefit of the one who is sitting on my lap and probably reading this: “Everyone OWNED BY A DOG can appreciate this.”)

I have not even mentioned the very best part of all of this.  This is part of the  Dog Captions fundraiser for fur friends (dogs & cats!).   The theme is  “Friendship — old friends, new friends, fur friends.”     A full 50% of the sale price will go to RingDogRescue.org, SPAYUSA.org and SPCAFred.org (SPCA of Fredericksburg, Virginia).  If you are a frequent reader of this blog, you know how much the Spay/Neuter message is important to me.   Just read the heartbreaking stories about Kitten Season, or just look at the faces that are in the shelters that I feature if you are not covinced on how critical it is.   In addition, Ring Dog Rescue promotes education and adoptions of Pit Bulls and other Bully Breeds.    It is so encouraging to see that some adoptions are pending on the site!   

This special promotion won’t last long.

For those of you who are regular readers, doesn’t this look like someone took my two dogs and combined them???

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>Click here to get some!

 

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Only 2 Hours Left!

April 29th, 2008 User Imagehoundsgood Posted in around the house, financial giving No Comments »

There is only two hours left, folks.   Bella of Cape Cod is hosting a shopping day benefit for Saving Shelter Pets, Inc., and it is almost over.   Sale ends at 10 P.M.    20% of all sales, plus any additional donations pledged will be given to SSP for their Bernie’s Buddies Program.  

What is Bernie’s Buddies?

The Bernies’ Buddies program provides funding to cover the cost of treatment and boarding for heartworm positive dogs in our Rescue & Transport program.

We typically rescue 1–2 heartworm positive dogs each month. Treatment and boarding for each dog is very expensive, and can cost up to $500.

Many times, a rescue turns away a shelter dog because of the high cost of treatment.  You may think that cruel, but some rescues figure they can save 2-3 lives instead of treating one and often, since they cannot save every dog, they must choose between saving many or saving a couple.  Sometimes, SSP is a dog’s only chance as they have this program to able them to take on these otherwise wonderful dogs.


 

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Saving Shelter Pets enrolls 21 in “Class of May 2008″

April 26th, 2008 User Imagehoundsgood Posted in financial giving, saving shelter pets No Comments »

It is that time again!  Four litters of puppies have enrolled in the Saving Shelter Pets Puppy Promise Program.   These puppies were on their way to be dumped at the shelter, when their owners were intercepted and offered a better deal.  If they keep the puppies at home for two more weeks, the babies will get their shots that day.  They will then be transported and placed in a rescue with a thorough and aggressive adoption program, where they will get an adoring family.  These kids will never have to worry about getting parvo at a shelter or being euthanized for lack of space.  Mom dog will also be spayed after the puppies are weaned, and will remain with her original family, never to have an accidental litter again!

There are 21 puppies total.   Here are  16 of them.  It was calculated that shots, transport and everything else they need works out to $35.00 a puppy.   Saving Shelter Pets is having a fundraiser.  Whoever donates $35.00 or more gets to name a puppy!    Donations can be sent to fundraising@savingshelterpets.com .   Remember to submit a name.

Six little terrier/shepherd puppies

Here are 2 of a litter of 3 dogs that resulted from a Pit Bull and a “Scruffy Dog,” having kids

Four GIANT Bulldog/Norwegian Elkhound Pups.  30 lbs each!!

What is a Scoodle?  It is really just a made up word.  These kids are Scottish Terrier and Poodle

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TO DONATE: CLICK HERE
Please see the Saving Shelter Pets website for information on how to donate via Paypal, credit card, check, or money order. SSP is a 501(3)c charitable organization and all donations are tax deductible. 100% of your donation goes to helping these pets that are in need! They have other fundraising to cover web hosting fees, and other administrative costs. It “Hounds Good” to me!
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About Saving Shelter Pets:
Saving Shelter Pets (SSP) strives to eliminate euthanasia as a method of population control for homeless companion animals, by providing no-kill alternative solutions and proactively addressing the problem of pet overpopulation.

SSP is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization with supporters nationwide, bound together by our online forum and website: www.savingshelterpets.com

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Princess: A Cinderella Story

April 5th, 2008 User Imagehoundsgood Posted in financial giving, saving shelter pets 4 Comments »

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She gazes with her big blue eyes upward from where she lays in the grass, to the human standing above. Some might say that the expression caught by the camera is just an accident, and that her crystal blue eyes just make us think she is more expressive than she is. But for those that know Princess’s story, know full well that it is a look of complete trust, a trust that, because of her history, she would have every right to never let another human merit, ever again.

You see, she lived with (”lived” with being a very loose term) a couple who hoarded animals. Hoarders accumulate animals. Sometimes they began with good intentions, but it quickly spins out of control. They often have too many animals they can possibly care for properly, and they are completely unable to notice the declining health of their animals. When confronted, they are powerless to rehome any animal, as they believe they could never get the care or love that they give them. To keep track of their animals, they often cage or chain them so that they don’t wander off.

Princess is a boxer mix who has lived three years at the end of a chain, only six feet of chain.   Despite her treatment, she seemed desperate to give affection to anyone who came near.

Here is a video during the last days of Princess’ “OLD” life.

Saving Shelter Pets, Inc. stepped in for this girl, and found that she had even more issues than anticipated.

The vet had to bathe her twice just to get enough clay and dirt off of her as a starting point. She has terrible infections from years of fleas and no flea preventative to ward them off. so bad that it requires antibiotics. Her front bottom teeth are chewed down to a pulp. The vet had to remove 12 to save her jaw. On top of this, she is heartworm positive.

Princess’ initial vet bills are $466.07 (spay, heartworm test, extractions, antibiotics, and shots), and she will then face $400 heartworm treatment.

Princess has been true to her name. Despite all the pain she has endured, she is an incredibly loving dog. She has never been inside before until Saving Shelter Pets stepped forward and she is adjusting very well to that exciting new life.

Because of her good nature, she is going to make a lucky family very happy. I can’t wait to hear about her adventures outside of her formerly tiny world once she is healed.  She is bound to be an ambassador to those she meets for rescued, and especially formerly chained dogs.  Many dogs like her don’t make it, as they are vulnerable against the elements,  they can die of dehydration if no one notices their water bowl has tipped, can die of infection, and are especially defenseless with no escape against other animals.

The happy ending to a Princess’ story hasn’t been finished yet. If it weren’t for a few people meeting each other by way of the internet, Princess’ story may have went a completely different way. You have a chance to be a part of the final pages of the story of her rescue.

If you would like to contribute to her care, Saving Shelter Pets.Inc. is a 501(3)c non profit organization and any contributions are tax deductible. No donation is too small. If you would like to contribute, you may visit SSP’s page HERE. Just make sure to mark your donation “for Princess.” It would help them be able to get Princess healed, to be able to move on to her rescue more quickly, and to be able to say “Yes” to the next dog in need.

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