Aunt Kay is doing another chili cook-off!!! We always have a real good time at those!!! Mom is gonna be singin' some and we're gonna have a booth set up for the shelter!!! Mom's plannin' to maybe take a few of the puppies for people to see if they'll let her. If not, then she'll take some photos for them to see. Maybe we can find some homes for the new kids!!! If you live in Costa Rica, Y'ALL COME!!!!!Here's the link to read about it!!!www.kayschilicookoff.comTailwags!!BudBud
We've got new kids at Lighthouse!! A mama and four puppies got dumped out and some girls from Canada found a little lab puppy running down a busy road. The little lab pup is going home with the girls from Canada!! YAAAAAYYY!!! We're still trying to win the grant from Petfinder and animalrescuesite so y'all be sure and vote every day until March 20th. That's the last day for votes and we really need to win it!! www.animalrescuesite.com.Click on the vertical tab on the right that says "Shelter Challenge." Type in "lighthouse" for shelter name. Click on Cost a Rica for country. Click search. When our name comes up vote for us and wait for the vote confirmation question.
WE'RE CELEBRATING!!!! Our Lisa found her forever home yesterday!!!! WHOOOO HOOOOO!!! Some of you will remember Lisa. She was dumped on the road one week before she was to have her puppies. She had four pups and ended up being the wet-nurse for four more litters of orphaned pups!! We called her SUPERMOM!!! All the pups got adopted but Lisa was an adult and you know how it is...everybody wants puppies. :-( Well the PERFECT person came to see her yesterday and Lisa went home with them. Mom called last night and Lisas' new mom says she is doing GREAT!! She even has a little Shihtzu brother to play with!!!! We miss her but we are all SOOOOO happy for her!! Now she can get her well deserved share of the lovin'!!!! HAPPY TAILWAGS!!!! BudBud
GUESS WHAT!!! Paco may have a home of his own soon!!! With a 12 year old HUMAN PUPPY!!! THAT'S PERFECT!!!! Mom is going to visit them tomorrow to check things out. Y'all say a prayer that this is the right thing for Paco.
We got two new furkids in to babysit while their mom and dad are out of the country. Maggie and Emma! Maggie's a Beagle and Emma's a Schnauzer. They're really sweet kids and Emma has a crush on Paco.Anyway, all is well here and we sure do appreciate the votes!!!
Go to www.animalrescuesite.com. Click on the vertical tab on the right that says "Shelter Challenge." Type in "lighthouse" for shelter name. Click on Costa Rica for country. Click search. When our name comes up vote for us and wait for the vote confirmation question. GREAT BIG tailwags!!!!BudBud
WHOOOO HOOOO!!! You're keeping us in 1ST PLACE!! If we can stay in that spot til March 21st we'll win!!! THANK YOU!!!! Don't forget to vote again today please!!
Go to www.animalrescuesite.com. Click on the vertical tab on the right that says "Shelter Challenge." Type in "lighthouse" for shelter name. Click on Costa Rica for country. Click search. When our name comes up vote for us and wait for the vote confirmation question.
Paco is feeling MUCH better!! The first day after his surgery he felt pretty bad. We were worried about him. But yesterday he was back to his old, crazy self and was bashing into us with his lampshade. Mom calls it is "hood ornament."
Our guests have gone back home but they might have found a house here that they like so maybe they'll be back soon!! We sure did enjoy their visit!!
Thanks again for all the votes!! Mom's watching the ratings pretty close this time and we are dropping a little each day in percentage. We've gone from 30.3% to 25.43%. The one who is gaining the most is the Bahamas shelter. They've come from 4.86% of the vote to 10.15%. So we gotta keep voting and hoping and praying!!
Want a daily reminder to vote? Just email mrbudbud@gmail.com and ask to be added!
Letting Them Go, By Frances Jones
The hardest part is letting them go.
By Frances "Kitten" Jones, 2008
Harder than having to look at the terrified eyes and having to smell the stench of their mange and the poop in the matted fur around their raw and oh so tender backside.
Harder than seeing them cower in a corner because they have been so badly abused in the past they have no reason to expect anything different.
Harder than cleaning up the puddles because they urinate out of fear every time someone looks at them.
Harder than shaving them to the skin because they are so horribly matted they could never be combed.
Harder than finding festering sores or even broken limbs under all that matted fur.
Harder than cleaning their poop off the floor or out of their crate because nobody ever cared enough to teach them about going outside.
Harder than seeing them frightened by grass because they have spent their lives on wire floored cages.
Harder than smelling their rotten breath because their diet has been so bad their teeth are all destroyed.
Harder than watching them bump into walls because they are blind from the ammonia stench in the lower puppy mill cages.
Harder than hearing the vet say, "There's not really anything we can do."
The list could go on forever.
None of this comes close to being as hard as letting them go once they are whole again.
But it is all part of doing rescue. If we kept them all we would eventually run out of space and there would be no room for the next one who needs us. Therefore we have to let go.
Animal rescue is one of the most heartbreaking jobs in the world and there are not enough people doing it. Our hearts will be broken again and again. We are horribly outnumbered by the animal abusers, irresponsible owners, greedy breeders and the like.
But then, there is the reward. Seeing the most disheveled, terrified, emaciated animal blossom into a loving, beautiful, loyal, healthy, confident creature.
They look into your eyes and you know. It is worth doing over and over and over.
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