Hola Y'all!!! OK...our last try for a weekly prize didn't work out so we're gonna try again!!If we can win a weekly prize then we can pool our votes and maybe help another small shelter to win a weekly!!! Wouldn't it be great to help LOTS MORE ANIMALS???
Just go to www.animalrescuesite.com and click on Costa Rica for the country. That SHOULD bring up our name since we're the only Costa Rica shelter in the challenge.Click VOTE and then type in the letters that appear to confirm your vote!!Starting Sunday, May 1st VOTE EVERY DAY AND GET ALL YOUR FRIENDS TO VOTE TOO!!!If enough people will vote EVERY DAY for one week we might be able to win the weekly prize!!
Little Sophia, the amputee kitten, is doing GREAT!!! And all the new, throw away puppies got ADOPTED!!! YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!! We still have some adults that need homes too though!! Maracita (pictued above) really needs someone of her own.
Hola Y'all!! Well we're still tryin' for a weekly prize in the shelter challenge!! We figure if we can win a weekly prize, (we need it to keep our doors open) then we can all pitch in and maybe help some other shelter win a weekly prize!!! Wouldn't it be great to be able to help even MORE animals???
Here's the instructions!!! Go to www.animalrescuesite.com. and click on the vertical tab on the right that says "Shelter Challenge." The first time you vote you will have to type in "Lighthouse" for the shelter name and click on Costa Rica for the country. If it asks for a city, type in "Atenas." That should bring up our shelter name and you just click on "Vote." Then you will see some letters and you have to type those in to confirm your vote.After your first vote our name should come up automatically at the bottom of that box and you just click vote and confirm your vote.
Little Sophia, the three legged kitten is doing GREAT!! She's running, playing, climbing and jumping just like she had all four legs!! What a trooper!!! And she is SOOOOO cute!!!
And all the throw away pups are now spayed and neutered and HEALTHY!!! They're ready for new homes!! Check out the video of them and Paco!! He LOVES puppies!!
Hola Y'all!!!We're in another shelter challenge and me and Mom had a great idea!! The "weekly" prize is the same amount as the 1st place prize for International shelters. If we can win a weekly prize, then we could maybe get all our voters to vote for another international shelter and help THEM win a weekly prize or maybe the International prize!! Mom says that way we'd be helping animals all over the world!!!!!
Starting tomorrow!! Sunday, April 10th, we are asking you to get everyone you know to vote for just 1 week for our shelter. We have to have TONS of votes to win a weekly prize.If we can win it then the next week we can all vote for ANOTHER shelter!! If we really work at it this can mean SO much for so many animals!!! Ask your friends to ask THEIR friends. Ask your kids to ask all of THEIR friends. Ask your co-workers, bowling team, church group, sewing circle, grandkids, to ALL TELL ALL THEIR FRIENDS and we can DO THIS!!!!!!
Go to www.animalrescuesite.com. and click on the vertical tab on the right that says "Shelter Challenge." The first time you vote you will have to type in "Lighthouse" for the shelter name and click on Costa Rica for the country. If it asks for a city, type in "Atenas." That should bring up our shelter name and you just click on "Vote." Then you will see some letters and you have to type those in to confirm your vote.After your first vote our name should come up automatically at the bottom of that box and you just click vote and confirm your vote. WHOOO HOOO!!! This could be GREAT!!!!!
The little three legged kitten, Sophia, is doing GREAT and all the thrown away puppies will get spayed/neutered Tuesday!! Moms dog bite is healing up and she's gonna have a nice scar to show for it!!!Tailwags!!!BudBud
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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