Grab your suit and . . . stay home?

It's the non-event of the season! GSAR is hosting its first-ever phantom pool party, and you're invited!

Instead of venturing out into the heat of August to support Glenmoore Small Animal Rescue, you can help us from the comfort of your air-conditioned home. By now, you've probably received an invitation in the mail, but in case you haven't, here are the details.

Do not pack your swimsuit or bring your best friend,
For this pool party you do NOT attend.
Please dive into your checkbook before the day ends,
And send your donation to help the animal friends.

Date: August 26, 2006
Place: Wherever you like to swim
Time: Whenever it suits you
RSVP: Donation by August 22, 2006

All donations are tax-deductible, and you will receive a receipt. Please contact Sharon at zerkles@comcast.net to find out where to send your donation, or to learn more about the "event." Thank you!

Post-adoption follow-up

Cara, a devoted GSAR volunteer, has recently been in contact with families who adopted GSAR pets in 2003 and 2004. We're curious about how you're doing, and how your pet is faring. If you haven't received your follow-up email yet, look for it in your inbox within the next few weeks. Please take a moment to check-in with GSAR.

If you've already replied—thank you! We've decided to post the responses here on the blog, but we received so many that we can't post them all at once! So you'll be seeing several "happy tails" and updates over the next few months—you may not see your update today, but it's coming soon!

Duncan's doing great

Liz and John adopted Duncan in June 2004. Here's what he's up to now:

Duncan is doing great. He loves to be on the farm, he travels around with the other dogs on the farm including his big (little) brother Darby (he is a Jack Russell). He is an extremely smart and loving dog. He had a mild ACL injury this spring but with a little rest he has healed well, and is back to his regular routine. John and I are so happy that "the big moose" has come into our lives, we are very lucky.

Roo rules the roost

Roo's mom Kim recently reported that he's doing well in his family that includes cat Boo Boo and three human sisters:

Roo is awesome! He lets us hold him like a baby to take a nap, and he loves play fighting with his brother Boo Boo. Roo always wins because he is fast and Boo Boo is just too fat!

We had a scare with Roo about a year ago when he had trouble breathing and went into congestive heart failure, but he pulled through and has been doing great! We will be having a repeat echo done of his heart in a few months.

You can see more pictures of our little man on his very own website.

Thank you GSAR for our Baby Roo!

Cool Nemo

Nemo's mom Donna sent us four pictures of him when she responded to our follow-up email. I chose this one because it's 90+ degrees today, and the forecast for the next few days includes predictions of 100! Doesn't this make you feel just a little bit cooler?

Here's what Donna had to say:

Nemo is doing fine. He still remains very energetic. He is definitely my dog. He follows me everywhere and looks forward to our long walk or runs together. He does very well at doing a heel when we go for the walks. It is nice because I don’t feel like he is dragging me around like I often see other dogs doing to their owners. He is very obedient and has excellent recall.

Puzzle proceeds benefit GSAR

Are you looking for something to do in the air-conditioned comfort of your home while you endure the 90-degree summer temperatures? Have you started thinking about holiday gifts and what to get that special someone? Do you know anyone who enjoys both animals and jigsaw puzzles?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should check out Personally Puzzled. You can send them a picture of your animal(s) via email or regular old snail mail, and they'll make it into a jigsaw puzzle.

But here's the best part—if you use the Animals Order Form and indicate Glenmoore Small Animal Rescue on the Organization line, GSAR will receive a share of the proceeds! Read more about it on the Save Our Pets page.

If you decide to order one, let us know how you like it!

Good Girl Gretal

Isn't this a beautiful picture of Gretal? Her mom, Stacey, sent it to us in response to our recent follow-up email. Here's what she had to say:

We did in fact adopt Gretal almost two years ago. Wow, seems like she's just always been with us.

Things are great and I wouldn't think of changing a thing. She's laying here pooped from a very active Saturday of chasing squirrels, birds and frogs, and running with her vizsla sibling.

I think Gretal is very happy here, as we are happy to have her. It's funny, 'cuz I sometimes think that there's a part of a rescued dog that knows and appreciates life and "things" a little more. Our first dog is a purebred vizsla, spoiled and babied all the way. He's a great dog, but has never wanted for anything. There's something a little more "gleeful" about Gret, like she knows how good she has it. Does that make sense? She has a 'grand-owner' who knits her sweaters and two owners who take pleasure in watching her enjoy life.

Thanks for the check-up. If there's anything I can ever do for GSAR, just ask.

Timid Tess

The Burkes adopted Tess in 2004, and they recently told us:

Tess is still with us and doing very well. She is quite shy (especially when we have any company) but she is a sweetheart and we love having her as part of our family. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of her to send off to you (we are the ancient ones without a digital camera!).

No camera? No problem. We were able to pull the above pic from the GSAR archives.

Sam keeps the dogs in line

When Sam was with GSAR, his name was George. His adoptive mom Cheryl writes:

Sam is doing just great. He has four doggie companions to keep him going. He pretty much rules the house though. We could not have asked for a better cat. Never have a problem with him.

Sam looks pretty comfy in his role as house leader!

Guido and Bentley

Laurie and her family wrote to give us an update on Guido:

We are vey happy to have Guido in our family. When he first joined us, we already had two older cats (brothers) - Picasso and Rembrandt. Although it took a little getting used to each other, they blended just fine. Last May (2005) we had to put Picasso down as he suffered a stroke. Guido, still being a much younger cat - only 2, missed his playmate. He attempted to play with Rembrandt, who at the time was 13, but Remmie didn't want anything to do with him.

We then decided to get a playmate for Guido and adopted Honeybuns (a/k/a Baby Boy) who has since been renamed Bentley (pictured above).

All in all it's working out just great. I especially love it when all three hover around the kitchen area when they know it's time for milk and/or dinner!

I couldn't imagine our lives without them.

Yowling Yow Ling

Sammy was adopted from GSAR in December of 2003, and he was soon renamed. His adoptive mom Denise writes:

"Sammy" was christianed YowLing on our drive home from his foster parents' - due to his crying the whole way home (about 1 hour). Also, he was following in a line of Lings (Soo Ling then Mia Ling). His nickname now is either just Ling or when he is crazy Ding-a-Ling. We love him to death. He is, by everyone's standard who visits us, the friendliest cat they have ever met. He loves our dogs and gets along with them wonderfully. He and our other cat have "issues," but since Cinco has "issues" with everyone but me, we do not take it too seriously. We have absolutely no regrets with adopting Ling. He is very loved by all of us, my kids adore him. Thank you for all your work.

Yard Sale Report

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped us with the yard sale! GSAR raised close to $900!!! Between that and recent adoptions we have enough to pay off both veterinarians!

I have never had so much fun with a yard sale either! If that is what they are like, then I vote for doing this at least once a year! Sure it was a lot of work, but I can’t imagine a greater group of people to spend so much time sweating with! I thank God for the gift of each of you in my life and for bringing us together for the good of the animals in our community. Together we are quite a powerful force!

~ Kay