(Fountain Inn, S.C.) Loving Home Rescue and Adoption, a family-based non-profit pet rescue operation in Fountain Inn, will celebrate Halloween this year with an old fashioned community barn-raising. However, instead of a barn, volunteers and businesses in the community will construct a cat room and an outdoor dog shelter to house the rapidly growing number of pets that need sanctuary.
Volunteers from the community are welcome and needed.
Todd Leiterman and a crew of employees from Home Depot on Woodruff Road will bring wood and equipment for the dog shelter, while a crew from Precision Carpentry and Plumbing of Greenville will build a cat room.
The number of cats and dogs at the no-kill shelter at any one time is fluid – animals are dropped off and animals are adopted – but a general head count can reveal up to 50 dogs and puppies and 80 cats and kittens.
The rescue has suffered a large influx of animals during the recession, and McKnight plans to host an Adopt-A-Thon of kittens, cats and dogs that day as well.
“We take in damaged and injured animals, the old and very young, the disabled,” said McKnight, who, being a disabled Marine himself, can identify.
Henries Smoke House in Simpsonville will be supply food for the workers, and Lynn’s Shoes of Maudlin will supply the treats for young trick-or-treaters.
The day will start at 10am and end at 5pm. McKnight says “We need volunteers for fence painting, wood sawing and nail banging. Everyone is invited, come one, come all. With enough help from the community, we can get this project done for the animals.”
Loving Home runs entirely off donations, and McKnight admits that more donations are desperately needed, but also added that money isn’t the only valuable commodity. Some people contribute bags of dog and cat food and cat litter. Others help by donating building materials or fencing that McKnight can use to add on to the shelter. Some people simply donate their labor or time. “We encourage people to come visit the animals, just to pet them and talk to them, and help socialize them for potential new homes” he said.
If you would like to participate, make a donation, or need directions, please call (864) 399-2612 or visit our website at www.LovingHomeRescue.com.
WHEN: Saturday, October 31, 2009,
10:00am – 5:00 pm
WHERE: Loving Home Rescue and Adoption
398 Parsons Road
Fountain Inn, SC 29644
PHONE: (864) 399-2612
EMAIL: Ed1949@LovingHomeRescue.com
www.LovingHomeRescue.com
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Animals Waiting to be Adopted
Adopting a pet from Loving Home Rescue and Adoption is easy. You pick out your next best friend, fill out a form, and then you take him or her home. However, we do limit the adoption to a car load at a time.
We are a rescue. We don't sell our animals, but we do ask for a donation if at all possible to help cover the costs of their shots and spay/neuter costs. We are not like some rescues where pets are sold for $150-$200! Our goal is to find them a warm, loving home!
We have many dogs and cats- some are handicapped or pregnant. But ALL of our animals are just as loving as any other! Don’t see your ideal mate? Please continue to check back as we add animals every day! All dogs are kid-friendly and our cats are super cuddly!
We are a rescue. We don't sell our animals, but we do ask for a donation if at all possible to help cover the costs of their shots and spay/neuter costs. We are not like some rescues where pets are sold for $150-$200! Our goal is to find them a warm, loving home!
We have many dogs and cats- some are handicapped or pregnant. But ALL of our animals are just as loving as any other! Don’t see your ideal mate? Please continue to check back as we add animals every day! All dogs are kid-friendly and our cats are super cuddly!
URGENT...Sweetie Needs Your Help!
Little Sweetie is three years-old and was hit by a car. Unfortunately, her owner’s did not have the money to pay a vet to repair her injuries; so instead… they just LEFT HER IN THEIR BACKYARD WITH A SHATTERED HIP AND LEG…FOR THREE MONTHS!
Luckily for little Sweetie, her neighbors have a conscience and took her to a Rescue, who got the ball rolling on getting Sweetie’s injuries fixed. The first vet was able to repair her hip (BY RE-BREAKING IT), but unfortunately her little leg will have to be amputated. The first Rescue delivered her to us and we will arrange for Sweetie’s operation and find her a GREAT home once she recovers.
Our vet is reviewing Sweetie’s x-rays and notes from the other vet who didn't have the time on his busy schedule (and it would cost $750) to help Sweetie. I am hoping our vet will do it for less than half of that price.
Please help us to help Sweetie! No amount is too small and every dollar will help! No dog deserves to be left for 3 months with the injuries she sustained! Despite all little Sweetie has been through, she is still such a little SWEETIE!
Please pass this information on to all the pet lovers you know!
Loving Home Rescue and Adoption
398 Parsons Road
Fountain Inn , SC 29644
Phone: (864) 399-2612
E-mail: ed1949@lovinghomerescue.com
http://www.lovinghomerescue.com/
Sunday, October 11, 2009
WANT TO BE A SUPERHERO? Rescue a Shelter Dog … and Get a Loyal Sidekick for All of Life's Adventures
You can save the day for a homeless dog -- and find a faithful companion who will be at your side for all of life’s adventures -- by adopting a dog from Loving Home Rescue and Adoption during American Humane’s Adopt-A-Dog Month® in October.
Adopting a dog is a heroic feat that’s easy to perform, and our shelter is filled with amazing dogs: large, small, mixed breeds, even purebreds. In fact, millions of loyal, lovable dogs are surrendered to our nation’s animal welfare organizations every year because their owners simply couldn’t take care of them anymore. Now they’re homeless -- and just waiting for a hero like you!
During Adopt-A-Dog Month, we encourage you to visit our shelter, meet potential sidekicks and discover the many super-size benefits of having a dog: happiness, companionship, improved physical and emotional health, and devoted love. Dogs also encourage people to exercise, enhance family and social relationships, promote laughter and act as a nonjudgmental audience and sounding board. Now that’s super!
More information about Loving Home Rescue and Adoption, a NO KILL rescue located in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, is available at http://www.lovinghomerescue.com/.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Top 10 Reasons to Adopt an Older Dog
Older dogs are open books—from the start, you’ll know important things like their full-grown size, personality and grooming requirements. All this information makes it easier to pick the right dog and forge that instant love connection that will last a lifetime. If you’re not so into surprises, an older dog is for you!
2. Easy to Train
Think you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Hogwash! Older dogs are great at focusing on you—and on the task at hand—because they’re calmer than youngsters. Plus, all those years of experience reading humans can help them quickly figure out how to do what you’re asking.
3. Seniors are Super-Loving
Older dogs are very appreciative of the chance to have a fresh start, they are happy to have found love once again and they show it to you daily. They are loving members of the family, and they will always be grateful for what you did for them. It's an instant bond that cannot be topped!
4. They’re Not a 24-7 Job
Grownup dogs don’t require the constant monitoring puppies do, leaving you with more freedom to do your own thing. If you have young children, or just value your “me time,” this is definitely a bonus.
5. They Settle in Quickly
Older dogs have been around the block and already learned what it takes to get along with others and become part of a pack. They’ll be part of the family in no time!
6. Fewer Messes
Your floors, shoes and furniture will thank you for adopting a senior pooch! Older dogs are likely to already be housetrained—and even if they’re not, they have the physical and mental abilities to pick it up really fast (unlike puppies). With their teething years far behind them, seniors also are much less likely to be destructive chewers.
7. You Won’t Bite Off More Than You Can Chew
There are those who yearn for a doggie friend of their own, but hold back because they worry what might happen in their lives in the years to come. And they are wise to do so—a puppy or young dog can be anywhere from an 8- to 20-year responsibility, which is not appropriate for the very elderly or those with certain long-term future plans. Providing a loving home for a dog in her golden years is not a less serious commitment, but it can be a shorter one.
8. They Enjoy Easy Livin’
Couch potato, know thyself! Please consider a canine retiree rather than a high-energy young dog who will run you ragged. Not that older dogs don’t require any exercise—they do—but they’re not going to need, or want, to run a marathon every day.
9. Save a Life, Be a Hero
At shelters, older dogs are often the last to be adopted and the first to be euthanized. Saving an animal’s life offers an unparalleled emotional return on your investment, and you’ll feel the rewards every day you spend together.
10. They’re CUTE!
Please contact Loving Home Rescue and Adoption when you're ready to give one of our Senior Beauties a forever home!
Dog Pack Attacks Gator In Florida...
Dog Pack Attacks Gator In Florida...
At times nature can be cruel, but there is also a raw beauty, and even a certain justice manifested within that cruelty.
The alligator, one of the oldest and ultimate predators, normally considered the "apex predator", can still fall victim to implemented 'team work' strategy, made possible due to the tight knit social structure and "survival of the pack mentality" bred into the canines.
See the remarkable photograph below courtesy of Nature Magazine.
Note that the Alpha dog has a muzzle hold on the gator preventing it from breathing, while another dog has a hold on the tail to keep it from thrashing. The third dog attacks the soft underbelly of the gator.
Not for the squeamish...
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We always try to remember that a little laughter is good for the soul!
Now, go hug your pet!
At times nature can be cruel, but there is also a raw beauty, and even a certain justice manifested within that cruelty.
The alligator, one of the oldest and ultimate predators, normally considered the "apex predator", can still fall victim to implemented 'team work' strategy, made possible due to the tight knit social structure and "survival of the pack mentality" bred into the canines.
See the remarkable photograph below courtesy of Nature Magazine.
Note that the Alpha dog has a muzzle hold on the gator preventing it from breathing, while another dog has a hold on the tail to keep it from thrashing. The third dog attacks the soft underbelly of the gator.
Not for the squeamish...
Now, go hug your pet!
The Loving Home Rescue and Adoption shelter in Fountain Inn, South Carolina
The Loving Home Rescue and Adoption shelter, a non-profit 501.3c organization, located in Fountain Inn, South Carolina. We are a NO KILL rescue where the life of every animal that crosses our path is important to us. Loving Home Rescue strongly feels that euthanasia should be used for sick, and/or dangerous animals or for humanitarian reasons to end suffering--not because an animal is not cute enough or pretty enough to be adopted.
Loving Home Rescue’s goal is to find a happy home for all animals. Because we are non-profit group, we work solely from donations. We spay and neuter our animals and ensure all their shots are up-to-date for when they are adopted to their forever home.
Our passions are the disabled and senior animals- the ones that are discarded because they are not able to chase the ball or run and play like younger dogs; those who have become a ‘burden’ because they to fail to let their owners know they need to go out; or those who are blind and require a little extra time to be cared for, after all their years of faithful service to their owners. I am a disabled Marine and as a Marine, we never left anyone behind. I feel these animals should not be left behind either, which is why I started this animal rescue.
Our mission is to:
• provide shelter, care and medical attention for homeless animals
• provide homeless animals with a new permanent home
• prevent abuse, misuse and killing of domestic animals
We are in need of volunteers to help with all aspects of our animals’ care and shelter operations, including feeding, cleaning and playing with the animals, carpentry projects, shelter promotion (within the community and on the Internet), fundraising efforts, and the adoption process of naming the dogs and cats, photographing them, and assigning each their appropriate color band.
In addition to financial donations, these donations are always needed and are much appreciated: cat and dog food, metal bowls, cat litter, pea gravel, litter pans, balls and ropes, scrap lumber of any kind, nails, bleach, cleaning supplies, trash bags, small plastic pools, dog/cat houses, dog/cat collars and leashes.
Currently, we have several projects we are working on that we need donated supplies for, as well as volunteers to help with the carpentry and physical labor:
• Finishing a sunroom for the cats-this involves finishing the floor, framing in the sides and then screening it in
• Install two 6-foot privacy fence panels. We hope this will deter people from throwing animals over the fence and injuring the animals. We have the fence panels, but need volunteers to help install them
• Finish building the new Out Building for our dogs. Currently framed-in, we need to add the roofing and sides.
• Re-do the flooring inside the shelter by installing new vinyl flooring
I want to personally all our volunteers for their hard work and dedication to our shelter. And I would also like to thank those who have donated financially or given much needed supplies!
Loving Home Rescue’s goal is to find a happy home for all animals. Because we are non-profit group, we work solely from donations. We spay and neuter our animals and ensure all their shots are up-to-date for when they are adopted to their forever home.
Our passions are the disabled and senior animals- the ones that are discarded because they are not able to chase the ball or run and play like younger dogs; those who have become a ‘burden’ because they to fail to let their owners know they need to go out; or those who are blind and require a little extra time to be cared for, after all their years of faithful service to their owners. I am a disabled Marine and as a Marine, we never left anyone behind. I feel these animals should not be left behind either, which is why I started this animal rescue.
Our mission is to:
• provide shelter, care and medical attention for homeless animals
• provide homeless animals with a new permanent home
• prevent abuse, misuse and killing of domestic animals
We are in need of volunteers to help with all aspects of our animals’ care and shelter operations, including feeding, cleaning and playing with the animals, carpentry projects, shelter promotion (within the community and on the Internet), fundraising efforts, and the adoption process of naming the dogs and cats, photographing them, and assigning each their appropriate color band.
In addition to financial donations, these donations are always needed and are much appreciated: cat and dog food, metal bowls, cat litter, pea gravel, litter pans, balls and ropes, scrap lumber of any kind, nails, bleach, cleaning supplies, trash bags, small plastic pools, dog/cat houses, dog/cat collars and leashes.
Currently, we have several projects we are working on that we need donated supplies for, as well as volunteers to help with the carpentry and physical labor:
• Finishing a sunroom for the cats-this involves finishing the floor, framing in the sides and then screening it in
• Install two 6-foot privacy fence panels. We hope this will deter people from throwing animals over the fence and injuring the animals. We have the fence panels, but need volunteers to help install them
• Finish building the new Out Building for our dogs. Currently framed-in, we need to add the roofing and sides.
• Re-do the flooring inside the shelter by installing new vinyl flooring
I want to personally all our volunteers for their hard work and dedication to our shelter. And I would also like to thank those who have donated financially or given much needed supplies!
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