Why I am so busy?!? I'll tell ya!

"What happened to your blog?!?" says Ericka.  I respond, "It's there, I just haven't updated it.  I'm very busy."
So this is why I am so very busy, that I can't email, write, blog or go on fb for 5 seconds.

I volunteer at the Pack N Pounce Animal Rescue  These are some of the pets we are adopting out or have adopted out.

Paisley- renamed Gizmo

 Paisley is a "pure-bred" AKC Registared Beagle.  NOT!  When she came into the rescue we threw her papers away because they are worthless.   She is not a beagle, well maybe 1/16th Beagle.  She was from a good home, but the owners were having trouble potty training her.  She got adopted and the new family had the same problem.  So she is back in the rescue for potty training, but will go home to her new family soon.  She has been renamed Gizmo.

Popper- still needs a home

 Popper is a very sad story.  He is a Chihhuahua-Italian Grey Hound mix.  That explains the large chest.  You can see some blad spots on him, especially his tail.  Popper was owner by a Meth addict, who lived in a Meth lab, his home, and regularly tortured him.  He was burnt all over his body, especially his ears and tail.  He ate poop and didn't know how to use the doggy toilet(dirt outside).  His ears were crumpled up from the burns, but have unfolded.  It was expected that his ears would need to be cut off, but they, and he, has recovered better than expected.  He is now ready for adoption after 1 year of recovery!  But he will never grow all his hair back.

Curly- back with original owner

 Curley's owner felt that he couldn't spent enough time with him.  He was concerned that Curly wasn't getting the attention he needed.  So he was brought into the rescue. After about a week, Curley's owner called us back in tears, he said that he kept having dreams of Curley coming to him and telling him, "I want to come Home!"  The owner could not stand one more day without his little buddy and pick hm up right away!  Curley had never been happier!

No name- stray with Kittens. Kittens are in homes, she is too feral(wild) so is learning to be a barn cat.

 This kitty was found under a bush with a litter of kittens.  The woman who found them tried to feed and care for them, but the mother just kept loosing weight.  So she caught them and brought them into the rescue.  She paid for all their spays/nueterings too!   We were able to separate mom from the kittens and feed her some his high calorie kitten food.  She had been starving herself to ensure that her kittens would have enough to eat!  What a wonderful mother!  She is now spayed and will not need to burden herself and body anymore.

No Name- Adopted and given as a Christmas Present to a 8yr old

 I wanted this bunny so bad!  She is so cute!  But She went to a wonderful home!  A little girl who wants to be a vet someday adopted her.  We don't have much information on her, other than her owner could not care for her anymore.  Some towns, in Utah, consider rabbits to be farm animals, or pests.  So if you live in a city, you can not own rabbits as pets.  We get most of our rabbits because of this law.  But occasionally, we get some that are ill and the owners can't afford the vet bill.

Snickers- (closes his eyes- everytime- for pictures)- indoor-outdoor cat- not adopted

Snickers is a great cat!  He got dropped off at the rescue as a kitten, no note.  So we know nothing about him other than he's a great cat!  He's already nuetered- we try to get that done early! And so he just hangs around until adoptions. He usually jumps into the car because he likes going to adoptions.  We just haven't found his Forever Home yet. 

So I work with the animals, sometimes socializing, sometimes feeding, sometimes giving love, and lots of times working the Thrift Store!  To pay for all the food and vet bills, we run a thrift store.  We take donations just like Salvation Army, and sell the goods at a really good price.  Cheaper than the other thrift stores.  The idea is to help the people and the animals.  Everyday we take in new animals.  We have taken in about 205 this year, and counting.  And have adopted out over 180.  Our goal is to reach 200 adoptions by December 31st.

But I have written a lot here, and it's now 9am, time to shower and get to work!