http://safehandsrescue.org Foster a dog. Save a life!! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:39:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   It's a family reunion and fundraiser and it's all about the DOG!  Please join us to celebrate our birthday and the lives we have saved over the last two years of hard but fulfilling work.  We would love to see Safe Hands alumni dogs and pups and catch up our extended ... http://safehandsrescue.org/2008/10/28/thanks-giving-benefit-and-reunion/ Happy Birthday Although the day is waning as I write this and it will be tomorrow when you read this...Today is the anniversary of the birth of Safe Hands Animal Rescue.  Happy Birthday to us.  It hardly seems possible that it was just two years ago when it all started.  Most ... http://safehandsrescue.org/2008/10/23/happy-birthday-safehands-rescue-october-6-2008/ Vagabonds Vagabonds, wayward souls, the torn and tattered.  They arrive weary and hungry, often confused, many tired and weak. Some with hopeful wagging tails, some still too afraid or unsure to hope.  But they are also all survivors.  They have lived through "things".  They have an air about them, a spirit ... http://safehandsrescue.org/2008/10/23/two-tone-larry-the-tough-august-6-2008/ That's 27 more dogs and pups that came into Safe Hands in the month of July.  For those that saw the email, three of the five Care Bear pups, the scared little guys and gals huddling in the corner, were able to join us.  Scared no more, you would not ... http://safehandsrescue.org/2008/10/23/108-furry-feet/ As promised, here is the story of Charles Wallace Martin III.  To know him is to love him. Janine saw him first, "Stray dog" she said.  I looked over and there he was in the middle of the Walmart parking lot.  Looking bewildered and more than a little sad he hesitantly ... http://safehandsrescue.org/2008/10/23/charles-wallace-martin-iii-seriously-july-12-2008/ Yes, sometimes the trip to Harlan and back does feel like that other similar expression "to he** and back".  It's long.  It's really long.  And did I mention yet that it is long?  Theoretically 16 hours in the van might not seem that long to those of you who are ... http://safehandsrescue.org/2008/10/23/to-harlan-and-back-july-2008/ How mortifying to realize that I never sent out the last update that I wrote. Imagine my surprise at finding it still in my Draft box this weekend...  I confess to thinking that things were really not well in Oz when I did not get a single email back.  Somehow ... http://safehandsrescue.org/2008/10/23/belated-june-update/ Hello! Springtime is here and that means it's puppy season again.  The shelter took in 28 puppies in just two days.  Read ahead about our plans to start stemming the tide with spay/neuter, a Tachio Momma and babies update, the upcoming puppy rescue and more! Finally Oprah After years of people writing and ... http://safehandsrescue.org/2008/10/23/springtime-is-puppy-season-4-9-08/ "'Ohana means Family, no one gets left behind" is from one of my favorite movies, Lilo & Stitch.  Mandy told me there was a new momma dog at the shelter with tiny babies.  She said she'd send pictures.  The sight of them literally took the wind out of me, physically ... http://safehandsrescue.org/2008/10/23/ohana-means-family/ Safe Hands Animal Rescue is once again making the trip to Harlan, Kentucky for the 3rd monthly low cost spay neuter clinic. We've worked hard to help organize these in an effort to reduce the homeless pet population in that community.  We know it will take awhile to see a ... http://safehandsrescue.org/2008/06/05/they-all-want-a-ticket-to-ride/