Posted at 13:59h
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Service Trip
by Jill
We worked at 3 shelters today, so be sure to read all the PAWesome entries!
Stuttgart Animal Shelter
By: Lindsay LaRocca
Board Member, volunteer, adopter, and foster mom
My eyelids fluttered open on Saturday morning at 5:15am. Bright eyed and bushy tailed, I lay in my bed eagerly awaiting my alarm clock to...
Posted at 21:07h
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Service Trip
by Jill
By: Jill Monahan,
Board Member, Foster & Social Media Coordinator, and foster mom
When I first visited Bald Knob Animal Shelter back in 2013, I experienced a sort of culture shock. We were told stories of teenagers pouring vodka down a puppy's throat and placing him in the road...
Posted at 11:57h
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By: Fiona Gerety
Volunteer, adopter, and foster mom
It’s still dark out when our alarms go off. Exhausted from traveling and our first day at the West Memphis shelter, we pile into a large van and drive sleepy-eyed to Pine Bluff Animal Control Center.
There is a different mood...
Posted at 20:03h
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By: Jessica Teng
Volunteer, adopter, and foster mom
Bright and early this morning, we started off the trip with a bang at our weekly transport, where we send dogs in Arkansas foster homes on the rescue road to Boston to find their furever families! It is both a...
Posted at 16:08h
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Rescue Life
by Jill
Written by: Jill Monahan
Assistant Director, Board of Directors, foster mom
Last Hope K9 Rescue
I am lucky enough to fall in love and get my heart broken dozens of times a year; I am a foster mom to homeless dogs through Last Hope K9 Rescue.
Having these rescue dogs...
Posted at 20:43h
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Service Trip
by Jill
On our fourth day of our trip to Arkansas, we visited the Warren animal shelter. The day started out with about a 2 hour drive out to the country where Warren is located. A tree covered dirt road led us to a small 3 sided...
Posted at 21:00h
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Service Trip
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Written By: Kelli Leahy
Assistant Director, Home Visit Coordinator, Member, Board of Directors
Last Hope K9 Rescue
“My mission is to rescue. My dream is that one day, I won’t have to.”
Day 3 is officially in the books! We had the opportunity to visit not one, but two...
Posted at 19:48h
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Service Trip
by Jill
Written By: Jill Monahan
Foster Manager
Secretary, Board of Directors
Last Hope K9 Rescue
It’s the morning of day 3 and I’m just getting around to writing our first blog post…it's safe to say we’ve been busy!
Our first day was spent at West Memphis Animal Shelter, and if you...
Posted at 09:26h
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by Jill
from Lulu's (wonderful) former adopters:
Meet Lucuma! Lucuma—Lu or Lulu for short – is a medium-sized, medium-energy snugglebug tripod who is housetrained and crate trained. Lulu has some special needs that I want to explain to you, her potential future adopters. As far as we know,...
Posted at 12:00h
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By Jill Monahan
Five years ago this January, a group from my college did a Habitat for Humanity trip to New Orleans. It was there that I was first exposed to the realities of dog fighting and to how severe the stray dog problem is in some parts of our country, especially...