Still a week left to vote & help animals :)
HI!
Sorry this is not a weather blog, but the good or bad weather is also inside, not only outside...
Many of you know Jamie and I adopted our dogs Max & Sophie from ABANDONED PET RESCUE in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
APR and the animals they rescue need help to win $15.000 and the price is based on votes. All you need to do is VOTE FOR THEM and forward this info to all the friends you have.
Please, please take just a few minutes to click this LINK sent by the wonderful volunteer Barb at APR. They are #64 out of 100 competing right now, but they need about 3000 votes and I would love to see them get the prize, because they rescued our dog Max the day he was going to be put down on the 'death row'. APR and the animals in the shelter need the money badly and they really, REALLY deserve it!
Thank you soooo much to all!
Here is the story of our HAPPY TAILS :)
LOVE, LISSU
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Look to this day,
For it is life,
The very life of life.
In its brief course lie all
The realities and verities of existence,
The bliss of growth,
The splendor of action,
The glory of power -
For yesterday is but a dream,
And tomorrow is only a vision,
But today, well lived,
Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day.
Sanskrit proverb
And - as always:
MAY YOU BE WELL,
MAY YOU BE HAPPY,
MAY YOU BE FREE
FROM SUFFERING AND DANGER
(The “Metta” prayer)
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I love those two happy smiles!
One vote from Nola Roux.
Some of you may remember that thanks to your response to my wunderground blog plea for Goodsearch clicks, APR got into that chairity program and it was a wonderful thing we all did together for the good of so many abused and abandoned animals that APR rescues :)
I was a rescue in 2007.
I voted!
I am really grateful for your support, and even more so is the ABANDONED PET RESCUE!
You have made my day :)
But never mind that.
I support ANY shelter ANYWHERE that treats Animals with Dignity, Love and Respect.
There is one here in Trinidad that I help, and it is Very Good.
Keep up the Good Stuff!
{{{Pottery}}} you're doing your thing in Trinidad, that's great. Maybe you know someone in US or Canada that could vote in your place?
Ahhh, such a sweet feeling to take all the comments with me to sleep tonight! But I may wake up to my own "woof" at some point - lol :)
♥♥♥ Liisa done deal ♥♥♥
BTW, if you come visit our store, we're no longer in the old place. We moved to downtown Lake Worth (2 miles North of Lantana) so call before you come and I'll give you the address! Would be great to see you ♥♥♥
Send me a WU mail if you want more info! It might be something we can turn into something bigger and better.
{{{Bills}}}, you have wu-mail.
Published: Sunday, June 12, 2011, 12:00 PM
It's a busy day at the Louisiana SPCA, just under the Crescent City Connection in Algiers. But for education director Sadie Nius, it's about to get busier.
Nius oversees camps and other educational programs for children at the animal shelter, and from now until August, she'll have her hands full teaching young people how to be safe around animals, what pets need and how to train them.
As the one-person education department, Nius, 33, is behind the SPCA's burgeoning list of in-house camps, school "show and tails" and publicity campaigns targeted at teaching children about animal welfare. Her agenda, however, is larger than that.
"Kids are kind of inclined to connect with animals," said Nius. "We teach compassion, and we teach empathy. If you can empathize with an animal, you can empathize with people."
Summer camps at the shelter fill up early, and short programs are planned during school vacations.
"The more young people we can have through our doors, the better," Nius said. "The kids are my little humane educators in the community."
But the shelter also reaches out by bringing homeless animals to schools, sending volunteers and posting educational information for teachers on the LA/SPCA website, www.la-spca.org. Nius and volunteers take the SPCA's "Animal Guardian" program into classrooms, emphasizing bite prevention and teaching kids to recognize cruelty and neglect.
And there are always openings in upcoming Kids and K9 obedience classes, for youngsters 10 to 16 and their pets. The next six-class series starts July 11 at Jefferson Feed, 4421 Jefferson Highway.
Education is "incredibly important," LA/SPCA director Ana Zorrilla said. "I know the impact it has. When I came on, that was one of my goals: to bring education into the SPCA and to bring the SPCA into education. At the same time, there are a number of national studies that show the connection between cruelty to animals and cruelty to humans."
Volunteers 12 and older are welcome at the shelter, Zorrilla said. Twelve- and 13-year-olds need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Teens can play with cats, exercise dogs, photograph pets available for adoption or help with special events, she said.
"We have developed a pretty robust youth volunteer program. It's been incredible watching our program develop and working with Sadie," Zorrilla said.
Nius grew up in Carrollton, attended Lusher Elementary School and graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School. "We always had dogs. We had like four at a time," she said.
The pets were her friends and confidants. "When I was mad at my mom, I'd go cry to the family dogs," she said.
Nius went to the College of Charleston in South Carolina, where she received a bachelor's degree in special education. Her focus was children with emotional and behavioral problems, she said. The core values taught to them -- citizenship, kindness, respect and responsibility -- are the same values she tries to develop in children when teaching animal welfare.
She lives in the Irish Channel with her 2-year-old boxer-hound mix, Violet. "I have one dog, which around here is frowned upon," Nius joked, surrounded by staffers and volunteers who own four or five pets each. "But I'm a responsible dog owner, and I know I can only handle one."
Still, Nius feels frustrated because the shelter has so many healthy, adoptable dogs that don't find homes. "It's amazing how many great dogs we have," she said. "If I foster one for the weekend, it's attached to my hip by Monday."
She's also frustrated by the number of animals surrendered at the shelter by their owners -- 1,500 last year, or more than 100 a month. Two out of three never find a new home and must be euthanized.
The solution is education, Nius said, starting young. It's a big job, but it's one she loves.
"This has overcome me," she said. "One thing I can say is, I work 24/7."
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To volunteer at the LA/SPCA, call Dionne Simoneaux at 504.368.5191, ext. 155. For classes, programs, services and teacher resources, go to www.la-spca.org.
Been tough with the economy but still raising some money for them. I think APR took several animals from the Joplin or OK tornado?
I will let the word go around about the July event. Do you have any brochures we can distribute in our store? If you so, WU-mail me and I'll send you the snail mail address.
I don't know of APR took any of the tornado victims, I was abroad and have not asked them. You might know better :) All I know is, that they have a full house constantly.
It's pretty sad here. Alot of cats got dumped at our local shelters. I've never seen them give them away like this.
My rescue..
Kitten says Meow, too.
Good to meet you {{{Blass}}}, not too late! Lucky kitten to have you :)
Thanks to you both on behalf of APR!
Link
I wish I could be there, but I send an automatic monthly donation to APR and ASPCA, so laying on the sofa during my only day off is covered lol - Unless hubby is not out of town and feels like driving to Ft. Lauderdale :) We'll see...
Yes, it'll be fun and I'm gonna wear red white and blue to celebrate being a US citizen now, my first 4th of July as an American :)
Finn, you and your hubby have a wonderful 4th of July. Have Fun!
A couple of storms swept by early this morning, but looks like weather during the Lake Worth Festival today will be fabulous!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!
Congrats!!! Hope it's a most special day.
Taking the kids to fireworks tomorrow. Even though the show in the neighborhood is usually pretty good.
Yesterday was agreat day, lots of fun, we had the store open 12 hours and I ate more in one day that I do in a week. Fab food!
Tonight after closing, we'll go home, chill and watch 2 movies in a row - lol.
Sophie is so scared of fireworks that we usually stay at home or sometimes get a neighbor to doggie sit a couple of hours on the 4th. She was so badly abused before we adopted her, that we don't want her to ever have to be afraid again :)
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