I thank God every day for our good fortune in not only saving dogs, but placing them into wonderful homes!  That does not happen by mere website postings, or Petfinder listings.  You have to NETWORK hugely for these dogs, tell everyone you know, take them to shows, create shows, to show the dogs, get them infront of folks!  If you sit in your home cooped up with them, no one knows you or the dog exists, so you gotta work it with all your might!  That is what draws adopters, that is what finds them homes.

We placed TWELVE YEAR OLD MISSY on Sat!  That was sheer networking and one very wonderful lady with the kindest soul for animals there ever was! 

Today, Moe from Iowa arrives.  He is gorgeous!  We pulled Gus outta Crivitz WI over last weekend, moving him to more perminant foster soon.  Working on a nice male in Dunn Co now.  May get to move him this weekend, if my foster home comes thru. And gotta call from a guy in IL last night wanting to give away the 12 wk old female AKC GSP he just bought two weeks ago!  He said he's getting an ulcer over her rambuctiousness! tehe, study much on breeds first bud?  So Amazing Grace will be here tonight.  Reggie's eye entroption surgery was today, his looker in IL donated $100 towards the surgery, how nice!  Have someone way up north with an old guy needing a home before winter strikes.  Reminds me of Red.  I am nixing that one, she says his back end is going already.  No thanks.  My heart can't do another Red yet.  I have adopters coming outta my ears, can't get to them fast enough. THAT is what networking and staying current on website and showing dogs does folks!  Also scarfed up a new foster home this week!  So all is looking GOOD. 

Friday, flipped my cell phone on when leaving work, and there was a lady telling me she found a dog tied up in a men's outhouse on a forest preserve in Grayslake, IL.  So she got Outhouse Hanna Montanna to the vet, and then called us.  I made her report found dog to local police, incase someone is looking for her....and will give it the state of IL stray hold period, but her story is plastered on the website already.  We don't know the whole story, of course.  Did someone find her, tie her up in there for shelter?  Did someone just dump her there?  Was she a homeless person's dog, and maybe he was out looking for food or money?  Did the ladies tell me the truth?  I have no idea.  All I know is we have Hannah now and she is an awesome girl.  Probably older, very thin right now, weighing in at 35 lbs.  Her foster mom is taking her to the vet today for shots and a good look see.  I have a looker already.  Then there are four GSP/pointers that are under Dodge Co shelter's mgmt now, and will be euthanized Sunday if we dont' move fast.  I think I have all four covered, and shelter offered to donate the vet work!  With those four coming in, that will be 57 dogs we have been lucky enough to save this year!  WOW!  Also got a surprise check from PetCo on Sat for $313- as part of their donation for spay/neuter program.  Whoohaaaa....guess God wants us to carry on!  

Nothing new on Everett.     

Yes, we are MIGHTY PROUD that we could save 57 this year, and it ain't over yet!  SHOOT ME NOW.  I agreed to take in the Dodge Co Fabulous four, they consider neurotic, this weekend.  FOUR AT ONE TIME!  I have four foster homes set up, two cancelled, got one back on board, replaced one, I think we  are all set.  Hannah Bananna blew thru almost all of the Petco donation in one quick vet appt.  She is HW neg, lymes neg, about 10 yrs old, has ear infection, but the rest of her bloodwork came back fine.  She is not sleeping as much anymore, is getting re-potty trained, at least giving signals now...wagging her tail more....she's coming back.  Thankfully.  Thank you John and Amy in Eau Claire, (Ranger's folks) for the kind donation for Hannah received yesterday, your donation receipt is in the mail!   If we never find her a home, her foster folks said she is already home...so all is good.  There is a good looking male in Kenosha shelter I wanna spring next....and Skip, now Cody, last weeks pull from Dodge Co goes home to a Milw police officer this Sunday.  One out, four in....story of my life....

Cody went home last weekend.  The four new boys are settling in, the younger ones potty training faster then the larger male.  All have nice dispositions.  I have adopters coming out my ears still, have about four home visits going on this weekend.  And showing of dogs at Petco Germantown on Sat.  Then we are hitting a new (to us) Petco day after Thanksgiving....great day for shopping traffic!  Lotta dogs be going home here soon.  Reggie finally may have his home too, and wouldn't you know it that I have about five lookers at him right now!  We have had him since August!  I have one family in IL who is very interested in Max, and she used to train shepards for search and rescue, now down to boston terriers, misses having a shorthair, and I want to know more about search and rescue and if GSPS can participate...heck, they have excellent noses, so I want to get them set up for a dog soonest.  So much going on, my house is being completely neglected. So this weekend, I have the computer guy stopping over to upgrade me, and wanna get up and check my gutters...winter is definately setting in here.  I'm not ready in the least.  So I hope to stay home and work on house this weekend.     

Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving?  I stayed home and worked mainly.  Miracle and I went to work the Delafield Petco event on Friday for a while, was deader then a door nail in there!  Yesterday some of our northside volunteers walked dogs in the West Bend Xmas parade, and I was told it was AWESOME exposure for our dogs!  Working feverishly today to find a place for a male by tonight (owner surrender), or he goes to the pound. Was found by their mail box a couple weeks ago, no claimers.  Other then Christmas parties for Dec, it's looking fairly quiet.  Home visited two this weekend, Max went home to one home.  My ex and his male took their first NSTRA first on Nov. 3rd, so paid them homage on website this week.  I'm so proud of them.  He is a really nice male, I could keep in a heartbeat.  That's all for now.  NO news on Evie. 

Here are pix taken at the Christmas Parade we participated in last Sunday.  I'm so PROUD of our WGSPR volunteers for braving the cold and making a statement for our rescue.

That's Lucky Seven Sprinkles leading the pack!

One can never have enough BLAZE ORANGE to make a statement!

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Me and Miracle just arrived at Petco Delafield Event, 11/23/07, check out her new hunting hat!

Like a kid in a candy shop, she wrangled me outta $20- worth of treats to take home!

Enjoy! 

LMAO this beautiful girl...I love her hat...I smile before I even see the picture LMAO she is so darn cute. I swear she is a petite human in a GSP's body. She is the best!

Merry Christmas from Me, Miracle, Maggie & Jimbobbaloo!