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August 25, 2010Barkworthy: Pet Foster Network

This post is part of an ongoing series here on phetched called Barkworthy, where we highlight organizations and groups that are doing good things for dogs and dog lovers.

As shelters across our state face massive overcrowding situations, North Carolina’s Pet Foster Network serves an invaluable purpose: they help to connect willing foster families with pups who need a temporary place to stay while they wait for their forever homes. Knowing that every open space in a shelter or rescue saves a life, the Pet Foster Network (based in Raleigh, NC) strives to educate citizens on the crucial role that foster families play and support those who are willing to open their homes to an adoptable pet in need.

For residents of North Carolina, there’s information on the Pet Foster Network web site on how you can sign up to help. For those who don’t live in North Carolina but wish to foster, PFN encourages you to search your ZIP code on Petfinder for local rescues and shelters in search of foster families.

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May 1, 2010Hooray for the Humane Alliance

An awesome organization from my town of Asheville, NC was featured in USA Today this week.

The Humane Alliance is a non-profit group of vets and other professionals who are saving thousands of lives by performing efficient, inexpensive sterilization procedures — and training others around the country to do the same. According to the USA Today article, last year alone HA spayed or neutered more than 23,000 animals in western North Carolina alone. TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND. That’s a lot of adoptable lives potentially saved from euthanasia. HA is so good at what they do that they’ve been trusted with millions in grants from organizations like PetSmart and the ASPCA.

(All images © John C. Fletcher for USA Today. Please don’t sue me.)

Read more about the Humane Alliance’s wonderful work at USA Today. (And read the comments to get an idea of the kind of morons that live in our country.)

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March 18, 2010Stamps to the Rescue

Y’all might have seen this on The Bark’s blog yesterday. The U.S. Postal Service has announced the release of a new set of stamps designed to bring awareness and attention to animal rescue. The stamps, designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, feature photographs by Sally Andersen-Bruce of former (now adopted!) shelter pets in New Milford, Conn.

Oh, sorry. For those of you younger folks still trying to catch up: See, stamps are these things you put on letters and other things you send through the mail. Still confused? Hmm. Google it?

The stamps are part of a campaign called Stamps to the Rescue in partnership with Ellen DeGeneres and Halo pet foods looking to provide meals and homes to adoptable pets. The stamps won’t officially be released until April 30th, but you can pre-order them now from the Postal Service.

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January 30, 2010The Shelter Pet Project

You might have heard of The Shelter Pet Project, a joint venture from the Ad Council, HSUS, and Maddie’s Fund aimed at raising awareness of the wonderful pets up for adoption in shelters across the country.

The goal of The Shelter Pet Project is “to give shelter pets a voice.” Their short PSAs do just that in a humorous but touching way.

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December 14, 2009Help Iams Bring Pets Home for the Holidays

Well, Hanukkah’s in full swing now, the countdown to Christmas has officially begun, and you’ve possibly already attended a holiday party or two. Everything is merry and bright. But it’s time for us to break it down for just a minute and talk about something serious… the fact that as many as 8 million pets are homeless in the U.S., and nearly half of those (that’s FOUR MILLION, y’all) will be euthanized this year due to shelter overcrowding.

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Iams Home for the Holidays (IH4TH) was founded 10 years ago to help raise public awareness about pet adoption and find loving homes for shelter dogs and cats. Today IH4TH is a worldwide effort with over 3,500 pet adoption organizations in 21 countries participating. Last year alone, IH4TH helped place 1,202,751 pets in loving homes. That seriously makes me tear up. For real.

This year’s goal: help 1.5 million pets find homes by January 4th, 2010. On board is IH4TH’s 2009 ambassador Hilary Swank, who adopted a dog, Rumi, from an IH4TH participating shelter in LA last year.

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Can we talk for a minute about how preshy that blouse is she’s wearing? LOVE.

Anyway, we’re not big awesome Oscar-winning movie stars, but we can still help with IH4TH’s mission.

Here’s what you can do:

1. Visit IH4TH’s web site and learn about the program, pet adoption, and volunteering.

2. Adopt a homeless dog or cat this holiday season, convince a friend or loved one to adopt a pet instead of buying, or donate money or needed supplies to an animal shelter near you.

3. Vote daily at Iams’ Feed Pets in Need site to help the shelter of your choice win FREE food for a month.

And if anyone can tell me where Swank got that blouse, that would be really great, too.

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November 19, 2009Pretty Pitties: Bad Rap’s 2010 Calendars

You’re probably familiar with BAD RAP and all the awesome stuff they do for pit bulls in need and the breed as a whole.

BAD RAP has recently released two calendars for 2010, the Happy Endings calendar, featuring rescued shelter dogs and their stories, and the My Dog is Family calendar, which showcases happy pitties in loving, responsible homes (the pups all top vote-getters in BAD RAP’s online My Dog is Family photo contest).

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Head over to the BAD RAP store to make 2010 the Year of the Pittie.

(Maybe someone should send one to Chris Rock.)

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November 14, 2009Northern Virginia? Are you out there?

Northern Virginia in da hoouuse? NoVA, where you at?? Some pups need your help!

Homeless Animal Rescue Team (HART) is working hard to find homes for some 30+ puppies and adult dogs rescued from a puppy mill.

(Seriously, things that totally chap my hide? 1. Mosquitoes 2. Nickelback 3. Pickles on Chick-fil-A 4. Puppy mills – not necessarily in that order.)

Check out Burger’s blog to find out more about how you can help.

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November 13, 2009Project 71: A Bed – and a Home – for Every Dog

Project71’s business is simple enough: they make dog beds. The mission behind those dog beds, though, deals with some way serious stuff.

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From project71’s web site:

An animal enters a shelter, and during the first 72 hours they will either:

1) be united with their owner.
2) enter an adoption program.
3) be euthanized.

In theory, we see the 71st hour as their most crucial... that’s why we have devoted our lives to volunteering, fostering, rescuing & comforting as many shelter animals as we can.

Project71 dog beds are made from a durable and washable nylon blend, and a percentage of profits go to fund animal rescue, foster, and welfare efforts.

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To order (or donate a dog bed to a shelter of your choice), visit project71.


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October 21, 2009Woofs, Whiskers, and Rescue (Giveaway!)

Update: This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to our winner, Mindy M!

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I’m not much of a crafty person. Oh, I’m not completely inept, and I try my hand here and there, but my Martha urges come only in fits and starts. What I lack in crafty talent or drive, though, Christina E. of Woofs & Whiskers has in spades: she designs and creates by hand awesome dog clothing, collars, accessories, toys, and even treats.

Christina is also quite passionate about fostering and rescue, too, and she started Woofs & Whiskers to help fund vet bills for many of the unadoptable dogs and cats she’s taken in (and also donates many items she creates to rescue organizations). So not only is she super-talented, but she uses her powers for good, to help needy pups and cats — a veritable needle-and-thread-wielding super hero!

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Stop by Christina’s shop to see all her handmade goodies (including my favorite, the harness dresses). (If you order by email and mention this post, you’ll get 15% off an order of $30 or more. Awesome!)

And to help get y’all in the spirit of Halloween, Woofs & Whiskers is giving away a sweet handmade gift to a lucky phetched reader! To enter to win, all you have to do is comment on this post and tell us which of the two prize choices you’d like to win:

1. a custom-made Halloween-themed bow tie and collar (sized to fit your pooch), or

2. two handmade braided fleece dog toys (great for cleaning teeth!)

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How cute, right?

Entries will be accepted through 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday, October 24th, and a random-drawing winner will be chosen at that time so that the lucky winner will receive his/her prize in time for Halloween. (Please leave your correct email when commenting so we can contact you if you win. Email addresses will not be published.)

One entry per email address, please, and U.S. and Canada shipping addresses only. For an extra chance to win, tweet about this contest (including a link to this post) and post a link to your tweet in a SEPARATE comment field below. (You may tweet about this contest as many times as you like, but only ONE extra entry will count per person.)

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October 17, 2009Petfinder: Over 13 million Saved

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Cute pups, huh?

All of them live in my area, and all of them are looking for forever homes through Petfinder.

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(Clockwise, from top left: Alaia, Rhiannon, Stewart, and Colby)

October is Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog Month, and if you’re looking to add a dog to your family, Petfinder is an unbelievably awesome resource, with photos and information for over 300,000 pets looking for an adoptive family. Petfinder allows you to easily search adoptable dogs by breed, sex, location, or size, and contains bios and photos of the dogs-in-waiting that include information on the pups’ personalities and needs. Petfinder also offers a wealth of resources for families adopting, including information on dog breeds and types, dog care, dog training, and dog health.

When we adopted our Dottie in 2008, we first found her through our local shelter’s listing on Petfinder. Petfinder then allowed us to keep track of her between the shelter, a foster home, 2 cities, and about 175 miles before we were finally able to bring her home. I’ve known friends thinking of adopting a dog who refer to Petfinder as “puppy porn” — and trust me, it’s OK to look. Go ahead.

If you’re not able to adopt right now, Petfinder has published a list of things you can do to help pups in need find forever homes.

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