Colorado Animal Rescue Express Rescues 16,000 Homeless Dogs

Let's Support the  Continued Mission of C.A.R.E. on Colorado Gives Day!

According to Lisa Mendelsberg and Linda Fox, founders of Colorado Animal Rescue Express (C.A.R.E.)  they have "transported 16,000 homeless pets to safety, provided veterinary care to 1,600 animals, and neutered 4,200 dogs and cats in communities with crisis level pet-overpopulation."  These are primarily dogs that have been transported from low adoption, high kill cities and states to places like Colorado with a high adoption rate. 

Tuesday, December 4th is Colorado Gives Day, and C.A.R.E. is participating again. Last year C.A.R.E. "raised over $20,000 and won an additional prize of $5,000 from FirstBank for being the smallest charity with the largest number of donors."  I am writing this post to invite you to donate to C.A.R.E. this December 4 to help these two amazing women who are making such a significant difference for dogs who would otherwise have no second chances at life. In short, they would be euthanized. 

To donate online to Colorado Animal Rescue Express for Colorado Gives Day, please visit their website, www.caretransport.org and click on the link for “Colorado Gives Day 2012”. You can pre-schedule your online donation for Dec. 4th by clicking on a link to GivingFirst.org at the bottom of that page. Be sure to designate that your donation is for Colorado Gives Day. "100% of all donations made through GivingFirst.org will go to C.A.R.E. to help homeless pets.FirstBank and Community First Foundation will absorb all processing fees. In addition, FirstBank's Incentive Fund will be proportionately allocated across all donations received, increasing the value of each donation."

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MAGGIE the Dog Who Changed My Life

FINAL YEARS Stories of Parent Care, Loss and Lives Changed

Sweet Inspiration Part 3

Many years ago I came across this tiny booklet titled Think by Dr. Robert Anthony.  I was cleaning out my bookshelf over the past few weeks and re-discovered it. I would like to share a few of his inspirational messages with you here:

The biggest risk in life is not risking.

What we are is God's gift to us.  What we become is our gift to God.

Excuses are your lack of faith in your own power.

You can get everything in life you want, if you will help enough other people get what they want.

There are many things I want, but few things I need.

If you prepare for old age, old age comes sooner.

If you are going to give a gift, notice your true intentions.

People concern themselves with being normal, rather than natural.

Worry comes from the belief you are powerless.

Your ability to relax is in direct proportion to your ability to trust life.

Whatever you want, wants you.

Most of the time we don't communicate, we just take turns talking.

The way to win is to make it okay to lose.

Whatever you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.

 Less effort creates more results.

If you have a constant need to help other people, notice how you must keep them helpless.

Life always keep its agreement with you.

Hoping and wishing are excuses for not doing.

He who laughs, lasts.

If your life isn't working the way you want it to, notice you're lying.

If you don't know what direction to take, you haven't acknowledgde where you are.

Once you except an idea it's an idea whose time has come.

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MAGGIE the Dog Who Changed My Life

FINAL YEARS Stories of Parent Care, Loss and Lives Changed

Sweet Inspiration Part 2

Many years ago I came across this tiny booklet titled Think by Dr. Robert Anthony.  I was cleaning out my bookshelf over the past few weeks and re-discovered it. I would like to share a few of his inspirational messages with you here:If you don't have what you want, you are not committed to a 100%. 

Your enemy might become your friend, if you allow him to be who he is.

If you worry about what might be, and wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is.

Before you can break out of prison, you must first realize you're locked up.

When you blame others, you give up your power to change. 

Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly  what you will have.

If you acknowledge you are unconscious, you are no longer unconscious.

Your interpretation of what you see and  here, is just that, your interpretation.

If you find a good solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem.

Criticize the performance , not the performer.

You are the cause of everything that happens to you .  Be careful what you cause.

There is no right or wrong, only consequences.

The one who loves the least controls the relationship.

If you require someone to change, you require that person to lie to you.

If you don't like the direction the river is flowing, don't jump in.

We fear the thing we want the most .

Feelings of inferiority and superiority are the same.  They both come from fear .

Thoughts to Inspire Part 1.

Many years ago I came across this tiny booklet titled Think by Dr. Robert Anthony.  I was cleaning out my bookshelf over the past few weeks and re-discovered it. I would like to share a few of his inspirational messages with you here:

You don't have to be positive, you just have to be yourself.

You can only have two things in life, reasons or results.  Reasons don't count. 

If you are constantly being mistreated, you're cooperating with the treatment.

You don't have to be positive, you just have to be yourself.

Trying provides two excuses, an excuse for not doing.  And an excuse for not having.

You cannot control without being controlled.

There is no way to know before experiencing.

Consciously or unconsciously, you always get what you expect.

Others can stop you temporarily, only you could do it permanently.

Whatever you are trying to avoid won't go away until you confront it.

If you don't start, it's certain you won't arrive.

What you can't communicate runs your life.

(to be continued ... )

The Street Dogs of Detroit

I was shocked to learn that there are over 50,000 stray dogs in Detroit, many of them living on the streets. Almost 90% of the dogs picked up by animal control are euthanized. This video is a short documentation of one man who cared enough to show the rest of us and try to raise awareness of this sad issue. Please visit http://www.detroitdogrescue.com/ to learn more and to help. 

Detroit Dog Rescue

Taiwan authorities Will Kill 80,000 Dogs This Year

It is heartbreaking. Approximately 80,000 dogs will be killed this year alone by Taiwanese authorities according to a July 6, 2012 Denver Post Associated Press article by Tassanee Vejpongsa. I was so moved by this special photographer who let the plight of these shelter dogs in northern Taiwan impact him, and the way he decided to make a difference. By capturing these shelter dogs last moments, this Taiwan man hopes to raise consciousness of their seemingly hopeless plight. He sees himself and his photography as a medium to help people become more aware of this horrible issue. I can only hope to do the same by sharing it here.

Read the full story here: Taiwan photographer captures shelter dogs' last moments

A Legal Voice for the Animals

Do you need legal assistance for an animal-related issue, like fighting a breed ban in your locale? Have you had a pet who has been harmed by pet food?

Her name is Jennifer Reba Edwards. She is an attorney, and her unique law practice focuses only on animals. "We are the only full-time Colorado law practice dedicated solely to animal law," says Edwards. In 2007, she filed one of the first lawsuits against pet-food maker Menu Foods after pets began dying from their tainted pet foods.

Her firm has also helped in disputes with cities who ban certain breeds, including pit bulls.

See the full story in the August 6, l2012 Denver Post article by Monte Whaley here: Law firm supports animals