Mindy is looking for her forever home!

Mindy is looking for her forever home!

We don't have a guest blogger this week but we can't make Ms. Mindy wait another week with  being highlighted on our blog!

We would like to introduce you to sweet Mindy.  She is a 5 year old Terrier Mix.  When our volunteer saw her in the shelter she was shaking, panting, and seemed paralyzed in place with fear.  When we took her to the front desk to get her out of the shelter, we found out that her family's house had burned down and they couldn't keep her.  Little did we know that the shaking, panting, and fear would last for weeks.  Her foster family has worked very hard gaining Mindy's trust and slowly but surely, things have improved in a GREAT way!

At first, Mindy wouldn't walk across floors but would just stay put when she was placed somewhere.  It became very clear that her "comfort zone" was the outdoors and that she hadn't been an indoor dog before.  Every noise indoors scared her and made her tremble.  One day her foster mom watched her secretly in the family room and she started running and playing all around the room. That was the first day that Mindy really started to come out of her shell.  It has taken about a month for Mindy to even consider walking in the back door on her own.  She still will get timid when approached, but she so eagerly wants to be loved and LOVES to be loved on.  

Mindy will make a wonderful addition to an understanding family and she is a FABULOUS, happy, little girl. 



If you would like to contribute a story to the FOR blog, please e-mail the contents along with an image or two to blog@forrescue.net


 At the end of 2014 individuals who submitted content for the FOR blog will be entered in a drawing for a free pet portrait.  Thanks for helping us help our homeless pets!

FOR is also introducing a new  Love FOR Seniors program with coordinator Kim Stell.  The   purpose is to give healing, fostering, and adopting to seniors abandoned at high kill shelters in North Alabama.  Right now looking for a host and sponsorship for this female shih tzu. 

Will you help sponsor me?  Or foster me?

We suspect she is blind and deaf. FOR wants to put her in our program, cover all vet bills, and see her thru to a FORever home. Please share! Watch her video! And email Info@FORrescue.net     



Kittens are available for a reduced fee of $50 until July 31.   All kittens are Felv/fiv tested, spayed or neutered, microchipped, FVRCP vaccination and appropriate boosters, examined by a vet.  Kittens are adoptable at 10 weeks of age. 

Pebbles is looking for her forever! Mayra brings the personality of our homeless pets to you...

Pebbles is looking for her forever home

Mayra Martinez is our guest blogger this week

Life on the street is hard, especially for homeless pets. As a pet photographer in Huntsville, AL, my work is to create images of animals for their human families. It is wonderful to capture a moment in the life of a pet for its loving guardians. But what of those that desperately need a family of their own? Could I help them be seen by those that are also searching for a new family member?

Mary Ann

Lady Mary 

Bates

Two friends mentioned Friends of Rescue, and I decided to offer my help. Dana Brown invited me to visit her art studio and meet three of the cats waiting for adoption. Lady Mary,  Bates and Snuggles became my first subjects, and challenged me to get the word out: "I am special, and deserve a home of my own!"

Snuggles

It is difficult to believe that my first visit was in March. Since then, I have photographed over 100 dogs and cats of all ages. I have also met some of the people that make FOR special. The volunteers visit shelters, open their homes and hearts to rescued pets, take them for vet visits, and then let them go to their new families. My task is easy: I photograph them, and let them show their personality to the world. It is a privilege to get to know them, and a joy to hear when they find a forever home of their own.

Jack

Andrea

Fergus

 Mayra Martinez's FOR gallery

 

 Pebbles is a small terrier, probably over 10 years old.  She is house-trained, good with other dogs, good with cats, good with children, and eager to please.  She clearly lost her home due to the difficulties of the humans involved. Unfortunately, it is shocking how many senior dogs find themselves in shelters. 

Pebbles is very sweet. She is so laid back. She will bark when she wants to go outside and then bark when she is ready to come inside. She makes sure you don't forget she is outside. She likes to sleep by your feet and loves to have her body rubbed while she is laying there. She is just a very sweet senior and would be an awesome companion for someone.



If you would like to contribute a story to the FOR blog, please mail the contents along with an image or two to blog@forrescue.net


 At the end of 2014 individuals who submitted content for the FOR blog will be entered in a drawing for a free pet portrait.

Kittens are available for a reduced fee of $50 until July 31.   All kittens are Felv/fiv tested, spayed or neutered, microchipped, FVRCP vaccination and appropriate boosters, examined by a vet.  Kittens are adoptable at 10 weeks of age.

Raining Kittens and our neonatal care group- bottle feeding kittens!

Suzzie Guthrie, License Veterinary Technician
and kitten bottle feeder extraordinaire

I started my journey into the vet world later than most.  I became interested in caring for pets while visiting a training course for obedience with my personal fur-baby.  While at a local obedience competition I met veterinarian technicians’ student who explained what they do and how much they enjoy their jobs.  It wasn’t long after that I enrolled in veterinary technician school and found my passion for caring for animals.    I was in my forties and had been out of school for 22 years!  But I found my niche in life and I graduated with a GPA of 4.0, Summa cum laude from Snead State Community College in 2005. My area of concentration was/is in Emergency & Critical Care.  However, clinical care has been more rewarding by far due to the wonderful relationships I have built with clients and their pets. 

In my spare time I have worked with the other L.V.T.’s in the state of Alabama to develop a training program called PERC (Pet Emergency Rescue Coarse), the name has now been changed but basics are the same.  We train local first responders in handling animals during the “golden hour” after a car accident or house fire.  We have trained over 150 firemen, policemen and EMT’s over the last 3 years and recently expanded our program to state wide training.  Also, over the last 6 years I have volunteered for the Huntsville/Madison school system introducing students to my career as an LVT. 

My philosophy in life is taken from a quote by Will Rogers, "If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. “Know what you are doing, Love what you are doing, and Believe in what you are doing."  Enjoying the daily challenges of working with clients and their pets, while giving the best nursing care to all of our patients at Meridianville Pet Hospital, are not only my goal but my promise to our clients and their fur-babies. 

Fergus is just one of the many kittens available at FOR

Because of my passion for animals, I am always willing to help in rescue efforts of both the dog and cat.  I am always hoping someday the need for rescue will be in past tense for all animals.  Reality is, as long as there are people with uncastrated animals there will be a need for rescue work.   I really enjoy bottle feeding kittens.  Raising them from the neonate to leaving to go to their forever homes is one of the most rewarding aspects of rescue.  Challenging, heartbreaking, frustrating and Goosebumps are descriptive words for rescue.  I love to teach and share my skills, knowledge with people.  Recently working with FOR we are trying to develop a network of people to take on the bottle fed babies. Creating a support group that can help teach each other the difficult and rewarding aspects of neonate care.  I am hoping to dispel many myths that are swirling about the difficulties of infant(s) care and giving confidence to hand raise loving social animals.  Educating is the first line of defense!  If interested please contact Friends of Rescue for more information on joining our neonatal care group. 

It is raining – kittens, kittens, everywhere!

Kittens are available for a reduced fee of $50 until July 31.   All kittens are Felv/fiv tested, spayed or neutered, microchipped, FVRCP vaccination and appropriate boosters, examined by a vet.  Kittens are adoptable at 10 weeks of age.



If you would like to contribute a story to the FOR blog, please mail the contents along with an image or two to blog@forrescue.net


 At the end of 2014 individuals who submitted content for the FOR blog will be entered in a drawing for a free pet portrait.

Special thanks to Mayra Martinez for some of the photos used in this post.

http://www.mayrammartinez.com