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02/02/2023 We had a very rough end to 2022 and
start into 2023. My mother passed in December and
we have been working on estate. Here are the end
of year numbers.
In 2022
Rescues - 50 - including 18 seniors over 7 years.
(23 Pomeranians and Pom Mix, Chihuahua and Chi Mix)
Placements - 37
Extreme Special Needs and/or Major Surgeries - 2
We are a bit
down from past years because donations are way down from prior
years. This keeps us limited on what we can do. I get
that people are wanting to hang on to their funds. We
understand that. Keep us in mind though as we are fund limited
as well. Without donations we can't cover the vet care.
We rescue what we can. Remember we count on you to help us
save lives..
Big win this year is the completion on the solar system. We
are now producing power. It will be fund for the next years
lookback to see what we saved. Things are likely going to be
a bit silly for a while so please be patient with me if
it takes a bit to respond to emails.
06/25/2022 - I believe that spring/summer is finally
here. We are enjoying out time outdoors and are
working into a new project. We are in the process
of putting in Solar. Our electricity bill has
gotten so high that we have to do something. We
have the approvals now from our Power company that will
be making some upgrades to our transformer to support
the system we plan. Things are likely going to be
a bit silly for a while so please be patient with me if
it takes a bit to respond to emails.
04/28/2022 - This has been a trying year so far.
We have been through several medical issues so have had
a bit of downtime. Things are getting better
though and we see, to be getting back on track. We
are in the process of putting in Solar power to
hopefully reduce our outrageous electric bill.
This is taking quite a lot of work in preparing the
property. The big stuff is done now and we are
just waiting for the final plans from the solar company.
In the meantime we are back to capacity for available
kids.
01/01/2022 -
In 2021
Rescues - 50 - including 24 seniors over 7 years.
(20 Pomeranians and Pom Mix, Chihuahua and Chi Mix)
Placements - 43
Extreme Special Needs and/or Major Surgeries - 3
05/01/2021 -
Spring has sprung and so has our activity level.
We are working hard to keep these little guys happy and
healthy; and to understanding the needs of each and
every one. This available page is kept VERY
current. Even though this "Special Notice" may
stay for a while, our Available dogs is absolutely
current.
I
have recently received a flood of phone calls to find
out detail on our pets. Because of these calls I
am going to review our process here.
All
of our pets detail can be found on our Available page,
by scrolling down and clicking on each pets detail
page.. Because of how busy we are I don't respond
to phone calls asking information about the dogs that is
already on the WEB site. If you need more detail
you can email me, or ask the question in the "other"
section of the application.
Once we receive an application we review them with the
needs of the dog in mind. We then select the
application that we feel is going to be the best match.
Our process may take some time to complete, depending on
the amount of amazing applications that we have
received. When we get 30+ applications for a Pom
the process isn't going to be complete in a week, it may
take more than that to get through them.
We do thank you for your patience with our process.
We have been very successful with our placements and are
very dedicated to making that perfect forever match.
11/22/2020 - The Holiday season is here. What a
weird year this has been, hopefully this coming year we
will see a return to some sense of normal life. We
have had to reduce some of our work because of funding
issues. I find it totally understandable people
have had to reduce their donations during this crazy
time. By stopping the Special Needs program and CA
transports we have been able to weather the pinch.
The part that we find difficult is the loss of our
special needs program. This is the program that
allowed us to take on some of the more extreme medical
dogs. Please remember that
YOU and your generous
donations are what allows us to continue the work we do.
08/29/2020 -
We have made some changes while this pandemic is still
at a roar.
We are still working with adoptions within the within the Pacific Northwest area,
which includes, Washington, Oregon and Idaho. For intake
we are only accepting dogs from Oregon and Washington as
we feel the transport process is to risky for the people
involved. We are continuing the work we are doing
around here with some polish on the expansion project,
but no new bit big updates as the funds are currently very tight. With al the stuff going on in our environment some of
our regular donators had withdrawn their donations.
We totally understand and empathize with them.
This does leave us having to very carefully consider
each and every dog coming in for the extent of vet care
that they are going to need. YOU and your generous
donations are what allows us to continue the work we do.
Keep
yourself safe and keep us in your prayers as we are
keeping you in ours.
06/23/2020 -
I have continued hopes that everyone is keeping safe.
with all the scary stuff happening around us.
We
are working to keep all of our charges healthy and
happy. We are working with adoptions and intake
from Oregon and Washington. We
have decided to keep our California program on hold for
now and as we have space openings we will be contacting
our local shelters more often to see what might be able
to come to us. Funds are currently very tight so
all of our projects for this year are on hold right now.
We have several things on the build that we are working
to complete, but won't be starting the last bit of the
remodel until funds are available. With al the stuff going on in our environment some of
our regular donators had withdrawn their donations.
We totally understand and empathize with them.
This does leave us having to very carefully consider
each and every dog coming in for the extent of vet care
that they are going to need. We just went through
a set of surgeries with one little guy that ran $3600.
We were able to raise just over $2000, but still have
$1600 that we are working to cover. Additionally
we were notified that the Oregon Department of
Agriculture is putting on an additional set of licensing
for rescues. This is going to be a $584 annual
bill that we need to cover. Initially this
legislation was supposed to be effective July 1, but
they have it on hold as they didn't have all of the
approvals that they needed, so we don't know how quickly
this is going to hit us. At this point we
Your donations are more important to us than ever.
YOU are the cornerstone to the work we do.
Keep
yourself safe and keep us in your prayers as we are
keeping you in ours.
03/31/2020 -
Here's hoping that everyone is keeping safe and sane.
These are scary times that will change us forever.
We are still working through some placements, but are
taking very careful precautions in doing meet and
greats. Our process have changed and it is taking
us longer to work through our applications, so bear with
me as we do our best to protect ourselves and you.
Few
people realize, as our plans got side tracked, that in
January we hit our 10th anniversary of the 501c3.
We had intended to celebrate this with an open house
once the weather got nice. Hopefully we will still
be able to celebrate this milestone before our 10th year
closes. We have had hurtle after hurtle starting
this year off. The happy hurtle was on of our
granddaughters weddings the end of February. This
same week also saw Pat's mom become critically ill.
On the 6th April, another happy hurtle, when our third
great grandson was born. Then on the 8th of April
Pat's mother passed away of Wegners. We are hoping
the difficult hurtles are done and the happy hurtles
continue. We also hope to get back to celebrating
our 10th anniversary after all of this virus craziness
has run its course and it is safe to do so.
During this time we are still working placements.
I don't foresee dogs coming to us from our CA partners
until the travel restrictions are ended and virus risks
are over. But, we will take local dogs if they
become available, with some precautions taken for virus
protection. We currently have a full house so are
still in need of funds for vet care and food.
People are scared and we have seen a distinct decline in
donations since the first of the year, so funds are very
stretched. We are only doing our scheduled visits
here three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
with only one visitor allowed per day. We are
scheduling only the one so that we have ample time to
clean what we need to, including bathing the dog that
was visited. We apologize for any inconvenience
this causes, but we are doing our best to protect.
We are not providing any grooming services and no new
boarders.
Keep
yourself safe and keep us in your prayers as we are
keeping you in ours.
01/06/2020 - Welcome to 2020!!!
and the year long celebration of our 10th year in
service!!!
Here are our placement Statistics for 2019 -
Rescues - 74 - including 30 seniors over 7 years.
(33 Pomeranians and Pom Mix, Chihuahua and Chi Mix)
Placements - 83
Extreme Special Needs and/or Major Surgeries - 7
Financial needs assistance - 4 instances
Our numbers
are down a bit this year. Early in the year I had a surgery
that put me down for a bit. Then this fall we decided that we
really needed a break. We have been working so hard with the
expansion construction over the past couple of years that we just
needed a bit of time off. We had an amazing extended vacation
the end of the year and are back refreshed. Even with this
break our five year average is over 100.
See the work we have done around
here.
09/13/2019 - all of our organized projects are completed
at this point. We do still have work we are doing
to finish out the builds and welcome any and all
assistance, just email me to set up volunteer time.
Christy@DisplacedPetsRescue.com
Please join our Facebook group to follow our activity.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/194013824308175
You can also see all of our construction changes as I
update here.
Displaced Pets Rescue
~2016-2020 Expansion Project~
06/27/2019 - Our 06/22 project was a success. We
didn't get many volunteers, but we got a long way in the
project. As of today the south awning is complete
(minus a few screws LOL). This is pretty amazing
as we got it done just in time for a couple of rainy
days. What a relief not to have to worry about wet
dogs. We will be adding some lighting, but that
will come on a later day.
See
the pictures on this page.
Expansion Project.
06/10/2019 - Things are happening now!!! Have a
plan for the summer.
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06/22 - South Run Awning. The completion of
this awning will give us full coverage of
our south runs. This will also complete
them as a "mini project within the overall
Expansion Project.
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07/06 - Shed Ground Prep - This is the
beginning of one of the "mini projects".
We are building two sheds for storage. This
bit will entail brush removal, ground
leveling, gravel spreading and some base
framework for the sheds. What this day will
entail will depend on what we get done
before this day.
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07/13 - Shed 1 Build - Construction for the
first of the two sheds.
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08/10 - Shed 2 Build - construction for the
second of the two sheds and the completion
of this "mini project" - we hope LOL.
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09/07 - North Awning. This awning will
complete the North Run "mini project". The
awnings provide about 80% coverage and there
is tree coverage for most of the rest.
You
can find more detail and sign up to participate on our
Face Book events at
https://www.facebook.com/pg/DisplacedPetsRescue/events/?ref=page_internal
If you want to come and help some other time than is
listed email me. christy@displacedpetsrescue.com
With this list of projects we have tons of stuff that
needs to be accomplished to support the "Event Days".
04/15/2019 - Spring has sprung - well kinda.
We are excited that we are beginning to see the clearing
in the weather so we can continue some outside work.
The Sweet Treat puppies have reached their six months
and will be going to their homes this week. Our
iBabies still have a bit more time to go for June.
We
have seen a significant increase in our vet expenses so
I will be kicking off a spay/neuter fundraiser in the
next few weeks. Hopefully we will be able to
manage that increase and continue to do the great work
we are doing in the special needs area.
Our
summer expansion plans include the completion of two
more awnings, and construction of a storage unit.
See more Expansion
detail and LOTS of pictures on this page.
Expansion Project.
01/12/2019 - Announcing our numbers for 2018.
This was our best year ever!!!
2018
Rescues - 122 - including 26 seniors over 9 years.
(63 Pomeranians and Pom Mix, 25 Chihuahua and Chi Mix)
Placements - 112
Extreme Special Needs and/or Major Surgeries - 14
Financial needs assistance - 8 instances
11/24/2018 - Hoping every one had a great Thanksgiving
weekend. We had am amazing house full of family.
Great food, great visiting with so much to be thankful
for. We have made huge changes here over the past
year. We still have a ways to go before we can
call it complete, but we have come so far it is really
quite exciting. We are very excited for the
end of the year when we announce our annual numbers as
we have already exceeded our goals in placements and
special needs. We are thankful for our DPR family
for being so supportive and opening their hearts and
homes to these little guys who have so much love to
give.
 I
love what is happening with our Facebook group.
Our DPR family are finding each other and making
wonderful connectons. Lots of knowledge out there
if you are having training issues or other questions.
If you have one of our fukids check it out -or- even if
you don't - lots of fun and conversations.
Be
sure to check out our Available page and get your
application in.. Things happen quickly around here, so
if you see a furbaby you love don't delay in applying.
11/11/2018 - As we get into the holiday season and
winter weather we are working very hard to make sure we
have everything possible done to make outside play as
comfortable as possible. We have all the run
ground covered and have just ordered a couple of party
heaters to help take the edge off on the coldest of
mornings. Inside we will be finishing up the last
two windows next weekend.
We
are very excited that we have placed all but four of the
24 surrender. All are doing great in their new
homes. We have some amazing CA kids here right
now. Sugar Momma and the Sweat Treat puppies are doing
great and we already have a couple of applications on
the puppies. Things happen quickly around here, so
if you see a furbaby you love don't delay in applying.
07/31/2018 - We have a very active month planned.
On the 18th we will be bringing in 20 dogs from a
surrender. We will welcome volunteers with this
surrender beginning the 19th as we work through teeth,
baths, evaluations and vet prep. This will be an
active time.
Along the lines of getting ready for this big intake we
have escalated some of the work we are doing.
Today (07/31) we had the first truck load of gravel
delivered for the ground prep on the new South runs.
I have a super hard working "rent-a-kid" helping me
today. Friday morning brings the first load of top
soil and Monday the next. Help in leveling and
pulling out the old runs is welcome this weekend.
We have fence to pull, pavers to move, ground to level.
and more. This weekend will be a biggie as we are
also working inside to try to get the new grooming area
complete. That work includes completion of the
drywall and flooring, laminating the counter and
connecting the plumbing. With just two weekends
before this intake we are working hard to complete these
things so that it will be a much easier to manage the
event.
Materials we are going to be needing:
6' chain link fence
12x12 pavers for the runs
cinder blocks for the edge along the building
Funds are needed for the gravel and dirt. We will
end up with right at $1000 in for all of that.
Additional funds for the Vet care of the dogs we intake.
We are estimating an average of $100 per dog. Some
won't need much but others are going to need a lot.
03/21/2018 - Very excited for our next big step.
Gradually getting the supplies I need to finish the
floor and walls. Yesterday we ordered our
flooring, which should be arriving in the next week or
so. Today the laminate arrived - LOVE LOVE LOVE it
- yes it looks like petrified wood. This laminate
will not only be our grooming counter, but will be on
the walls behind the crates to allow for easy cleanup.
Trying to pick a wall color now and still need to
measure for timing. Also still need to get the
drywall seams taped. Still lots of work to go, but
excited to see this bit coming together.
Along with this progress are expenses that we need are
hoping for donations to help in covering.
These are materials only expenses as we are doing all of
this work ourselves.
Flooring $1100
Laminate $560.00
Paint - estimating $150
Trimming wood (floor board, ceiling, around laminate
panels) - estimating $200.
See more Expansion
detail and LOTS of pictures on this page.
Expansion Project
01/07/2018 - We are thrilled with our numbers for this
year. This year we welcomed our nice Tina, and her
20 yr son into our home and have them fully
indoctrinated into our version of crazy.
2017 Statistics
Rescues - 102 (48 Pomeranian & Pom Mix, 30 Chihuahua & Chi Mix)
Placements -
90 including 13 special needs and 17 Seniors (over 9 years)
Six of the special needs were major medical cases.
Financial needs assistance - 5 instances
Funds are still desperately needed for this expansion.
Our next step will be the flooring and we are looking at
a $1500 bill for that. Over Thanksgiving weekend
we drafted help to put up most of the drywall and are
now working to tale the edges and decide on paint and
wall covering behind the sleeping areas. Materials are what we need funds for at
this point.
See more Expansion
detail and LOTS of pictures on this page.
Expansion Project
Please join our Facebook group to follow all the changes
as we go through this process.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/194013824308175
11/30/2017 - We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving and
are hoping that you all have as well. We had a
wonderful visit with family along with a work party
hanging dry wall. We only have one area behind the
sink that needs to be done. I have the materials
to do the finishing on the drywall and hoping to have
that done by the time I decide what color to paint it...
Funds are still desperately needed for this expansion.
Our next step will be the flooring and we are looking at
a $1500 bill for that. We are
making great headway and pushing through all the work
ourselves. Materials are what we need funds for at
this point.
See more Expansion
detail and LOTS of pictures on this page.
Expansion Project
05/02/2017 - We are currently hosting a very special
little guy. Bizzie Bee is an adorable Pom with
some special needs. He arrived with us
extremely overweight and unable to walk. We have
been working on his weight and therapy to hopefully get
him walking again. Watch for updates below on his
progress. We will be updating with pictures and
video as we go.
02/20/2017 - We have received an amazing donation
thousands of pieces of clothing from the Pure Country
Boutique. We have set up a site now for selling
this product. All of the proceeds will be going to
help these rescues. No overhead, no cuts, 100% is
going for the dogs. Shop and share at
http://DPRBoutique.com
Our
Intel Grant project is under way with work starting this
weekend. We have the framing in for the covered
awning between the house and shop. This will be the (now
covered) walkway for the new entrance. We have several events
scheduled for those efforts, with a targeted completion
date in July.
Click here to see that
schedule (.pdf)
01/14/2017 - Here are our stats for 2016. We are quite
pleased with our numbers, especially considering the big
special needs expenses we have taken on and all the work
with the construction.
Rescues - 97 (35 Pomeranian & Pom Mix, 31 Chihuahua &
Chi Mix)
Of these rescues 20 were from Oregon Shelters 30 from
California Shelters.
Placements - 94 including 9 special needs and 15 Seniors
(over 9 years)
Five of the special needs were major medical cases.
Financial needs assistance - 7 instances
01/05/2017 - Welcome to a wonderful new year. We
have so much great stuff on our 2017 horizon. We
are expecting to be into our new building by mid year.
There is still a lot of finish work before we get there
though. We are expecting to need about $3000 more
in materials before we are move-in ready, so donations
still are greatly needed. We have the electrical
and plumbing nearly complete and hope to be starting
with the hallway connection to the main house,
insulation and drywall before the end of January.
We
are way pleased to announce that we will be receiving an
Intel Grant targeted for completion of the covered runs
and covered entryway. We have several events
scheduled for those efforts.
Click here to see that
schedule (.pdf)
10/07/2016 - What an amazing month. Stacy Lou
Who's surgery went famously. Her heart has been
successfully repaired with no future issues anticipated.
We have completed integrating our 19 incomings of a
couple weeks ago and have completed all of their
vetting. We have been working hard on the
expansion and nearly have all the plywood and tarpaper
up. With the sun this weekend we are hoping to
have that bit done. We will be ordering the metal
first of the week. Fund raising wise, we have two
on-going fundraisers the Expansion and the Special
Needs/Senior (posted with Alfie's detail.)
Thank you so much to every all of our donators.
Without your help we couldn't be doing the big things we
are doing now. As of today the Expansion is the
place we need help the most. Please continue
sharing and donating. Even a small amount, the
price of a cup of coffee, makes a difference to the dogs
here.
https://www.youcaring.com/displaced-pets-rescue-inc-501c3-546537
Expansion
https://www.youcaring.com/special-needs-and-senior-rescues-499699
Special Needs/Seniors
09/08/2016 - Things have been hopping around here.
Between the influx of California Kids, the build and the
heart surgery needed for Stacy Lou Who we have
definitely been on the crazy side for a bit. We
have an official estimate for Stacy's surgery of between
$2200 and $2300. We are still working the
fundraising side, but will be posting her surgery date
soon. We have several wonderful kids available
right now, several of them have come to us through our
California program. Also - on the expansion side
of things, this weekend is our roof raising. We
just came home with a load of lumber and are hoping to
have the wood part all completed this weekend.
There are several projects that have seen progress over
the past couple of weeks and I will be posting a huge
update on all of that first of next week. See more
detail and LOTS of pictures on this page.
Expansion Project
07/10/2016 - The construction continues and making great
headway there. Pat has a couple of days off
week after next so I have a week to raise enough money
to cover the wood to finish the other side of the
building. See more
detail and LOTS of pictures on this page.
Expansion Project
06/27/2016 - The construction continues. Funds are
definitely needed here. Right now the lumber is
our heavy hitter. We were able to find windows
from Habitat for Humanity so saved lots there. All
the windows and doors ran $100 rather than the $700 we
were expecting for just the windows. See more
detail on this page
Expansion Project.
06/05/2016 - The progress for this weekend is quite
cool. We built the deck out the French doors.
The awning is temporary to give us some additional shade
while we are working. It will change with the
roofline when we get to that point. We have
something a bit on the artistic side planned for that.
Still need steps and hand railing, but that is the easy
part next to what we did. We also got the plastic
barrier pulled under the building and that will finish
being spread out while we do our least leveling
adjustment next week. Also got the first pieces of
siding along the sides. Next weekend we will be
working on framing in windows, doors and the ventilation
system and are likely to get some more siding in place.
I am ordering the windows this week so they are probably
another week out before they get her. This is also
plea time for donations as the windows and the rest of
the doors are going to run about $700.
Watch our progress here.
Expansion Project
Please join our Facebook group to follow all the changes
as we go through this process.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/194013824308175
05/01/2016 - We are moving right along with out
Expansion. We have the leveling done and the
gravel in and hope to be moving the structure into
place this weekend. Right now our biggest block is
funds. Getting the gravel and dirt we needed
completely tapped our reserves so any and all assistance
is very much appreciated. Only with your help can
we make this a success.
Watch our progress here.
Expansion Project
04/04/2016 - Very exciting news!!! We have
the job trailer here and are started on our Expansion
project. I can hardly believe that this is finally
going to happen. This expansion is to allow us to greatly increase
what we are doing - We anticipate doubling the first
year. Watch our progress here.
Expansion Project
We
have a fund raiser created to cover 7K that will get us
going with this new room ready for the fur kids.
Only with your help can we make this a success.
Please join our Facebook group to follow all the changes
as we go through this process.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/194013824308175
03/28/2016 - Very exciting news!!! We have a
very solid lead on a job trailer that we will attach to
our home and remodel into our rescue room. This is
a project that is a long time in coming and we are just
giddy about getting rolling on it. The intention
of this expansion is to allow us to greatly increase
what we are doing. We hope to have the unit here
later this week and can get started on our destruction -
in order to move into construction. SO - I have
created a new fund raiser to cover 7K that will get us
going with this new room ready for the fur kids.
Only with your help can we make this a success.
Please
join our Facebook group to follow all the changes as we go
through this process.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/194013824308175
03/26/2016 - We are working through some social
media challenges when the folks at FB decided it was time to
convert our account to a fan page. All of our friends
came in as likes, which will not show them all of our posts.
We have created a group and would love to see all of our
friends join this group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/194013824308175
Given this back step we have lost contact with many of our
regular donators. I am working to send out notices via
email, but in the meantime help in sharing our group,
inviting your friends to join is greatly needed.
03/04/2016 - Sunny is our newest special needs
recipient. Of course his coming so soon after Coco means
that I took a huge leap of faith that funding will be here
when we need it. His first vet visit was today. He has an
eye injury that is going to require treatment by a
specialist. They have told me that just the office visit is
$100 - we don't know yet what the extent of the damage is,
but I suspect he is going to require surgery and we have yet
to see if we can save his eye. We received medications and
did blood work today with our regular vet, which was $150.
Sunny's appointment is scheduled for the 29th, and they have
me on the cancellation list hoping to get him earlier. Sunny
is not in pain with this condition and we are taking care to
ensure that he is not rubbing or causing other issues. We
also have a backup plan in case things get worse.
01/08/2015 -
2015 Statistics are in and we had an amazing
year!!!
Rescues - 105 (30 Pomeranian & Pom Mix, 35 Chihuahua
& Chi Mix, 38 from Oregon
Shelters)
Placements - 103 including 5 special needs and 23 Seniors
(13 - 9 years & over, and 10 - 8 years )
Financial needs assistance - 12 instances
Without the assistance of our generous supporters we
couldn't do any of this. Donations are in great need and
can be sent by several methods. We are a 501c3
organization so your donation is tax deductible.
- Our Vet will take donations that are applied directly
to vet care at 503-357-3638.
- You can send to us using paypal friends and family to
christy@displacedpetsrescue.com
- mail to us at 54582 Nehalem Hwy S, Vernonia, OR 97064.
We
will also be kicking off a YouCaring fundraiser in the
next few days for our Senior/Special Needs fund for
2016. In 2015 we had $3300 paid out for just the Vet
care of our Seniors and Special Needs kids.
12/17/2015 - Happy Holidays to everyone. We are
still working applications, setting appointments, and
working through the application process. We will not
be brining in any new kids until after the first of the
year. Time for a little break with our family.
12/10/2015 - We are getting quite excited about our Saturday
the 12th PetSmart event and have some wonderful cuties to
share again. We are only going to be there the one day
from 11-3 so make sure to stop by. This month we are
celebrating our 100th 2015 rescue in Princess!!! and
as I type we now at 104 for this year. Very exciting
to see the impact we can have with our little program.
11/18/2015 - I can hardly believe that it is almost
Thanksgiving. With the holiday season here gift
buying is on everyone's mind. I have received a
couple of calls this week and feel inclined to remind
everyone that a surprise puppy for Christmas is not an
appropriate gift. The person receiving the pet needs
to be involved in these decisions, making the match and
the commitment to love and care for the pet for the rest of
their lives. Of course there are instances when
parents bring home a pet for their children and the parents
are making the commitment to make the pet a family member.
One call I had this week was a young lady wanting to
surprise her sister. Another call was a son wanting
the surprise gift for his mother. Where I
appreciated the care and thought involved, we do need to
work with the adopter to ensure that the match is the right
one, and not just the gift giver.
10/06/2015 - This year is flying past. Because of a
recent incident I want to remind everyone who has one of our
dogs. Please, if you are unable to keep the dog get it back
to me. Because someone did not do this, they gave June
to someone they knew. Then when they had a falling out poor
June (a tiny Chihuahua) ended up in the shelter again.
Because I keep all of our microchips registered to us I was
contacted and able to recover her. This shelter
is great and we work with them all the time. June is here
safe and looking for a new home. I can't describe how upset
I was about the situation. It would have been a simple
thing for them to call me when they needed to place her,
rather June has once again been through the traumas in a
shelter. So please let me know if things change at
your home. If you have someone who wants to adopt let me go
through our process with them. Even a family member
needs to understand our process and agree to our terms.
08/19/2015 - Things are crazy around here. We just took
in 6 Maltese and a Lhasa. They are getting their vet
care tomorrow so you will see pictures being posted soon.
Trouble's recovery is going great. He is using
the foot most of the time and is ready for his new home at
any time now. King is doing great as well. I
know that the right home is out there for these special
needs guys.
06/28/2015 - Heat relief tip for dogs.
Wet a
beach towel and put it in the freezer. Our dogs love them.
They lay sprawled on them for hours sleeping comfortably,
cooling their undersides will cool their bodies. Also, put
some ice cubes in the water dish. The love to play with them
and chewing on them will cool their system.
Remember - shaving your coated dog does not make them
cooler. It actually is removing their insulation and
allowing more heat to penetrate to their body. If you have a
shaved dog make sure to keep them out of the heat as they
can get heat stroke very easily.
If you have a dog that has gotten over heated, wet them
with cool water and give them a cold wet towel to lay
on. Make sure to give them plenty of water. Clear
Pedialite is great for dogs too. It contains
electrolytes that will help them deal with the stress of
the heat, just like our Gatoraid helps us.
06/24/2015- I just found the most amazing on-line training
for families. It is artfully written so children and
adults will begin understanding dog behavior and how to
train children and dogs to interact properly.
http://stopthe77.com
04/06/2015 -
I am
trying something new here. We have tried all kinds of air
filters without much luck. The ones I have worked with all
end up filled with dog hair and dirt, expensive for filters
and simply don't work or don't last. Last weekend I brought
home a new Triad Aer http://www.triadaer.com purifier and just over a week I
am seeing huge changes. The first thing I noticed was that
the dust motes that hang in the air are gone. The air seems
clear and cooler. I have also been having fewer issues with
my asthma and Wickett my seasonal allergy dog is having
fewer issues. It is tough for me to determine if there is
change in any odors, but I have someone who comes in the
mornings to help me and she says, even though we didn't have
bad odors, she smells an improvement with this new filter.
I have created a page where I
will be posting updates we see changes in our
environment. I will also include questions and
comments from others - good or bad. I am way
curious about the experiences of others.
04/02/2015 -
Happy April everyone. Spring is here and we are
still driving hard to get started on our Expansion
Project. We are a long ways from having the funds
to get going. Every single dollar is going to help
us along the way. You will find several means of
donating listed here and you can always email me for
other ways.
03/01/2015 -
Two
wonderful boys looking for a home together. Shadow
and Bear will make great family dog. They are
pretty shy, Bear especially. Looking for the
perfect home that will love these guys for their entire
lives.
02/14/2015 - What
an amazing Valentines day. The PetSmart event was
a blast and all the dogs had so much fun. I
believe (we will know soon) that we have two placements.
Nothing could be better than a lap full of puppy love
for Valentines.
01/04/2015 - We are very excited about the start
of this year. Having placed all but one of
our 2014 rescues it makes for a very positive start.
2014 hit us a little hard with our son's near fatal
accident in September. He is doing well and we
expect a complete recovery. He is even looking
forward to getting back to work soon. Even with
all of our family needs the rescue numbers are
significant. We are thrilled to continue our
works.
Rescues - 84 (51 Pomeranian & Pom Mix)
Placements - 96 including 15 special needs or seniors
Financial needs assistance - 5 instances
Check out our Go Fund Me opportunities.
- Special Needs Fund
http://www.gofundme.com/jgnabg
- Expansion Project
http://www.gofundme.com/jgo6qk
You can
email me for donation options, or donate through paypal friends and family
to christy@displacedpetsrescue.com.
You can donate directly to our Vet, the Companion Pet
Clinic in Scappoose, OR - or - Companion Pet Clinic in
Forest Grove, if you like. We work with both of
these vets on a regular basis. If you do donate directly to
the Vet please advise me, at the above email, so that I can
ensure we get the appropriate credit. You can
also mail a donation to Displaced Pets Rescue, 54582 Nehalem
Hwy S, Vernonia, OR 97064.
12/292014
- With only a couple more days to the new year we so
very excited that we have found home for all but one of our
available dogs. Not to worry though. We are
expecting some new furkids later this week. As
always our ability to do the work you do depends on the
donations that we receive. No amount is to small.
Get your donation in before the first and take advantage of
the tax deduction on your 2014 taxes.
11/20/2014 - I had an encounter with a young visitor
today that touched my heart so profoundly that I felt
inclined to share it.
As Justin sat playing with the furkids his momma told him
"Remember we are just playing with the puppies. We can't
have one where we live, but we can come out to play here
again." Justin answered, "That's ok Mommy, I understand
that." After thinking for a minute he said "Mommy, remember
when you asked me what I wanted for Christmas?" At this
point I could see the pain cross his mothers face, thinking
"oh my, he is going to ask for a puppy". "Yes," she
cautiously answered. Justin continued, "Could I just come
and play with the puppies for Christmas? You don't have to
get me any Christmas Presents you can give the money to the
puppies so that more can get saved. I just want to come and
play with them." OK... Momma and I both cried. Through the
tears Momma replied, "You Bet! We can certainly come and
play with the puppies for Christmas, and I am sure that
Santa will find something wonderful to put under the tree as
well." What a wonderful family and heart. If every one who
read this would donate just a little bit to help out the
puppies, Oh My, what great things we could accomplish.
11/07/2014 - Thank you to everyone who expressed their
well wishes to our family. Neil is doing well.
He is home now an working very hard on his physical therapy.
He still has a long haul ahead of him, but things are
getting better every day.
Things are rolling along here again. Being gone for
two months has definitely left a lot of things to catch up.
Funds are super tight, especially with winter weather
sneaking in on us. The current task is winterizing the
runs so we don't end up with muddy dogs LOL. We have
several wonderful furkids who are looking for their forever
homes, see more detail on them the Available page.
10/01/2014 - Some of you have seen on our Face Book
pages what we have been going through in our personal lives.
Our oldest son was in a an accident on 09/01 and I
have been away helping with his care. I have an
amazing friend who is helping us get through the placement
process with the dogs currently under our care so placements
are happening, just be patient with us please. I will
not be doing much intake until I am back at home, likely
near the end of October.
08/06/2014 -
It has been a bit since I have made an update here. We
have been very busy with rescues and events. Our
feature dog this month is LuChia. She is a super sweet
Chihuahua girl who will love spending time in just the right
lap. We are once again on a disparate quest for funds.
We received a lovely family of Papillion mix dogs in and all
are ill with pneumonia. They are on the mend, but have
left us short of funds. Any assistance would be
greatly appreciated. I will be posting pictures and
listing as available after they are feeling better.
3/17/2014 -
Thank you to all of those who helped, personally and
financially, with our Pom rescue. We didn't cover all
of our expenses, but were only about $300 short. We
have a new case that just came in to us on Friday.
Chestnut is a super sweet Pomeranian/Pekinese mix. She
has at least two hernias that need to be repaired and we are
seeking funds to help with that extensive surgery. You can
email me for donation options, or donate through paypal friends and family
to
christy@displacedpetsrescue.com.
You can also donate directly to our Vet, the Companion Pet
Clinic in Scappoose, OR. If you do donate directly to
the Vet please advise me, at the above email, so that I can
ensure we get the appropriate credit.
01/30/2014 - We have the 10 Poms that arrived yesterday from
a Southern Oregon Shelter and Breeder Surrender. We are in desperate need of funds to get through the vetting
for these guys and are expecting an average of $300 for
each and don't expect our placement donations to cover the
expense. You can donate through paypal friends and family
to
christy@displacedpetsrescue.com.
You can also donate directly to our Vet, the Companion Pet
Clinic in Scappoose, OR. If you do donate directly to
the Vet please advise me, at the above email, so that I can
ensure we get the appropriate credit.
01/10/2014 - Welcome to 2014 - If you are anything
like me I am still struggling with writing the year
correctly. I am thrilled to announce our numbers for
the 2013 year. We are trilled with all of our
accomplishments.
Rescues - 104 (64 Pomeranian & Pom Mix)
Placements - 99 including 11 special needs or seniors
Financial needs assistance - 9 instances
12/20/2013 - We are very excited to be spending the
holiday with our family this Christmas. Our holiday
also includes a couple of birthdays and an anniversary :).
During our vacation I will be processing applications,
answering emails and scheduling visits for after the 1st.
Feel free to complete your application and rest assured that
they will not get lost in the holiday.
Wishing Everyone the very best of Christmas Holidays!!!!
11/27/2013 - Wishing everyone the best of Thanksgiving
memories. Take time to enjoy all of your year's
wonderful memories. We are thankful in that we have
rescued 98 dogs so far this year. We are thankful that
we have placed 91 dogs so far this year. This is a record
for us that we are incredibly proud of. Our Christmas
wish is to have all of our little wards in their forever
homes in time for Christmas. We have so many that will
be wonderful loving family members.
With
the number of rescues we have had some losses this year as
well. We are thankfully remembering the time we had
with Mimi, Timer, Foster and Tiger who all left us to the
rainbow bridge this year. We know that my little angel
dogs are now where they need to be, lounging on the ever
green grass in heaven.
With the special needs cases and the big
Chi rescue, our budget
is stretched very thin.
Our plea for this holiday season is that your open hearts
continue to support the work we are doing.
10/18/2013 - The Chihuahuas are doing great. They are
adjusting so well to being in a home. You can see more
detail on our Available page about each one as they become
available for their new homes.
We are in desperate needs of funds for the vet care that
these guys needed. Please consider a donation to help
us get them all healthy and into their forever homes.
Donate Here
  
10/06/2013 - our Chihuahuas have arrived. They are
doing great considering what they have been through.
We will be making the trip to the Vet tomorrow with most for
spay/neuters. One is in heat and will wait until that
is done and we have two that we believe may be pregnant so
will wait a bit to see if they are or not. We also
received a sweet momma with little Baby Hope.
Those two will be with us for a bit until baby is older.
We expect that these dogs will
require vetting between $150 and $500 in expenses for each
dog depending on the extent of their needs. Their
placement fees will not cover our Vet expenses so we are
putting out the plea for donations. Please help us
save these dogs.
See more pictures and detail at
this link.
10/04/2013 - Tomorrow is the large surrender of
13 Chihuahuas. Thinking, other than Vet Funds, we are in
pretty good shape. From our conversations we
know that these dogs are living in a "out building" and that
they have not had much handling. We don't know what to
expect in behaviors. We do expect that these dogs will
require vetting between $150 and $500 in expenses for each
dog depending on the extent of their needs. Their
placement fees will not cover our Vet expenses so we are
putting out the plea for donations. Please help us
save these dogs.
We are doing great for personnel on Saturday and Sunday, but
are still open for a couple of nearby fosters for a few
weeks while we work to find appropriate homes. We have
our vet schedule for the 7th when he will be
spaying/neutering all of them who pass our health screening. These dogs will begin becoming available end of the week.
Here
are some finished sots from the run work on the 20th.
Loving the added brick.
09/24/2013 - We are going to be doing a large surrender of
13 Chihuahuas on Oct. 5th. From our conversations we
know that these dogs are living in a "out building" and that
they have not had much handling. We don't know what to
expect in behaviors. We do expect that these dogs will
require vetting between $150 and $500 in expenses for each
dog depending on the extent of their needs. Their
placement fees will not cover our Vet expenses so we are
putting out the plea for donations. Please help us
save these dogs.
We
do have the personnel we need for the pickup, but could
use some help on Sunday,
the 6th, for the bathing portion of the rescue.
We have our vet schedule for the 7th when he will be
spaying/neutering all of them who are healthy enough.
These dogs will begin becoming available end of the
week.
09/22/2013 - Our PetSmart and Antropologies events
were great fun and the dogs got tons of cuddles.
Many
thanks to the friends and family of Lois Lepschat for the
generous donations in her memory. Every penny is being
put to very good use. Lois adopted "Calvin" (his
name at the time of the rescue) one of the Poms from our
2011 mass surrender.
   
09/11/2013 - We are so pleased with Hunter's recovery.
I can't wait to find his perfect home.
He will be participating his first rescue event at PetSmart
this weekend.
With the special needs cases we have worked through
recently, and the seniors that are slow to place, our budget
is stretched very thin. We are definitely in need of
some additional funds in order to keep up this momentum.
If you would like to donate to help these special needs
babies you can do that below and specify the dog the funds
are intended to benefit. Thanks so much for your
caring assistance.
Upcoming Events
September 13 & 14 from 11 to 4 - Hillsboro PetSmart
Helpers for doggie handlers are way welcome.
September 20th - Friday - Work day
Install awning flashing, lay patio blocks in runs for mud
control, stain and seal deck and awning posts.
September 21st - Saturday -
Anthropologie, Sit, Stay, Love Event at downtown
location, 1115 NW Couch Street, Portland.
 08/12/2013 - The
Awning project went great. I can hardly believe that
we got it all up in one day. Just in time for the rain
on Saturday. No more wet muddy dogs YAY!!!
Thank you so much to all who helped.
We
are currently hosting a full house of rescues and between
our special needs cases and the summer projects are budget
is stretched very thin. We are
 definitely in need of
some additional funds to proceed with some vet care for our
special needs kids. Hunter needs to have a surgery to
remove a mass in his chest. We believe that this is
going to run about $1500. Polly needs surgery to
repair a hernia and remove a lump, which will be about $300.
If you would like to donate to help these special needs
babies you can do that below and specify the dog the funds
are intended to benefit. Thanks so much for your
caring assistance.
08/06/2013 - The results of our P3 Breed
Identification Contest are posted. Find out the
surprise results.
Click here to see the details.
We
are currently hosting a full house of rescues and between
our special needs cases and the summer projects are budget
is stretched very thin. We are definitely in need of
some additional funds to proceed with some vet care for our
special needs kids. Hunter needs to have a surgery to
remove a mass in his chest. We believe that this is
going to run about $1500. Polly needs surgery to
repair a hernia and remove a lump, which will be about $300.
If you would like to donate to help these special needs
babies you can do that below and specify the dog the funds
are intended to benefit. Thanks so much for your
caring assistance.
We
are working hard to get ready for the awning project on
Friday. Hoping for enough help to get it all completed
in the one day, but do have some who are willing to come
back on the weekend for the odds and ends that need to be
finished. More helpers would be appreciated so feel
free to pop in to help. We are providing a lunch that
will be served about 1PM. Work schedule is from 11 to
4, but we will be working earlier and all are welcome.
Email me if you need directions.
christy@displacedpetsrescue.com
07/04/2013
- Today we are kicking off our P3 Breed Identification
Contest. This will run through the end of July and the
prize if 50% of the donations.
Click
here to find out more details.
Upcoming Events
We will be
visiting at PetSmart in Hillsboro during AirShow weekend
Friday July 26 from 11AM to
4PM
Saturday July 27th from 2PM to 6PM
Sunday July 28th from 12Noon to 4PM
August 9th - 11 AM to 4 PM - Awning project day. We
have several folks coming and welcome more to help install
the awning that will completely cover our inside run and
deck run. Lunch will be provided.
 06/09/2013
- Just a quick update to introduce everyone to our 50th
rescue for this year. Kuzco is a super sweet poodle
that came to us from Bonnie Hayes. Next goal is 50
placements - we are getting close.
06/04/2013
- Have gotten a great kickoff into summer.
See the pictures of our Shrub Project on our
Adoption Events page.
We will be
visiting at PetSmart in Hillsboro Saturday June 8 from 11AM to
4PM.
Big workday
coming up - Mark Your Calendar - Friday, June 21st from 11am to
4pm - The projects are: Fencing completion - will be
hanging the last of the chain link fence that is along the road
and putting in the top rails. AND - Awning project.
Installing three sections of awning. This will give
covered deck run and one completely covered yard run. This
is very exciting for me - no more wet dogs when it is raining.
We are looking for a total of about 8 to 12 people to help out
with these. Lunch will be provided.
05/29/2013
- Have some fun stuff coming up over the next few
weeks.
This
weekend - Saturday the 1st, we will be planting 18 bushes
that will form a hedge around our runs. This will not
only provide additional shade for the fur kids, it will cut
down on some of the noise. Pat and I intend to start
the digging and planting about 11am. Any additional
assistance would be hugely appreciated.
Big
workday coming up - Mark Your Calendar - Friday, June 21st
from 11am to 4pm - The projects are: Fencing
completion - will be hanging the last of the chain link
fence that is along the road and putting in the top rails.
AND - Awning project. Installing three sections of
awning. This will give covered deck run and one
completely covered yard run. This is very exciting for
me - no more wet dogs when it is raining. We are
looking for a total of about 8 to 12 people to help out with
these. Lunch will be provided.
We will be
visiting at PetSmart in Hillsboro Saturday June 8 from 11AM to
4PM.
05/07/2013
- WOW didn't we take a leap into summer. I can't
believe that it is May already. Currently we have a
couple of very special girls in house. Tilly is a
super sweet girl who has had some scary changes in her past.
She is super shy and now after almost a week we are
beginning to see her coming around. Casey is another
girl who is going to need some very special care. It
appears that she is blind in one eye. She is coming
around but it is going slow and easy. Both are looking
for very special patient homes.
We are
delighted to now be a Pet Partner with Pet Smart now as well
as Pet Co. Our first PetSmart was a huge success with
several placements stemming from applications at that event.
We will be at PetCo on TV Highway in Hillsboro on Saturday
from 12 to 4. Stop by and visit.
04/15/2013
- I can't believe that Spring is upon us. Things are
staying busy around here for sure. We have had some
wonderful and touching successes this year already.
One was a very special placement for a service dog.
Boogie's story can be found on our Happy Tails page.
We are
working out the schedule for our awning project, and the
completion of our fencing project. I expect that will
be scheduled for the first part of June. Specific
dates will be posted as soon as they are available.
I am
also working through some grant applications. If there
is anyone out there who has experience in writing grants and
submitting them I could definitely use an experienced hand
with it.
12/31/2012
- As I sit here on my couch, with my lap full of our little
rescues, watching the snow fall and enjoying the fireplace
light, I find myself thinking on the past year with a lot of
pride. We have accomplished so much in 2012 and are
getting excited about our new goals for 2013, which we will
be announcing in the next couple of weeks.
2012 Key
Accomplishments
-
Taken in 67
rescue dogs from shelters and private surrender. Of
those 67 we have placed 54 (12 currently in residence).
-
Helped with
4 critical needs Vet Care assistance - keeping dogs in
homes where they would have been surrendered otherwise.
-
Took on two
new "Special Needs" - Extended stay dogs.
-
Awning
expansion - first level expanded - two more sections to
go.
-
Fencing
project - main part completed, remaining 100ft will wait
for better weather and some muscle assistance.
-
Kicked off
our expansion plan. We now have a contractors
estimate and are preparing our grant applications.
I would like to
thank everyone who has helped us along the way this year.
We could not have accomplished any of this without your
help.
10/30/2012
- We made the tough decision to delay our awning project
this year as we just were not finding the labor resources we
needed to complete it. Seems that people avoid working
in the cold LOL imagine that :) We will put this one
back on our list in the Spring.
We have our
fencing project half done and looking really great and have
even done a little curb appeal adding some wonderful
shrubs that will give us very pretty flower backgrounds for
pictures. The fence will provide that safety net for
dogs that might wander to closely to the road.
Hopefully we will get the last 100 foot section completed
this weekend.
We are still looking for a contractor who will work with us to do an
estimate for our "Addition Project". We are preparing to apply for some grant funding and
need to have some structure around that application. I have
the basic plans but am in need someone in the
field help me get to the next step. We will be taking
these plans and applying for Grants as our next step.
10/10/2012 -
With Winter rapidly approaching we are working very hard to
complete a couple of projects this month. Here is the
work schedule, if you want to drop in an help any and all
assistance is greatly appreciated. Call or Email me
for directions.
We are also
still looking for a contractor who will work with us to do an
estimate for our "Addition Project". We are preparing to apply for some grant funding and
need to have some structure around that application. I have
the basic plans but am in need someone in the
field help me get to the next step. We will be taking
these plans and applying for Grants as our next step.
Title: Fence
Project – Part 1
Date: 10/24/2012
Time: 11 AM to 4PM
Volunteers: 4
Brief Description of Activity: Drill post holes,
and cement set fencing posts. Finish ground
leveling. Fencing is intended to protect
visiting dogs from highway access.
Title: Awning
Installation
Date: 10/24/2012
Time: 11 AM to 4PM
Volunteers: 4-8
Brief Description of Activity: Install awning
covering the dog runs. This installation will
fully cover two dog areas giving them weather
protection for outdoor exercise through the
winter.
Title: Fence
Project – Part II
Date: 10/31/2012
Time: 11 AM to 4PM
Volunteers: 4
Brief Description of Activity: Stretch and
attach chain link fencing fabric, install top
rails. Fencing is intended to protect
visiting dogs from highway access.
09/16/2012 -
Wahoo :) we just announced the addition of Boarding and
Grooming services as fund raising efforts.
Check out what we have to
offer.
09/13/2012
- This has been a busy month with several projects in
process. We are definitely feeling hints of fall in
the air so are feeling pushed to get the first ones
completed.
We have a fence
building job in process. If you would like to come and
help us string about 400 feet of chain link we are trying to
schedule volunteers. Hopefully we are looking at Wed
or Thurs of next week 09/19 or 20.
Please email me at
Christy@DisplacedPetsRescue.com if you can
help.
Upcoming
project - Awning Extension. We are hoping to complete this
before winter hits, but... funds what they are we don't know if
we will make it. We need about $600 more to purchase the
lumber and metal. This addition will double the "out of
weather" space we currently have outside.
We
are also still working on
creating an
estimate and budget for our "Addition Project". We are preparing to apply for some grant funding and
need to have some structure around that application. I have
the basic plans but am in need someone in the
field help me get to the next step. We will be taking
these plans and applying for Grants as our next step.
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