Re: [PyrNet-L] 6 not 5!!!

["marybyrd" <marybyrd@market1.com>]

Do you know how I could find out if there is a Pyr rescue in Colorado
Springs  CO.  If I did rescue could I work outside the home part-time or is
rescue a full time job.  Is there any other options to help out beside
rescue.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dogsownme@aol.com <Dogsownme@aol.com>
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Date: Thursday, August 06, 1998 6:04 AM
Subject: Re: [PyrNet-L] 6 not 5!!!


>Thank you all for the words of encouragement, however I must say that I am
a
>very small link in the whole rescue process.  Every dog (150+ in the past
>year) has had a person from a shelter, or a concerned individual call me,
and
>a person for me to turn to with the dog to help find it a home.  I try only
to
>pull dogs who have a rescue group, but have occasionally (LOL) pulled one
with
>no rescue, and sure enough someone will help me out, such as the 2 golden
>retrievers I found in a shelter who were both heartworm positive, their
rescue
>is paying for their treatment and have homes waiting for them as soon as
they
>get over their kennel cough so that I can get them in for their treatment.
>Foster homes, vet discounts, and now from PetSmart donated food and some
>beautiful stainless steel cages loaned to me, all make this possible
>(actually, if I could get telephone service or gasoline donated I would
think
>I had won the lotto!!!!!!!)
>
>Most of all, people like Mitzi, are the ones who truly make rescue work.
If
>we didn't have a home waiting for these guys, they could not be rescued. I
>thank God every day for giving me this opportunity to work with these
animals
>as well as the paitence and humor necessary to get thru each situation.
>
>Marcie
>