You've Got Mail

Bunny here, taking over the keyboard to type a thank you!

I got an envelope in the mail the other day and I was so excited to see what it could be.  I perched on the couch and got ready to open it up.  I saw that it was from Boomer over at Nubbin' Tails.

He sent me a note and a bandanna for Paw It Forward.  It's like the bandanna people knew me when they made it!  It says "If You Can Read This, Start Petting!"  I love it, Boomer. thank you!  Please excuse Morgan's nose print in the picture.  She got a little too curious about my loot.

Since I finally have control of the keyboard, I'd also like to tell you that my friends Bully and Nelson have finally started their own blog. Their mom makes those cool collars that we have with our names on them, the amazing stockings that look like us, and they shared their lives with Martin, one of the Fort Worth twenty eight who passed away just three weeks after his rescue due to distemper.  Anyroo, they have all kinds of fun goings on over there at Brother 2 Bother, so feel free to drop in and say hi!  Tell them Bunny sent you.  Maybe they'll get their mom to make me something!  Just kidding!

Another blog I'd like to tell you about is Sweetheart's Story.  Sweetheart is a Greyhound who was just recently rescued from a backyard where she was tied up and left to die.  The beginning of her story is sad, and some of the pictures are hard to see sometimes, but reading her blog is like a real life fairy tale.  Every day, she seems to get a little better, and I'm a big fan of her spirit.  Her foster mom has asked that people not post angry comments about what happened to her, but to just try to help celebrate the victories that Sweetheart is making on her road to recovery.  Feel free to visit her and help cheer her on!

The weather here is going to be perfect for us to get out and enjoy the Labor Day holiday weekend.  I am so excited for it to get here that I can barely stay inside my own fur.  I hope you're all going to have a great weekend!  Does anybody have any exciting plans?

Paw It Forward

Bunny here, with a big thank you for Miss Mayzie for sending us this wonderful package in the name of Paw It Forward!

First, I saw that it was addressed to me.  I thought that meant that everything inside should be mine.  Mom said we'd have to open it and see.

Well, there was a nice card from Mayzie and some cool magnets.  We already have those on the refrigerator!

There were also four stuffies and four treat bags.  I suppose that means there was one for everybody!  Morgan says thanks for including her, too, Mayzie!

The rules of Paw It Forward say that we're supposed to pick three friends to send gifts to.  However, we have a feeling that almost everybody has paid it forward already.   So, we were thinking we'd put a twist on it.  Instead of sending presents, we were thinking we'd send the green papers we would have spent buying toys and treats to a few places where it could do some good. 

We were already planning on sponsoring The Thundering Herd for their walk for Sarge's Animal Rescue.  Now we figure, we'll just send a little more than the $5 so that they can help Sarge's do their good work.  If you'd like to help sponsor them, and win a chance to have your dog in a picture with them on a t-shirt, go over and see them for the details!

There was a recent raid on a dog hoarder in Texas and our friends with GALT are trying to help since sixteen of the dogs seized are Greyhounds.  They're desperately seeking donations of any kind to help these dogs who are in really bad shape.  I will warn you that the video is very hard to watch and if it bothers you to see dogs in bad shape, it might be better to skip it.  There are also some Salukis who were seized and are also in rescue.  If you want to make some kind of donation to help them take care of these Greyhounds, you can do so.  I can assure you that it will be greatly appreciated and they do wonderful work for the dogs that come into their care.

So, that's how we're planning to Paw It Forward.  I hope that's okay with everybody out there.  We know it will continue to make a huge difference to dogs in the long run.  Thank you so much, Mayzie!