Rescue Journal

down memory lane

Carol  ·  Feb. 9, 2014

19 yrs official at this...(unofficially...my sister and I picked up our first stray 45 years ago..her name was duchess, a DLH orange and white tabby who lived to 18 yrs of age...we hid her under an apple basket under a bush in the backyard for a couple of days before our mom caught us...there were a few strays over the years after that.)

1995..started fostering by taking in spca ringworm cats and kittens and moms with new babes.

1996... my 17 yr old daughter sustained almost 100 bite punctures and scratches from a psyched out spca new momma cat i had stashed in my room....ooops, violently hormonal cats can cause a lot of damage...(that cat once her hormones settled, got a very good home.)

1997... found private rescue with SANS when we adopted tyra..and almost got killed in my backyard by an old abandoned rotti named duke. he was one of my very first "official" rescues...sadly duke did not survive. i really did not know what I was doing. still... I was a trooper and many more foster dogs came thru my doors to practice on and I did start to learn a few things.

2000 opened Katies Place under SANS umbrella but was still fostering senior dogs and cats in my home.

2003 KP officially went it alone.

2004 left KP (bringing all of my fosters with me) and opened SAINTS

2014 still living with a bunch of old animals and carrying around a fat old dog who said she could not walk but 1 hour later did walk when it suited her.

maybe I haven't learned all that much after all.

Comments

lynne

yeah tess you know how to get what u want. lol wow brenda good for u. see it does pay to love old unwanted animals. what a great officer.

Brenda

There's a lot of animals grateful that you stuck with rescue - and I am grateful to SAINTS specifically today for saving me a speeding ticket of $196.00. I was pulled over on my way in ,and when asked where I was headed in such a hurry, the officer decided that I must be a good person to be volunteering at an Animal Rescue on a Sunday morning, and only gave me a warning with a smile. Wow, I was so surprised and thankful to have an animal lover catch me on radar. Made my day, and I will definitely watch my speed from now on. Never thought of mentioning PAC to him either!!