B4TC…A Person Who Is The Change for Animals
Hey Guys! Sorry to be late today…but I have been story boarding this post for hours with Mom. I am so excited to be pawticipating for the very first time in the B4TC event!!!
You already know I am totally focused on helping people learn about the joys of adopting cats, dogs, and whatever pets they may want. But I focus on blogging about cats and dogs, ‘cuz…welll….ahhhhh…let’s see….ummmm….first, I AM A CAT! Second…Mom used to have DOGS…that’s what we know most about…
I understand that B4TC is focused on talking about how we can “BE THE CHANGE FOR ANIMALS”…so, I am gonna try to do that.
My post today is about a PERSON, a DOG, and some PILOTS…and of course, a teeny little bit about me and my rescue…trust me…this all TOTALLY ties together.
People who ARE the Change for Animals are peeps who dedicate time, energy, resources and love to making good things happen for us cats and dogs who need rescuing and fostering and being adopted into our furrever homes.
My story today is about a Miss Tammy…who was the person who snatched me from the public shelter literally hours before I was to be …ummm…ya know…like, ended. Ahemm…she took me home, fostered me until a private no kill cat shelter could find space for me.
That is how I ended up at Kitty Corner where Dad and Mom found me, the rest you already know.
Miss Tammy is THE PERSON…who IS THE CHANGE FOR ANIMALS…she volunteers at our county shelter, at my former private shelter, and she works with this great organization called PILOTS AND PAWS.
Miss Tammy was invited to contribute to a book just out called DOG Is My Co-Pilot, by Patrick Regan.
The book…
…is brilliant!!!…check out this inside cover…Mr Whitman could not have said it better…
Miss Tammy helped rescue a sweet little Daschund, Sammie. She fostered him and then helped get him to the plane so he could be flown to his furrever home…from Nor Calif to So Calif…
Sammie’s story is not a good one…this is what they wrote in his ‘bio’ when he was trying to find a furrever home…
“Sammie was rescued August 7, 2009, from his neglectful owners. He had some sort of trauma to his hind end which was not taken care of and it turned in to a full blown infection. The vet believed he was bitten by another dog. By the time we got him to a vet his tail was barely hanging on by a thread and his anus was just one giant infection.
The vet spent hours removing his tail and reconstructing a new anus. He was on heavy antibiotics and is now doing great. He is a very friendly, social, happy boy. Sammie is great with everybody including cats and other dogs, big and small.
Sammie has been neutered, microchipped and updated on his vaccines. We need a VERY caring person (or Rescue group) to take him is because he may be a little incontinent due to the nature of his condition and he also might need surgery again in the future. He is still currently wearing an e-collar. Sammie is a total “wiggle-butt” and needs a lifelong, caring new home.”
Now, his story ends really well…but first, check out Sammie…isn’t he just the cutest dude!!…so pawsomely handsome!!!
Long story short (you could get the book and read pages 104 to 107)…Sammie made two flights…one that didn’t work out afterall…but the RETURN FLIGHT…landed him SMACK DAB in his furrever home with Miss Tammy….YEA SAMMIE!!!
Can you find him in his pile of plushy toys???…
Sammie and Miss Tammy pawticipate in the local Humane Society’s Paws to Read…it is a children’s program which helps kids in primary school improve their reading skills…check out Sammie and Miss Tammy with this little girl…
That is what it takes to BE THE CHANGE FOR ANIMALS…Miss Tammy is my PERSON, Sammie is THE DOG, and PILOTS AND PAWS are the, well…obvious (vocab builder) isn’t it???…they are THE PILOTS…
Finally, the teeny bit about me…and Miss Tammy and her living the change for animals. Remember this photo of me…my intake photo at the county shelter…
Because a PERSON is dedicating her life to BEING THE CHANGE FOR ANIMALS…I now look like this…
Thank you Miss Tammy…and Paw Pats for sweet Sammie and all those Pilots
Here is the Face Book page for Pilots and Paws
https://www.facebook.com/pilotsnpawsfanpage
Come back next Sunday for my second part to this story AND I am giving away 5 copies of the book Dog Is My Co-Pilot, by Patrick Regan…see you next Sunday…
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