2009 Shelter Challenge – We need your votes!!!

Help Dhana Metta Rescue Society win a $20,000 grant!

The Animal Rescue Site

Hello again to all of our friends, supporters, adopters, volunteers and everyone else that helped us win last year!! It is time once again to place your votes for us everyday in the Shelter Challenge.

Vote for us at www.theanimalrescuesite.com and we could win $20,000 to help pets in need.

The Animal Rescue Site is hosting a special challenge for eligible Petfinder.com member shelter and rescue groups. The grand prize is a $20,000 grant, and they will be awarding many other grants to rescue groups with the most votes — a total of $100,000 in grants for animal welfare organizations.

Think how many animals we could help for $20,000!

Help us win! All you have to do is click to help rescued animals, and then vote in The Animal Rescue Site $100,000 Shelter+ Challenge. Both of these actions are absolutely free! You can vote once a day, every day, from April 13 through July 26,2009. Every time you vote, or tell a friend to vote, you are making a huge difference for us.

Vote today!
Visit: www.theanimalrescuesite.com

Dhana Metta Rescue Society is committed to helping as many animals as we possibly can. From homeless dogs and cats, to special needs, we try to raise enough for every pet that needs help. We were a private rescue for 12 years, and decided to become a non-profit society in 2008.

Since August of 2008 we have rescued and placed 113 cats & dogs into loving forever homes. We always need a bigger team of committed foster families, your no longer needed small dog collars, leashes, crates and other doggie stuff. You can make donations directly to our society by mailing a cheque to #235-2607 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC V5R 5H4, or sponsor a pet through our Petfinder site located at the left hand side of this weblog. You can also donate directly to any one of the veterinary clinics that we work with – Alta Vista Animal Hospital 604 221 5858, or Canada West Veterinary Specialists 604 473 4882. Even the smallest donation helps in many ways!!

The Animal Rescue Site is a “Click to Give” website. You can click on a button to help fund food and care for animals. It’s free, and only takes a second of your time. Click every day!

Petfinder.com is an online, searchable database of animals that need homes, and a directory of more than 12,000 animal shelters and adoption organizations across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Again, we thank you all for helping us win last year, and now we hope you will help again this year by voting for us everyday in the Shelter Challenge.

Linus and Olivia – Both Adopted

Sleepy PuppiesLinus and Olivia are Basset Hound crosses, but they don’t seem to have those short legs and long bodies, so your guess is as good as ours.  They are 13 weeks old now and weighing in at 13 lbs.  Though their personalities are relaxed like a basset, they play like puppies.

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Linus and Olivia seem very attached to eachother.  If you pick one up the other one cries.  Maybe they could find a home together, but they would adjust over time if separated.  They arrived on March 8, and have been in foster care since.  They have been dewormed, vaccinated, vet checked.  And their adoption fee includes their spay and neuter plus tattoo.

These pups do not look like they are going to be small dogs, but nonetheless they are adorable and very good!

If you are interested in giving a wonderful home to these great pups together or individually, please email us at dhanametta@yahoo.ca for an adoption application.  Home visits are mandatory.  Adoption fee $495.

Little Ella

UPDATE ON ELLA

We didn’t have much luck raising the money needed for Ella’s surgery.  We only reached a total of approximately $700.  Time was running out.  Ever since Ella came into our care, one of the surgeons at Canada West was very interested in her.  We had many discussions, and their family also had many discussions.

Their family had always wanted a dog, but were concerned about allergies, so we decided to let them take Ella home to see how things went.  Needless to say, things went wonderfully and they decided to adopt Ella.

The great part about the surgeon adopting Ella was that she would get her surgery, even though we had only raised $700. She got her surgery and she got her forever home.

We thank all those that contributed to Ella’s cause, the foster families that cared for her in the interm, all the selfless folks that were interested in adopting her, and we give a huge thank you to the folks at Canada West Veterinary Specialists.

Namaste

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