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ALR would like to extend a big thank you to our 2015 Bark for Art sponsors. We could not hold this event, which is our major fundraiser of the year, without their generous support.
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This month Atlanta Lab Rescue is celebrating “The Mix.”
Did you know that the largest percentage of dogs euthanized in the shelters are medium to large mixed breeds? Even most multi-breed rescues shy away from the larger dogs because they are more expensive to board and vet. Not us! ALR has always championed the mixes and having one of the highest adoption rates in town, we love that you do too!
From now until the end of May, we will be concentrating on and highlighting our “one-of-a-kind dogs.” We believe we have some awesome dogs to choose from and for the rest of the month, we will take $100 off of our adoption fee for our mixed breed dogs. ALR’s vetting includes all vaccines, worming, spay/neuter, microchip and complete blood panel. That’s a deal!
Watch our Facebook and website for postings highlighting these dogs and if you see one you like, just go to our Available Dogs section to view our gorgeous pups and then fill out an online application. Hurry…May Mix Month will be over before you know it.
For the Top 10 Reasons to Adopt a Mixed Breed click on the link below
http://www.petmd.com/dog/slideshows/care/top-ten-reasons-mixed-breeds-are-awesome
The next Adoption Day will be June 28th from 1-3 at Southern Tails Academy in Marietta
The next Adoption Day will be June 28th from 1-3 at Southern Tails Academy in Marietta. Southern Tails is one of our boarding/training partners and we had such a good time last month that they invited us back every month. It’s a large and very relaxed area and the perfect place to spend time and really get to know our dogs.
We will have a free ALR training class after the Adoption! The class will start at 3 and will last for about an hour. Ken Dupcak will address many of the issues that are relative to rescue dogs. If you’ve adopted a dog you’re invited and we would love perspective “parents” to stay and take the class too. We promise that the knowledge imparted in this class could change your life, no kidding….plus it’ll be entertaining. You don’t need to bring your dog, but the family is welcome and its FREE!
Southern Tails is located at 2566 East Piedmont Rd in Marietta. For directions or to learn more, please go to www.southerntailsacademy.com
Give a Little, Get a Little, Help a Lot
The season of gift-giving is here and we’re hoping that we can help you find the perfect gift for the hard to please AND help Atlanta Lab Rescue. For a limited time, we will be offering several Atlanta Lab Rescue items that you can order for yourself or we can send them to everyone on your shopping list. Each gift item will include a holiday hang tag indicating that a donation was made from you in their honor. They get a nice gift AND you can feel good about because it benefits Atlanta Lab Rescue. So take a look at the items we’re offering and cross off people on your list without leaving your house. If you would like to order a few things for yourself, we won’t tell. All items include the cost of shipping. Orders for holiday delivery must be placed by December 17th.
Give a Little, Get a Little, Help a lot! (November Newsletter)
The season of gift-giving is here and we’re hoping that we can help you find the perfect gift for the hard to please AND help Atlanta Lab Rescue. For a limited time, we will be offering several Atlanta Lab Rescue items that you can order for yourself or we can send them to everyone on your shopping list. Each gift item will include a holiday hang tag indicating that a donation was made from you in their honor. They get a nice gift AND you can feel good about because it benefits Atlanta Lab Rescue. So take a look at the items we’re offering and cross off people on your list without leaving your house. If you would like to order a few things for yourself, we won’t tell. All items include the cost of shipping. Orders for holiday delivery must be placed by December 13th.
CLICK HERE TO VISIT OUR STORE!
Another great gift idea that benefits Atlanta Lab Rescue is Bravelets, a collection of unique jewelry specifically created for ALR. To order go to www.bravelets.com and “search” Atlanta Lab Rescue. They will donate $10 for every item purchased. But wait!!! On December the 2nd, for one day only, they will donate $20 each and shipping is free!!! That could really add up!
In addition to these great gifts, don’t forget that you can help us out even when you shop Amazon.com. By simply going to www.smile.amazon.com and designating Atlanta Lab Rescue as your charity of choice. A portion of the profit from everything you buy goes to help ALR dogs!
If shopping is not your thing, but you like to walk. You can raise money for ALR every time you go for a stroll with “Walk for a Dog.” Just go to www.wooftrax.com download the app and start raising money for ALR. It’s a walk in the park…literally!
So many ways to help Atlanta Lab Rescue and so little time.
Santa Paws at Perk-n-Poch
Nothing says Merry Christmas like a visit with Santa Paws at Perk-N-Pooch November 21, 2014, 6pm–9pm. This is sure to be an event the whole family can enjoy, even your pooch.
A professional photographer will be taking pictures so be sure to bring the entire family. Please visit our Facebook Event page for additional information.
Change in Adoption Day—Now Sunday, December 7, 1–3pm at Perk-N-Pooch
Please note the change in our Adoption Day. We have had to move our adoption day again due to the upcoming inclement weather. It is now on Sunday, December 7, 1–3pm. This will be our final adoption event of 2014! Atlanta Lab Rescue has so many great dogs for you to come meet so come see us at our Adoption Day, Sunday November 23th from 1-3pm at Perk-N-Pooch in Sandy Springs. We are adding new dogs every day so keep checking the website and email us if you see a dog you want to meet. See you there!
The Bark for Art 10th Anniversary EXTRAVAGANZA is almost here!!!
The Bark for Art 10th Anniversary EXTRAVAGANZA is almost here!!!
On Saturday, August 23rd Westside Foundry and Marketplace, an 85,000 square foot treasure trove of art, antiques and furnishings, will open its doors to host the party of the year!Come and groove to the funky sounds of the Clermont Lounge’s own celebrity DJ, Romeo Cologne, while enjoying great food and libations. For your added pleasure, there will be entertainment throughout the entire venue and a silent auction full of surprises. Best of all 100% of the proceeds will go to benefit Atlanta Lab Rescue!
Join the fun. Meet new friends. SAVE A DOG!
Tickets are $35 at the door or at www.barkforart.org and include food, beverages and entertainment.
Click here to buy tickets!
www.barkforart.org
Shop The Rustic Feather and support Atlanta Lab Rescue!
The Rustic Feather is donating $10.00 to ALR per purchase of this beautiful dog tag necklace! The necklace is classic and understated, it is perfect for everyday!
Also 10% of month’s profit goes to ALR! Visit them today! www.therusticfeather.com
July Newsletter – $5 Friday!
photo by Smitty
FIVE DOLLAR FRIDAY!!We need money…BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. I get it. You’re tired of hearing it. It’s like going to church and finding out it’s “Stewardship Sunday.” You came for an uplifting message to make you feel good, but instead it’s going to be about money and budgets…Bottom line is that “non-profit” is just that, which means that nothing happens without your help.The $5 Friday last week was nothing short of lackluster partly due to my screw up with not putting the correct “donate” link in the email, making it harder to figure out how to donate online. For those of you who figured it out and made a donation, a special thank you for taking up my slack! Your help enabled us to make a few payments that kept us current (enough) with three of our vets to bring in more dogs, which we did…13 of them (July 4th shelter holdouts).
I’ve been trying all week to come up with a message for this $5 Friday (the sequel) that would motivate and inspire you to want to take the time to go online or write a check and make a donation. A friend emailed me an article earlier in the week about the last day of a three-legged rescue dog named Duke, chronicled in pictures. There were pictures of him playing in a fountain, getting tummy rubs, eating a plate of hamburgers and finally lying peacefully “asleep” on a blanket. The pictures were heartwarming as well as heartbreaking. At the end of the article was a video of the day they rescued him from the shelter. As I watched the video, I realized how different this story about his life, especially how it ended, would have been had he not been rescued. The fact that 67% of all shelter dogs are black mixes, and yet he made it out and lived this wonderful life, makes his story even more amazing.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/this-story-of-a-dogs-last-day-on-earth-is-beautiful-and-hear
The concept of $5 Friday is reaching out to enough people, so no one has to pony up much money if everyone participates. We have 2000+ people in our database of adopters and volunteers and over 10,000 Facebook followers. Theory would have it that you all like labs (and lab mixes), you like ALR and you like what we do, so donating $5 (or more) to keep this ship afloat should be easy and make you feel good (I know it makes us feel good!). Please take a couple of minutes and click on the link at the bottom and show our pups some LOVE…
If you would like to get more bang for your buck, go to www.barkforart.org and buy a ticket for $35 to the 10th Anniversary Bark for Art EXTRAVAGANZA on August 23rd. There will be food and libations, music and dancing and a host of entertainers to amuse you. This will be the party that everyone talks about for the rest of the year and you and your friends don’t want to miss it.
To donate, please visit our website and click donate on the big red lab:
Save the Date | Adoption Day | July 27th
Visit our available dogs on Sunday, July 27th from 1-3pm. We will be at our regular location, Perk-N-Pooch, in Sandy Springs. Meet with our available dogs, speak with foster families, and fill out your adoption papers all in one spot! See you then!
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Rescue Dogs
We found a great article in Woman’s Day magazine and wanted to share it here with you! 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Rescue Dogs shares some great facts about how to rescue a dog, the patience that it takes sometimes to become a “family”, and so many warm hearted moments that you can only experience with a dog that you have saved! We invite you to check out this article and share it with your dog loving friends!
How to Foster A Dog
As many of your know from reading our Facebook page, we cannot save dogs without our foster families! At this time of year, holidays, we are especially in need of help because our boarding partners are full. If we cannot get foster help to house our dogs, we cannot pull them from shelters or abusive situations….and we all know what that means for these loving deserving dogs. Please read this article and consider being an ALR Foster and help these awesome dogs! If you are interested in fostering, please email us at info@atlantalabrescue.com and we will be happy to send you information.
Thank you!
ALR
ALR $5 Friday is BACK!
Back by Popular Demand
Just in the Nick of Time
It’s $5 FRIDAY!The ever popular $5 Friday is back and we are asking you to rescue ALR. Once again, our expenses have far exceeded our receipts and we need your help. The idea is for everyone who sees this to donate $5 (or more) and with everyone’s participation, we can pay our vet bills and help more dogs.
In the rescue community, ALR no longer means Atlanta Lab Rescue, instead we’re known as “ A Last Resort “ rescue. That’s right, we’re the rescue that you can always depend on to swoop in and take the dogs that everyone else has turned down. That means the dogs that have been there for weeks and months, the dogs that tested positive for heartworms, the dogs with “arthritis,” (code for hit by a car), the pregnant moms, the hoarder dogs, the tripods, the seniors, the blind and deaf and my favorite, the black dogs.
Yes, we’re a “breed” rescue and yes, we’re supposed to concentrate on purebred labs. The problem is that we don’t have an intake coordinator that surfs all of the shelter sites looking for the healthy purebred labs. Instead we get our dogs from posters, who makes it their mission to find the worst case scenario dogs and send them out to huge networks of rescuers hoping someone will have the heart to take them despite the obvious and expensive issues. That someone is ALR…
All of this being said, we bring in dogs and adopt them out faster than any group I know. That’s because we have an audience of adopters and supporters that get us. You understand that these dogs are all deserving of a good home and you have the insight to see the hidden gems, the rags to riches, the sow’s ear to silk purse…you just get it.
How many times have we gotten calls and emails from people telling us that their ALR dog is the best dog they have ever had? Tell me about blind Stevie, who got an ALR little sister that didn’t mind that he was clumsy or Gatsby who lost a leg and just mastered the dog door. What aboutMidnight who has three impaired limbs (and a sister that comes with her) and Ben who lost half his face, but is the apple of his family’s eye. Then there is Black Jack that had a rare muscle injury and one day after surgery went from stumbling up the stairs to breezing across the driveway. How many dogs have come in emaciated like Nestle, riddled with mange like Ron Jon or with collars that have grown into their necks like Muddy Buddy. Then there are the dogs Like Patrick, who were so mistreated that they couldn’t trust and became aggressive. They received training and now live and are loved like every other dog. Dogs like Tippy that didn’t come out of the crate for the first two weeks and now she is a therapy dog. Hannah, whose youthful lab “exuberance” got her returned is now in training to be on the Veteran Service Dog Team for vets with PTSD. Dozer and Jet, who are keeping our borders safe with the US Dept. of Ag. Let’s not forget the huge percentage of dogs (47%) that we’ve taken with heartworms. Untreated, they would’ve died a slow, painful death, but now they are worm free and healthy. These aren’t even a fraction of the ALR success stories
We love the underdogs and always will. Unfortunately, these underdogs are expensive, so we depend on your support to enable us to be A Last Resort rescue. It feels good to take the least desirable and make them the most coveted. Please support these efforts by participating in $5 Friday. Spread the word and encourage friends, family and coworkers to donate. UNDERDOGS RULE !!!
Please, everyone chip in and we’ll keep you posted on our progress.
To make a donation, please Click on the RED DONATE BUTTON on the side of the page. 🙂or mail donations to PO Box 250206, Atlanta, GA 30325
Still searching for the perfect Father’s Day gift?
In honor of Dad, shop at AmazonSmile through 6/15/14 and Amazon will donate an extra $5 to Atlanta Lab Rescue Inc. Click here to get started: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/33-1166905
SAVE THE DATE | Adoption Day June 29th!
Join us at Perk-N-Pooch in Sandy Springs from 1-3pm, June 29th! We are excited for this upcoming adoption day! Please come and see us we have some great dogs! You can view them ahead of time on our Available Dogs page, and even fill out your application online!
Update on Ben!!
Earlier this year we received a call from the Fulton County Shelter concerning a little black lab that had been found on the side of the road with abrasions to the face that were so bad, it had scraped all of the skin away. We made a couple of calls and were able to get him delivered to Peachtree Hills Animal Hospital. There they assessed the injuries and went right to work.
We named him Ben and he stayed at the clinic for several weeks, where his face was scrubbed every day and he was kept in a sterile environment to try and avoid infection. From day one, Ben captured everyone’s heart. He was a total trooper and his tail never quit wagging. It was like the injuries were worth all the love and attention he was getting. By the second week, one of the vets that had been treating him asked if we might consider her family for his forever home. They had two young girls, who had met him during a weekend visit and they loved him even though his face was hard to look at. He wasn’t ready to go home for a few more days so they made the parents sign a contract promising to adopt him and made a countdown calendar for Ben’s arrival.
A few weeks later, Ben was stronger and ready for the surgery to try to close to whole in his right cheek. It was a difficult situation as the vet was going to have to try to close a 2” gap. Surgery was completed and we weren’t sure if the stitches would hold with the tension. It looked like the eye was not going to be able to totally close, but he had gotten accustomed to that and the vet thought he would continue to adjust.
Today he good as new and as far as he knows he is like any other dog. The girls have taught him to sit and fetch and twirl (yes, twirl!). I’m not sure if there was or will ever be a dog more loved and more lucky than Ben. He visits the vet with his “mom” frequently and is often recognized in the lobby by admirers who saw his story and celebrate how far he has come. Thank you to Peachtree Hills Animal Hospital and especially Dr. Nath and her family who gave this pup a wonderful new life!
Adoption Day | May 18, 2014 1-3pm
Save the date to come by and meet some amazing dogs looking for their forever homes! We will be at Perk-N-Pooch in Sandy Springs, GA from 1-3pm. Hope to see you there!
If you would like to see our available dogs please visit our Petfinder page!
http://www.petfinder.com/pet-search?shelterid=GA508
Meet Atlanta Lab Rescue dog Ben from Channel 2 Action News!
We met with Channel 2 Action News today at Peachtree Hills Animal Hospital to share the story of Ben, one of our ALR rescue dogs who is recovering at the clinic. We found Ben last week on the Fulton County Animal Shelter Facebook page and immediately took action to get him care. Ben’s wounds likely came from being drug across the road, and the vet at Peachtree Hills told us that the deep wound on his face is from road burn that scrapped off the skin to the bone.
Ben is doing well and receiving a lot of love and care at the vet, however he will need to have his face scraped daily and future surgeries, much like a burn victim, to help him heal. The cost can be in the thousands of dollars. Atlanta Lab Rescue is going to make sure the Ben receives all the care that he needs, and his spirit and the love that he has for everyone around him makes what we do, even when it is hard and the funds are low, worth every effort. Our dogs are so resilient, and as you can tell from the news clip he sure has a happy tail regardless of what he has been through!
If you would like to contribute toward Ben’s care and to help ALR please donate to Atlanta Lab Rescue here:
http://www.wsbtv.com/videos/news/medical-bills-mount-for-dog-hit-by-car-and-dragged/vCSRm4/
Donations can also be mailed to:
Atlanta Lab Rescue
P.O. Box 250206
Atlanta, GA 30325
February $5 Friday!
$5 FRIDAY!
It ain’t easy being me… the director of a LAB rescue. You know the #1 breed for 23 years!!! Could that be the reason that every single dog in every shelter is a LAB or LAB MIX??? What was I thinking? Next time I’ll rescue Chinese Crested or some other obscure breed that you’d likely never see in a shelter… Instead I get bombarded all day, every day with sad pictures of labs (along with every other breed mix and cats), many hit by cars, others pregnant (or puppies with no moms) and then there are the dogs that have been chained out and starved within an inch of their lives. It never gets better and sometimes I wonder how much more I can take. As bad as it is to look at all the sad, deserving faces, the thing I hate worse is asking for donations. Every time I turn around the bills for vetting, boarding and training are through the roof. In the last couple of months, we’ve had to cut the number of dogs in the program significantly, so we can try to catch up with some of the debt.
Last year we came up with an idea to raise some money in a way that we thought would be virtually painless. With our database and Facebook following, we reach out to around 10,000 people. We thought if we asked everyone to donate $5, even if half the people participated, that would really help us with the debt. The $5 Fridays have been successful, mainly due to some very generous supporters, but the concept was to have a lot of people donate a little money. So we’re going to try another $5 Friday this Friday the 28th and we’re going to ask EVERYONE who believes in Atlanta Lab Rescue to please donate $5 (we won’t tell anyone if you donate more) to help us reach a goal of $25,000! You can go online at click on “donate” or the link below or mail $5 to PO Box 250206, Atlanta 30325.
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=WNVWSX63FQ6XC
(You can also click on the red DONATE dog on the right of the screen, thx!)
Please, everyone chip in and we’ll keep you posted on our progress.
SAVE THE DATE | Adoption Day March 30, 2014!
Our next adoption day will be on 3/30/14! Come out to meet the dogs, get great info from foster families, and meet our Director. Want to know more about the dogs in our program? Visit our Available Dogs page today!
Where: Perk-N-Pooch in Sandy Springs from 1-3pm
Rainbow Bridge | A tribute to Cassie
This past Friday we said goodbye to our sweet senior girl, Cassie. Her story, as told by Cassie’s foster, Karen, is in the link below and like everything she did for Cassie, she put her whole heart into it and it’s a wonderful tribute.
At 14years old, Cassie was the oldest dogs that ALR had ever rescued, but her owner was in such a bind and her story was so sad, we felt compelled to take her into the program. The first person I called was Karen and had she not agreed to foster, I’m not sure we would’ve been able to help. I knew that she would be in good hands and Karen left no stone unturned in her quest to give Cassie the best that life had to offer, even spending her own money to try some alternative ways, like acupuncture, to make her comfortable. Cassie lived almost another 2 years at Karen’s house and I’m betting they were the best years of her life.
SAVE THE DATE | Adoption Day! Sunday January 26th!
Come see us at Perk-N-Pooch in Sandy Springs! We will be there from 1-3pm on Sunday January 26th. To see our available dogs please visit our ‘Available Dogs’ page. See you there!
Hallelujah, Hail Mary and Happy Holidays!
Another year has come to an end and for all of our Atlanta Lab Rescue family and friends it means another 327 dogs that found a second chance at a better life. In fact, in October, we hit a milestone of 2,000 dogs rescued when Bama came to us from Gordon County Shelter. Do you realize that the “average” shelter in Georgia houses around 65 dogs? That means we have cleared out close to 30 shelters since we started….Hallelujah!!!!
It’s pretty amazing when you see what a grassroots effort this rescue is, but so many of you have helped in so many ways that together we’ve been able to accomplish impossible things. Our communications coordinator fielded a seemingly endless string of phone calls and email inquiries every day. Volunteers clocked hundreds of administrative hours, while others drove hundreds of miles, and when we committed to take a dog, we moved mountains to make it happen. The vets kept the faith as they let us bring in dog after dog and our boarding partners set up crates or doubled up dogs to make room for “just one more.” Fosters answered Facebook pleas and adopters embraced our notion that you don’t have to be purebred to be loveable (or even a lab, in some cases).
Great accomplishments have come with a great price (you knew this part was coming) and once again we find ourselves swimming in debt. A whopping 42% of our dogs this year were heartworm positive. Basically, we rescued every dog that the others left behind. Financially it’s foolish, but that’s how we roll. In addition, many dogs ended up at the shelter as a casualty of the economy and, with no vaccines or preventative care, even the seemingly healthy dogs arrived with a myriad of health issues that drove the average cost per dog to over $850.
In football, a Hail Mary is defined as a “long, low-probability pass attempted when a team is too far from the end zone to execute a more conventional play.” You could call this final $5 Friday of 2013 our Atlanta Lab Rescue Hail Mary. The “conventional methods,” like not taking in dogs when you don’t have money, haven’t worked, so we’re asking everyone who sees this to consider donating $5 (or more) to help us get our fiscal “game” healthy again and get us out from under this mountain of debt. In the past few weeks we’ve gotten some wonderful donations and a challenge by one donor to match the first $1,500 on $5 Friday. We hope EVERYONE will rally around so Atlanta Lab Rescue can continue to clear out more shelters throughout Georgia and the Southeast!
As we close the year, we would like to wish you all a Happy Holiday and thank you again for your prayers and support. There is no better way to convey our appreciation than to show you some of the lives that have been touched by your help. As you watch this video, keep in mind that this isn’t even a third of the dogs that we rescued in 2013…an amazing perspective on an amazing effort! Looking forward to many more new faces in the new year. http://youtu.be/QVOBIMtUqa4
To Make Your $5 Friday Donation Click Here
Save the Date | ADOPTION DAY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15th from 1-3
ADOPTION DAY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15th from 1-3 at Perk-N-Pooch. We are changing the date to accommodate the new dogs that we have just committee to take. We’d like to for all of the dogs that we have to be present and there are several that will still be getting vetted and would not be able to make it this weekend. We want them all to have a chance to have a home for the holidays. In the meantime, if there is a particular dog that you would like to see, please email info@atlantalabrescue.com. Thanks!
Atlanta Lab Rescue Partner Locations Selling 2014 Calendars and offering BONUS deals!
Jake, an ALR alum, doesn’t “monkey around” when it comes to Holiday gifts. He’s getting the Atlanta Lab Rescue 2014 Calendar for everyone on his list.
You can order the calendars online at www.atlantalabrescue.com or at our Partner locations:
Eddie Bauer Store at Tanger Outlet in Commerce – 25% off store purchase (good until August)
Buckhead Barbecue at 3100 Highland Parkway in Smyrna – Free all natural, food grade, smoked pig’s ear dog treat (perfect stocking stuffer)
Perk-N-Pooch at 6690 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs – 15% off coupon for bath
Pet Paradise at 2525 Camp Creek Parkway in College Park – 3 free play sessions ($15 value) with boarding
310 Rosemont at 1038 North Highland Ave in Virginia Highlands
Peachtree Hills Animal Hospital at 3106 Early Street in Buckhead
Loving Hands Animal Clinic at 13775 Hwy 9 in Alpharetta
K-9 Planet at 75 Oak Street in Roswell
Twissted Whiskers at 4385 Commerce Dr in Buford
Mercy Animal Hospital at 1611 Satellite Blvd in Duluth
Sprayberry Animal Hospital at 2135 Post Oak Tritt Rd in Marietta
Red Bandana 2221 Peachtree Road Northeast in Buckhead
For all of your other gift giving needs don’t forget to shop www.smile.amazon.com and register Atlanta Lab Rescue as your charity of choice. We will receive .05% of all of your purchases. Shop and save…a lab!
Shop AMAZON this Holiday and support Atlanta Lab Rescue all in one!
We know how everyone loves to do all of their Holiday Shopping on Amazon and this year you can shop with a purpose! That’s right! Just go to www.smile.amazon.com, select Atlanta Lab Rescue as your charity of choice and we will receive 0.5% of all of your purchases. It’s as easy as that, so let’s go shopping!
We have a nifty button already to go on our sidebar, click it and start shopping!
Happy Holidays from Atlanta Lab Rescue!
Eddie Bauer to sell Atlanta Lab Rescue 2014 Calendars!
Did you know that Eddie Bauer had a lifelong love of dogs and became focused on Labrador Retrievers in 1930 when he heard an amazing report from Canada of a young black Lab’s skill and strength. He drove straight to British Columbia and paid the owner $65 for “Blackie,” the first Labrador retriever in Washington State.
The Eddie Bauer store in Commerce is going to honor his love of labs by supporting Atlanta Lab Rescue. Starting Monday, just in time for the holidays, the Eddie Bauer store at Tanger Outlet is going to sell our Atlanta Lab Rescue 2014 Calendar. As a further incentive they will include a coupon for 25% off of your purchase. The coupon will be good through August. Let’s go shopping and save a Lab!!!
Find our more about our 2014 Calendars HERE as well.
Save the Date : Atlanta Lab Rescue Supper Club : Buckhead BBQ
Count Down to Yum…
On Sunday the 17th, we’ll launch our Atlanta Lab Rescue Supper Club with a Brunch from 11-3 at Buckhead Barbecue – 3100 Highlands Parkway in Smyrna. It’s a barbecue joint with a twist they like to call “New Southern Tradition.” There is something for everyone, whether its brunch or barbecue, so come on out and bring friends and family. You won’t leave hungry and a portion of the proceeds will go to help our dogs! This is a dog friendly event, ALR alum welcome and we will have available dogs on site as well! See you there!
It’s here!!! The Atlanta Lab Rescue 2014 Calendar!
**Now only $10**
It’s here!!! The Atlanta Lab Rescue 2014 Calendar
“Wisdom from the Water Bowl”
It’s here!!! The Atlanta Lab Rescue 2014 Calendar “Wisdom from the Water Bowl”, secrets for a happy life as seen through the eyes of a dog. How many times have we all said that we wished we were the person that our dog thinks we are? Indeed, there is so much to be learned from how unconditionally our dogs love us and how they live their lives. We call this “Wisdom from the Water Bowl” and it’s the theme of our 2014 Atlanta Lab Rescue Calendar. We’ve had some great calendars in the past, but the images and their message makes this our best one yet and the perfect gift, even if you’re not a dog person.
The calendars will be available for sale at several of our partner locations (www.atlantalabrescue.com/partners/), and Adoption Days after November 15th or you can order online now at www.atlantalabrescue.com and have it shipped. We were lucky enough to have the calendars donated this year so 100% of the proceeds will go to helping more dogs. Make sure it’s on everyone’s holiday list!
Purchase your copy today by clicking on the Buy Now button below:
ADOPTION DAY postponed until NOVEMBER 3rd!
Come meet the dogs Sunday, November 3rd from 1-3pm at Perk-N-Pooch in Sandy Springs.
Adoption Day! This Sunday, October 13, 2013, at Perk-N-Pooch in Sandy Springs!
Join us at Perk-N-Pooch in Sandy Springs this Sunday for Adoption Day! Atlanta Lab Rescue, along with our volunteers, will be out there with some amazing labs and lab mixes who are looking for their forever homes!
Lab Chat – What is a Foster?
Dear Xena,
I heard about Lab Chat and wanted to ask you a question. I am a beautiful Lab and I am in a shelter. It is very scary here. There are dogs that bark all day long. It is very hot and wet and I don’t’ get any play time with anyone at all. Some of the dogs don’t feel well and others are mean because they have had a more hard life than me. I do not know how I got here….one day I was playing in my yard with my humans, then I was in the car for a long time, then they brought me here but they left without me….I don’t know why…. I am 5 years old and a good dog. People come to look at me but they walk away. I don’t understand why I am here, I didn’t do anything bad. I heard about rescue groups that save dogs from shelters and bad homes and bad humans….can you help me get rescued Xena? What happens when a dog is rescued?
Signed,
Rescue Me…..
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Dear Rescue Me,
First, you have to be strong. I know it is hard. I myself was in a cage for over a year before I was rescued. The day I was rescued was the best day ever. It will happen for you too. When you get rescued, that means that a group of good humans know you are there and that you need help. They come in and get you out. The hard part is sometimes they don’t have a lot of this thing called “money” to keep you somewhere until you get your new family. So, they have to have what is called a FOSTER to take you in. It is like being with good humans just for a bit, until you find your forever home. Fosters help out so much – they treat you like you are their own dog and help you feel happy again. Without Fosters, rescue groups have a hard time. There are so many dogs that need to be rescued, and not enough Fosters to help out. It is good that you asked me this question – maybe more good humans will step up to be a Foster. Here is the best way I can explain what Fosters really do and how much all rescue groups love and need them….
Hugs — Xena
A Foster Dog Poem
by Diane Morgan
I am the bridge between what was and what can be.
I am the pathway to a new life.
I am made of mush, because my heart melted when I saw you, matted and sore, limping, depressed,
lonely, unwanted, afraid to love.
For one little time you are mine. I will feed you with my own hand I will love you with my whole heart
I will make you whole. I am made of steel.
Because when the time comes, when you are well, and sleek, when your eyes shine, and your tail wags with joy….Then comes the hard part.
I will let you go — not without a tear, but without a regret. For you are safe forever—
A new dog needs me now…..
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FOSTERING, CONTACT INFO@ATLANTALABRESCUE.COM – YOU WILL BE HAPPY YOU DID – YOU WILL SAVE A DOG!
Lab Chat – Kittens, Cats & Kittens and a Lab???
Dear Xena,
We are thinking about adopting a lab for our home. We wanted to ask you a BIG question……..you see, I”m a cat and I have a cat buddy and we also have a kitten. We romp and play around our home and are very happy. Since we are of the feline persuasion, we just are not sure about canines! Our humans have been talking about it and well, since we are all rescued cats, we want our humans to rescue a lab too…its the best way. Can you help us?
Signed,
Labless in Smyrna
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Dear Labless in Smyrna,
No problem! I can totally give you advice on the cat world! My humans recently brought home two (not one but two) kittens. Me, being a very settled 4 1/2 year old lab thought they bought them for me….so naturally I have been “mothering” them. My house mates – Mr. Collie and Mr. English Setter – not so much – they are younger boys. Mr ES is trained to track these little furry creatures, Mr C – trained to herd them – good luck with that! Here is what my humans did………
The kittens appears to be pretty fearless, though very small, only 4 lbs each. My humans carefully showed them to Mr ES and Mr C – lots of sniffing. As soon as the kittens were free to roam, the boys took off after them, to which my humans said (loudly and in that stem voice) NO! Mr ES and Mr C stopped in their tracks. Then the humans told them to sit and stay, which of course they did.
My humans put a grooming lead on each boy dog. Each day, they would spend time walking them around the whole house, right in front of the kittens. Also, they would spend time in the morning and in the evening, just playing with the kitties with the boys on a lead. The boy dogs (amazingly) just sat and watched. If the boy dogs get cranked up, the leads come out again. After just under two weeks of this training, the dogs didn’t see the kittens as anything but roommates; they really don’t pay them much attention now…truly amazing!
Each cat / kitten is different – Usually the labs just want to play, you just have to ask your humans to teach them the right way to play with the cat world. Also, ALR has a certified CI “Cat Integrator”, that can help your humans when you and your new lab are matched up!
Last bits of advice for your new Lab –
1 – Cats have these things called claws
2 – Kitties will always get you in trouble!
Good luck – it will be fine!
Xena
Adoption Day! This Sunday, Sept. 15th 1-3pm @Perk-N-Pooch
Save the date for adoption day this Sunday! Come out to the Atlanta Lab Rescue “Mixer” and meet all of our Lab Mix dogs available for adoption! You won’t want to miss this fun event.
When: Sunday, September 15, 2013
Where: Perk-N-Pooch Sandy Springs
TIme: 1-3pm
Confessions of a Rescue Addict :: $5 FRIDAY!
Confessions of a Rescue Addict
My name is Becky and I’m a Dogaholic. I keep bringing dogs in from shelters for ALR, even though we’re out of money and space. I can’t say “no” when 1 dog to be rescued turns into 3…after all, who am I to judge if the white patch is too big to be a purebred, or the tail curls up too much or if the ears are too short or too long. The majority of the shelters that we pull from are very rural and we’re the only chance these dogs have. That’s a heavy burden to bear. So we take them into the program when no one else will and I lie awake nights, angry with myself and wondering what we’ll do with all of them. Then I meet them. Every one of them beautiful in their own way and all clearly grateful and happy for a second chance, and I just know there is someone who will love them…and you prove me right.
My friends don’t understand my addiction. I used to have a life. I traveled, dated, had dinners out and shopped for shoes and handbags. I tell my friends that clean houses, manicured lawns and beach trips are overrated when compared to puppy breath, big sloppy kisses and unconditional love.
And I remember how you all have supported ALR in all of our decisions to bring in the dogs hit by cars, the ones that had no lab in them at all, the heartworm positive ones that all the other rescues passed over and the ones that were old and broken. Each time we have come to you for help, you have come to our aid in truly miraculous ways, and
together we have accomplished unbelievable things for an unbelievable number of dogs. This is a picture of the file cabinets in the ALR office. There are 3 file cabinets with 4 drawers each, 12 drawers and they are PACKED full of these dogs. Dogs that were given a second chance to have the life that every dog deserves, thanks to supporters like you.
Unfortunately, all of this goodness doesn’t come without a price and with two hip surgeries, three teeth extractions, two surgeries for obstructions, 28 dogs with heartworms in the last 3 months and a parvo pup this weekend, we are once again swimming in debt. Thankfully, several of our vets have extended credit to us, but the numbers are getting higher than they are comfortable with and we have to raise some money fast in order to “stay in business.” So we are once again turning to you for help and asking everyone who gets this email to donate at least $5. We’ve had a $5 Friday twice before and you rallied for the cause each time, making it possible for us pay off the debt and continue to help more dogs. We hope that you will support us again and we have a wonderful volunteer who has agreed to match the first $1,000! You may donate by clicking the Donate button in this email, or if you prefer, visit our newly desgined website and click on the Donate button. Checks can be sent to the mailing address at the bottom of this email.
Thank you for making this rescue’s mission possible!!!
Becky Cross
Director – Atlanta Lab Rescue
PO Box 250206 | Atlanta, GA 30325
**Please click on the RED DONATE button the the right, thanks! Or, on our GET INVOLVED page, thank!
Lab Chat :: Xena’s letter to Edward :: Video!
Dear Edward,
I wanted to tell you how much fun I had when you visited me on Saturday! I especially liked how sweet you were and how much you loved to play once we got to know each other. It was good for me to stay quiet while you got to know me and understand that I would not hurt you like other dogs have done to you in the past. Your human said you have been treated badly in the past – those days are over Edward – you are an ALR dog now! The nice humans at Atlanta Lab Rescue will find you a perfect home, where you will be loved and where your new humans will know how to take it easy with you and be gentle. They will come to know that you are a sweet soul and have much to offer. You will learn to be a dog and be happy forever – the right family will come along.
You can come and visit me anytime! I wanted to share our video so people can see how wonderful you are Edward.
Hugs,
Xena
ALR Alum
Xena and Edward for Atlanta Lab Rescue from Alana Joyner on Vimeo.
Adoption Day this Sunday, 8/25 at Perk-n-Pooch, from 1 – 3 pm!
Come visit us at Perk-n-Pooch and meet some of our dogs!
CPR for your Pet
The American Red Cross is not not only a resource for people but pets too! Check out the details below regarding pet CPR.
Please remember in any emergency situation to stay calm, and call your emergency vet hospital as soon as you can.
Adoption Day this Sunday, August 11th @ Perk-N-Pooch 1-3pm
Adoption Day this Sunday from 1-3 at Perk-N-Pooch at 6690 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs! Located at the intersection on Abernathy and Roswell Roads, next to LA Fitness.
Koz, ALR Alum Magnolia, and I, headed over to Perk-N-Pooch today to check things out before our event this weekend. It was fun to see all they have to offer: coffee, ice cream, and all while you have your dog groomed! They also have great self-wash stations. The friendly staff played with with us, and we cannot wait for the event Sunday!
The Atlanta Lab Rescue crew of volunteers will be out in full force with a LOT of great dogs! Come out to meet the dogs you have read about online, or a few new ones. We cannot wait to see you!
