Milo finds a home.
The St. Louis Senior Dog Project is a not-for-profit dog rescue organization specializing in older dogs but taking in and finding homes for dogs of all ages...even puppies. Meet and adopt your new best friend 11 to 3 Saturday, December 31, at the Kirkwood Petco near I-44 and Lindbergh. To see which dogs will be there as well as other adoptable dogs, go Here.
Marian Brickner, an animal photographer, is offering to take a family picture with your adopted dog. Half of the $25 fee will come back to St. Louis Senior Dog Project. You will receive a Hi RES image of the best picture. To arrange, call Marian at 314-564-5855 and check her out on this website: Pet Photography.
Milo is just one of our dogs with something to celebrate. He found his new home on the last day of 2011, which wasn't such a great year for him. He spent most of the year ( 8 month) locked up in the old St. Louis City shelter on Gasconade. We took him into our program and quickly discovered an almost perfect dog.
So Happy New Year to Milo. 2012 should be a good year. And Happy New Year also to Blue Moon and Root Beer, the two Aussies who got their wish and will be spending the rest of their lives together in a wonderful new home. Others finding homes were Gigi the senior poodle, Gerri the schnauzer, Miles the chihuahua mix, Emily the black shepherd mix, Marley Bear the Pomeranian, Lucy the chubby border collie mix, Nutmeg the redbone coonhound puppy, Brodie the maltese, Charlie the dachshund, Liz the border collie mix, and even the elderly Sassy, a schnoodle.
This is Brodie the maltese, a former breeder.
And her's Nutmeg (although she's grown since this picture). She was born in a ditch with her eight siblings. All the pups are adopted. Mom Charlotte still needs a home.
And here's little old Sassy. Her former owners decided they were too busy for her.
And this is Marley Bear, whose former owners turned him in to Jefferson County Animal Control.
Happy New Year to all of them, and to all of the wonderful people who fostered them and to those who adopted them. And Happy New Year to all our wonderful volunteers, probably the best anywhere.
We ended 2011 with 384 adoptions -- more than a dog a day rescued and delivered to new homes.
We ended the year up to date with all bills and with money in the bank. We're operating in the black. We're here for the long run. In 2012 we'll celebrate our 10 year anniversary. My New Year's wish is that long after I'm too old to keep up with dogs, there will still be a St. Louis Senior Dog Project.
I've received more cards and emails from former adopters including a gorgeous Christmas picture of Bongo, a spaniel mix rescued from Jefferson County Animal Control. He's certainly found the good life, as has a cocker spaniel we first knew as Gummy (now Donner).
I received a letter and photos from the people who adopted Gummer/Donner five years ago. I remember this dog well because when I first saw him at the old Gasconade pound, he was so matted that his mats had mats. Staff didn't think he was even adoptable -- too old. Well, he's still alive and he still enjoys life. He sleeps with his teddy bear in the middle of a king-size bed. He enjoys car rides and walks. He also has good food, dog beds in every room, plenty of love, and regular trips to the groomer. No more mats on this boy.
It's amazing to think how different his life is now from the one that brought him to us. My wish for all the sad, neglected dogs is that the find new lives as good as those of Bongo and Donner.
Ellen Ellick
President/Founder
St. Louis Senior Dog Project
Wonderful news!! Happy New Year all around!!
Posted by: Edie | January 02, 2012 at 06:53 PM
Happy new year.
Posted by: Dog Bed | January 03, 2012 at 01:28 AM
cute dogies.. happy new year to you...
Posted by: Adoption Services | January 08, 2012 at 11:43 PM