Holiday Pet Food Drive

This year I am taking part in the Hungry Bowl and organizing a pet food drive. All food will be donated to Homeward Pet, a local animal rescue group. Here is some information that I copied from their website.

Mission Statement
Homeward Pet is a nonprofit, no-kill animal shelter serving the Seattle area. Our mission is to give homeless animals a second chance through our rescue, shelter, and adoption programs.

20 Years of Animal Rescue and Adoption!
Celebrate our 20th anniversary with us! We were founded in 1990 under the name "Hooterville Pet Safehaus". We started with simple goals: save and re-home cats and dogs and educate the public about spaying and neutering their pets.

In 2002 Hooterville became Homeward Pet Adoption Center. We are one of the largest no-kill shelters in the state of Washington! Each year Homeward helps over 1,300 cats and dogs find their forever home. Where do these animals come from? 40% are owner surrenders and the other 60% are animals we rescue from shelters who euthanize.

We remain small with a staff of 15 (half are part time). And our 200+ volunteers are our backbone (thank you volunteers and donors!). Many of the rescued animals who come to Homeward get more love and attention in our shelter than they have ever known.

Every Dog Needs a Nickname

All the dogs who stay here, end up leaving with a nickname. :-)  I'm silly like that. I like to talk to them in a sing-song voice, and I always end up calling them something silly. Sometimes it's based on their personality and sometimes it's just a word play with their name. Here are a few of the dogs and the nicknames I gave them.

Right now we have a Mastiff named Choca staying with us.

 I call him "Chaka Kahn"  haha!  I have been humming "Ain't Nobody" ever since he arrived. 

Millie

 I called "Miss Piggy" because she had this round belly that looked like a fleshy pink pig belly. She also would walk around sniffing and grunting. In her sleep she would snore and grunt.

Vern the greyhound. She is so big that I joke that it feels like we are boarding a horse.

So I called her "Mrs. Ed"   haha!

Then Piper

 "Hyper Piper"

..and Hailey

 also known as "Happy Hailey"

Senior Dogs

We recently had a very sweet senior dog named Millie. She is an 11 year old Beagle. She was such a sweet old girl.  This picture really makes me laugh because I think it looks like she is flying!  haha!

I have a soft spot for those pets who need a little extra care. Pets who are sick, or injured, or just getting old. I turn into such a "dog mommy" and I just want to take care of them. :-)  Millie really won my heart, and I was sad to see her go. When dogs stay with us for a week or more, it always feels a little empty after they leave.

I look forward to seeing her again