Jade: Valentine of Bay City Texas Shelter for adoption

Yesterday, the director of Bay City Shelter reached out for help with Jade. Abandoned at the shelter which has little funding and less support, Jade's chances are slim. However, she landed at a shelter that really cares.

Although Jade is supposed to be labrador and perhaps pittie, do we see a little bit of Chesapeake Bay Retriever in there? Sure looks that way by the way Jade loves the ball. Is anyone out there looking for a sweetheart youngster who loves to play? Jade is only 18 months old and still a puppy dog!!!

Jade would make an excellent pet for a family to grow up with. Here is what Bay City Shelter had to say:

"Jade has an owner who knows she is here but has not picked her up. 

The pics aren't the very best (possibly operator error?), but I am including some of her in the process of catching a ball.  Sometimes she has a little trouble with the 'drop it' command, but she is very good at sitting on command until the ball is thrown.  Leaps high in the air to try to catch it before it hits the ground.

She has also discovered that she can lay down behind the only stepping stone in the dog yard . . . the stone is slightly canted . . . set her ball on the stone, push it a bit with her nose and it will go rolling across the yard so that she can retrieve it and bring it back to the stone, repeat the process.

Yesterday she was in the office, saw a little pink stuffed pig and claimed it.  She wasn't supposed to play with that particular stuffed toy because it was supposed to follow another dog into its adoptive home.  So we just shoved the toy into the very bottom of the toy box, gave her another toy.  She wasn't having any of that.  Poked her head down into the toybox and rooted around until she came up with the pink pig.  (The pink pig did follow its real owner to his adoptive home, but it was missing its tail and one arm.)

Jade is a hoot, a whole lot of fun to be with.  She is probably about 18 months old.  We'd really like to see her get out of here.

If you are interested in the world's best valentine, please email:

mwhite@cityofbaycity.org

janetpickard@outlook.com 

or call 979-323-1706

Please make our Jade your Valentine and have love the other 364 days of the year, too.

Happy Valentine's Day to Pip...

and to all the rescuers everywhere. Pip was saved from high kill Delano, California animal control four years ago. She had quite a story. Her story is detailed in Pit Bull Nation along with other special dogs who've touched Reunion's heart over the years.

But this is about Pip. By chance, Pip made it in and out of three California high kill shelters. She rated her own chapter in the book not only to tell the story of a special dog, but also to share with other rescuers the power of believing.

In rescue work, you hear of the 'lifers.' Good rescues have 'lifers.' These are dogs which for some reason or other just haven't found that perfect home yet. Pip and I had resigned ourselves to perhaps that perfect home might not show up. That was ok. She had refuge at Reunion Rescue for life. On cool days, she went to work with Scott.

Pip is home

Last fall, I received an inquiry about a dog, a great Pyrenees, I'd placed for Spindletop. Journey was still on my website, but happy in her new home with friends of one of our raw feeding co-op members. The gentleman and I emailed back and forth and by chance, I suggested he meet Pip.

What ended up happening was one of those special miracles. He and his partner were just beginning their search. His partner was undergoing some serious treatment and they really weren't ready to adopt. However, they did come out and meet Pip. Pip seemed to know healing was needed and everyone in the room felt it.

On a funny note, Pip goes to work with her new dad now. He is also in the landscape biz. One day, he and Pip's mom dropped into Vivero Growers, a small organic nursery in Austin. Katherine, the owner hollered out, "Pip-a-li-cious!"

It wasn't Pip's first visit to Vivero. She'd been to Vivero a bunch with Scott....it's a small world in our world.

These little 'coincidences' are really not a coincidence. Those of us who share their paths with these beautiful creatures are no strangers to serendipity. It's nature's way of telling us we're doing our job.

Pip is their family now. I dropped off some food the other day and visited with Pip, a happy house dog, a necessary part of their lives. I must say, there is nothing more beautiful than a 'wanted' pet. Pip is truly their companion. My job is done.

BeBe's Valentine All-Day Planet of the Apes Marathon

BeBe shopping for outfits

Amber's winding up for the the big day!

http://www.meetup.com/reunionrescue/events/104193512/

You don't have to leave the comfort of your own La-Z-Boy to join BeBe and the Reunion dogs this Saturday for a meet-up! We are going to be watching AMC's Planet of the Apes all day marathon.

Vinnie Barbarino and Guido Sarducci

Upstairs, Guido Sarducci and Vinnie Barbarino will be tuning in with William, Girl, Tex, PeeWee and Amber while BeBe enjoys the 'Apes' in the privacy of her boudoir.

With all the bad stuff going on with companion animals in our world, sometimes we have to just hug the ones we're with. And that's just what we're planning on doing.

Girl getting wiggy with it

You don't have to have a pit bull to join Reunion Rescue Meet Up. You don't even have to leave your house! We love having your spirit.

Come on over to the happy side:

http://www.meetup.com/reunionrescue/

We'd love to have you! We try to do fun things like all day Planet of the Ape marathons. Please join Reunion Rescue Meet Up where every day is like Valentine's Day!!!