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Dog Age Tip
(see its button on bottom - click on it!)

Pets can help children improve their reading skills.

The R.E.A.D. (Reading Education Assistance Dogs) program pairs specially trained therapy dogs with children who are struggling with reading skills. The dog serves as an audience as the child reads aloud. Dog owners volunteer to take their trained dogs to schools and libraries throughout the U.S. and Canada. Contact your local R.E.A.D. organization to participate, or try this read-aloud approach at home.

• Costs of Adoptions cover:
  • Shots,
  • Dewormed,
  • Spay/Neuter
• Adoption Application

• Bring Home a Cute and Caring Dog or Cat

• Foster Application
  • Short to Long Term
  • Can Adopt Later

Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FurAngelsAS/

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DogAge Tip: Sign Language for Dogs

Don't let your dog's hearing impairment keep you from training her to do tricks.

Although they startle easily and should be leashed except in enclosed areas, hearing-impaired dogs can follow your hand commands and facial expressions as well as a dog with the ability to hear. Clapping your hands together or giving a thumbs-up sign or an approving grin can take the place of saying, "Good doggie." Start with basic signals for commands, such as sit, stay, come, and stop. After she's mastered those, you can start expanding her vocabulary with signals for words like "walk" and "car."
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Interested in Fostering Dogs???

Cute and Caring Dog or Cat(s) Adoption Application

Websites for Kids:
Animaland (ASPCA)

Other Sites:
www.furangelsas.com
Fur Angels AS Petfinder Site

About Fur Angels Animal Sanctuary

What Fur Angels Aminal Sancutary does:

• FAAS removes animals who are scheduled to be put to sleep from shelters
  • Priority is deaf animals because trainers or people feel that they can’t be trained or be adoptable.
    • Many people drop those animals off at shelters because they would not be willing to work with the animals who are deaf.
    • FAAS saves those animals and trains them before placing them into forever homes.
    • We do work with animals that have retained their hearing.
  • Unfortunately we have limited resources:
  • Not enough foster homes
  • Placement of forever homes
  • FAAS is a no kill rescue zone
    • We do not put down the animals we foster or rescue.
    • Exceptions are if they are too sick or aggressive.
    • If the animal proves to need surgery, we will aid with funds (through fundraising) to help pay for medical care at the foster home (prior to adoption).
    • At the time of care, we see the vet, check with the animals’ shots and health and that they are spayed or neutered (fixed).
    • Thousands of animals are killed because there’s not enough homes due to overpopulation
  • At the time of the adoption, we have fees that helps us be sure of the people who are adopting the animals, that they are really interested and capable of taking care of their pets.
    • The fee is usually $150 – a very good deal.
    • The cost of buying a pet from pet stores, private breeders or backyard breeders, plus the visit to the vet (including the shots) cost more than $150 with FAAS.
    • Allows you to save money while saving lives of animals.
  • Coordinates with foster homes with everyday people like you
    • Develop communication of behavior and needs
    • Place animals in foster homes
      • to learn house rules
      • to become housebroken
      • learn appropriate behavior
  • Placement into forever homes
    • With compatible families
      • If not good with children, will not be placed in a home with children, etc.
    • We do not adopt out aggressive animals.
    • High success rate for placement in forever homes due to compatibility.
  • Interested in Adoption or becoming a Foster Home?
    • There are forms that are required to be filled out.
    • This means that you are not stuck with the animal even if you decide not to adopt. This helps with the start of the procedure for adoption of an animal.
    • Allows us to screen, learn about the homes and the family to provide the best possible match.
    • We require vet information so that there is no history of animal abuse or cruelty. We make sure our animals go into the homes of families who will love, feed and play with their pets.
  • Unable to adopt? Share information with your friends and families or:
  • Donate:
    • Food
    • Toys
    • Leashes/Collars
    • Crates
  • Become a Foster Home for the rescued animals

  Will you not share your life with a lucky pet waiting for a good home with you? Adopt a pet today.

  Amber Kay, Executive Director
  Fur Angels Animal Sanctuary
  

ASPCA CRISIS ASSISTANCE NEEDED - Emergency Hay Fund:

via email to J. Witulski

DONATE NOW!!!

"We are getting more calls and emails than ever from people who cannot afford to feed their horses..."

Dear Horse Lovers,

Horse sanctuaries and rescues around the country are in crisis over the soaring cost of hay!

Today's struggling economy isn't just affecting people at the gas pump; the horse industry is also plagued by the escalating cost of hay. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's market report, hay costs have risen from $160 per ton in 2006 to $235 per ton last week.

Faced with these rising costs and ongoing drought conditions many horses are left to starve on arid land. Equine rescues are being flooded with calls from caring horse owners to relinquish their beloved pets simply because they can no longer afford to purchase hay. As a result, horse sanctuaries have become crowded with horses for which they too are struggling to care, and are reporting a sharp increase in the number of emaciated horses being surrendered to them. The situation has become even more dire in areas where wildfires, drought, or flooding have affected hay crops causing wild horse sanctuaries to cut back on their services as a result of the staggering costs.

In order to address this crisis, the ASPCA has created an Emergency Hay Fund; this Fund will provide much needed financial assistance to horse sanctuaries to help reduce the burden of escalating hay costs. Every dollar we receive will be used exclusively to provide Emergency Hay Relief grants to struggling horse sanctuaries and rescue organizations. Please, help us make a difference in the lives of horses by supporting this important Fund; every dollar will truly make a difference!

Thank you for your support!