Posted in Adoptions

Everyone wants a treat!

We temp fostered Carra & Calista Thur evening through Sun evening while their foster mom was out of town for the weekend. Such a fun & rewarding experience! We all had a great time visiting with them, and Ozzie tried to play with them - the size difference didn't matter to him at all. Carra is 10 lbs and Calista is 8.5 lbs. They didn't roug… read more

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Posted in Behavior & Training

We fostered Chuckles, a shelter dog, just for a weekend a couple weeks ago, and Ozzie just loved the company. We decided not to long-term foster Chuckles though, due to a couple reasons. With our basement unusable due to flooding issues, the dogs really only had the living room & kitchen to play in, and that's just not a big enough space for … read more

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Posted in Pet Services

I recently began volunteering at Stray Rescue of St Louis's 18th St shelter 3 hours a week since it's so close to my work. I go over twice a week on my lunch hour and once a week after work to help walk/play with dogs and help with minor cleanup as needed. I was unsure at first if it would be a burden or sad to be around shelter dogs, but it's ex… read more

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Posted in Shelter Makeover

Stray Rescue is a group of lifesavers. They hold many events to raise awareness and find people to adopt and foster dogs and cats. I adopted a puppy from them in Feb 2007 and he is an enormous blessing to my life. I want to help Stray Rescue so others can be blessed like I was by one of their miraculous gifts of life. I don't have much extra ca… read more

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Posted in Entertainment

Ozzie got to play with my good friend Tricia's little 15lb rat terrier Schrader this past weekend - the 2 romped around her house for about 2 hours and had a great time! Schrader is about a month younger than Ozzie, but Ozzie outweighs him by about 60lbs! They didn't care though - Ozzie adapted his play style to match the little guy, and Schrader … read more

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