The Take Me Home dogs want your animals to be safe this holiday
Please read below and share our safety tips.
You may help save a life!
Safety Tips
- Resist the urge to take your pet to fireworks displays.
- Do not leave your animal companion in the car. With only hot air to breathe inside a car, your animal companion can suffer serious health effects - even death-in a few short minutes. Partially opened windows do not provide sufficient air, but they do provide an opportunity for your pet to be stolen.
- Keep animals indoors at home in a sheltered, quiet area and leave a television or radio playing at normal volume to keep him or her company. Some animals can become destructive when frightened, so be sure that you've removed any items that they can destroy or that would be harmful to your pet if chewed. You may also want to use a crate to keep your animal safe. For extreme cases of anxiety, if you're going to be out, take your animal to a boarding facility.
- Never leave animals outside unattended, even in a fenced yard. In their fear, animals who normally wouldn't leave the yard may try to escape risking injury or death.
- Make sure your animal companions are wearing identification tags so that if they do become lost, they can be returned promptly.
Welcome to the Take Me Home Family, Augie and Betty!
Augie: One Year Old, One Day to Live, One Life Worth Saving
Meet Augie. This precious Boxer boy was left for dead at the county shelter after being hit by a car and sustaining serious trauma to his left rear leg. At the tender of age of only a year old, Augie was unadoptable to the public as he required extensive orthopedic surgery to save his leg. With no rescues coming forward for him, he was brought to the attention of Take Me Home with just one day left to live. So with 24 hours’ notice, we rescued him from the county shelter and rushed him to our surgeon where it was determined that Augie had been suffering with a fractured leg for at least ten days with no treatment. His leg was full of bone fragments that had to be cleaned out, followed by the insertion of a permanent metal rod, attached to a plate and screws which will hold his mangled leg together. Augie was immediately provided the surgery necessary to save his leg. Following his surgery, Take Me Home immediately moved him to a loving foster home where he is recovering with one of our trusted volunteers. Take Me Home will see that he is adopted into a loving family to call his own as soon as he recovers from surgery. But it is only with your continued support that we can jump into action for dogs like Augie; dogs that may only have one day to live, but whose lives are so worthy of being saved.
Sometimes the only thing left for us in rescue, when there is no hope is a Mission of Mercy…Take Me Home received an email from a staff employee at an overcrowded Los Angeles County shelter stating that a 15-year old blind and deaf female Boxer was brought into the shelter by her former family. Not only blind and deaf, but she has a massive lemon-sized tumor hanging from her stomach. The shelter informed us that they would be euthanizing the dog in a matter of days. Our rescue had to make a quick, tough decision. Do we save her or do we leave her at the shelter where she will be led alone down to the euthanasia room. And once in that room, the animals stand in a line; waiting, watching, crying, as their companions die by the hands of people they do not even know. And yet, this is where our tax payer money goes: we are paying millions of dollars to euthanize millions of animals every day. And after death, there is no dignity, no remorse. The rendering plant employees pick them up and dump them into lonely landfills. Or, does Take Me Home save her? Do we perform a Mission of Mercy, where we rescue her and give her a couple days in a home with a real family and lots of love? We would then take her to our vet where we would let her go with the love and dignity that she deserves. She would never have to be led down a hallway or be tossed like trash in a barrel.
We decided to save her, and so this is how the Take Me Home Mission of Mercy began…..Our team jumped into action and within only two hours of hearing about her plight, the elderly Boxer was safe and pulled from the shelter. To our pleasant surprise, our Mission of Mercy quickly turned into a Mission of Hope! This was no fragile 15-year old Boxer who was blind and had only days to live! No, this dog had plenty of love and life left to give! We named her Betty and she is a soft spoken and mild mannered little lady who just oozes with appreciation at the smallest gesture of kindness. She is definitely not a young dog -- she is most likely eleven years young -- but Betty is childlike with her curiosity and her wide eyes are still so full of wonder. Betty just adores her canine foster brothers and sisters. Betty's favorite activity is to cuddle with her little human foster brother and give him soft kisses.
Betty is definitely head shy, startles easily, and covered in scars. It is very clear to us that she has not been treated well in her life. But like most animals, Betty carries no grudges. Betty is forgiving and gentle. Through it all, Betty is one happy girl who is so thankful for all the compassion and kindness she has been shown. Betty is now looking for her forever home where she will always have a soft spot to land, and a family who will cherish her always and forever. We hope that Betty will be on her own Mission to Home very soon!
Donate to Take Me Home Every Time You Shop at Ralphs
Link your Ralphs Club Card to Take Me Home and Ralphs will donate a percentage of your purchases to Take Me Home. To sign-up, you'll need your Ralphs Club Card, and/or know your card number. If you don't know your number, call 1-800-660-9003. Then click here: Ralphs Community Contribution Enrollment page to fill out and submit the form that will link us with your card. After entering your card information and Take Me Home "NPO" number: 91424; click "Submit." Once you have linked your Ralphs Club Card to TMH, make sure to always use it, whenever you shop at Ralphs to painlessly donate to TMH every time you buy groceries. Please sign-up even if you've done so in the past, because Ralphs requires that you update the donation link every year.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Race for the Rescues is a 5K, 10K and Kids Fun Run to benefit ten non-profit rescues and animal welfare foundations, including Take Me Home. Animals from local shelters will be there for adoption, along with fun activities for all ages.
Animal lovers will gather together to raise money and give the gift of life to the homeless animals of Los Angeles. Join Team Take Me Home and be a voice for the voiceless. For more information: http://www.takemehomeanimalrescue.blogspot.com/gspot.com
Email: TakeMeHomeRescue@gmail.com
For more information about Take Me Home rescue, A 501(c)(3) nonprofit:
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