| Follow Me Home Rescue & Sanctuary |
| Follow Me Home Animal Rescue is working to reduce the high shelter kill rate in Jefferson, Franklin, Crawford, and St. Louis counties. Animals are held in shelters for a period of five business days, and then they can be killed if not rescued by a group, or adopted by an individual. Animals that are surrendered to the shelter by the owner can, and usually are, killed immediately. Most families looking to adopt a dog do not realize that purebred dogs account for 25 to 30 percent of a shelter’s dog population. In the last 10 years, the No-Kill Movement has been spreading across America. More and more people are getting involved in the plight of stray, abused, and abandoned dogs and cats. Homeless animals are not the government’s problem alone, nor should they be. If each one of us does just a little, every homeless animal in Jefferson County would eventually have a home! Follow Me Home Animal Rescue welcomes children who want to help with homeless animals. We have volunteer kids from 12 years old and up who help us hold the dogs at adoption events. They talk to people about homeless animals. They show younger children who come up to the dogs how to approach the dog, where and how to pet the dog, and answer their questions. We believe that getting our children involved when they are young will reduce the number of animal abuse cases, the number of animals killed in shelters, and teach children responsibility and compassion towards others as they learn compassion and responsibility towards a family pet. Studies have shown that just holding and petting a family dog or cat lowers blood pressure, releases “good feeling” endorphins, and gives you a sense of, well, love! |
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PEDIGREE® is excited about the My Puppy Program found on the website, www.puppy.com.au
My Puppy is a comprehensive program designed to help new owners and their pups on the journey to dog-hood.
We've developed it to give owners and their pups the best start in life from the time s/he's 8 weeks old up until his/her
first birthday.
It's completely FREE to join and members will receive loads of fantastic hints and tips on guiding their puppy through
those initial months. Some of these include:
Creating your own My Puppy web page and personalising it with photos of your pup.
Viewing puppy health videos and exclusive training videos featuring expert trainer Basil Theofanides.
Receiving regular entertaining and informative newsletters relevant to your puppy's stage of development. (e.g.
vaccinations & toilet training)
So if you're a new puppy parent head to www.puppy.com.au and sign up!
If you don't have a puppy but know someone who does, do them a favour and tell them about My Puppy!
My Puppy is a comprehensive program designed to help new owners and their pups on the journey to dog-hood.
We've developed it to give owners and their pups the best start in life from the time s/he's 8 weeks old up until his/her
first birthday.
It's completely FREE to join and members will receive loads of fantastic hints and tips on guiding their puppy through
those initial months. Some of these include:
Creating your own My Puppy web page and personalising it with photos of your pup.
Viewing puppy health videos and exclusive training videos featuring expert trainer Basil Theofanides.
Receiving regular entertaining and informative newsletters relevant to your puppy's stage of development. (e.g.
vaccinations & toilet training)
So if you're a new puppy parent head to www.puppy.com.au and sign up!
If you don't have a puppy but know someone who does, do them a favour and tell them about My Puppy!
| 2008 Follow Me Home Sanctuary Last Update 09/07/08 |