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Vick's Dogs: The Good News Out of The Bad Newz Kennels

In the latest issue of Sports Illustrated, the article by Jim Gorant

"Since being rescued 20 months ago from the dogfighting ring financed by Michael Vick, all but a few of the abused pit bulls have been recovering in sanctuary, foster care and adoptive homes. Now even the most traumatized of them can have a happy new year."

>>> Read the entire article on the Sports Illustrated website

Be sure to look at the photo gallery for some wonderful photos of these dogs!

Rescue Transports - 2008

Here's a little movie I made of some of the photos I've taken of some of our passengers this past year. Most of the photos were taken in Spartanburg, SC, Charlotte, and Salisbury, NC along our regular transport route. Most of those dogs came from Greenville and Newberry, SC. Other photos are of dogs we've pulled from Gaston County, NC and York County, SC and transported to adoptive homes, foster homes, and other rescues.

This is just a small sampling of our transports. We remember every one with a smile, one or two with great sadness.

I present this movie in honor of all transporters, especially my friend and mentor Mari, and our passengers, and in memory of Jasmine, a beautiful, sweet border collie. She was pregnant when we transported her. We found out later that neither she nor her pups survived the delivery.

The Holiday Express Transport

Today our group of transporters moved 45 dogs from shelters in South Carolina to rescues and forever homes from Virginia to Connecticut.

Aside from a 10 minute delay along I-85 at the North/South Carolina state line, everything went pretty well. Bailey the puppy whined a little, but seemed to quiet down when I talked to her or shoved her kibble through the holes in the crate!

Tomorrow the transport may be delayed because of bad weather as they head north. Pray for the safety and comfort of all our drivers and passengers.


Mari and Oslo


The van from Charleston, SC met us in Salisbury, NC to drop off some animals heading north on our transport. I would LOVE to have a van like that for transport! We could fit a lot of crates in there!


Newberry Animal Control transferring animals to us in Spartanburg, SC

My Passengers:

Sunny

Bailey

Missy

Farmer

Brownie

The Chesterfield "Ewoks"

Sunday, Dec 14th, 10 puppies were pulled from a high-kill shelter in Chesterfield, SC. They were supposed to go on transport up North. Everything changed Monday morning when two of the puppies were diagnosed with Parvo. This is their story and why they need your help.

Read their story: http://www.chesterfieldewoks.blogspot.com/

Sadly, the little girl succumbed to parvo on Thursday night. In the meantime, the vet bills incurred trying to save her are astronomical. Her brother is thankfully doing well.

Beloved pets and people remembered

Love Lights, held last night at Camp Bark in Waxhaw, NC, was a beautiful and special event where we honored and remembered our cherished loved ones. Luminarias were lit in honor or memory of a special person or pet for a small donation to a local rescue group.

It was a crisp winter evening, but we were warmed by the memories of our loved pets and friends. The luminarias made a warm glow down the winding driveway and along the path to the pond and memory garden at Camp Bark.

I placed candles on the stone memorializing my special dog, Floyd who passed in 1995. She was a special dog, I loved my "little woofer".

Christmas pictures with the dogs

Every year my rescue group holds a Holiday Pet Photo fundraising event. The last two years were hosted by Camp Bark in Waxhaw, NC. One of our volunteers is a professional photographer and he sets up his lights, backdrop, etc, and takes photos of pets and their families. It's a lot of fun, sometimes a bit chaotic, always a good event for our group.

Jim and I took our girls Noir and Casey, and also little Smokey our foster dog. I thought I'd share some of the pictures with you. :-)



Smokey


Jim, Edie, Casey & Noir




Smokey with his foster mom, dad, and aunts




Casey and Noir trying hard to "stay"!

Ralphie's been adopted into the perfect home

Ralphie had been malnourished and was living outside with no shelter or medical care, so he was wormy, underweight, and intact. While at the hospital for his surgery, he was neutered and wormed. In foster care, his foster mom added Nussentials MORE to his food at every meal. Two weeks later when he returned to the hospital to have his stitches taken out he had gained 10 pounds and was healing well. The vet was surprised at his weight gain and said, "Whatever you're doing, keep doing it!"

Today Ralphie moved to his new furever home. He has a big fenced yard and another dog named Ruby to be his buddy. He said goodbye to his rescuer/foster mom Tammy, then ran off to play in the yard with Ruby and his new mom and dad. Ralphie Tripod is going to have a great life!


Ralphie's rescuer/foster mom Tammy


Ralphie with his new mom and new buddy Ruby