start a dog rescue

I love dogs with all my heart and this is something I am determined to do. I am planning to move into the country at some point and build shelter on my property. I know it will be a lot of work but it is my passion. In the meantime, I volunteer weekly at the local humane society and support other local dog rescues.

I am 21 years old and I am going to school for nursing. I am on Michigan’s lame waiting list so I probably won’t be done with school until 2010! I work in a hospital and I’ve been realizing more and more that I should’ve gone to school to be a vet but my grades aren’t even close. Well, long story short, I started volunteering at my local animal shelter b/c I only work three days a week at the hospital. I have recently decided that I want to start an animal rescue (dogs b/c around here cats a dime a dozen and I don’t think I’d be able to handle the intake.) It won’t be for a while, I am taking my time b/c I know its going to be very difficult and I want everything to be right. I would appreciate any help or ideas or if anyone in the area would like to team up with me!

When I came back home today after doing bills, I felt deeply happy when I drove into my yard, I have my own home, good kids, wonderful furry friends, my little white farm looking ranch style house sits comfortably with big pine trees in the f.ront yard, kind of like a rustic park. I love this place, besides getting my dog rescue up and going there are a few other things I am going to do, I started putting a place for a herb garden outside my back door. 6 by 10 feet, got the fence posts in last fall to keep out all of my little rabbits. I just have to put on fence and plant, it’s right outside kitchen and I am also planting peppers, tomatoes and green beans. And also in the front yard, I am building a fairy garden, I have a beautiful tree that flowers every spring and I have it boxed in 8 by 8 feet. I am in the process of making the fairy houses now, right down to the twig funiture. I am making the faily houses out of small tree stumps, pebbles, wood chips for roofs. I am going to put a bed and breakfast, a old timer resturant, a tavern. and of course a few fairy dog houses. Of course I have got to put a toad house or two in because the toads love to sit around the bottom during the summer, do you suppose their watching out for fairies. I know the kids will love it, I have alot of little ones that come here because we also have a few old goats and one retired rooster. I am always telling the little kids stories about fairies and gnomes and the like and they love it, they always want me to tell them more. I tell such good stories that I have all the little ones that come here thinking that lightning bugs are really fairies in disguise. There really fairies but once you catch them they turn into lightning bugs(old fairy secret) so thats where my fairy garden idea started. I am even going to put in miniature dragonfly lites for nite time. So you see I have alot to do this year, getting my dog rescue is number one, I would love to give all the dogs that come into my life a fairytale ending also, living happily ever after. I will get there. come along way already. bye

I am new, my name is Laura, I am 43 and have 3 kids, a 23 year old daughter, 15 yearold daughter and a seven year old son. I am a widow, my husband Steven died of accidental hypothermia February 13th, 2000. That was the beginning of a slow descent into madness as I refer to this period of my life, The same year my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer(December) and my two sisters and I just about moved in with her and took total care of her for the next six months until her death in June. If that wasn’t enough in November of the same year I noticed something funny about my sons pupil of his eye, I immediatly took him to the doctor, he calls the eye doctor and we were given the most horrible news no parent wants to hear, cancer. Within 2 days we traveled from our home in New York to Pennsylvania to the best eye cancer hospital in the U.S. Wills Eye Hospital. Tests were done immediatly and my son, 3 at the time had to have his right eye removed to save his life. We have done 6 months of chem and he has been fine. He is 7 now and still goes to Wills Eye once a year and has an mri twice a year. thank god he’s okay. Now that we have said all that the story begins with the death of my husband in 2000. After that time I bought 7 acres of beautiful land in the country, my dream has always been to have my own place to recue unwanted dogs so this is where In started. I bought this on a land contract, then paid to have a well put in and an electric pole, then I found a wonderful man I paid to put me in our foundation. Once I got all of this done. I took this to the bank and asked for a mortgage using my paid for land and foundation as collateral. I got the small mortgage in May 2003, gave my landlord a 30 day notice and moved my kids, my guinea pig, cat and my 2 dogs into our 16 foot old camper had the telephone hooked up and already had the electric pole. For 6 months we all lived in that camper, animals and all until the third week of December, by then it was very cold. By the third week we moved into our new house that my dad and 2 guys bult for us. A 3 bedroom fully and tightly insulated and sided all for 38,000.00. Yes you heard it, thirty eight thousand dollars. sheetrock, cupboards, windows, carpets and congolium plus white siding. I got the most value for every penny I spent. So this past summer I went to a local sawmil annd bought lumber to put in a 24 by 30 polebarnSummer 2005) I had that put up with a green tin roof and now the next part of my dream is coming this barn is for my dream of doing dog rescue, I want to take 12 by 24 feet of this parn and have a fully insulated heated room with 8 dog runs..At this time we have 6 dogs, all in the house. I need to get my barn done so I can have my house and couch back haha. I have always had a passion for dogs and doing dog rescue has been a dream. I am such a smuck for those furry wet kisses. Our local humane society euthanizes regularly, every Monday and its just bull. They don’t try to seriosly rehome and work with them at all, I cn’t stand the heartbreak and I am going to make a difference, I can’t save them all but I can save a few at atime. I have always been good with dogs and understand the dog psychey almost to the point of an ingrained intuition. All they want is someone to love and to love them. And I know each dog I took it made a big difference to that one, one at a time, it makes a difference, I want to be the voice and the muscle to make a difference and I am almost there, This is not my style to do what I am about to do but I am desperate, If everyone who is reading this could send me a $1.00 bill, I guretee that I will put that dollar to good use. every last cent of it. I want to get this finished asap, I have been on the internet on ebay pricing dog doors an it’s going to cost more than I can get, plus I need some dog chainlink kennels with doghouses plus I nee to put chainlink fencing up for the 8 runs I want to put off the barn. If I can get this done this summer I will have done it, reached my goal, dream and can fully taking care of these beautiful furr faces. I am such a smuck like I said for dog kisses. I want to be their voice and help stop this ridiculous euthanizing. Our humane society is reaaly worthless, they recieve a small amount of cash for each euthanization so they jus put those dogs down and put them in the local landfil or other. It is not the dogs fault their human is so unresponible, why should their lives be treated so worthless. Well, this is my dreamand if any onyone wants to help a good cause and be guarentee that dollar you spent was well worth it,I will use it for something that really matters, then send me a dollar, You will be helping dogs get a second chance and alot of love from me, thank you Laura Pelkey, 944 West Mahoney Road, Brasher Falls, N.Y. 13613