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19
April 2002
Time
sure flies. It's been five months since I moved here, and snips has been
in limbo all this time. Changing gears from being focused on adoptions
hasn't been easy, but I think that we're ready to begin the next phase
of snips's evolution. It's time to shift some of the focus to other groups
and individuals, both locally and across the country, showing the kinds
of things that are being done to make the world a better place for our
animal companions.
There
are several events coming up right here in the Columbus area in the next
few weeks, so we'll start out by highlighting what the local groups are
doing. The time I've spent surfing the web these past few months has yielded
links to lots of interesting sites - some serious and some just for fun,
so they'll be added, too.
I've
noticed an incredible increase in awareness of the responsibility we have
for our animal companions, with some realizing that in many ways we are
the students rather than the teachers. It's interesting to see that many
people are looking at the skills and intuitions animals possess, and rather
than taking them for granted or belittling them by attributing them to
"brute nature," admitting that these abilities are just as valuable
as those we claim as humans. We are beginning to understand their connection
to that world beyond our own awareness, and we realize that much of what
we search for in our daily lives is something that they already posess.
And,
of course, since I still live with 11 dogs, 12 cats, two birds and now
two HUMANS, I'll do a lot of reporting on the antics of my gang. With
$1500 dental surgery stories, to broken blood feather emergency stories,
to the challenges of moving 25 animals from rural Virginia to suburban
Ohio stories, maybe there will be a couple of things that you find comforting
or informative or entertaining. And for everyone who told me that I'd
never find anybody as long as I had all these animals, well, I have a
story for you, too.
Just
ask Ripley. Her first words were "Oh boy!"
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15 November
2001
We've Moved!
The
gang and I have pulled up stakes and moved. We're back in my home state
of Ohio, and my "VA WOOFS" and kitties are going to have to
adjust to being city dogs - and to having a new "dad" and "brother"
and kitty sister! We're not sure exactly what direction snips is going
to take here in Columbus; I plan to contact local groups to find out where
I can help. Our greyhound placements, in cooperation with Greyhounds Adopting
Families (www.countryroadskennel.com), will continue, and there are still
a few mixed breed snips dogs needing forever homes. Other than that, we'll
just have to play it by ear.
There
is so much about Virginia that I'll miss, but I gotta admit, this new
life is pretty exciting...
7 October
2001
Last
weekend's Vegetarian Festival &
Adopt-a-Thon was a huge success for Charlottesville's Voices for Animals,
and for several shelters ~ including snips! We placed three dogs and have
a greyhound home all lined up thanks to the wonderful people we met at
the Festival! This is an amazing event. The people from Voices for Animals
make it better every year, and it should be on EVERYONE'S "must do"
list.
Thanks
to volunteers Kathy Ladika, Jo Ann Olsen, Frank Delk, Judy Levine, Gary
Lisle and Trigger Lisle-Levine. snips wouldn't be snips
without you!
AND.........
snips has a new greyhound spokesdog! She made her debut at this year's
Veg Fest and she had a greyt time! Her name is Tansy, and she is a pretty
six year old brindle who is my Zack's twin. Tans was a very good racer,
and she has a litter of greypups just making their way to the track. We
will be following their progress as they begin their careers. My thanks
to my bestest greyfriends Sandy and Geary Burns of Country Roads Kennels
and Greyhounds Adopting Families for allowing Tansy to come live at snips!
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