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Weekly newsletter of the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility
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Lydia Holloway is sharing her many talents with ACARF by
establishing a website that sells many clever and custom-made items and shares the profits with ACARF. Lots of ACARF t-shirts and other
really fun things!
Check out her store! Use the following to maximize ACARF profit:
Zazzle.com/helpacarf/*
April 15, 2011
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More Shelter Improvements
Workers began on Friday to install a door on the south side of the building through the Dog Adopt room. This will make it both quicker and easier for dog walkers, as well as reduce the risk of spreading germs. The work is being done by Rod Decker and his assistant, James. They ex-pect to complete the project over the weekend. Water spigots will also be installed on the north and south sides of the building, as well as out by the dog pens.
Visit our website at www.acarf.org
to see all adoptable pets
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ASPCA Happy Tails: The Life of Riley
This week’s Happy Tail comes from Ellen
Hada in Brooklyn, who adopted a Pit mix
at the ASPCA in 2010:
January 11, 2011, marked the one-
year adoption anni-
versary of Riley, a
"goofball" who is
scared of all um-
brellas (including
pink princess para-
sols).
Riley and I had our first kiss during the
one-on-one introduction at the ASPCA.
Victoria [Wells, ASPCA Senior Behavior and Training Manager] warned us he was a
very nervous, shy, "cruelty kid" who had
been abandoned after being abused for
quite some time. "Don't kiss him or touch
him too soon," Victoria advised. But it was
too late. As I knelt to my knees to say hi to
Riley (then called Bear), his tongue had
already found its way to my entire face,
and possibly two or three of my front teeth.
I was sold!
In the beginning, Riley had only two
modes on walks: Run for Your Life or Su-
per-Slow Bowling Ball. Walks would go
like this: Sniff. Trot. RUNNNNNNN—
Umbrella!? RUN FASTER! Oh, not um-
brella—Phew! Bowling Ball! Pee. Still
peeing. Please stop trying to pull me
away—can you not see that the stream is
still going!? PAWS ON MOMMY—RUN
EVEN FASTER—BOWLING BALL! ...Why
are you crying, Mommy?
Over a year later, with Riley 15 pounds
heavier, our walks have greatly improved.
We go running together and he is fabulous
at keeping pace. He runs around umbrellas
and umbrella-like objects with minimal
disturbance. Riley has come such a long
way. I don't even care to imagine what his
life was like before coming to our home in
Brooklyn.
But here is what I know now: Riley is loved. By doting grandparents, uncles and
not one but two daddies (my boyfriend and
my best friend), Riley is chocolate-
covered, whipped-cream-with-a-cherry-on-
top loved. And so even though we are only
celebrating his first year with us, I am cele-
brating a lifetime with him because my life
didn't really begin until it was with him.
The Classy Attic women have been at it again! They cut egg
shapes from construction paper, and Robyn provided pictures of all the adoptable cats and dogs to place on them. They are prominently displayed in the side windows of the store.
Many thanks Many thanks Many thanks Many thanks to Sherry Hart, store owner, Judy Laver, Ginny Hawk, and Robyn Porter!
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If you have a rescue story you’d like to share, please send it to
Pictures are always welcome!
Andi DePriest, Director
Janice Porter, Front Desk
Robyn Porter, Photographer,
Petfinders
Ginny Hawk, Fundraising
Chair
305 East Highway 54
LaHarpe KS 66751
620-496-3647
Hours
11:30 am—5:00 pm
Tuesday thru Saturday
Closed Sunday and Monday
This is being sent to you as a sup-
porter of Allen County Rescue Fa-
cility—either as a donor, a volun-
teer, a member, or an animal lover..
Please contact the editor at [email protected] if
• You wish not to receive further communication or
• You wish to add to the calendar
or to the mailing list.
• You have comments, sugges-
tions, complaints!
Thanks for sharing with
others!
Robyn’s
Pet of the Week
Burt is a friendly, hand-some domestic short hair male cat. At about two to four years of age, he is calm and set-tled. Burt has a very in-teresting pattern to his fur. He's mostly white, with a patch of dark fur on his back, and a dark tail. Then, on the top of his head, he has what
looks like a very nicely combed dark hairdo (he even seems to have a part!). Burt always looks like he groomed himself carefully in anticipation of meeting you. Apparently, Burt would like you to know that he is truly a
gentleman.
Burt
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