Charlie and Phoebe 1/28/10

Charlie and Phoebe are two three month old puppies rescued from Columbus County Animal Shelter yesterday by Erik and me. Wow, what a trip that was! I saw a post on craigslist from the shelter asking for anyone's help since they have to euthanize a lot of animals tomorrow morning. The minute I read it, the idea of going was stuck in my head and I knew I had to go. My new friend Erik likes adventures as well, so he volunteered to drive the 6 and a half hours there and back! We saw the opportunity to get out of Asheville and make a beautiful day trip all for a good cause!

When we left we knew we weren't going to make it to the shelter in time, so we talked to an awesome volunteer Julie, and she had pulled a lot of dogs before hand. When we got there she gave us these two guys, a shepherd mix (male) and a pitbull/lab mix (female)?

I am really surprised at how awesome these puppies are! It's almost easier having two because they play with eachother, they sleep together, and they keep eachother company. I haven't had anything torn up yet either! Charlie is a total family man! He is down for anything- not to mention very clumsy and adorable! Phoebe longs for that individual to bond with. She studies everyone as if she's looking for something in them. Her sweetness seems to win people over. Both are the best of friends.

They have not had their shots yet, so they won't be available for adoption until next week. Their Parvo shot is Saturday. From then you wait a week to make sure they recover and do not have Parvo.

They will be for adoption as a pair. If you would like to meet them you can contact me at 415.578.8821.

Phoebe

Charlie

so many things.

I'm sorry to be so behind on the updates. Life is getting busier and busier and I am just one person. The feral cat project has been moving along, but I did not trap them yet due to a few things.

Last week I got the cats on a feeding schedule so that they knew what time I would come to feed them every day. The plan was to trap them last Monday, but I came to the conclusion that I needed to better prepare myself financially first. As you know, the spay and neuter is discounted, but this still means 30-50 dollars for each cat. And we could end up catching up to 15?? I did the math and decided to wait until next month.

IN THE MEANTIME!! I have been planning the Fourth Annual Heartbreaker's Ball! This is a tea party that I hold at my house every year on Valentine's Day. This year it will be in Asheville and it is a benefit for Solo Hostel! Everyone has been so open to this and I can't wait for it to happen. Donations will be accepted and at that point I hope to have a lot more money to contribute to fixing the cats. I have been buying a lot of decorations! The walls are going to be covered in fabrics and tin foil and lights! The space will be small and packed, but comfortable and glowing. I look forward to the dancing and games.

Another exciting piece of news is that I went to the court house the other day and recorded Solo Hostel Strays in the books! So now no one can claim this name. I also opened up a bank account so I don't have to keep my personal money and SH's money in the same account.

Thanks everyone for their donations. This is becoming such a fun project.

cheers.

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EVERYONE: I could use your help so much this month! I have a new project below that I will be paying for out of my own pocket, so if you have even ONE dollar to spare I would be forever grateful!! The "donate" button is on the top right of the page. Thank you so much!

For the past few months I have been feeding a colony of feral cats that live by a dumpster at an interesting mexican restaurant in west asheville. They have gotten comfortable with me there, but with this winter is so intense and it's becoming more difficult for them to survive. There used to be 20-25 cats, now there are around 10.

My goal all along was to have them all fixed. Unfortunately I can't find them homes because they are too feral and better left to live in the habitat they are used to. However, the great news is that I have hooked up with Friends2Ferals to help me spay and neuter them! Friends2Ferals is a project associated with the Asheville Humane Society to help trap and fix feral cats within 48 hours. The Humane Alliance will spay and neuter for a discounted price as well as get them up to date on all shots. Nancy from Freinds2Ferals has been nice enough to let me borrow her traps and start the process on Monday! With some help from my family, hopefully we will be able to move them safely to my house, and then to The Humane Alliance.

How interesting this will be! God I can only hope they will stop meowing after an hour or so. I will to update this daily over the weekend with pictures and more information.