The NAPRP Blog

By NAPRP Admin on 7/28/2009 10:01 AM

Susan Daffron talks to Kate Carpenter from Pet Zone in Georgia about a three-year old black pomeranian mix named Bailey who is available for adoption. Pet Zone saves dogs from euthanasia from animal control facilities in Walton and surrounding counties (this area of Georgia has an 85% euthanasia rate). All the dogs at Pet Zone are temperament tested, animal friendly, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and obedience trained. The facility is set up like a doggie daycare just for rescued dogs. Read More »

By NAPRP Admin on 7/24/2009 5:21 AM

By the time you read this, assuming the airlines cooperate, I'll be out on the East Coast for the Taking Action for Animals Conference, which starts on the 24th. If you're attending, please do stop by our booth and say "hi." In other news, I recently did a radio show with a person from a rescue out in California. After the show, we ended up talking about fundraising. I told her about my new book Funds to the Rescue, so that led into a rather long conversation about her struggles to raise money. It's a situation I know many of you are facing too, so I thought I'd share a few ideas that came out of our chat. Read More »

By NAPRP Admin on 7/21/2009 5:27 AM

Susan Daffron talks to Dawn Konrad from Mid-Atlantic German Shepherd Rescue about a dog named Sting who is available for adoption or even a foster home. Sting was turned into a shelter in Maryland when his owner died. The shelter called MAGSR who have been working to find him a foster or adoptive home. Read More »

By NAPRP Admin on 7/17/2009 5:00 AM

Today I had the pleasure of doing the teleseminar with Deborah Howard from the Companion Animal Protection Society (http://www.caps-web.org). It was a whirlwind hour of information. I thought I was fairly educated about puppy mill issues, but the problem is vastly larger and more overwhelming than I ever realized. Read More »

By NAPRP Admin on 7/13/2009 5:40 AM

Susan Daffron talks to India Powell from Atlanta Animal Rescue Friends about two cats named Inky and Amber. These two kitties came into rescue as kittens about 3 years ago and have been in foster care ever since. They are extremely well-adjusted sweet cats who have adapted to multiple foster-care environments over the years. The reason they have been overlooked for so long is simply because of their coat color. Read More »

By NAPRP Admin on 7/10/2009 6:17 AM

Anyone who works at a shelter or rescue finds out quickly when there's a puppy mill or sleazy pet store in the area. But what can you do? In our next teleseminar, Deborah Howard from the Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS) will be on hand to talk about grassroots efforts you can take when you have a puppy mill or a pet store selling puppy mill puppies in your neighborhood. As well, in last week's post, I said I'd talk a bit about fundraising planning and delegation this week. Those are big topics, so I'll write much more in future newsletters, but for now, here's a quick snippet from my book Funds to the Rescue about planning. (I just discovered today that the book is already available on Amazon.com!) Read More »

By NAPRP Admin on 7/3/2009 6:49 AM

Last week's post (Always Be Marketing) touched a chord with a number of people. Hearing about a non-profit that has to close for lack of money is certainly disturbing. Unfortunately, it's not unusual. The reason is not for lack of dedication, it's more often lack of time. In fact, a member of NAPRP wrote in with a question along these lines: "The day-to-day operations and problems take so much time and effort that there is little or no energy left for fundraising. How can we inspire and motivate people for fundraising and grant writing?" Here are a few tips: Read More »

By NAPRP Admin on 7/1/2009 6:50 AM

Susan Daffron talks to Cindy Gagnon from Southeast Pug Rescue and Adoption about an 8-year old fawn-colored pug named Turbo. Because Turbo has diabetes, he needs special food and two insulin shots per day. However, Cindy (his foster mom) says that even though some people may be concerned about taking care of a diabetic dog, "it really is not that hard." Read More »

By NAPRP Admin on 6/26/2009 5:09 AM

Considering I live in a small town, we seem to have a lot of animal issues. I guess it's no different anywhere else, but this week I found out that the low-cost spay/neuter clinic I worked for in 2001 is going to close tomorrow after 20 years of serving the community. Obviously, this loss is going to have a big impact. At the clinic, the prices were truly low. You could get a cat neutered for $20 when I worked there. Many people who otherwise would have let dogs and cats remain "unfixed" brought them in. We spayed and neutered a lot of feral cats and foster animals. Many clients were retired folks on fixed incomes. Even with all the good they did, I may be the only person who isn't surprised the clinic is closing. Read More »

By NAPRP Admin on 6/22/2009 6:00 AM

Susan Daffron talks to Christy Thomson from the Seattle Humane Society about a dog named Blue who is currently in foster care. Contrary to what you might think from her name, Blue is not a merle or blue gray-colored dog. She's actually a deep chocolate brown color with a white stripe up her muzzle. Blue is 10 months old, so she's still a bit of a puppy, but she loves everyone. Read More »