Sponsorship

Huge thanks to Deb P. for her consistent dedication to exercising and socializing our rescue dogs in Red Deer! This volunteer runs the dogs many times each week, cleans their runs, and ensures the rescues get lots of loving! The foster home can take in so many more dogs since Deb can be counted on to help. Thanks Crazy Woman!!

Congratulations Melissa and Cameron! Paws and Claws is grateful for your kindness to our rescues; they gave Paws and Claws a substantial donation in lieu of wedding favours. The four-legged "unofficial bridesmaid" is Shyla; she has been with Melissa since childhood! Shyla walked Melissa up the aisle on her wedding day, though it wasn't planned. Our volunteers think Shyla is a lovely and perfectly loyal attendant!

Many thanks to Karing Holmes Dog Daycare and Handing in Red Deer. Kari allows Paws and Claws to bring in our fully vaccinated rescues for socialization, for free! She runs an awesome facility! The dog daycare is located at #2 4980 - 76 Street, Red Deer, Alberta. Karing Holmes Dog Daycare also kindly acts as a collection depot for old blankets and towels, crates, etc., that Paws and Claws need for our rescues!

Cheryl Schneidmiller once again helped Paws and Claws spay several dogs, and prevented oodles of unwanted puppies from being born into misery. Thank you for your kindness and generosity again Cheryl!

Thanks to the many volunteers who gave up their weekend to help rescued animals at the Red Deer Pet Expo 2010! Thanks to Klassic Kennels Rescue, Alleycat Rescue for sharing our booth, and to Deb, Hetty, Susan for volunteering with Paws and Claws!

Our thanks to the Canadian Donner Foundation for helping Paws and Claws in our endeavours to prevent thousands of unwanted dogs and cats from being born to suffer in Canada- we are grateful for your financial aid helping our Spay Program!

We would like to thank Shasta! This volunteer is an incredible help to our charity. Her foster puppies and dogs are incredibly lucky pooches!

Paws and Claws is very grateful again this year to the employees of Telus! Telus and its employees gited enough money for us to spay about nine dogs! Thank you all!!

Thank you to Donna Dee for donating a gift basket to Paws and Claws to raffle off at Bark at the Bend! It includes a gift certificate for some dog obedience in her Oh My Dog! classes. This will be a most welcome gift for some lucky winner. Thank you Donna Dee!

A huge thank you to Ladina at Only Women's Fitness for donating several one-hour massages for us to raffle off at our Farmer's Market booth in Red Deer! Some lucky winners are going to be very relaxed and happy! Thank you for your generosity, Ladina!

Our volunteers Janet and Sara joined the Alberta Spay Neuter Task Force at their incredible spay/ neuter clinic at the Cardston Veterinary Clinic.

Their Blood Tribe Pet Wellness Clinic was a huge success with a total of 104 dogs or cats sterilized, 52 dogs vaccinated and treated for parasites, and 66 dogs or cats rescued through the kind assistance of the many animal welfare groups. 46 volunteers worked hard in the snowy weather.

Incredible job organizing and funding this worthy event that has gifted quality into so many animals' lives, Alberta Spay Neuter Task Force volunteers!

Thank you to Jen and Scott from Paws and Claws! This awesome couple fostered many a puppy for the rescue! They saved oodles of litters; dozens of puppies' lives. They have moved, and we miss them very much.

Thank you to Tailblazers 160-4828 53 St Red Deer for gifting us a gift certificate as a prize for our Red Deer Pet Expo raffle!

Cheryl Schneidmiller with Coldwell Banker Trails West Realty in Sundre always seems to remember Paws and Claws and donates generously to our spay program! She adopted one of the sweetest dogs ever from us several years ago as well! Thousand of unwanted puppies will not be born to suffer thanks to Cheryl's generosity.

Paws and Claws is grateful to the Red Deer SPCA for generously donating us a booth at their annual Bark at the Bend! They have also generously given us a free booth at the last two of their annual Pet Beauty Contests! Thank you!

Thanks so much to Kelly at Regal Hound Designs! She gifted our rescue a large box full of leashes and collars that have been SO helpful to us! They are beautiful collars and leashes too! If you would like to see her work, please visit www.regalhounddesigns.com.

Thank you to Regency Flooring in Sylvan Lake! They donated pieces of carpet that kept little rescue Robyn warm, dry and comfy for the months she was in care!

Thank you to Katie's Pet Spa for allowing us free use of their dog bathing facility. We have taken a few dogs through there to get polished up for events! Katie has also gifted Paws and Claws some treats and food. Thank you!

These beautiful dog houses were dropped off today and Bonnie and her husband Magne deserve a HUGE thank you.

Along with the houses there were 3 bags of food, 24 cans of wet food, toys, a couple blankets, a few dog dishes, a large tub of milk bones and 2 boxes of puppy milk bones . They also provided a few extra shingles, and the extra dog house paint.

Thank you thank you thank you! AWESOME and the dog houses are great. Fantastic!

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation would like to thank the Red Deer SPCA for inviting us to have a booth at their Pawsitively Gorgeous dog beauty contest event held Saturday, March 15, at the Bower Place Shopping Centre. Our volunteers had fun watching all the entries.

We held a raffle to raise money for our Spay Program. We had two prizes; the beautiful handmade afghan was won by L. Sutherland. The lotto bear was won by Allen S.!

Generous passers-by who purchased tickets have made spaying another five females possible!

Many thanks to Marilyn S. of Red Deer for her beautiful handiwork; she gifted us the gorgeous afghan!

Our raffle raised enough money for us to spay four female dogs on the Sunchild and O'Chiese Reserves. This will prevent up to 26 000 unwanted puppies from being born into Alberta in the next five years!

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation would like to thank Ms. Penner's Dance 15 Class at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School for choosing our charity to be one of the recipients of their dance recital proceeds!

These talented students raised $110 for Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation. This money will spay a dog from the Sunchild or O'Chiese Reserves. Spaying one female prevents the birth of up to 6500 unwanted puppies over a five year period. Their contribution will prevent a tremendous amount of suffering.

One of our volunteers attended their recital, and was extremely impressed by everyone's performance. Their dedication to dancing shone through! Thanks again Lindsay Thurber Dance 15!

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation would like to express its gratitude to Hailey. This kind hearted young person went on an enormous blanket drive to collect comfortable bedding for our rescues. She is pictured surrounded by the bags and bags of blankets she rounded up.

Hailey's dedication to help our little rescues will provide a great deal of comfort to animals (who have experienced little of it in their lives). Thank you Hailey!!

Paws and Claws would like to thank Sammy Kooter and his owner Amanda Merrier of Sylvan Lake.

Sammy and Amanda donated Sammys Christmas presents to the less fortunate animals in our care. Items included 2 bags of dog food, 1 bag cat food, 2 bags dog treats, 2 packs of rawhides treats, 3 stuffed toys, 2 packs of tennis balls and a large bag of dog bone treats.

We would also like to thank Woof and Purrs. They sent leashes collars and a receiver for radio fence.

Paws and Claws would like to give a huge THANK YOU to Dawn C. in Bowden! She found our former rescue, Sunshine, running about in her town. Sunshine was adopted out from us over a year ago.

Dawn rescued Sunshine from a busy street and looked after her all day while she searched for Sunshine's home. Sunshine was spotted by a vehicle while Dawn took her out to do her business!

Turns out Sunshine's people travel to and from Calgary, and father-in-law was caring for Sunshine when she went on an adventure! Everyone was thrilled to be re-united.

Thanks to both Tish and Dawn for spending much of their day on the phone! We appreciate your kind, caring heart Dawn!

Our rescue dogs and cats have a great deal more comfort in their lives thanks to Colleen G. of Strathcona County! Colleen has been doing some major scavenging for blankets, sleeping bags, comforters, towels, pillows, and stuffies for our rescues. She also sent along some cat accoutrements, an x-pen, and a crate! Her bounty completely filled one of our volunteer's SUV; in fact, the last bag needed a foot to cram it in. Colleen tells us that this is just the beginning... we can't wait to see what she is going to acquire next!

Many thanks to Leona Phillips for donating a dog crate in memory of Mufffin. We will put this crate to good use bringing needy puppies into care.

Thank you so much to Gary and Maggie H. of Red Deer! One of our volunteers was shopping at their garage sale and came across an enormous covered garbage can on wheels. These cost well over a hundred dollars new; however, when Maggie found out that it would be used as the "poop duty" wagon, she gave it to the animal rescue for free! Thank you for making one of our volunteer's lives immensely easier!

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation would like to thank Doggy Doo Removal for generously helping out at our largest foster home operation.

Doggy Doo Removal gives one of our amazing foster parents a break!

Doggy Doo Removal... they "doo" it for you!

If you're in the Red Deer area, give Doggy Doo Removal a call at (403) 341-5151 or e-mail doggydooremoval@shaw.ca. Their rates are very reasonable, and make a welcome gift for the dog lover in your life!

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation would like to thank Bonnie Tjernqvist for her generous Paypal donation of $100.00! We were checking our account and we saw her name, we instantly recognized it and that she had emailed not too long ago wanting to help. Your contribution to the animals our charity serves will do a great deal to diminish suffering. Your gift allows us to spay a female dog, thus preventing 6500 unwanted dogs from being born over the next five years. You have prevented a tremendous amount of suffering. Thank you!!

Paws and Claws would like to thank Wayne and Carmen Rodwell. Wayne and Carmen donated a medium size crate, a sleeping pad and a cat house. We will be able to put these items to good use. Thank You!!

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation would like to thank Prairie Dawgs Pet Supply! This shop just opened its doors in Sylvan Lake at Hewlett Park Landing. Prairie Dawgs is generously supplying the food for the three puppies and three kittens located in our Sylvan Lake foster home, and will continue to do so on an ongoing basis. Our volunteers and our rescue animals are grateful for Prairie Dawgs' generosity!

Paws andClaws Animal Rescue Foundation would like to recognize one of our youngest volunteers for his help walking and socializing the dogs and pups at one of our foster homes! Thank you Justice!

Paws and Claws would like to thank Max and Dakota for their $20.00 donation (they wanted to help out dogs less fortunate than themselves)! Max is a Rotti cross and Dakota us a miniature American Eskimo, these much loved dogs belong to Bev Brattson of Sylvan Lake. Thank you so much for your donation!

Paws and Claws would like to thank Candace Leggett and family for their $200 donation. They donated this money in loving memory of Candace's father, Ken Allen. Candace’s father recently passed away, and this is money the family received in cards. Since both Candace and her dad shared a love of dogs, she suggested donating the money to Paws and Claws. Our hearts go out to Candace and her family in their time of grief. God bless you and your family. This thoughtful legacy will prevent a tremendous amount of animal suffering.

Thank you to the family that adopted Carlito. They had Carlito neutered in February, we received a copy of his vet certificate with a request that they would like to donate his $100 spay/neuter deposit back to our organization. We will use this money to alter a female dog living on the First Nations Communities in which we serve; this will prevent countless numbers of unwanted puppies to be born. Thank you!

Huge thanks to Edmonton and surrounding areas' generous animal lovers for stopping by our booth at the Edmonton Pet Expo ! We would like to thank Alice Hinchey for doing up the Paws & Claws poster for the Pet Expo. We would like to thank Pat & Carmen Seto, Debra Ayling, Wendy Weber, Shaun & Corrie Melloy, Dianne Hawn, Jenine Cerney, Polly Seto for donating the Doggie-Goods Basket, valued at $150.00. Our second prize is one night at the beautiful Wingate Inn Hotel in Edmonton. The winner is Wendy R. of Wainwright, Alberta. Her family will enjoy all the amenities the lovely Wingate Inn Hotel has to offer. We would like to thank Debra Ayling for donating this fantastic prize! Thank you to Polly Seto for donating the lovely Avon Gift Set!

Paws and Claws would like to thank Maxine Evans for her $100 donation, Maxine contacted us back in October she had heard about us from a co-worker. Maxine is fellow dog angel and the proud owner of a 12 year old collie X which she adopted from the S.P.C.A. After seeing our website Maxine wanted to help and sent us a very generous donation. Thank so much Maxine!

Paws and Claws thank the 16th Red Deer Brownies and 4th Girl Guides for their very generous donation. These wonderful girls collected $130 and chose us as their Christmas charity. Thanks so much and we promise to buy lots of cookies. Keep up the good work girls!

We would like to thank everyone who has helped us fulfill our mission throughout this very busy year.We have been able to find loving homes for 188 dogs and 4 cats in 2006 and thank all of the adoptive PetParents.

Thank you to all of our foster parents, Brandie, Cheryl, Gloreen, Gloria, Janet, Jodi, Polly, Shannon and Tish, without our dedicated foster parents we would not have been able to achieve our success. Everyone has put their heart and soul into taking ill and malnourished puppies into their homes and giving them a second chance in life. We all fall in love with the puppies and dogs that we foster and it is one of the hardest and at the same time one of the most rewarding things when they finally find forever homes.

Our spay and neuter program would not have been possible without the dedication of Janet, Jodi and Parkland Veterinary Hospistal in Red Deer. Our Vet bills for 2006 were over $16,000, and would have been significantly higher without the amazing discount Parkland Vet offers our organization.

Thank you to Vic, Sara and Jaylene, as well as Gloreen, Lori and Louella for your dedication to raising funds at the Red Deer Farmer's Market throughout the summer and at our ongoing Safeway partnership program. Your efforts have not only raised much needed funds but also have raised awareness about our organization.

Keeping this organization running also requires lots of administrative work. Thanks to Gloria our financials are in order, and thanks to Shannon this website is being kept updated.

And last but not least we would like to thank all of the wonderful people that have donated funds, including our amazing corporate sponsors, who helped our organization fulfull it's mandate. We have had an outpouring of financial support, especially throughout this Holiday Season.

Paws and Claws would like to thank Brynn, Hannah, Simon, Bryan, Marie, and Amy Geake, and Sienna and Emily Snow for their very generous $100 donation! Following is the email we received from their Aunt:

I found your site by accident one day while I was looking for rescue societies, and was very impressed by the work you are doing, and the respectful manner in which you are partnering with the First Nation Peoples to help the dogs who live with them. We recently got a dog through NASAP, and while I was looking at possible dogs to adopt, I also saw your site. I believe that what you do is making a tremendous difference, and I was touched by the stories of the puppies and dogs and those that have helped you rescue them.

This year, we were told that our nieces and nephews had everything they needed, so they didn't really need Christmas presents from us. We know that they all really love animals, so we made a donation to your organization in their name instead of Christmas presents. They were happy to know that they would be helping a puppy or a dog that was in need.

Paws and Claws would like to thank Carla for her very generous $50 donation. Not only did she donate, she also adopted a dog from us! Please read the following:

Your welcome for the donation..I was MORE than happy to donate. I recently adopted "Georgina" from Polly and have had a wonderful time helping her adjust. Please keep up the good work. Also, please don't hesitate to email or call if you need something and are really in a bind....I would like to help out more I'm just not sure how. Happy New Year and All the Best to everyone at Paws and Claws!

.October 2006

Paws and Claws would like thank our Corporate Sponsor Sign Craft Digital Imaging in Calgary for donating the money to have Bear Spayed! We are so very happy that the kindness of others has given her the opportunity to be the sweet girl that she is! She will be able to enjoy a full puppyhood and never have to worry about puppies of her own!!

Trent and Sue deGoesbriand said they were inspired by the love and dedication with which Paws and Claws is approaching the enormous task that lies before us and were
moved by the stories of all our beautiful precious dogs that come through the system and they wanted to help out!

So when Trent and Sue with SignCraft Digital Imaging read on our website that we are always seeking straw bales so dogs on the reserves can be built shelters and receive protection from the bitter cold. On October 29, 2006 the deGoesbriands with friend Sheila McConney came with a giant load of one hundred straw bales from Calgary!

Click Here for Video Clip of this amazing act of kindness.

This was an ugly cold Sunday, and the roads were terribly icy. They passed many cars in the ditches on the trip; however, they persevered several hours for the dogs they so wanted to help.

Sue, Trent and Shelia met our volunteers in Red Deer, and presented a bounty that still has us in shock.This marvelous couple took it upon themselves to recruit helpers and gather donations of all kinds from their friends and family! They brought dog and cat food and toys, treats, pet beds, blankets, towels, shampoos, and grooming tools. The deGoesbriands collected cash donations as well that totaled over $1700!

Larry & Wendy Findlay donated $100.00 plus 4 large bags of food and 10 beds approx value $300
Erhard & Wanda Sommerfeld's 11 year old daughter Nicole saw our website and felt so stongly she has donated her allowance ($30.00)! Thank you to our little dog angel Nicole!
Rob & Lorrie Closson $200.00 plus approx $400 worth of supplies which included blankets, beds, shampoo, collars, leashes and treats. (Rob and Lorrie attempted to supply some of everything on the wish list. They poured their hearts out and gave and gave.)
Jim & Theresa Mompere $100.00
Kelly Gardner $50.00
Dedrha Ripley $20.00
Brenda Granger $20.00
Gwen Curkin $40.00
Michael Fox $100.00
Ryan Sims $20.00
Douglas & Jayne Osborne $50.00
Lorena Plato $20.00
Barbara & James Bateman $50.00
Sheila McConney $100.00
Cash Misc. Donations $11.38

Cash donations exceeding $900 which were MATCHED by SignCraft Digital for a total of $1,723.38!!

They then hauled the bales out to the O’Chiese and Sunchild Reserves, another two hours farther. The group spent many hours on the reserves distributing bales and food to families. Loading and unloading dogs to be spayed and puppies coming into care took lots of time as well. By the time they drove back to Jodi’s in Red Deer to unload the animals and tackled the long icy road home to Calgary, it was in the wee hours when they returned home. To read more about this please click here.

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation had a wonderful time at the Edmonton Fall Woman's Show October 14 and 15th! We

met lots of fellow animal lovers, and raised enough money to spay several female dogs that live on the Sunchild and O'Chiese Reserves through our raffle. The first prize was a stuffed dog covered in raffle tickets... the winner was Tammy Leeb. Good luck with those tickets Tammy! Second prize was a one hour massage at ... Pause Therapeutic Massage. The winner was Denise Liviniuk. Paws and Claws is very grateful to Lori at ... Pause Therapeutic Massage for donating her time and effort to our charity. Third prize was $50 worth of Avon skin care products. The winner was Janice Trudeau. We thank Bonnie Bilawchuk for her generous donation!

We would like to thank everyone who stopped by our booth at the Womans Show in Edmonton on October 14th and 15th. We would like to thank Kim Crooks of Sherwood Park for her $20 donation, Holly Mueller from Rimbey for her $40 donation and Brainna Melo from Edmonton for her $20 donation!

Paws and Claws is grateful to Safeway for choosing us as their corporate sponsor charity! Safeway has arranged for us to meet Paul Brant at the Paul Brandt Christmas Convoy and we recieved a Paul Brandt autographed hat and guitar for the Christmas Silent Auction. Please click here for more information on our ongoing Safeway Promotion.

Paws and Claws would like to thank Sharron Leclerc of St. Albert for her very generous donation! Sharron said that after finding our website and reading about all the wonderful things we do with the pets it was pretty hard not to donate some money for the cause. She has two of her own, a Rotweiller and a 3.5 lb. Yorkie who thinks she's a Rotweiller!!! We will put Sharron's $40 donation to good use, in our spay/neuter account. Thanks to people like Sharron we are able to make a difference in the lives of so many dogs on the reserve!

September 2006

Paws and Claws would like thank the Strong family who adopted our little Bree. She is doing great! They have sent us her spay certificate and have donated the $100.00 spay/neuter deposit to to our society as a token of their appreciation. Thank you very much!

Paws and Claws would like to thank a very kind veterinarian, Dr. Lisa Loewen of the Deer Park Pet Hospital, who donated her services and did Sunshine's amputation operation for free! This operation would normally cost upwards of $1300.00. Had she not received this operation, she would have suffered debilitating arthritis in the leg as she aged. This is a wonderful gift to our charity; our meagre funds will instead be channelled into spaying the females on the two reserves. Paws and Claws volunteers are very grateful to our generous benefactor!

August 2006

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation is extremely grateful to the Hermitage Veterinary Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. This generous clinic spayed Foxy and Nugget for free. This gift is huge for our small non-profit rescue; the spay procedure itself will prevent up to 13,000 unwanted puppies from being born in the next five years. Thanks again to the wonderful staff at the Hermitage Veterinary Hospital!

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation would like to thank our awe-inspiring foster parent Jodi. We do not have a permanent shelter, therefore, we can only rescue as many animals as we have foster homes for. When volunteers go out to the reserves, we call the foster parents to see how many animals they can accommodate.

Jodi is the one who simply says, "Yup. Bring 'em!" Jodi has set up several kennels and has recruited her amazing family's help. (Huge thanks also to Tim, Hudson, Alanna, and Carissa). The beautiful pictures of her foster babes are taken by Jodi herself. Many dogs owe their lives to Jodi; she has adopted out SEVENTY dogs since February!!

Paws and Claws received a call from Lorna Hansen, she adopted Skye in May. She has had her spayed and would like to donate the incentive back to us. We would like to thank her for her generosity; with this money we will be able to spay a female dog on the reserve to prevent more unwanted pups. Thank you Lorna!

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation is a non-profit registered charity; we receive no government funding. Paws and Claws is run entirely by volunteers, so we can make a dollar go a long long way toward helping dogs and cats! It made our dedicated volunteers so happy to receive Linda Pekrul's $25 donation. This money Linda gave Paws and Claws will provide a veterinary examination and vaccinations for a needy animal. Thank you Linda!!

We would like to extend a big thank you to Sharon Clark for her very generous donation of $100! You can be assured that it will be put to good use. We are actually able to vaccinate 3 puppies with this amount of money. When you and are ready for a 4 legged larger furry friend we hope you keep us in mind and look us up. Thanks again Sharon!

Thank you and congratulations to Jackie Kupsch! This cute dog duo "Shiloh & Isabel" won the most website-visitor votes in the photo contest! Jackie kindly donated her $100 cash prize back to Paws and Claws!

Issy and Shiloh are both rescues, as are their 3 cats; therefore they entered the contest with the idea that if they won they would donate the money back to Paws and Claws. Jackie and her fiancée enjoyed recruiting people to vote for the girls knowing that every new person who visited the site could spread the word about this important cause.

Jackie thanked us for giving us a forum to share their girls' photo and promised us that Shiloh and Issy will get a special treat tonight for being such kind girls for donating their money to help other animals. They are going to start taking pictures for next year's contest, which we all hope will take place!

Paws and Claws would like to thank every single person who entered a picture in our pet photo contest; they are all adorable! Paws and Claws volunteers are relieved we didn't have to choose the winner, as it was impossible for us to pick from such equally sweet photos. Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation's photo contest raised enough money to have two female dogs on the reserves our mandate serves spayed. With the prize-winners donating their $100 back to the organization we will be able to spay a third! This will prevent up to nineteen thousand five hundred unwanted dogs from being born in the next five years.

A big THANK YOU to Cheryl Schneidmiller with Coldwell Banker Trails West Realty in Sundre for sponsoring Paws and Claws' Photo Contest!

Thank you to Colleen and Gary in Sylvan Lake for the donation of nice warm very much needed blankets.

Colleen and Gary adopted "Carlton" from Paws and Claws then later adopted "Berkley" for a companion for Carlton.

Colleen assures us that they love these guys so much, and that Berkley was the perfect match for Carleton and they are such a hoot to have. To say these two guys are spoiled rotten is an understatement!

Thank you to Carol Silver for the donation of cat food, brushes, treats, grooming powder and hair ball solutions. Thank you to Kathy Coughlin for the donation of leashes, collars, and dog brushes. This is awesome ladies, these are items that we can always use! Thank you for thinking of us !

We would like extend our thanks to Lori Pitcher. Lori adopted Annie back in Feburary and is donating $50 of the spay/neuter incentive back to Paws and Claws. This is very generous of Lori, thank you so much!

We would also like to thank Laura Lee and Terry from Blackfalds for donating and delivering a very large dog house as well as two crates. A thank you also goes out to Terri Jardine in Sylvan Lake for the donation of 3 cat crates and an electronic coin counter. This will make counting change from the donation tins much easier, thank you Terri! Paws and Claws would also like to extend our condolences to Andrew in Edmonton who recently lost his best friend of 7 years. Andrew kindly donated left over dog food to Paws and Claws. Thank you for thinking of us in your time of sorrow.

Paws and Claws volunteers drove into a yard to find a family moving. The girl who lived there was concerned about her dog, who had just had nine puppies. She wanted to make sure the puppies and their mother were healthy and went to good homes. One of the volunteers personally promised to give momma-dog and her babies a good home until they were all found wonderful forever-homes.

The three volunteers who visited the reserve were so impressed by the maturity and responsibility displayed by this young woman. She had the best interests of the dogs at heart, and wanted them to come into care.

Her friend also tried to find a young dog she thought needed to come into the Paws and Claws system, but despite extensive searching could not locate it. We will try again to find this dog on our next trip out. These two girls also helped us catch another frightened, skittish stray dog. It took hours to catch her, but they persevered and were ultimately successful. Thanks to their efforts, this dog will not end up feral, having litter after litter of unwanted puppies.

We are naming two of the female puppies after these two lovely girls. Thanks so much girls- you are truly dog angels!

Paws and Claws would like to extend our sympathy to Margaret in Olds for the loss of her family pet. Margaret has kindly donated her dogs food, bowls and large water pails, etc. This gift will outfit a foster family with our system to care for a dog.

Many thanks to Kathy in Spruce Grove for her help in increasing traffic to our web page! The increase in exposure will spread awareness of our cause as well as provide a larger potential pool of adoptive families. This will mean that dogs will find homes far more quickly making room for us to take in another dog or puppy. Kathy's efforts will increase the total number of critters we are able to save each year. Thank you Kathy for all your hard work!

We would like extend our thanks to Scott and Shirley, they adopted Sienna from Paws and Claws last year. This lovely couple built a house with an attached dog run for Sienna and kindly donated the old dog run to Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation. We were delighted to receive it! The ability to contain a dog will enable another person to foster for us. Scott was very kind in delivering the run right to us!

Thank you to Leanne and Joe White, Sadie's new parents! They adopted her, knowing of her medical condition and are willing to do what ever it takes to make her healthy. They live on an acreage and have four cats (2 of which were rescued) and one dog (also a rescue animal). Leanne generously donated alot of items for Paws and Claws. Our prayers have been answered for Sadie to have found such loving, caring people. Joe and Leanne also made a $200.00 cash donation to Paws and Claws. I tell you, they don't come any better than these people!

Thank you to PetSmart in Red Deer, Alberta - PetSmart's Adoption Weekend, May 5,6 & 7th was a great success! Many dogs and cats across Canada found homes during this event. Paws and Claws volunteers visited the Red Deer PetSmart with our puppies. The pups captured many hearts with their adorable personalities and sweet faces. PetSmart is passionate about pets. They believe that every pet should have a loving family and healthy, happy life. It is for this reason, they made a conscious decision to not sell cats or dogs. Rather, they dedicate space in every store to more than 3,400 local animal welfare organizations to help homeless dogs and cats find loving homes. Click here for more information how PetSmart is making a difference for Pets!

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation is grateful to PetSmart for their dedication toward helping animal-rescue charities, and greatly appreciate their support.

Thank you to all the wonderful people who are helped to make the Red Deer Home Show Fundraiser a success! Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation would like to thank everyone who stopped by the booth to get more information about what we do, to donate to the animals, and purchased raffle tickets.

Thank you to our corporate sponsors: Sylvan Lake Vet Clinic, Parkland Vet Hospital in Red Deer, Sylvan Lake News, Willard Morris - RE/MAX, Central Alberta Development Corp., Falcon Homes, Gord Steinbach - RE/MAX, Klassic Kennels in Red Deer, Edun Oilfield Consulting and Cabinet Creations, rocky west SIGNS!

Thank you to Community Savings Business Banking Centre South Hill Branch in Red Deer for the use of a laptop computer and projector for our Power Point presentation.

Thank you to PetSmart for their wonderful donation of a basket of Doggie treats and toys to be raffled off. The basket is an actual dog bed!Thank you Bonnie Bilawchuk of Edmonton, for donating an Avon Gift basket for Paws and Claws to Raffle off during the home show it consists of the Avon Foral Prints collection of "Fresh Flowers Pot-Pourri, Body Cream, and Bath and Shower Gel"

January 2006

We would like to thank Ashley Lange of Sylvan Lake for her help in reconstructing our new web site! Also a big thank you to our Original Web Designer, Kelly Pickering for all her hard work and dedication over the years!

Paws and Claws would like to thank Pat Jacobsen of Sylvan Lake for her kind and generous donation of dog food each month. Every time Pat purchases a bag of dog food for her own dog, she picks up one for us as well. She has been doing this for the last three years. This food is then taken to the dogs on the First Nations Communities and distributed. Thank you so much Pat!

Thank you Debi Edginton! Paws and Claws is so sad that we are losing one of our cornerstone volunteers due to a work-related transfer. We could always rely on Debi (and her wonderful family) to take in the hard luck cases. Debi has a huge heart, and has opened her home to some very desperate cases of animal abuse and neglect. She nursed them back to health and prepared them for adoption. Doing this takes a huge toll emotionally as well as physically, but Debi has always been up to the challenge. In addition to everything else she does, Debi goes on the radio every morning and promotes our organization, raising awareness of our cause. We will miss you desperately, Debi, but know that needy animals near your new home will benefit greatly. Thank you.

P.I.T. (Professional Integrated Technologies) A huge thankyou to Stu Gillis and his crew of mighty dog angels who enthusiastically donate their own time to pick up tons of donated dog food, transport it to Sylvan Lake, and stack it very neatly then tarp it against the weather. We are very grateful for all the time and energy donated to Paws and Claws.

Thank you to the Sylvan Lake News for donating our weekly "Featured Pet of the Week" ad.

Pete Swales of Massage Above All who has generously donated certificates for a free massage for a variety of draws and raffles, over the years. Pete has also massaged some of our dogs who needed his gentle touch to help them recover from injuries.

Happy Birthday to a very special young man from all of us at Paws and Claws Animal Rescue. For Braidyn's 10th birthday party in leiu of gifts, he has asked everyone to bring a donation of a used blanket, dog food, toys, etc, so that he can give something back to the dogs he loves so much. He currently does not have a dog, due to the restrictions of a rental agreement. Braidyn is seen here with his Mom with the items raised along with $65.00 from his party. Braiden got to meet some of the puppies in our care and we explained to him what his donation will mean to the dogs in need. Thank you so much Braidyn, you are truely a dog angel!

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation would like to extend its gratitude to Merial Canada for their generous donation. Merial Canada develops and produces pharmaceuticals for livestock and pets. Their wonderful products provide many of our rescues suffering with mange much-needed immediate relief and eventually a cure. Thank you Merial Canada!

February 2005

Paws and Claws would like to thank our incredible volunteer Tish Lecour. Tish has a huge heart and has been a tremendous asset to Paws and Claws. We cannot thank her enough for everything that she has done. She has fostered a tremendous number of dogs, giving them a second chance at life. Tish and her wonderful husband Ken have taught countless animals that people can be kind and trustworthy. We thank you for being such a valuable member of our organization, Tish.

January 2005

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation would like to thank The A.C.C.E. Club of Olds and The Chinook Country Vet Clinic for their generous donations of food, blankets, toys, dishes and various dog and cat supplies collected over the holiday season.

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation would like to thank Pauline Blackman in Olds for all her hard work. Regular followers of the site will recall that Kailin was a homeless reserve female hanging outside our teacher volunteer's in the bale house. When she found out that Kailin was pregnant, Pauline opened her home to her.

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Thank You!

Paws and Claws is very grateful again this year to the employees of Telus! Telus and its employees gited enough money for us to spay about nine dogs! Thank you all!!

Thanks so much to Kelly at Regal Hound Designs! She gifted our rescue a large box full of leashes and collars that have been SO helpful to us! They are beautiful collars and leashes too! If you would like to see her work, please visit www.regalhounddesigns.com.