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admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:23:04 +0000

Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb

Because of you, who donate & believe in a vision of a no kill nation, “A Place To Bark” has been Blessed to save over 2,500 homeless pets in the past 5 years. Thank You so very much!!!

Our model program, is where each entity does their part, to further animals along the adoption process. We rescue animals in need, from high kill shelters, puppymills & cruelty cases.

By being a full time foster & rehabilitation program we take them in, get them well, provide full veterinary care & any rehabilitation needed.

It is then a win/win situation for the homeless pets & the people who adopt them!

Working together is the answer!

We are their safety net, if for any reason the animals does not shelter well, they are always welcome back into our program, for as long as they need to be here.

Our partnering shelters have the means to showcase, screen, spay/neuter & adopt the animals out in large numbers. So we do our part on the front end & they do their part on the back end!

Thank you“Adopt A Pet” for the mention about “A Place To Bark” in their newsletter!

Their dedication to finding a homes for animals in need is Amazing!!!

Wonderful article done by “The Humane Society Of The United States” in their Sheltering Magazine pages 14-15, about our rescue efforts, titled “Travels With Bernie” .

We’ve been getting some great press, but that won’t keep our doors open.

We need recurrent donations to continue on.

For as little as $10.00 monthly, you can help save the life of a homeless pet in need & if in Chicago or Florida can adopt one of our rescues, from our partnering shelters.

This Holiday Season, keep love in your hearts and support rescue efforts!

The animals cannot help themselves & depend on us to care for their well being.

Help “A Place To Bark” continue saving homeless pets everyday by donating HERE

“Travels With Bernie”

Updates

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:21:29 +0000

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do”
~John Wooden

Please accept my apology for not posting sooner…

I’ve been working double duty, between my art world & my rescue world.

This has been the hardest year ever, keeping the rescue open.

After 11 years of doing rescue, I almost had to close the program, earlier this year.

The economy has been so bad, people are surrendering their pets because they can’t afford to keep them. People aren’t adopting because they can’t afford a pet and people aren’t donating because they don’t have the disposable income to do so.

Not to mention rescues are closing like you’ve never seen because of lack of donations & funding.

So it’s become a very difficult situation all around, with homeless pets being put to sleep at greater numbers.

“A Place To Bark” is not out of the woods yet, but we are working hard on restructuring by partnering with businesses, who would actively fund the rescue & also creating residual income giving back.

The program has been so successful at saving lives, it’s grown beyond what I ever envisioned it to be. But along with that has been growing pains. Baptism by fire so to speak, in learning what works & what doesn’t as far as generating enough money to save the animals in need.

The operational costs, transport, gas, food, veterinary care, becomes very expensive. But Life shouldn’t have a price tag attached to it…

Thanks to “Chase Community Giving” giving us a grant we will be able to get a grant writer & cover some basic operational costs.

We still have alot of catching up to do, with outstanding bills, that have grown due to lack of donations. I have Faith, everything will work out and the program will continue to grow.

The grant money won’t arrive for 8-10 weeks I’ve been notified by the grant giver.

Please donate this holiday season so that we are able to continue saving homeless pets from needless death at our local animal controls.

Life is precious and should not be disposable. Together we can change things…

So in the next few months the website will be overhauled, many changes on the horizon…

Stay tuned & Thank You for visiting, donating & loving your pets….

Till there are no more homeless pets, we are “A Place To Bark”

Drink Wine and Save a Life? Hmmmm…

admin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:49:05 +0000

We’ve been visited by an ANGEL! Drink Wine, & Save a Life?

A Place to Bark Animal Rescue has been proudly chosen as the official animal rescue of Cellar Angels.

Their mission is simple; expose wine lovers to incredible wines and provide assistance to worthy charities like us.

Please sign up today and help a great company support a great causes.

Find out more about Cellar Angels:

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Two Cups of Coffee a Month or Save a Life? Hmm…

admin — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:22:47 +0000

Paying by credit card?
Click the “Subscribe” button and look for the link to “Pay by Credit Card”

“A Place To Bark” is in need of your help!

Due to record numbers of homeless pets & lack of donations we may be forced to close our doors at the end of July. The “Zoline Foundation” has given us a 20k matching grant, 7/1 – 8/1, 2011, to help us keep our program open, to continue helping animals in need.

30 days & A Small Miracle Needed: 20K Matching Grant

admin — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 02:07:20 +0000

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.” ~Edward Everett Hale

Photo Credit: Joe Frazz photography

“A Place To Bark” is in need of your help!

Paying by credit card?
Click the “Subscribe” button and look for the link to “Pay by Credit Card”

Please donate, even the smallest of donations makes a huge difference. Spread the word, via the social networks, “Facebook”, “Twitter” & Your Blogs. Together WE CAN make a difference. Recurrent donations are what keep our program alive! 10 or 20 dollars a month, helps to make all the difference in the world.

With the economic challenges these days, there are more pets in need, than ever before. We seriously get hundreds of pleas for help monthly. It breaks my heart to think we may have to close.

In “2010” we rescued & placed 705 animals on a shoestring budget. In the past 5 years over 2,500 hundred were saved by “A Place To Bark” This certificate of recognition was given to us earlier this year by our county commissioners.

Can you imagine, if we were properly funded, how many more we could save? Our program is very successful, with 6 shelters waiting to take animals from our program. Unfortunately, it comes down to dollars. Sad, the reality of it all. That it is cheaper to euthanize than to rescue. In most animal control facilities here in the south, it is a 98% euthanasia rate. Can you imagine? Those numbers are staggering. Most of the beautiful faces you see on my blog, facebook, twitter, etc, would have all been put to sleep needlessly. My mind races daily with the ways of the world. How is it that society has become so cold? That life is measured by dollars… We Need To Change the practices of this world & Change will only occur, if people care enough to work together, by the masses. The sheer numbers of loving caring, hearts, CAN CHANGE THIS WORLD! “A Revolution For Life” needs to become a global mantra.

This program has grown beyond anything I could have ever dreamed, 12 years ago. Happy that I’ve been Blessed to save so many. It has come at a cost though. The cost being, that I know, all these precious lives can be saved! Thru hard work, long drives, networking and dollars. I’ve waged a war with my own money that began this rescue, to prove a point. That life does not have to put to sleep needlessly. After going thru most of my own personal dollars & family inheritance, it became painfully clear I needed to lead with my business head & not my heart. Even with the biggest of hearts, Love will not pay the utility bills, food, veterinary, fuel, van rentals, boarding, grooming, etc.

So the last few months have been, looking at the best way to restructure “A Place To Bark” to be viable & sustainable thru buisness practices. A new board is being put into place as I speak, all seasoned business people who love animals. We have connected with many big businesses that will give back, so it’s just a matter of time till we have this all figured out. But in the meantime, we have lives to save…

Won’t you help us continue on and donate? I’ve always been terrible at asking for help, but we have come too far to just give up. So I’m asking now, we need your help!

If for some reason we can’t raise our operations costs for this year, I will never give up! My life is one dedicated to the cause of helping animals in need, so I may have to slow down to catch up so to speak or change directions. But I will NEVER, EVER, give up…. Did I mention I wouldn’t give up? I won’t ever

These faces will tell you why I’m so driven… This was a delivery brought to me by the Sheriff’s Dept on the day they were to be euthanized. Look into those precious faces, I laughed so hard, I cried when I saw them… ALIVE & Smiling right back at me as if they knew, they were safe. All dogs have been placed into loving homes.

Be A Part Of Something Great… SAVING LIVES!!! #aplacetobark Rescue/ Adopt / Educate

Please spread the word about our campaign.

A donation of any amount can help us save LIVES!

It’s up to us to make a difference in this world!!!

The Power of ONE + One= The power of EVERYONE!!!

If you need to donate via Paypal, the email to be used is: aplacetobark@aol.com

Happy New Year "2011"

admin — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:11:00 +0000

“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right”
~Oprah Winfrey

It’s “2011″ A New Year & we will continue to achieve the same goal as past years… Saving Lives! More to post, but for now, please view our Smilebox and smile that because of your support these faces live on!!!

Over 700 dogs/cats saved this year…

Will post more in a day or so…
A Revolution for LIFE, begins at “A Place To Bark”!!!
“2011″ is going to be an AMAZING year!
Stay Tuned!

"Change The World" Help us win for animals in need!

admin — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:53:00 +0000

“Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light”
~Norman B. Rice

Another year almost at end… Where does time go?
Will try to catch you up in the next few blog posts, but for now…
I need to ask a favor of every person who Believes in LIFE!
I NEED YOU TO VIEW, RATE & SHARE THE VIDEO BELOW!
Every person who loves animals &

Believes that they should be given every reason to LIVE,
I NEED YOUR HELP!
We have done a commercial for the “Go Daddy” contest& hope to win!
Or at the very least inspire people to come together
join the movement of a no kill nation mindset…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUyhMz7Wk6w

I am doing everything I can, to not close the shelter at the end of this year. Even with the least amount of donations, we continue to save more dogs than last year, but the bills need to be paid. So we will just keep the faith, hope & pray that we inspire a nation to follow our model, to build more quarantine/rehab rescue facilities & save lives in bulk!

This is my friend Claudine & oneof two of her rescued pets she has adopted from A Place To Bark. Maggie who is nuzzled in Claudine’s neck in this photo, was scheduled to be put to sleep an hour after I rescued her.

Can you imagine?
Look at that beautiful face…
She is an AMAZING dog!!!
A victim of circumstance, as most of these precious animals are!
Together we can change the world, but it will take all of us!
Come & join our “Revolution for LIFE!!!”
They depend on us… Let’s not fail them!

BE A PART OF SOMETHING GREAT!!!

SAVING LIFE!
(Photo Credit: Joe Frazz Photography)

help a place to bark with ebay! It’s easy!

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:24:00 +0000

Support A Place to Bark on eBay today! Do you use eBay? Did you know you can help A Place to Bark when you buy and sell? Here’s how:

SELLERS: Sell your unwanted items on eBay and donate 10-100% of the final sale price to A Place to Bark.You’ll get a tax deduction and a credit on your basic eBay selling fees.

SHOPPERS: Buy items listed on eBay to benefit A Place to Bark. You’ll get a great deal and A Place to Bark will get funds from your purchase.

EVERYONE: Make us your Favorite Nonprofit and you’ll be invited to donate $1 (or more) whenever you checkouton eBay.

SPREAD THE WORD: Help spread the word! Please Twitter this blog post and mention it in Facebook too! This will all help A Place to Bark!

GET STARTED today by visiting our dedicated page on eBay here!
thank you so much for your support of the animals!

Operation Bark "A Place To Bark" HELP US In our "REVOLUTION FOR LIFE"!!!

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:22:00 +0000

“It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing

because you can only do little,

Do what you can”

~Sydney Smith

The months that have past have been a true test of Faith for me as always, time passing faster & faster, moments gone in a blink of an eye…

A struggle of my mind & heart, but even more so with the recent loss of my mother.

My emotions running high & deep, each and everyday.

Looking into the eyes of those that cannot speak, but yet, I know what they say…

The emotional exhaust that comes with taking care of hundreds of animals yearly, but also the elation that follows, when they are adopted, loved & held in the arms of their new families.

The phone calls, pictures & Love, THAT is what keeps me going…

Focusing on the good, the end result of all the work.

You can just imagine what it’s like….

Knowing the dark side of the world, but also knowing that there is HOPE for all these animals if people work to save them!

The unfair side of what I see, is where life is put to sleep needlessly for mere dollars, while it costs hundreds to save.

Life isn’t fair, many things can change if we come together to make a difference for these helpless animals.

This is where I need you, to help me fight & make a statement with the numbers saved!!!

Fight to save these animals from a needless death…

JOIN ME IN A REVOLUTION FOR LIFE!!!

Our rescue is in need of serious donations to keep taking in the hundreds of animals we do yearly.

Please, I hate asking for money or help, it is not for me, it is for these animals I rescue.

Just think…. I struggle everyday with funding, but yet we still save & continue to rescue.

IF we had an endowment, enough money to pay the vet bills, buy a transport vehicle & finish the shelter how many more we would save!!!

For a mere $10.00 monthly /or more, if we could get 1000/ or more people to do this recurrent donation, we really could make a huge impact & create this program into a national model.

Currently we are working with 2 shelters & 3 others (one as far as Nova Scotia) are willing to take our dogs into their adoption programs.

So life is waiting for these dogs on death row at every animal control in the nation, they just need someone to step up & take responsibility for their lives like we do here.

It takes work, but the end result is LIFE!

Please consider making the ten dollar or more monthly donation to “A Place To Bark” thru Network For Good or PayPal & help us save the lives of these precious pets!!!

Please spread the word about our campaign.

Ten dollars can help us save LIVES!

It’s up to us to make a difference in this world!!!

The Power of ONE + One= The power of EVERYONE!!!

This picture says it all: Love & Life lives on because of your donation!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! From: A Place To Bark

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:11:00 +0000

A happy New Year!!! Grant that I may bring no tear to any eye…

When this New Year in time shall end. Let it be said I’ve played the friend.

Have lived & loved & labored here & made of it a HAPPY Year! ~Edgar Guest

In the blink of an eye…

Another year passed.

WoW!!! And what a year it’s been!!!

Never have I worked so hard & felt so behind…

But it’s all about lessons, this life, this journey.

I’ve learned so much, this past year & even as old as I get, I’m always learning something new:)

First I want to say “Thank YOU!!!!” to all who visit & read this blog…

Your support, friendship & constant compassion helps me continue on & find strength daily.

Thank you seems so inadequate, but please know, I do appreciate you so very, very much!!!

As so far behind as I get, my disappearances from the blog & my e-mail, I’m learning to find balance & will one day master it:)

This year in a nutshell, has been our most AMAZING ever…

I’m still wondering how we did, what we’ve done.

The sleepless nite, the non stop round the clock, care, cleaning, etc..

All pays off & we have saved 611 dogs this year & 42 cats.

Here are some of our highlights:

We were able to assist the animals in need saved by The Humane Society of the United States this past year on 2 separate occasions. Here are a few before & afters:

Just a few of our HAPPY videos. The dogs from the confiscation above & their progress:)
Learning to trust again: A Tail wag first…
And we’re UP!!! On the road back to trusting people

The other assist was a Horse rescue where 84 horses were saved in Tennessee.

At this confiscation several dogs that we took in and cared for have now been adopted!!!

Here is one of their before & after pics:

I’ve been at almost every confiscation done by HSUS in Tennessee over the past few years.

The people who have dedicated their lives and live most of it on the road, saving these helpless creatures, get my deepest respect. I’m blessed to know many of them & call them friend.

Until the day there are no more in need, together we work together, cry together & pray for a better future…

This is just a few of the many dedicated AMAZING people on the HSUS Emergency Services Team, led by Scotlund Haisley.

Next I want to introduce you to some AMAZING kids!!!

They have presented us with a $1000.00 donation this Holiday season.

Their organization Assist A Pet believes in our vision!!!

In 2010 we will be partnering with Audrey, Andrea & Jack to make

a difference via our social networks.
These driven kids are going to be our spokes kids for a new website we will be launching later in the year, dedicated to everyone coming together to make a difference, via our social networks. Focusing on being socially responsible, spreading awareness & believing in a common vision of saving Lives everyday & the end of needless killing of shelter pets!!!
“A Revolution For Life” begins at “A Place To Bark”!!! Stay Tuned it will be VERY exciting:)
Our younger generation will lead this revolution…

Another puppymill confiscation where 285 dogs were saved by the ASPCA in February of 2009. Another AMAZING group!!! I don’t know what would happen to the world without this animal welfare organizations….
We took in 28 of these dogs who were all extremely emaciated & extremely pregnant.
All of which left healthy, loved & have ALL have been adopted!!!

A VERY special THANK YOU to PetSmart Charities!!!

Without their support we would have never been able to care for the medical needs of so many of these dogs.

This is one of the babies who is now an adult & happily living with artist Julie Bergmann & her family. Pom Pom is very loved & spoiled as all dogs should be:)
Another artist Sue Pelletier has sweet Eloise who also was born out of that horrible situation. Both live perfect lives & for that I am forever grateful!!! Thanks for adopting instead of buying:)

The key to our success is networking & working together. Sometimes we don’t see eye to eye, but the bottom line is, we have to learn to agree to disagree and keep working towards the common cause & vision. That is to end the needless killing. The only way it will happen is by EVERYONE working together. So that is what we try to focus on everyday!

Here’s a little video on our daily efforts in making a difference where we live, by working with the Sumner County Sheriff’s Dept Animal Control.

They deliver dogs weekly to our rescue & help us save lives.

Our partnering shelter Anti Cruelty Society in Chicago is really who makes us successful.

They have the staff & facilities to place the hundreds of animals we save yearly.
By coming together, each doing our part, to get these animals healthy & well adjusted, it becomes a win/win for the animals, adopters & the humane society.

This is the wave of the future!!! The collaborative efforts SAVE lives!!!

The staff keeps me updated on my animals via my Facebook, Twitter & my social networks.
If one does not shelter well, it is returned to us, for private placement.

As you can see, I’m proud to call these people my friends!!!

How could we not be, after all, what feels better than saving life…

Yes, shelter policies and procedures are changing!!!

But we have to BELIEVE & be the CHANGE, if we expect to see it!!!

The extreme emotion & hard work it takes to run a rescue successfully & the huge numbers we have been taking has been taking it’s toll on me… But the vision is almost complete.

The matching grant from the Zoline Foundation & your donations have brought us to a place we can continue to finish the shelter.

I’m not sure yet, if we’ve met the match, but whatever the case, we are grateful for whatever we have collected:) In the next few months, we will have walls, plumbing, electric, heating & air!!! All that will left to finish will be the veterinary equipment, washer/dryer, dishwasher, stainless steel sinks, kennels & veterinary cages. So much to do in the next few months, but we are almost there!!! WooHoo!!!
It’s been a tough year for all & financially everyone has been stretched, but you’ve come together for us and it’s been a MIRACLE to say the least. Again: “THANK YOU ALL!!!”

A final note is truly CHERISH each and every moment you have with your pets!

I lost my BIG guy Zeus this year….

While the void in my heart will never heal, his memory lives on in each and every animal that I come in contact with.

Till we meet again at the The Rainbow Bridge. I will miss you’re snoring & smelly feet everyday:)

These faces here, each & everyone you see… You’ve helped me save by donating!!!

THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!!!

MAY YOU ALL HAVE THE MOST WONDERFUL NEW YEAR AHEAD!!!

HERE’S TO A GREAT “2010″!!!

RESCUE, FOSTER & ADOPT!!! TILL THERE ARE NO MORE HOMELESS PETS…

P.S. If I have forgotten something or someone, please forgive me, I’m writing this on the run, from a hotel on the road between my transport & home:)