Page 7 - DoggieRescue E-Magazine January 2022

JANUARY 2022 DOGGIERESCUE.COM MAGAZINE 7

In December we ended the year with a very
special adoption. Bailey, a long term boy, finally
found a forever home with a single person with
a lot of patience and love to give him. Not
forgetting our Mums and their puppies! Vixen
and her pups as well as Hope and her little
family. All adopted into loving homes.

Our feline adoptions currently stand at 36, 8
bunnies have been adopted and 1 guinea pig.
Cat adoptions of the year would have to be
handsome ginger boy Russell, blind in one eye
and with FIV+ ( see adoption photo at right )
and FIV+ long term boy Taz.

But it is not only adoptions that we celebrated
in 2021. In June Monika received the Medal of
the Order of Australia for service to animal Much loved senior kitty Prince Harry who gently passed away
welfare. It was such a proud day indeed for in his sleep and also passing away was a cat with lots of
all DoggieRescue supporters and very much personality Tommy who had some serious health issues and
deserved. never found a forever family. He was loved by all his Doggie
Rescue family.
Congratulations Monika!
There are so many more, impossible to list but remembered,.

dogs, cats and rabbits who were all listed for destruction at
Sadly 2021 saw the passing of many precious various pounds but went on to live full lives. When you adopt an
animals. Some that stand out to me are Pinky, animal you not only give that animal a future, but you change
Button, George who was often featured in your own and that of your family. That one pet brings a special
DoggieRescue magazine a few years ago. love with it and the love lasts...long, long after the pet passes
Others who come to mind Cleveland, April, away. So many experiences, special days, quirky habits and
Willow, Cookie, Bonnie, Bozo who passed looking back, even with sadness, the memory of those precious
away shortly after celebrating his 18th birthday. moments never fades.
Beautiful Jane, our cancer girl and poor Tabitha
a long term girl who became very sick and was So while in 2021 we may have adopted hundreds of homeless
fostered by Janelle and then passed away a pets and given them a future for 2022 and years to come I like
short time later. Not forgetting poor old Reggie. to think about the change that each pet brings with them to the
families who have added a new member, be it a four legged
one! Unconditional love, given with a waggy tail or a purr. A
pet can fill a void in your life you never knew you had. Making
a resolution for 2022? Why not make 2022 the year that you
adopt an older pet, like Betty at left who at 15 years of age has
found herself without a home.

Let 2022 bring more lasting memories, enjoy your dog or
cat, have fun...that’s what we all need in 2022. If you are
thinking of adopting make sure that you give a homeless
pet a future, and change yours!

A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

Betty’s sponsor: “In loving memory of Joan Elmes (cat lover)”