I’ve been slacking in my photos of the week. We’re looking to move this blog and merge it with our business blog once that is up and running. We’ll eventually transfer posts from here to there and when we’re ready for an official move a post will be made here. Until then we will continue [...]
Archive for the ‘vickys pet connection’ Category
#44 – Spay/Neuter Clinic
Posted in dogs, vickys pet connection, tagged animal welfare, dogs, spay neuter clinic, vickys pet connection on 12 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend Vicky’s Pet Connection (VPC) sponsored a spay/neuter clinic for low income families in Kent County Michigan. This is the second clinic in the county within the past six months. By the end of the year a neighboring county will also have had two of these clinics.
The goal is to help control the [...]
#36 – Children: Free to a Good Home
Posted in dogs, free to good home, funny, giving up dogs, vickys pet connection on 13 August 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m responsible for answering email inquiries for Vicky’s Pet Connection. Questions include wanting information about a specific cat or dog in our program to our adoption policy and procedure. But unfortunately about half of the emails I receive are from people looking to get rid of animals. Some people are looking to place strays that [...]
#35 – Fifty Foster Dogs
Posted in adoption, dogs, foster dogs, fostering, humane society, vickys pet connection on 1 August 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Andrew and I have been fostering since March, 16, 2005. Our current foster dog Betty (left) is the 50th dog that has spent time in our house since then.
Clover (right) was our first foster dog, through the Humane Society of Kent County. The rest of our foster dogs have been through Vicky’s [...]
#33 – Critter Cottage
Posted in adoption center, critter cottage, mel's feed, mel's feed & pet supply, store front, vickys pet connection, vpc on 27 July 2007 | 4 Comments »
The Critter Cottage opened on Monday, July 23! Vicky’s Pet Connection has teamed up with Mel’s Feed & Pet Supply in the Critter Cottage venture. VPC will be doing cat and dog adoptions and Mel will be running the retail side of things.
Some cats available for adoption will be at the Critter Cottage all of [...]
#28 – Therapy Dog
Posted in adoption, animal welfare, dogs, foster daisy, fostering, homeless dogs, shelters, therapy dog, vickys pet connection on 2 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This past week we fostered two yellow labs. Both have been adopted. And both deserve a Why Dogs? post. I’ll start with Daisy.
Daisy, as I posted earlier, loved to roll around in the grass as if she were happy to be able to play in it after spending a month in a shelter. She spent [...]
#26 – Double Adoption
Posted in adoption, animal welfare, dog rescue, dog welfare, dogs, homeless dogs, pregnant dogs, vickys pet connection on 27 June 2007 | 2 Comments »
Vicky of Vicky’s Pet Connection specializes in rescuing pregnant moms or moms with young puppies. She’ll also look at adult dogs and single puppies but the majority of the dogs she takes in are pregnant or have puppies.
Over the course of pregnancy and then raising puppies until they’re eight weeks old Vicky gets to know [...]
#25 – A Roll in the Grass
Posted in backyard play, dog rescue, dogs, foster daisy, rolling in the grass, vickys pet connection on 26 June 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Our current foster dog Daisy was rescued from a shelter a little over an hour away. She had been there for almost a month without being adopted. She came into the shelter as a stray.
We’ve had Daisy since Sunday morning. When she arrived she enjoyed running around in the backyard. But she seems to enjoy [...]
#17 – Kong – A Rescue Friendly Company
Posted in dog rescue, dog toys, dogs, haven, kong seconds, kongs, vickys pet connection on 15 May 2007 | 3 Comments »
Lots of companies make and sell products for dogs. As with any company some are better than others. I think that Kong is one of the better ones.
Sure, their products cost a little more than others. But their products are a staple in our home. Beacon and Haven have had Kongs [...]
#15 – Saving Pregnant Dogs
Posted in dog rescue, dogs, euthanasia, foster honey, pregnant dogs, vickys pet connection on 5 May 2007 | 1 Comment »
Pregnant dogs are often the first to be considered for euthanasia at shelters because they’re hard to care for, especially after puppies are born. The additional mouths to feed and medical care to administer adds up. Vicky’s Pet Connection takes in a lot of pregnant dogs from area shelters or dogs that have [...]
