Barking Mad Animal Refuge Limited

06/02/2026

Begging again. It's 96 degrees here today. We have a big thunderstorm headed our way bringing a cold front. Weatherman guarnateed it won't be over 88 tomorrow. Only in Texas is a cold front 88 degrees.

The point is...it's hot. Our shade cloths disintegrate. We are begging for 4 of the 20' by 10' 90% shade cloths. About $200 total. the need is immediate.

I have cancer surgery tomorrow as outpatient which puts me in Lufkin tomorrow where I can stop in and buy them on my way out of town...

It's for the dog areas...shade their kennel runs and I wouldn't ask if the need was not immediate. is still just about the dogs....and we thank you in advance.

We will need more as the sun disintegrates our older ones. Catherine set us up with a good amount of them 2 years ago...but that is all we can expect them to last...the sun here is brutal and eats everything!

ZEFFY DOESN’T CHARGE US FEES AND THEY TAKE CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS VERY EASILY!
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/fundraising/1f1ece40-e1e1-45c6-8c2d-a314275f3db0

paypal.me/barkingmadanimals

Venmo:
CJ-Barrilleaux

CashApp: $BMARRefuge

Zelle:
409 457 6495
or
[email protected]
(it will say Cynthia but goes directly to BMAR)

E-transfer to:
[email protected]

05/31/2026

05/30/2026

Recently an adopter said that the rescues she adopted from paid for her to register the chip to her. We don’t and none of our rescue partners do either….though I did try to find some! The question is “should” rescues include this? We chip them for free and absorb that cost….and vets charge anywhere from $25 to $100. Registries according to a search are anywhere from $15 to $50….which would be hard for us to absorb since it cost more to adopt them out than our adoption fees cover. We can only continue to pay just so much before the financial burden causes us to collapse. I know this seems like very little…but we are nickle and dimed to death with costs getting these dogs vetted, fed, cared for and ready for transport.
And then the problems of updating the phone and addresses of adopters…paperwork always eats us up anyway. Most of the chips we buy are registered to us forever as a secondary event in case the adopter doesn’t update their information. Some of the transfer in dogs have chips not registered to us though…so that is food for thought.
Bottom line…if we continue to add more expenses and more paperwork…we have to raise our adoption fees and we already get SO MUCH hate over adoption fees it is mind boggling.
So what’s your take on this? Ideas from you are how changes are either made or accepted as is.
is interested in getting opinions….your turn to weigh in!

05/29/2026

📢📢📢 finds itself needing mucho specialty supplies at Tractor Supply. Specialty foods for med and geriatric dogs as you can see we are OUT! 🤔🤔🤔The large boxes of peanut butter bones to train our 🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺large dogs during play time…those treats help with good recall. Potty pads because the weather was awful and some dogs had to be whisked into safety. Shavings for drying out AFTER all these storms.⛈️⛈️⛈️
We are asking for Tractor Supply E-gift cards, use our email [email protected]
Cash is ok too…I can send it right to her cash ap card.
Tractor supply E-Gift cards are needed: https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/egift-card
I can get them right to her to use for pick up and any amount is helpful! $$DONATIONS work too! I can get that money to her right away too!
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/1f1ece40-e1e1-45c6-8c2d-a314275f3db0

paypal.me/barkingmadanimals

Venmo:
CJ-Barrilleaux

CashApp: $BMARRefuge

Zelle:
409 457 6495
or
[email protected]
(it will say Cynthia but goes directly to BMAR)

E-transfer to:
[email protected]

05/29/2026

📢📢📢 finds itself needing mucho specialty supplies at Tractor Supply. Specialty foods for med and geriatric dogs as you can see we are OUT! 🤔🤔🤔The large boxes of peanut butter bones to train our 🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺large dogs during play time…those treats help with good recall. Potty pads because the weather was awful and some dogs had to be whisked into safety. Shavings for drying out AFTER all these storms.⛈️⛈️⛈️
We are asking for Tractor Supply E-gift cards, use our email [email protected]
Cash is ok too…I can send it right to her cash ap card.
Tractor supply E-Gift cards are needed: https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/egift-card
I can get them right to her to use for pick up and any amount is helpful! $$DONATIONS work too! I can get that money to her right away too!
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/1f1ece40-e1e1-45c6-8c2d-a314275f3db0

paypal.me/barkingmadanimals

Venmo:
CJ-Barrilleaux

CashApp: $BMARRefuge

Zelle:
409 457 6495
or
[email protected]
(it will say Cynthia but goes directly to BMAR)

E-transfer to:
[email protected]

05/29/2026

This stuff is at Walmart CHEAP! We need lots! You know why....dont need to elaborate how important disinfecting and cleand dog s**t is to the health of our dogs. And please throw in some peroxide for disinfecting too! If you can send some... BMAR's address is: 525 Jordan Lane Hemphill, TX 75948 and if you have Walmart Plus membership it ships free! is way down on donations and funding but by golly we still CLEAN!

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/1f1ece40-e1e1-45c6-8c2d-a314275f3db0

paypal.me/barkingmadanimals

Venmo:
CJ-Barrilleaux

CashApp: $BMARRefuge

Zelle:
409 457 6495
or
[email protected]
(it will say Cynthia but goes directly to BMAR)

E-transfer to:
[email protected]

05/28/2026

What do YOU think? ⁉️
This has been suggested to us SEVERAL times by professional people with jobs in marketing. We may be missing the boat here but cannot fathom how well this would work.🤔🤔
First of all...you would have to give some one NOT ⚠️⚠️from your organization your login/passwords. And of course you would have your same audience...they are not bringing their followers to your platform in one day...and vice versa!
😃😃Wouldn't it be better to just have a zoom rescue workshop where everyone voiced ideas for each other, states what works for them, etc? Would the other rescues tell someone else what they were successful with. Seems to be a cutthroat community in the rescue world...just saying.
But just in case....here's an example:
BMAR is very rural...our town has 1000 people. Most blocks in cities have that many in a subdivision. So planning real time/brick & mortar fundraisers don't EVER work for us...just not enough people. But they do work for city rescues. Heck, we can't even do a bake sale and come out ahead here....we stopped trying years ago. We went online to do our fundraising...most of our donors come from out of state anyway.
would love to see your thoughts on this one. We often wonder if the big money professionals have actually ever been deeply involved in the cutthroat world of rescue? If they had, maybe they would come up with different suggestions?

05/27/2026

We had 2 dogs come to the clinic on emergency yesterday after being attacked by a coyote!
🐯Correction: both attacks were in Bayside (one owner lives in Quispamsis but was at her cottage in Bayside). One had a dislocation in his front limb, the other had large laceration on hind end.
🐱 Make sure your pets are up to date with their Rabies vaccine.
🐯 This is the time of year when coyotes are rearing their pups and may be more protective of dens and territories.
🐯 Walk your dog on a leash and don't leave them outside unattended.
🐯 Cats going outside should be monitored.
🐯 Small children should not be left outside unattended.
🐯 Be aware of your surroundings and be safe: appreciate coyotes from a distance.

05/27/2026

We just finished cleaning up after this mornings awful storm....and we are out of shavings! We received a gift card from Savannah and a donation from Nancy and a few others. But we need a whole pallet of shavings, more potty pads because we had to bring so many in from the storm when we had the wind damage, and now we need two new pop ups which cost $199 each. The high anxiety dogs went nuts during the storm and destroyed two of our older models.
It is just so depressing... 1 step forward and 3 backwards. Rescue is sucking the life out of us.... The dogs always came first and we make hard choices every single day but the one thing we won't do is sacrifice their comfort and safety.
To everyone that always helps BMAR...you are our heroes! Running a rescue this size is hard on us and hard on you. We thank you!