Animal Education and Rescue

12/05/2025

Happy Tails from Zelda!

“Just wanted to say hello and wish you a happy holiday from Zelda and the Leafblads.
Zelda got her Christmas present, every Saint needs a barrell! And the big girl has her 7th birthday next Saturday.”

12/05/2025

Wynona is such a unique looking cat. She looks like a painting! Shes another one that’s been with us since she was a young kitten and has grown up in our care. Why hasn’t anyone adopted her? No real reason we can think of other than she slipped through the cracks I guess.

But she’s still available for adoption and people need to start thinking about adopting adult cats. There are so many sitting in foster homes and in shelters everywhere. Kittens get adopted. Please consider adapting an adult cat. If you’re in this area, consider Wynona.

Apply at www.aear.org. Please share far and wide.

12/05/2025

Good morning!

This morning Chuck had to go pet sitting so I’m sitting with the dogs this morning. Normally, I’m with the cats at this time. Yesterday Tracey, from Tracey’s Turkey Trot stopped by to give us the grand total of our portion of donations for her annual Thanksgiving walk/run.

It’s hard to believe that it has been nine years since she came up with the idea of doing the turkey trot. Most people would come up with an idea and just let it go and think they could never do it. Tracey, on the other hand, had a vision. At the time she was a coach for a girls running group and with that base of people to start with she thought she could get it done.

I know every year it was a ton of work and caused a lot of stress to do the turkey trot. There were a lot of nuts and bolts in putting it together. Every year, even though it caused her less stress, she still did it with a smile on her face. She’s very inspirational.

This year was her last year running the turkey trot. She has somebody taking it over for next year. When she gave her little speech at the event I could see that she was close to tears. It brought me close to tears thinking about all that she has done all these years for charities and for people that want to participate in it. So thank you, Tracey. You are an amazing person.

Yesterday Haus, the puppy we took in a few days ago went to a new foster home with Dave and his family. When they picked up Haus, Danielle, Dave’s daughter said that she’s always wanted a puppy.

So I told her that this is a great opportunity to see what it’s like to have a puppy without the long-term commitment. (I’d prefer they not adopt because if they adopt, it’s unlikely they’ll foster again.☺️)

We only have a half a dozen more slots open for people that want to take the Foster certification class. The class is in January and I’ll post it again soon. I’ll be busy working on the curriculum soon.

huge, thank you to the generous people who donated chicken and casserole for the dogs in the past few days. They are absolutely loving their meals.

Stay warm today and do something fun, even if it’s for a short time.😉😀

Love,
Sandy

12/05/2025

Why hasn’t Mittens gotten adopted??? There’s no reason! We’ve had her since she was four-weeks-old. She was so sick and we got her well and now she waits and waits and waits!!!

Please share.🙏🙏🙏🙏

To apply or learn more go to www.aear.org.

12/05/2025

Goldie is a male three year-old beautiful cat looking for a forever home for the holidays. Can you help his wish come true? He’s a fabulous cat. Super friendly.

Apply at www.aear.org.

12/05/2025

Bruce is an eight-week-old shepherd mix puppy looking to be under the tree for Christmas. He’s super sweet and friendly. He’s going to be a pretty big boy…maybe 60 pounds full grown.

Apply at www.aear.org. Please share!!!

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12/05/2025

Messages of love fundraiser $25 each plus $10 shipping. 100% goes to the animals. Donate at www.aear.org

12/04/2025

Thank you to Dave, Danielle and family for fostering Haus. He has left the building!

12/04/2025

This was found at our front door. It didn’t have a note with it that we could find. Thank you so much to whoever gave us this special treat.

12/04/2025

12/04/2025

Meet Whisper

She’s a young gray cat with stunning green eyes that has waited far to long to get adopted. Being safe in a foster home is good but for each day, week and month she is with us. But one day, week or month she is not adopted is one day, week or month another cat that’s homeless life is at risk and is suffering.

If Whisper gets adopted then a cat gets saved. Simple as that. So if you adopt a cat that is safe you save a cat that is NOT currently safe. Make sense?

So no matter who you are and where you live, please consider adopting an ADULT cat that is in a shelter or a foster home. The illusion is that that cat is safe and doesn’t need immediate rescue. The big picture is somebody else does and when you save one life you’re actually really saving two.

Apply to adopt Whisper at www.aear.org.