"Pawpawties" for charity

A dog and a cat best friends, pretty crazy if you ask me. A dog and a cat hosting their own twitter site, now that's crazy! Not so crazy for these two friends. Romeo is a Persian cat from North Carolina and Dougal is a cairn terrier from England. Their "human" parents claim they are really the ones behind the screen doing all of the work, but if you ask Romeo and Dougal they'll tell you it is all about them. After all they are the inspiration! Together with their parents they post daily on their websites, twitter,facebook and on their blog! Once a month they host "pawpawties on Twitter to raise money for various pet rescues, and animal shelters. They also have a fundraising program called Furpower, that allows them to collect money for The Humane Society of America, among others. Furpower does have some corporate sponsors so they are usually able to double the amount raised by donations. They just began this fabulous journey in March, and have raised money so far for Animals in Distress in Harrisburg PA, and Kitten Rescue in LA. They use the websites firstgiving.com and justgiving.com to collect the pledges and provide tax receipts to all of the wonderful donors. For more information on these crazy pets you can visit The Daily Herald or any of the for mentioned sites. Toby says to make sure you check them all out, it is a pretty cool thing. He seems to think he needs to have his own thing going on! I told him he is cute and convincing but I am not to sure about having his own site, he does not need to get a bigger head! =)

"Catober 1st"

Happy Birthday to all of our feline friends! North Shore Animal League in Port Washington New York wants October 1st to be a day of celebration. They have declared this day "Catober 1st", a universal birthday for shelter and rescue cats everywhere. For all those adopted cats out there we raise our paws, and hands to you! To join in the month long celebration you can visit their website. The adorable picture below is courtesy of North Shore Animal League.

To all of our cat best friends!

Finally a website dedicated strictly to cats. Almost every site out there has a little tidbit about cats and the rest of the site is all about the dogs. Please, they already think they are all that and a box of biscuits! They don't need any more encouragement about how cool they are! Bet they couldn't jump as high as us, let alone balance like we could. I bet they would not chase the mouse out of the basement for you either! I know I need to be nice! Fine, they're cool, I like dogs. (when they are walking away from me!) Seriously though, I am so psyched about this website I heard the front desk talking about. Check it out..http://www.catster.com/
Oh yeah, speaking of being cool and all... if you think I'm cute come visit me or my other friends at the Prairie View location. We are all up for adoption and located in the front lobby. The Pet Motel fosters us for Young At Heart Pet Rescue. http://www.yahpetrescue.com/

September Events

Come visit us and the rest of our best friends at these upcoming events the month of September.
9.10.09 CANINE CARNIVAL Sponsored by the Palatine Park District
http://www.palatineparkdistrict.com/

9.12.09 DOG FEST Sponsored by Canine Companions For Independence http://www.cci.org/site/c.cdKGIRNqEmG/b.3978475/k.BED8/Home.htm

9.13.09 Woofstock Sponsored by Tails of Hope
http://www.tailsofhope.org/

9.26.09 Mutt Mosey Sponsored by Young At Heart Pet Rescue
http://www.yahpetrescue.com/

Our foster dog of the month

Hi,
My name is Harley Joe and I am a 1 1/2 year old GSD/husky mix. I may not be a purebred GSD but I AM 100% sweetheart!! I love everyone - dogs, cats and kids! I especially love to cuddle with my special person. People also tell me that I am just an all-around nice guy. I am HW positive and I've received my treatments so now all I need is a wonderful family to fall in love with me. Please give me a chance!!!! I am currently staying with my new best friends at Best Friends American Pet Motel. If you would like to visit me or any of my other friends please contact German Shepherd Rescue at:
http://www.gsdrescue1.org/index.html

Love,
Harley

Bow Wow Luau

Young At Heart Pet Rescue had there Hawaiian Luau in our new dog park on Saturday, August 1st. A beautiful day, not quite as sunny as it would have been in Hawaii, but still a great day. Plenty of room and fun things to do. For more information on Young at Heart visit their website at http://www.yahpetrescue.com/events/index.html. We have a special foster area here at the Pet Motel for their cats that are up for adoption. For more information on the dog park please contact (847) 634-9444.