The National Pyr Blog

We redesigned Nationalpyr.org this morning. Well, it’s not a redesign so much as an expansion — there is now a right-hand sidebar to match the one on the left. This will give us more room for announcements, fund drives and (soon) advertising to serve as an additional rescue revenue stream. (Don’t worry; we’ll make sure that any ads are appropriate for our Pyr-loving rescue audience.)

Adding the new sidebar will give us more communications flexibility going forward, and we think it works nicely with the site’s overall design.

Let us know what you think!

It’s been a busy time.  Lots of dogs have gone to their new homes. Of the recent fosters at our house, Biggie left for his new home with Rachel and Michael  in NJ and  Gandalf  departed for his new, happy home with rescue volunteers Betty and Tim in CT .

Biggie, Tom and Gandalf

Huey, who was adopted by Melissa,  traveled to his new home in Clarence, NY last  Saturday.  There was a slight transport hitch so Melissa spent the day shopping at Woodbury Commons waiting for Huey to make the return trip back to NY after getting a free ride to NH.

Winston Snuggling Up in CT

Winston who came from Kentucky  was at our house for a while.   He was then fostered by Melanie in Ledyard CT and  officially adopted by her family.  Fostering Pyrs is risky–many of our fosters want to adopt their dogs.  They are fondly called “failed fosters”.  That’s wonderful for the dogs but  it keeps us busy acquiring new fosters!

Mary and Kris at Taste of Alpharetta

NGPR volunteers have been on the move.  Mary Nelson in Georgia packed up her art supplies and  rescue flyers and headed out to the  19th Annual Taste of Alpharetta last Thursday.  She enlisted friends to help with the booth and face painting.  She  had a blast and raised $200 for rescue doing it.

Meanwhile back in NY, last Saturday  Wanda and Joanne loaded up their Pyrs and headed across the Hudson River from Troy to an adoption/education day at the PetSmart in Latham, NY.

Chris and Bella at PetSmart

Chris’s hard work at getting volunteers into PetSmart with their dogs has paid off with its first adoption.  We’re happy to say that a Texas dog will be getting a home in NY in the near future and we are planning more PetSmart outings to show off our amazing dogs.

NGPR volunteers will be on the move again this weekend with a  volunteer  transport headed up the NY State Thruway.  Precious will travel to upstate NY  to attend the second annual Bark Heard Around the World the following weekend, May 30th in Syracuse.

NGPR's Bark Logo

NGPR attended the first Bark last year and thought it was worth doing again.

As you can see,  we’ve been busy in rescue but we’ll try to keep you updated with everything we do.

Delle and her brother Hatch were listed at the Athens, AL shelter for a few days.  Hatch was adopted but Delle wasn’t. Shari, NGPR’s AL contact, called the shelter and was told that today was Delle’s last day if she wasn’t adopted or rescued.  The shelter was just too full to keep her any longer. Arrangements were made quickly for Brandy, a friend of rescue,  to go pick Delle up.

Delle Waiting at the Shelter

Here’s what Brandy writes about her experience:

“Delle- I don’t know. She needs a new name for sure. I just gave her a bath. She is very sweet but very scared and under socialized. Apparently she was turned in with her brother. The brother was adopted but not Delle. She’s very loving and we’re trying to teach her to sit right now- she’d rather jump but we’re working on it….She is definitely not 65 lbs but I think she’s underweight. I got there just as they were closing and the vet was getting prepared to put the other dogs down. It was humbling.

I am very willing and happy to help and am grateful to you for giving her a chance. Thank you!”

NGPR invested $79 in saving Delle’s life.  She was spayed and given a rabies shot but still needs a HW test and other vaccinations.  NGPR was established to help dogs forgotten  in shelters  like Delle.  Your NGPR membership contribution  ensures that rescuers can pull more  Pyrs and Pyr mixes  like Delle  and that we get there before their time is up. Please help us help more dogs like Delle by going  to our membership page. Together, we can save more Pyrs.