Hello Jason, just wanted to drop you a line. I stopped by the pet connection today. All I can say is WOW! What a great place. I met some of the cats. I have been listening to you every Thursday on Jack FM. Hearing you actually is what caught my attention. I just felt like there was something I could do to help, so I dropped off some toilet paper, rubbing alcohol, iodine, cat treats, and dog treats. Along with a $40 check. I know its not much and don't except anything in return. Without hearing about you on Jack, I would not have even heard of the pet connection. What the pet connection does is so great. I also took a friend of mine along who is a large skeptic when it comes to shelters. After seeing your shelter, I think it changed her mind. Hopefully the next pet she gets will be from you and not a breeder. Anyways, thanks. Lucas Broers.

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I was shocked to see the cats running around. I had never been to a shelter that didnt keep the animals in cages. LOVE THIS IDEA! Also, very clean and no smell. My friend who came with me, was also VERY impressed. She previously had VERY bad impressions of shelters. Not any more! And she just works 2 blocks from you. Keep up the great work Jason.

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April 30, 2008

The Pet Connection and Dr. Straub have been a godsend to our rescue because of a lack of "rescue-friendly" veterinarians in our local agricultural community. Our adoption program was running at a $20,000 deficit last year because of the incredibly high prices we were paying to vet our rescued and abandoned companion animals.
Now that we have been working with Pet Connection for several months our adoption program is breaking even and allowing us the funds to grow our humane education programs in the local school systems.
Dr. Straub and the staff at the Pet Connection have always been available to us to answer questions, and offer assistance with many issues including behavior evaluations and so much more! We could not provide the animal rescue services in our small, rural community without them!
Sincerely,
MiChielle Cooper, Executive Director
The H. Dale Buck Animal Welfare Memorial Fund, Inc.

I Was Adopted

In the early 2000's, Melody Kelso saw me at a sanctuary in Missouri. The sanctuary was closed due to neighboring opposition to its existence. When the rescue was closed, desperate and on the run, sanctuary owner and operators took me to another Missouri sanctuary and tossed me over the fence. That was about 7 years ago.... At that sanctuary, I have grown old. My hearing and sight are not the same. TPC took me because of Kelso remembered me when I was a young dog at the other sanctuary. I have not been in a home to receive one on one love and care all that time. I'm a disabled dog and a little shy. I will be living with 3 little dogs and will be the queen of my home. I was adopted today after a long life of being homeless.

Here in This House

Here in this house... I will never know the loneliness I hear in the barks of the other dogs 'out there'. I can sleep soundly, assured that when I wake my world will not have changed. I will never know hunger, or the fear of not knowing if I'll eat. I will not shiver in the cold, or grow weary from the heat. I will feel the sun's heat, and the rain's coolness, and be allowed to smell all that can reach my nose. My fur will shine, and never be dirty or
matted.

Here in this house... There will be an effort to communicate with me on my level. I will be talked to and, even if I don't understand, I can enjoy the warmth of the words. I will be given a name so that I may know who I am among many. My name will be used in joy, and I will
love the sound of it!

Here in this house... I will never be a substitute for anything I am not. I will never be used to improve peoples' images of themselves. I will be loved because I am who I am, not someone's idea of who I should be. I will never suffer for someone's anger, impatience, or
stupidity. I will be taught all the things I need to know to be loved by all. If I do not learn my lessons well, they will look to my teacher for blame.

Here in this house... I can trust arms that hold, hands that touch...knowing that, no matter what they do, they do it for the good of me. If I am ill, I will be doctored. If scared, I will be calmed. If sad, I will be cheered. No matter what I look like, I will be considered beautiful and known to be of value. I will never be cast out because I am too old, too ill, too unruly, or not cute enough. My life is a responsibility, and not an afterthought. I will learn that humans can almost, sometimes, be as kind and as fair
as dogs.

Here in this house... I will belong. I will be home.