Sunday, November 16, 2008

My Goal


Astrid's words: Me and my bud Santa would like to tell you about a project of ours.

Before coming to live in my 'forever home', I lived at the Santa Cruz Humane Society in Nogales, AZ. I lived there even on Christmas, 2006, but on December 28, this person who had come and looked at me and all my friends over and over and over and...well, you get the idea...came back. She went inside and then this man came and got me and took me inside too. This person had this man with her and they were all smiley and stuff. They put this new collar on me and hooked on this matching leash. Then, we went outside and these new people asked me to get in their car. The rest is history and you can read all about it here in my other blogs, but let's get right down to business.

When I lived at the Santa Cruz Humane Society, they took as good care of me as they could. You see, the shelter is what is called a 'no kill' shelter. I'm not exactly sure what that means, but I'll tell you this...as other new dogs arrived, they stayed except for the ones that got to get in cars with people with smiley faces and new collars and leashes, like I did. Another thing you need to know is that they have always had a hard time with money. My shelter is right on the Mexico/US border. Yeah...real and true. You can take a 5 minute walk and walk right into Mexico. We were poor. Dirt poor. Literally. The floor of our kennels was dirt.

There have been lots of changes at the Santa Cruz Humane Society. My mom and dad visited when they were back in Arizona last Christmas, 2007. When they came home, they told me how there were new indoor kennels and some new outdoor kennels and the whole place was just looking soooo much better! But there was one thing...the floor of the kennels were still dirt. Now, I don't want you to feel sorry for me or anything but there's another thing I need to tell you. Sleeping on dirt hurts sometimes and it's not all that healthy, so the shelther is trying to change all that and they've all ready started! They have some money all ready and are pouring concrete into half of each kennel and having the other half be gravel. This give the guests of the shelter choices and will make it easier for the volunteers at the kennel to keep them cleaner.

BUT...they don't have all the money they need. Each cement pad costs $175, so what I'm trying to do is help them pour more cement pads. I donate ALL the money I make with my Etsy shop to them. I hope I can help more of my friends that are guests of the Santa Cruz Humane Society in Nogales, AZ be healthy and more comfortable with these new cement floors.

The end.

Astrid

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Astrid, the party girl


Astrid loves a good party. From PetSmart grand openings to Petco's Halloween parties, we try to take in as many as possible. One of her first was a fashion show where she wore nothing but a necklace. No high priced outfits for her! She strolled the runway self confident that her good looks would carry her through. We wish we had a recording of the emcee calling out "work it, Astrid, work it!" She walked out, twirled around once and sat when told. Of course, the prize went to one of the cuties wearing an expensive outfit bought at the Petco store, and well it should. We are there for the experience and for socialization.

Socialization. That's the very reason we attended this year's Petco Halloween party. Astrid's costume was a bunch of cotton balls stuck together and she went as...you guessed it, a bunny. It was fun to hear the store employees remember her entry in the costume contest last year when she wore only a big band-aid on her rear end. What was she? A pain in the butt, of course.

It's fun having Astrid. Without her social life, I probably wouldn't have much of one myself. I'm glad she turned out to be a party girl.