Bumby & Hadley on a New Career Path with CP!

Contributed by CP's VP of Intakes

Bumby, an 8 year old Wheaten Female

You know what they say:  60 is the new 50, 50 is the new 40, and 40 is the new 30!!!  Well, two little girls who have spent their lives as "working" girls have just had that all change.  They haven't been used to many of the luxuries in life, nor have they been spoiled, pampered Cairn Princesses - until now! 

These beautiful young women are currently enjoying a full spa treatment, with the works -- hair, nails, facial masks, massage -- well maybe not quite all of that!  But, we are quite certain these two girls will emerge feeling younger and more beautiful than they ever have in their lives!

Hadley, an 8 year old Wheaten Female

Please help us welcome Hadley and Bumby!  Both of them are 8 years old, but we think that 8 may be the new 6 for them!!!

Col. Potter is still desperately in need of Foster Homes.  Please consider getting involved, helping a Cairn on the journey to a new life.  Look around and ask yourself, “What's one more crate and one more bowl?”    Without Foster Homes, we can't help girls like Bumby and Hadley start life anew, no matter what their ages.  If you have thought about it., now would be a great time to get off the sidelines and get into the game - the Foster Home game!!!

If you are an Approved Foster Home and able to take a Foster now, please let us know.  If you are not a Foster Home, please consider applying to become one!

Enjoy your spa treatment, Bumby and Hadley!

Please Consider being a CP Volunteer!

CP Foster Home Application form:

http://www.cairnrescue.com/rescue/foster.htm

CP Transport Volunteer Driver form:

http://cairnrescue.com/rescue/transport.htm 

CPCRN Volunteer form:

http://cairnrescue.com/rescue/volunteer.htm 

Sanibel & Captiva Summer with Col. Potter!

Contributed by CP's VP of Intakes

Sanibel, a 7 year old Wheaten Female

Captiva, a 3 year old Black Brindle Female

Summertime has finally arrived!  Break out the shorts and swimsuits, get out the sand buckets and water floats, enjoy the sun and warm temperatures, and head to a beautiful beach for a while!  For those of us that live in the Great North, we only get to enjoy these Summertime treats for a couple of months a year.  There are, however, beautiful places that you can travel to and find Summertime throughout the year, no matter what month it is.  Two of the most beautiful little islands lay right off the west coast of Florida.  They offer a respite to relax, recharge, and rejuvenate oneself.

This past weekend, two little Cairn girls got the opportunity to find respite with Col. Potter.  They will now be able to put their prior life behind them and have a chance to relax, recharge, and rejuvenate themselves while they wait for their adoptive homes to find them and have a happily ever after.

Please help us Welcome:

Sanibel:  F, 7 years old, Wheaten

Captiva:  F, 3 years old, Black Brindle

Col. Potter is currently running very low on foster homes.  We don't ever want to be in a position to not be able to offer respite to little Cairns like Sanibel and Captiva because we don't have room for them at the inn.  If you are an Approved Foster Home and able to take a Foster now, please let us know.  If you are not a Foster Home, please consider applying to become one!

Enjoy your Summer, Sanibel and Captiva!

Please  Consider being a CP Volunteer!

CP Foster Home Application form: 
http://www.cairnrescue.com/rescue/foster.htm

CP Transport Volunteer Driver form:
http://cairnrescue.com/rescue/transport.htm 

CPCRN Volunteer form:
http://cairnrescue.com/rescue/volunteer.htm 

FOSTER HOMES AND LABOR DAY - CAN YOU HELP TO FOSTER NOW?

Written by CP's VP of Intakes

Labor Day has come to signal the end of summer, a holiday honoring every working American. Many Americans have jobs that require them to work on Labor Day, the holiday created so that working Americans would get a well deserved day of rest. This got me thinking about the holiday and what it really stands for. If you work in retail, medical field, food service, civil public service, entertainment, transportation, military and many other fields, there are no real holidays as their services are required 365 days a year.

Being a CP foster home is very similar, your services are required 365 days a year and there are no holidays ... or are there? How many of you have fostered Puppymill kids, so shy and frightened, but then all of a sudden one day, the lightbulb goes off in their heads and they do something so remarkable for them that it feels like the very best Christmas gift you've ever been given? Or the owner surrender who mopes around your home looking out the window for their family to come back for them for weeks, and then one day they are there looking out the window, but this time they are waiting for you to come home and are so happy and excited to see you home from work and you get the best greeting ever at the door matching your most memorable birthday gift. Then there's the shelter surrender that we have no background or history on. Don't know where they came from, what they've been through and one night you decide to work on basic commands with them and discover not only do they know basic commands but can perform a whole repertoire of amazing tricks providing a better show than the last 4th of July fireworks display.

Being a foster home is a 24/7, 365 days a year job, but it certainly does have its benefits and can provide some of the best "holiday" memories.

Right now our "labor force" is depleted. We are running low on available foster homes while the need for foster homes is soaring right now. It's the time of the year that the mills are getting rid of unwanted stock before winter, the shelters are full from the summer dumping of companion animals and are needing rescue assistance desperately, owner surrenders keep increasing daily and we are having to ask many to wait for space.

Many of our foster homes have a lot currently going on and have said they are not currently available to foster. Our own lives must take precedence over rescue. But, I am asking if you are a foster home that currently does not have a foster, would you take a second look at your current situation and determine if there might be some way for you to squeeze a little foster furkid into your home and your heart.

If you can't do it right away, is there a date that you would be able to? For our foster homes that currently have a foster furkid, is there any chance that you might have room for an additional foster furkid now or in the future? If you are able to help with fostering, please send me a private message or click here to apply to be a foster home.