This is a series of diaries highlighting animal rescues around the country and noting and celebrating the work they do to help animals who have no voices but ours to speak for them. I have decided to make this a daily series because there are so many wonderful rescues out there who need human help and weekly just doesn't seem to be enough. I have long wanted to start a rescue but lack the resources or time available to do so right now so this is my attempt to do my part. I hope that these rescues will benefit from the kindness and benevolence of the community here at Daily Kos. They are amazing organizations and worthy of Kossack attention and care.
Now that I'm home, bathed, settled and fed
All nicely tucked into my warm new bed
I'd like to open my baggage
Lest I forget
There is so much to carry-
So much to regret. Hmmmm…..
Yes, there it is, right on the top.
Let's unpack Loneliness, Heartache and Loss
And there by my bed, hide Fear and Shame
As I look on these things I tried hard to leave
I still have to unpack my baggage called Pain
I love them, the others, the ones who left me
But I was not good enough - For they did not want me.
Will you add to my baggage?
Or will you help me unpack?
Or will you just look at my things -
And take me right back?
Do you have the time to help me unpack?
To put away my baggage
And never repack?
I pray that you do - I'm so tired you see
But I do come with baggage -
Will you still want me?
Author Unknown
Joyful Rescues
The website is here
You can donate here
Adoption information is here
Our Mission:
To operate as a no-kill rescue (never euthanizing for space or time served)
To take in cats, dogs, puppies and kittens in need, within our means (“In need” meaning abandoned/owner surrenders, saved from high kill shelters, strays from animal control officers or removed from puppy mills)
To provide safe housing, quality food, medical care (including vaccinations, de-worming, flea treatment and spay/neuter) and love to all pets in our care until suitable, responsible and loving, permanent homes can be found through a strict screening process.
To educate the public on the importance of spaying and neutering which controls the pet overpopulation, responsible pet ownership, and the humane treatment of animals.
To educate the public on the horrors of puppy mills and pet store/internet puppies for sale
To assist in spaying/neutering pets for low income families, as funds allow, which will aid in population control
Our Vision:
Before we are too old to do this any longer, we would love to see an end to pet overpopulation, kill shelters, puppy mills, and homeless pets as the result of our mission.
Pet Adoption
Pets 4 Adoption
Click Here to See the Wonderful Pets We Have for Adoption
By adopting a pet you are not only helping the pet you adopt but also others in or needing to come into rescue. Your adoption helps us to keep doing what we do to help area animals stop reproducing and find quality homes for the homeless while providing them the best care we can.
THINK BEFORE YOU ADOPT! Just "loving animals" is not a good reason to adopt a homeless pet. Before you decide to bring a pet into your home, make absolutely sure that you have the time and can afford the care. A pet is a life time committment and a loved part of your family. A pet is a MAJOR responsibility & expense.
Each Joyful Rescues pet has been thrown away at least once and/or lived a horrific life so far. Pets are not disposable because your life has changed. Before you decide to bring a pet into your home, make absolutely sure that it will be a life time commitment. When our pets leave us we want them to go to their forever homes.
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." -Unknown
Your new family member will take considerable time, attention, patience and money to be properly cared for. Think of your new addition as your baby!! It is not a lawn ornament to be tied in your yard or kept in a basement. Consider the ultimate size of a young pet, how big of a pet can you handle?? Are you ready for an adult DOG or CAT in your family? If not, do not adopt a puppy or kitten - they grow up. Are you prepared for unexpected illnesses or injuries that could ultimately cost $1,000s?
When a rejected applicant makes the statement that we'd rather see our pets stay unwanted in a shelter...... well, not so. They are very wanted and happy at JR's country haven in their transition to the "right" home for them no matter how long that may take. They are very well cared for & receive all necessary vet care here. It is not about finding a good home with good people. Many people 'love' animals. The home & environment needs to be appropriate for that particular pet as well as the pet appropriate for that family.
Our goal at Joyful Rescues is to find the 'right' loving and responsible forever homes for the animal orphans we acquire as well as educate the public on pet ownership and the importance of spaying/neutering. At Joyful Rescues, we believe in nothing less than Happily Ever After & Fairy 'Tail' Endings.
We show dogs & cats up for adoption in the Olean, Rochester and Buffalo, NY areas almost every weekend. Come See Us!
Where we'll be next:
Sept 13: Webster PetSmart 11:30 - 2
Sept 13: Orchard Park PetSmart 11 - 2
Sept 13: Olean JCC Farmer's Market 9 - 1
OPEN HOURS : Saturdays 11am - 2pm
All other visits by
APPOINTMENT ONLY with APPROVED APPLICATION
- Click Here for Directions
It’s time for a WALK! Joyful Rescues “Buy-A-Brick” Order Form
Be a part of it! Dedicate a brick to your favorite canine, feline, human, business or family name…whether over the rainbow or still among us…with an inscription of your choice. This walkway is being designed to provide attractive, meaningful and more stable footing for those who come to visit and tour our facility and improve ease & safety for staff and volunteers carrying animals to and from the buildings. The design also includes “A Place to PAWS” brick wall/bench area for guests to sit and enjoy watching the dogs frolic beyond the fence! The walkway is in & bricks can be purchased at any time! Get your brick(s) before it fills up!
JOYFUL RESCUES WISH LIST
Items can be dropped off at JR or anywhere we will be
SEE CALENDAR
CLEANING SUPPLIES-
BLEACH, BLEACH & MORE BLEACH (use 4 a week)
LAUNDRY SOAP (use 3 a week)
DISHWASHER SOAP (use 1 a week)
HAND DISH SOAP (use 1 a week)
FLOOR CLEANER (use 2 a week)
WINDEX (use 1 a week)
PAPER TOWELS, PAPER TOWELS & MORE PAPER TOWELS (use min. 8 a week)
MOPS & BROOMS
NEWSPAPERS
PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS
TOWELS (used)
WASHCLOTHES (used)
OFFICE SUPPLIES-
PENS
ENVELOPES
STAMPS
PRINTER PAPER
STICKY NOTES
We also take in used Ink Cartridges for credit
OTHER-
LEASHES
DOG COLLARS (IN NEED OF SMALL SIZE)
BISCUITS & OTHER DOG/CAT TREATS
CANNED DOG & CAT FOOD (we use 2 cases a week)
BLANKETS (used is wonderful)
PLASTIC BAGGIES - ALL SIZES
CAT TOWERS/SCRATCHING POSTS
KURANDA PET BEDS
You may even make your monetary donation directly to our veterinary bills at Rasey Animal Hospital in Westons Mills, NY 14788. We have $1,000s & $1,000s in vet bills every month.
Your tax deductible donations also allow us to assist pet owners, showing a true financial need, get the veterinary care their pets need. We have been able to have several home-owned pets spayed/neutered with our donations in turn helping the general over-population of animals. Due to our generous public, we have also been able to save the lives of some of our wonderful rescue animals whose injuries or illnesses were beyond our financial reach. You saved their lives with your donations!!
Please send your donations today to help Joyful Rescues provide the very best for these displaced, lost and neglected animals!! They need you & we can't do what we do without the help of people like you!! Thank you so much from every furry heart out there!
** SAVE YOUR GIANT REGISTER TAPES **
We are collecting Giant Food Mart (Wellsville & Cuba, NY) register tapes to send in for contributions to JR. Please save all of your tapes and send them to us or look for the drop boxes in various stores. No tape amount is too small!!!
Dash's Markets in the Buffalo area will give 2.5% to Joyful Rescues for collected receipts.
Please save your receipts and send to:
Marianne Strade
4316 Roxbury Dr
Williamsville, NY 14221
Kelly Crowley
Serendipity Farm
4453 Green Rd
Lockport NY 14094
STOP Puppy Mills
Make Adoption Your ONLY Option!
The Humane Society of the United States
Before you purchase a puppy from a pet store, a newspaper ad or off the internet, read the article below and do some research on Puppy Mills. Beware of Pet Dealers! Joyful Rescues is proud to be rescuing puppy mill dogs that would otherwise be shot or killed in some other inhumane way. We do not & will not pay a breeder to take their dogs but will take them off their hands to find them a true home full of love.
Puppy mills are nothing new. These mass dog-breeding operations have been around for decades. They continue to thrive because they prey on unwitting consumers who are smitten by too-cute-for-words puppies in pet store windows and on fancy websites. But behind the friendly facade of the local pet shop, the pastoral scenes on a "breeder's" website, or the neighborhood newspaper ad, there often lies a puppy mill. These canine breeding facilities house dogs in shockingly poor conditions.
Life is particularly bad for "breeding stock," dogs who live their entire lives in cages and are continually bred for years, without human companionship and with little hope of ever becoming part of a family. These dogs receive little or no veterinary care and never see a bed, a treat or a toy. After their fertility wanes, breeding animals are commonly killed, abandoned or sold to another mill. The annual result of all this breeding is hundreds of thousands of puppies, many with behavior and/or health problems.
Several hundred thousand puppies are shipped cross-country to be sold in pet shops, but many are sold via newspaper classifieds or Internet sites and are often accompanied by false claims such as, "We'd never sell puppies from a puppy mill" or promises that the puppies are "home raised," farm raised," or "raised with kids/grandkids." The ploys of the puppy mill are designed to dupe a well-intentioned family into buying a puppy and keeping the engine of cruelty working overtime.
There are still thousands of puppy mills that need to be shut down for good. We need your help to do exactly that: Stop puppy mills. Help stop puppy mills by spreading the word about these horrible practices.