Sunday September 20, 2009.    The Animal  Care and Control $100 voucher program is now depleted.  There are no more vouchers available.  This was a great help and encouraged many people to go ahead and get their pets fixed.
If you can help us raise money for similar program or have innovative ideas we would love to hear from you, please e mail us.  
A BUILDING FOR US ??   For months now we have been soliciting serious money to enable us to get into a building not far from where we currently are located.   We have made some progress here and are in negotiations to work out a sweetheart of a deal on the property.  On Saturday Sep. 19, we revisited the building, and were horrified to find that it has been vandalized, the air conditioning units stripped, the electrical wiring ripped out, and a hole in the roof where items have been removed.    It is not just a matter of replacing the electrical wiring, or amending such to suit to our needs, it now means that the entire system has to be brought up to 2009 code, HUGE EXPENSE.   Once again we are in limbo.
Gizzy still does not have a home and if ever a great dog deserved the best home ever he really does.  We have added a HUGE 14 week old puppy, even though we no longer have a shelter we just have to squeeze in the most needy.    Pinkies story, she was one of 4 puppies born, 3 of which got a home, the owner just got up and moved out of the rental and left her behind.    SHE HAD NO FOOD FOR 4 DAYS,  it was when the property owner went to check on the property that she was found.   Abandoned, alone, scared and so hungry, she was probably left behind because she has two cherry eyes which are expensive to fix.   The property owner brought her to us, she is going to be a BIG dog and we will take care of her medical needs then put her up for adoption.   If you have a big heart for a big puppy, please contact us. 

Sunday August 23rd, 2009.  Another month, just melted away, I have no idea where each day goes to, but it sure does fly by.  
Gizzy is still living in our bus, as we have not had the time to find him a home, he is such a good dog and he is patiently waiting for someone to love.   In addition we also have, (who have settled in now with the legless dogs) the sweetest easy going Mama (ChiChi) and her two pups.   ChiChi is almost half way through her heartworm treatment.    ChiChi, was recued off the streets in a bad area, with her pups one of which will need cosmetic surgery to remove and repair his misformed genitals.  
Our newly acquired much needed equipment is still not yet "installed", we are waiting on some help to get them installed.  They need to be on brackets that 'slide' away or fold down when not in actual use, as space is so limited.

We have now added a new doctor to our schedule, Dr. Karen Zakaras, is now helping us each Tuesday, this is a great help to us, as we are now able to schedule more surgeries and wellness clinics.

Monday July, 27th, 2009.   We are  dilligently persuing funds so that we can acquire a building, the rain and the mosquitos makes it difficult to work outside.   The heavy rains on Saturday made it impossible for people to keep their appointment times, so when the rains eased off we got all backed up.   I apologised to a lady with her new puppy about the wait, her answer to me was:   "No problem at all, I am happy to wait, I will be saving about $100 on my visit, look at what I paid for my other dog recently", showing me a receipt for $136.00.    Someone had told her about our $15.00 pricing.
Gizzy, the most wonderful pit bull dog that we have ever adopted out, is back and we need a foster home for him while we find his forever home.   His story, 6 years ago he was wandering around the Albertson Parking lot, looking very lost, very skinny and had a patchy coat.   We took him in, did all of his medical and MICROCHIPPED HIM.
We found him a home in Lake Worth, we have no idea how long he had this home, but do know that he was, until recently, living with a lady in Okeechobee.    We never met this lady, but know that she took very good care of him, unfortunately the lady died and the police took him into the Okeechobee County Animal Care and Control.    Because of his CHIP the shelter called us and we went out and got him.    He is such a lover and so well behaved we are hoping that he will soon be in his final forever home.    The director at the shelter was so impressed with him, that she felt he would get a better home here in Palm Beach than in Okeechobee, it is obvious that he has been used to home comforts and someone being loving and kind to him.     As we now have no shelter, but we still honor our word and take back previously adopted animals, but we really have nowhere to house  them.   Gizzy is currently staying in our medical trailer and has no company at all when we are not open.    He needs a kind foster home for a short time, please contact us if you can help.    Our small office is now home to 2 kitties, (recovering) from injuries and a small dog that was also returned.   Please help us find foster homes for these pets while we promote them and find them good homes.
Upgrading some equipment.   We will soon be able to run blood analysis inhouse which will be more cost effective for clients, also adding an ECG analyzer.    We have had the equipment now several weeks but just not had the time to set them up, hopefully we will be able to do this this week.    Currently we are seeking the help of a part time person to help us with the some of the "behind the scene" workload.

Sunday July, 12th, 2009.    Finally we get to update the journal,  Six months have passed since last update, reason for delay in updating, none, other than we have literally not had time.   We are busier than even, our clinic attendance numbers are off the wall, the economy is driving people to find economical ways to help their pets.  We are glad that we are able to help.    As we are now right in the middle of the summer heat, we say thank God for our 40ft bus which is used as our office/waiting room.    We are now looking to employ an additional veterinarian.  

Snippets in Brief:   Our temporary move out to Animal Care and Control parking lot.  Everything (almost) is finally in place with the Govenment licensing agreement, we are now just waiting for the FPL connection of the electricy then a permit inspection.   We should be there in August, which will make it much easier for people to find us, and will ease the parking situation.   The rezoning of our land.   We got started on it earlier this year, then after many repeat visits to building and zoning offices we established that after the zoning change we would not be able to use our land as we build, IT WOULD BE A FULL THREE YEARS before we could take occupancy in our new building.    This knowledge turned us to a new direction - we need to buy a building that is already existing with General Commercial zoning and convert it to the facility that we want.   We found the perfect one for us, only stumbing block is the money, we could aquire the building  by taking out a lease purchase contract BUT would not be able to financially make the extensive improvements.   So right now every available moment is spent trying to find donors who could help us achieve this.   The building that we have found is in a prime spot not far from where we are, we are offering naming rights on the building.    We hope and pray that we can find the money and buy this building.   When we do we would then be able to offer an even greater and more extensive clinic service for the public and their pets.   We have already added to our inhouse abilities, we now have an EKG unit, and inhouse blood analyzer, we have the equipment but not yet had the time to set it up and use it, but  this will be very soon.   Next we will add xray equipment. 
AS SOON AS WE CAN, (need man help to achieve this) we were given a 28ft motor home, which we intend to convert into an emergency roadside rescue vehicle.   What it needs; to remove some of the inside, put cages and medical equipment in, put a wrap on the outside, and have a team of dedicated volunteers ready to go out at "the drop of a hat" and help injured animals or rescue, in a disaster situation.   This project is on the list but is not our immediate priority.   If you would like to help with this, please e mail us.
REWARDS:   Our rewards come in many different ways, believe me it is not financial gain, but feelings of satisfaction.   Yesterday we were able to fit into our surgery schedule a very deserving dog.   The story started out one day this week, when we were visiting Dr. Durkee, DVM, (more about Dr. Durkee below).   A 70 something lady was on her triclyle with her 11 year old faithful yellow lab, trying to get to Animal Rescue League.   The temperature was 95 degrees, and she had travelled all along Military Trail from Summit Blvd., (about 6 miles)  she peddled her bike and the dog trotted alongside, She was achieving about one mile an hour, she left home at 5 am in the morning, determined to get help for the dog, he needed to have a tumor removed.    Just one mile away from Animal Rescue League the dog could go no further, and was showing signs of heat exhaustion.   How fortunate for her and her old companion that she was right outside of Dr. Durkee's clinic.    He was quickly rushed into the cool air, given fluids and cooled down, the elderly lady also was allowed to sit and rest in the cool air.
How amazing that we were also there at the same time, we have never met Dr. Michelle Durkee, and never been to her clinic before, we were there buying some additional equipment for our new rescue vehicle.    As Buddy and the elderly lady recovered and cooled down we rushed back to our office and got our pick up truck, we were then able to haul her 3 wheel bike into the back of the truck and take her and her dog home.  We could not think about her trying to walk the dog back that distance at any time especially in the 2 pm heat.    Our senior technician yesterday picked,  up the dog and her, (she would not let him go without her), she cried, in case he did not make it through the surgery she wanted to be with him until the last minute.   Dr. Gissendanner removed the tumor and all was well, in the afternoon we had a volunteer take her and Buddy home.   We all felt so rewarded, there is no way that the lady could have afforded to pay for the surgery and we felt so compelled to help her as she was so determined to help her devoted companion.
More about Dr. Durkee, as we said above we had never met her or been to her clinic, we were so impressed, what a nice lady, and a very nice clinic, we were very impressed.   Apart from clinic services she has a wonderful boarding facility (and I believe grooming also), The dogs have nice bright kennels, with TV to watch, and the cats too, they have very spacious layered condo's and how about this one, built into the wall is an avery with lots of little bird flying back and forth, in full view of the cats.  No bordom for these cats.   If you want to contact Dr. Michelle Durkee, her telephone number is 686 6033, and her office is 2254 N. Military Trail, just a short distance north of Okeechobee Blvd, on the east side of the road.

FUNDRAISING, My oh my how we need to do this, but we just do not have time to get it started, if anyone can help us here it sure would be appreciated, big or small, individual or professional any and every bit of help is needed, please contact us if you can help.    Paws2Help is a very small team, a small facility, but big on helping and thinking outside of the box.

Wednesday. January 21st.   Feral the word is associated with cats, but do you know that Paws2help has 3 Feral dogs.   How and why?   In 2003 we took away from a "hoarder", some 60+ animals, most were placed into loving homes, a few stayed with us as unadoptable, where they now have a home for life.   3 are simply known as the Girls,  3 white dogs, with gold patches.  We write about them today as the temperature drops to 33+ degrees.    The "girls" live outside on their own half acre, with two specially built houses.   Their houses were built specially for them, hidden under the big trees, they are like Tepees, and open at both ends, (they will not enter an enclosed space).   They are amazing at adapting to the elements, we have observed that they each dig, in close proximity to each other a hole to lie in,  as the earth holds warmth from the sun, they snuggle in and the harsh winds just blow over their bodies.   If we get absolute downpours, they do take shelter for a short while in their Tepee's.   We have tried to put blankets in there for them but all they do is drag them out and tear them up.   If the cold snap continures we will look at getting straw for them, they may accept that.   Why are these really pretty dogs feral, they were not socialized as puppies, they never met people or other animals.  However they are now very happy as they run free every day and enjoy a great meal of rice, chicken and kibble.    If you wish to meet them just call us, they are now people friendly. 

Tuesday, January 20th.    Where or where does the time go.  We are now, with the new year, forging ahead with getting our 2 acres rezoned to commercial, first step in the new year to building and owning our new clinic was a meeting with architect yesterday, soon we will have a visual to show of our new building.   Next step will be to get serious in raising the funds to build.   A young lady has got involved with the work that we do and she started her own fundraising page, check it out here, www.firstgiving.com/lenaringhiser.     In just a few days she has raised over $300.00, we are excited with this concept, you too can open a page of your own, or donate to hers.    Every little helps a lot.   Just in the last few weeks, our clinics have performed life saving operations for 6 dogs and one cat.  In each instance the owners faced the only humane solution for their pets - that they be put to sleep as the costs to save thier lives was not possible to meet.   One owner was quoted almost $3,000. he came to us in tears, he was trying to come to terms with having his companion of 7 years put to sleep, as he knew the dog would die, without the surgery in the next three days.   He had swollowed some plastic and it was blocking his stomach, the dog was in great discomfort.    We operated, the owner paid as much as he could, which was almost  $300.    An emergency Pyometra operation on an 11 year old poodle,  a shattered leg was amputated,  a male cat unblocked, these are some of the 7 unexpected life saving surgeries that we are proud to have been involved in.   How does our clinic do it,  we do not make a profit, but as long as we can break even, to the greater part, we are dedicated to saving lives and helping the loving owners.    Currently we are "parked at the side of the road", we are once again reminded of how hard it is to be exposed to the elements;   which is worse?, the current cold to endure, and the wind blowing our papers away, or reminders of the "rainy season" or maybe more so, the coming summer heat.   All of these scenarios are driving us hard to ensure that we again have a real place of our own.  It will not be the immediate future, but we will get there, we have the land and the determination, all we need is the right funding.  

Sunday, December 29th.   Ah ha, Oh no!!   Move again!!!  We have just been asked to move our medical trailers, and bus once again.   It seems that the volume of traffic that  comes  each time we run a clinic, is a problem to the tenant of the property where we are on Donnell Road.   Where to now?   We need another Christmas miracle, please!!!!!!

Saturday, December 28th.  A Christmas miracle!  Blue found the perfect home, if ever there was a miracle the Angels sent us this one.  Just before Christmas a wonderful volunteer couple came by to see us, they met Blue, and talked a little between themselves.   They told me they would like to offer Blue a home, but, the only obstacle would be possible medical bills,  WE JUMPED AT THE OPORTUNITY, WITH AN OFFER TO COVER ALL,  IF ANY, MEDICAL NEEDS.   Two meet and greet walks were arranged to ensure that Jorge's own (9 year old) big dog and Blue got along.   Success, success, success, Blue went off to a loving home.  Why is this a miracle?   Blue was 13 years old, and a big breed, chances of this happening were nil to zero.   Now Blue will be going with her new 4 legged friend for a two mile walk each evening. 
The magic of microchips.    The owner of our lawn service had called to see if he could bring to us a 5 month old pit bull puppy that he had found on the street.   We are unable to take in any dogs or cats, although we will always be able to help an injured sick stray, in our clinic.  Unable to take the dog in we suggested that he brought the pup to us and we would scan him.   Bingo, the pup had a chip, several phone calls later, a very grateful family came by and were reuinited with their pet.   They lived in Lantana, the dog was found Haverhill and Okeechobee.   The owners explained that their house had been robbed first week of December and the robbers also stole the pup, after 3+ weeks of seaching they did not expect to find him again.   It was the chip that got him back home. 

Friday, December 27th.  Uppity & Duppity, our two wonderful leggless dogs, caught the attention of Capt. Julie, Channel 5's, own flying traffic reporter, and she had asked a friend of hers to help the dogs with possible prosthesis.   After 4 hours of measuring and molding, 4 casts were formed, this is the first step of the process.   While it is not expected that they will be able to be given 2 new back legs, it is hoped that stumps can be made which will enable them to have at least 2 back legs that will be the same length, and this should give them more mobility.   We now await the first of many fittings, and are excited about the possibility.   Thank you Santa, Julie and Richard.  

Friday, December 19th.   All is on delay, everyday we wait to get the ACC clearance so that we can move out to Belvedere Road, every time we chase for an update, we find that more "clearances" need to be approved.   Our mobile vehcles require a lot of space, and yesterday we were asked to move them from where they have been temporarily parked for the last 4 weeks.   This did cause a delay in the running of the fully booked spay/neuter clinic, but we achieved it.  All we could do was move them further North on the same street.   We really need to get settled and get on with our future plans. 
BLUE is the name of a wonderful yellow lab mix.   We adopted her out way back in 1997, 11 years ago, to a wonderful man who was legally blind.   Regretfully he died on Saturday last, and she came back to us while alternative arrangements are made.   She was his side by side companion, she was his protector and his eyes all those years.   This was a truly rewarding adoption, she lived for him, and his entire day and night revolved around Blue.   A real soul mate love affair.

Wednesday, November 26.   Good news*, Good news** and more Good news***.    The commissioners endorsed our needs to operate out of the parking lot at Animal Care and Control on Belvedere Road*.  Yesterday we attending a meeting at ACC to finalize the details.  ACC could not have been more accommodating, in fact we would say they bent over backwards to help us.   We will have a permanent spot at the front entrance just to the right of the entrance.**   We hope to be all set up there by middle of December.  In the mean time we will continue to run the clinics from where our small office is, on Westgate Ave***. 

Tuesday, November 11.   We can now accept the $100 vouchers, issued from Animal Care and Control, for Spay & Neuter.   The application is on the ACC website, link here,  www.pbcgov.com/pubsafety/animal.   Here is where it gets even better.  As Paws2Help runs the clinics at cost, not at profit, by us accepting the $100 there would be a small surplus over and above out costs, for cats and small dogs.    We will put this surplus into the form of a voucher allowing people to bring their ferals in and pay just $25.00 (instead of the current $59.00).   We hope to have this in effect by end of December, and further information on our web site soon.   Please thank the commissioners, and ACC,  for making this possible. 

Wednesday, November 05.   We can hardly believe it, we are still moving, moving things around that is.   If you have ever moved from a large place, to a smaller place, you will know what we mean when we say we are trying to squeeze our necessary items into our current 650 sq.ft. leased office.   Getting a system set up that will work from the parking lots, our next spay clinic will be on Sunday November 9th.   Due to lack of "shared parking" at our new location, we can only accommodate the volume of cars on the weekends.   PLEASE OFFER A SPACE IN YOUR HOME FOR A PET, BECOME A SHORT TERM FOSTER HOME, HELP US SAVE ANOTHER LIFE.   Another found dog arrived yesterday, previously adopted from us, we regard him as our responsibility.    Oh, Oh the bills are mounting up, the expenses of moving are draining us, the unexpected expenses, the cost of renewing vet licenses, additional insurances, to now be mobile are enormous, the extra temporary staff needed to help has cost a lot of money.   We have not put our vet fees up in over 5 years, and we are hoping not to.   If you can make a donation to help, it would be much appreciated.   Click on our Donate button on home page to help, thank you.

Friday, October 24th.   We are at last getting back into routine, and rearranging the items piled (unorganized) in a hurry into our small new office space.    Some things never change, there is always an animal in need.  A frantic son, whose mother had recently died could no longer keep her 2 Yorkies, he was at his witts end, and threatening to put them out on the street.    The two neglected, matted unspayed tiny ones arrived at our clinic, and we quickly found them a foster home.   They should be up for adoption within 2 weeks.   Register with us to foster a pet, so that another life can be saved.    As we cannot now house animals, we need foster homes more than ever before.  

Thursday, October 16th.  Finally some good news.   We have been advised that the Board of County Commissioners will be meeting to discuss the possibility of us working from Animal Care and Control Parking lot on Belverdere Road.  The meeting is set for November 18th.    2nd piece of good news is that  we will be able to conduct wellness and vacination clinics again, starting this Saturday the 18th.   Our medical trailer will be located at 4201 Westgate Ave, right behind the Kmart shopping center, less than one mile west of where we were located.   Look out for our bright yellow trailers.    Please e mail us for an appointment.  

Thursday, October 2nd.  It is a well accepted fact that everyone will always remember what they were doing when the got the news of Kennedy assasination, and the 9/11 attack.   Now we personally know first hand how it feels to "remember".   Driving west on Okeechobee Blvd, heading to a meeting with Code & Zoning we got a call to say that the Sheriff had just delivered our final eviction papers.  We were to be out, lock stock and barrel in 48 hours.  Deadline 2.15 pm Saturday, we knew it would be but we expected to at least hear when the Judge had made his ruling, and the terms of such.   Barry Silver, our lawyer also had no knowledge of this.   However, we had been told that if the papers arrived just before a weekend that we would have another couple of days, due to the fact that the court does not work on weekends.   Not so in this case, the very uncompassionate Dan Lewis of DP Lewis and Associates "let us know" that the locks would be changed on Saturday.
His instructions of course come from the owners of the building.  St. Vincent DePaul.    Friday, we have a fully booked spay/neuter clinic ALL DAY, Saturday we also have a busy medical clinic.    We are completely public driven, we do not advertise our services, we are booked by demand.   What can we do?, we will just continue to do our work Friday and Saturday as the help moves everything out from under our feet.   Will we succeed to get everything out, and our trailers, in such little time?   we will do the best we can.   Where will we be next week, ?? we still await confirmation of a location that is allowed.   Check back please.

Wednesday October 1st.   We are back to hanging on by our finger nails, not knowing which side of the fence we will land!!.  There was no commissioners meeting yesterday, we found out that we are not even on the agenda, yet !.  How could we have misunderstood this ????????   We could do with some "local government" advice here, we think.    

Monday, September 29th:  Hard to believe that another 10 days has gone by, and we are back in "limbo", Tomorrow is the commissioners meeting to decide if we can operate from ACC parking lot.  Also tomorrow, (at a different meeting) we discuss our site plan for our new building.  We still sit on the edge of our seats waiting for a decision from the Judge as to just when we have to be out completly.   All of this disruption has not affected our ability to serve the community animals in routine medical and emergency ops.  What a week last one was, which included having to remove the entire back skin from a small dog with a mystery disease, that had baffled the doctors, and now we await the laboratory reports.  All in a weeks work, phew!. 
Still seeking  a foster home for our beloved legless dogs, Uppity and Duppity.   Add to the work, someone came into the clinic with 2 new born kittens, no mother, and they need 2 hourly feeding.  Can you Foster them ?  

Friday, September 19th:  Long gap on update, we apologise, it has been a stressful period for us, but we are now OUT OF LIMBO, and making plans for our move.    We went back to court on Wednesday.  The wonderful attorney Barry Silver, was there for us, and he ran circles around the other parties.   Our Landlord, St. Vincent DePaul, and their managing Agent, Dan Lewis of DP Lewis were informed that they were in "error" when they held a private meeting with Code & Zoning prior to the actual hearing in early August, this did not go down too well, in the court.   Other "misterious" facts also emerged via the skilled questioning of Barry Silver.   The court session lasted almost 4 hours, and the Judge made no ruling.   It has however given us a bit more breathing space, we will still be moving but now we do not have to do it in 48 hours.   The Judge also pointed out that it is statutory 48 hours for cases of non payment of rent, this is not our situation.   In the mean time it is "Business as usual", clinics are still operating.

Sunday August 31st: We spayed and neutered 26 dogs and cats Friday, and had a very busy clinic Saturday afternoon. Seems every day now we're getting more storm bands from Gustav, Hanna is headed for us, and there are TWO new storms forming in the Atlantic (although they say one will probably burn itself out). Hurricane season is truly upon is. Please make sure your pets have microchips, current vaccinations, and that you have a good supply of any needed meds on hand. It's never a good idea to wait till the last minute to get those things done. Call now for a clinic appointment if you need anything done in case a storm DOES hit us!

 Thursday, Aug 28th.
We are currently in Limbo, waiting to hear if we have a suitable but small premises that we can use as a clinic, also, waiting to confirm a small unit, that we can use for office and storage just up the street. It is a weird feeling, just hanging, waiting. However we are going ahead with getting a "wrap" put on the coach that we will use as a mobile office/waiting room. In the mean time it is business as usual, some people think that we have closed, so spread the word, we are not closing, just re-adjusting.

Tuesday, Aug 26th.
Browns Storage and Moving, delivered and Donated a huge tractor trailer and placed it right outside our back door, so that we can pack items for long term storage. Such nice people, and this will save us a lot of money, we are very grateful to them. If you have moving needs give them your business please. It was such a nice and greatly appreciated offer from them.

Wednesday, Aug 20th
Had a very nice lady come in today with a little dog she'd "rescued". Apparently she found it rooting through a trash can in a nearby area, and brought it to us. The dog had obviously had puppies recently, so we thought it might be important to locate the puppies as well. We gave the dog a great meal, then went back to the address where she'd been picked up. When we let her out of the car (on a leash) she led us straight to her home, and she was happily reunited with her five three week old babies. It's a great arguement for microchips and visible id tags on your pets. That family certainly didn't expect their little dog to crawl through a tiny hole in the fence and go wandering. It WAS, however, trash day...and we all know how tempting those smells can be.

If your pets aren't chipped please consider getting it done, or at least make sure they have name and address tags!

Tuesday. Aug 19th.
Not open today, due to the storm, but we had to go in and tend to the animals, Ooopps, what animals?, zoning says we cannot have any there */*!*/* ? However, one could not but notice that the roads were empty, just like on Christmas day. We had no damage from the storm, so that is good news,
We have just released our latest newsletter, and we are delighted to tell you that we have Dick Kulpatron joining us at the Amici bartending night on Thursday. Check out his web site here, www.captcartoon.com. he does amazing work and he told me, to tell you, to come and get "Tipsy". Bring with you a photo of you and your pet or just your pet and he will draw you a very wonderful keepsake, that you will love for ever. Bring your pic's, come have some fun, and we hope to see you Thursday.

Friday, Aug 15th.
We 'recover' from two back to back surgery days, almost 60 cats and dogs spayed/neutered. Dr. Christopher is making a miracle recovery and will soon be out of the hospital. Looks like we may be moving out of Westgate sooner than the 90 days. We got our eviction papers yesterday!, one always associates "eviction" with non payment of rent, not so with us, rent is current, but we are being forced to move. Now we need to raise serious money to keep our programs running, a "Tipsy" Night is already planned.

Wednesday Aug 13th.
Microchips, One month ago we adopted out a smaller size dog. A dog with such a happy attitude, the new owners dumped her into ACC, reason; she developed a skin problem, Because she has a chip, ACC called us and we rushed over and rescued her. ACC will not put animals with a "condition" up for adoption. Her kissy, loving attitude will soon ensure that she has a new home. How do "owners do such". ?????

Saturday, August 9th.
Some good news. The renowned and wonderful Attorney, Barry Silver has agreed to help us, we will in the coming week be following his good advice.
Browns storage have offered us a trailer to pack and store our stuff in, we will be following up this great offer, on Monday.

Wednesday August 6, 2008
Today we attended a hearing at the Zoning Commission, a “special Master’s hearing” to determine whether we could continue to operate. So much was hanging on their decision, imagine the anxiety we felt as we waited to hear our fate.
Since we’ve been operating here for over two years without any traffic problems or hazards to the community we hoped they’d find a way to grant a variance They couldn’t. They’re bound to a rule book,. They did, however, give us a 90 day “grace period” . Ninety days to pack up a 5.000 square foot facility is a daunting task, but we could do it. It would also allow us to conduct already scheduled clinics.

THURSDAY AUGUST 7TH
We set about planning our first steps. to sort and pack, including making absolutely sure all our records were handled carefully and always available. Sigrid continued scheduling the next spay/neuter clinic

Then the afternoon mail arrived. There was a very expensive looking envelope from a law firm. Still full of hope after yesterday’s quas victory we wanted it to be that someone had heard about what was going on and could financially bail us out, or provide a temporary place where we could operate legally. OR is it the eviction notice that was whispered of, by the Code enforcement officers yesterday. How did those at the meeting know about something that we did not ?????

Brutal news. It was indeed an eviction notice. Not ninety, not sixty. It was a FIVE day notice to vacate. Sometimes the crushing weight of a few sheets of paper is amazing.

COULD THE DAY GET ANY WORSE? We sat on our mismatched folding chairs just looking at each other. Then over came Sparkles, Eve’s 17 year old basset hound mix to "comfort" us. She laid down, placed her head on Eve's feet and as we conversed, she peacefully drifted off into forever. We sat with her for what seemed like an eternity. Why did she leave us
today? We were already in distress. Sparkles, has been with Eve for 16 years, since Hurricane Andrew, and she was a source of pleasure to us all.

People have been asking for an update. We can only wish we had better news. We’re shell shocked. But we’re still “the little charity who could…”, and we assure you that once again we’ll be back on track very quickly. In the past people have often asked how we can continually face adversity and keep going. They say that anyone else would have given up. Well, we are NOT anyone else. We are Paws 2 Help, and we’ll BE there for pets & pet owners in need in this community.

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Saturday, August 2nd: Had a full spay/neuter clinic Thursday, nearly 40 animals, plus a couple of other surgeries. Saturday we had another great clinic with Dr Illel. There won't be a Monday clinic again, but Dr Schnirman will be in on Wednesday.

Monday,July 28th: No clinic this evening as Dr C is still in the hospital. Dr Illel has been filling in on Saturdays, and doing a wonderful job. Looks to be a very busy clinic again on Wednesday afternoon. We're still looking for a few good foster homes.

Friday, July 25th: Very busy spay/neuter clinic on Thursday, and "Puppy", the dog hit by the car Wednesday had surgery as well. Dr Christopher is still in the hospital. People scheduled for clinics on Monday should probably call before coming in.

Wednesday, July 23rd: A family came in with their dog, who'd been hit by a car. They took her to a vet close to their home, who, when they said they had little money, sent them to us. We should be able to fix her up, and spay her to prevent further wandering. The aftenoon clinic is booked more than full because of the cancellation Monday.

Monday, July 21st: Dr Christopher is still out, so the afternoon clinic had to be cancelled. A pregnant chihuahua came in in labor, and had already delivered two dead pups. We sent her out for surgery. All thepups were already dead, and the mother was spayed. She should be fine. Just one more great arguement for spaying and neutering.

SaturdayJuly 19th: Dr Christopher's in the hospital, so another vet filled in for the clinic, which was quite busy. Someone dropped off a lost puppy. Since we can't "shelter" we sent him home temporarily with a volunteer. Really need to get foster homes set up. Worked on a foster application.