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  • Puppies are a commitment, are you ready?

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  • Pit Bull Awareness

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    National Pit Bull Awareness Day was started in 2007 to bring positive attention and awareness to Pit Bulls and their responsible owners. Over time, the awareness day expanded to an entire month to highlight this breed that fills far too many shelter kennels across the United States. As a rescue movement, we need to focus Pit Bull awareness on responsible

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  • Background Unknown: Why some shelter pets don’t have a “bio”.

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    I remember attending a training a few years back and the facilitator was also a trainer. She indicated that she was continually frustrated when working with clients with rescue animals with no background information on their adopted pet.  She couldn’t believe that as rescues, we could have an animal in our care without any background information to pass along to

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  • The Pandemic Puppy Problem

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    Last year, shelters across the United States encountered one of the best problems you could hope for. As the coronavirus forced more people indoors and as more individuals began working from home, more families began adopting companion animals for their family. Animals were leaving shelters in record numbers, often faster than shelters could find new animals to fill the empty

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  • A Passionate Plea to End “Free to Good Home”

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    This post, while written out of frustration, is intended to educate. We need to stop giving animals away free to a good home….from both sides….because in this case, the family thought they had no options but to dump this dog in a crate overnight on our property. I shared this story earlier this week about free to good home gone

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  • Summer Love Adoption Event!

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    Please help us share our Summer Love Adoption Special through August 15th. Prospective adopters should take into consideration that the adoption fee is only the beginning of the cost to own an animal, and it’s a lifetime commitment for the life of the animal. We do ask that adopters take their pet (at their expense) within 7 days of adoption

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  • Wanted: Loving Homes for our MANY puppies

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    You may have heard about all our puppies! Roughly 70 of them to be exact. Right now, most are not ready for adoption, but in the coming weeks, we’ll need a lot of adopters!! Please be patient if you have submitted or plan to submit an application, it will take us time to process all the applications. We will soon

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  • Senior Sunday!!

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    TAPS has numerous senior dogs that are available for adoption! Please consider opening your home to one of our wonderful senior dogs! Fannie: Can her smile get any bigger? Fannie is 12 years old and weighs in at 25 pounds. She was from a hoarding situation so is looking forward to a life as a well-loved house dog after her

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  • Adoptions for June 29-July 3

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    Thirteen dogs and cats were adopted the week of June 29! Hooray for Bumble, Bee, Derby, Frederick, Frieda, Hallmark, Joey, Kastner, Kits, Landers, Rita, Stormy, and Tiny!

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  • Senior Sunday!

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    Wage: “I’m in heartworm treatment but will be available for adoption soon!” Meet Wage! Wage is a 10-year-old mixed breed dog. Though he weighs in at 87 pounds, he is very easy to walk on leash due to the slower pace he keeps in order to look around & explore! He loves affection and taking leisurely walks. Though very sweet,

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