Saturday, December 17, 2011

AND THE WINNER OF THE PORTRAIT RAFFLE IS....

**** THE WINNER OF THE CUSTOM PORTRAIT RAFFLE IS JACQUELINE (aka JACKI) V OF INDIANA***** We are very excited for her as she has been a wonderful support for our rescued doggies! The lucky winner was picked by one of the Animal Control Officers, Officer Bouse, at Jonesboro Animal Control during their Holiday event today! CONGRATS JACKI AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!



Sgt Larry Rogers with Angie Heringer!

Officer Bouse and his new doggy, Aleta!

Kennel Master, Michelle S., with her new pup, Rango!

A special thanks to Angie V Heringer and the Jonesboro Animal Control staff/volunteers (
http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/AR195.html) for allowing us to finish our raffle there today! Angie worked her rear off for this wonderful event so THANK YOU! I had tons of fun- not only were many doggies spayed/neutered today (via Henry Wrinkles Foundation), but 11 were adopted too!!!! Will post more pics later :)

Henry riding around with Mojo (Henry in the red; Mojo in the black). Mojo was originally a Jonesboro Animal Control shelter doggy!



This is the spay/neuter bus- AWESOME!


Precious Henry in his race car!


Check out the Henry Winkles Foundation too when you get a chance
http://www.henrywrinkles.org/contents.html!

An ENORMOUS THANK YOU to my sis, Lisa Ober, who has graciously donated the custom pastel portrait for this fundraiser! If you have not seen her work, she is truly amazing (and not because she's my sis...). Lisa's website is
www.lisaober.com. Lisa not only specializes in portraits, she has an incredible array of other fabulous work from still lifes to sports artwork!



Sunday, December 11, 2011

LAST WEEK FOR CUSTOM HOLIDAY PORTRAIT GIVE-AWAY!!!





WOOF CONNECTIONS' HOLIDAY PORTRAIT GIVE-AWAY is ending soon!!! For a donation of only $5.00 per ticket, you will have a chance to win a custom head and shoulders pastel portrait (16" x 20" unframed) of a pet or child! A HUGE THANK YOU to internationally renowned artist, LISA OBER, for this amazing opportunity (she happens to be my sis too- lol).

A gift certificate will be provided to the winner so it will make a great Christmas gift! Portrait value between $575 and $925!!! If you prefer the portrait in oil, you may apply $575 toward the difference in price.

Lisa's beautiful work can be viewed on her website
http://www.oberfinearts.com/ ; her blog http://www.oberfinearts.com/Blog.html; or at her gallery in St. Louis http://www.oberandersongallery.com/

Please contact Allie at 901-240-9848 or allieot98@yahoo.com if you have any questions. We ask that you please share this exciting opportunity so that we can continue to help the fur-souls!

***DONATIONS FOR THE RAFFLE CAN BE MADE VIA PAY-PAL *** A Chip-In has been started in order to accept donations for those who do not live in this area:
http://mijanou.chipin.com/woof-connections-holiday-raffle-for-donations PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR PHONE NUMBER and email!

***100% of proceeds go to help pups in need***

WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17th, AT THE JONESBORO ANIMAL CONTROL SHELTER in Jonesboro, AR. The winner will be notified via email and/or telephone. You do NOT need to be present to win (portrait is completed using good quality photographs of the subject so you can send a good quality photo to the artist if you do not live in the area). Thanks to our friend, Angie Heringer, we will be able to display a sample portrait at their LOW COST MOBILE SPAY NEUTER event! We will also have 4 other raffles for great gift baskets (ticket donation only $1.00 each). We have doggy and kitty baskets full of great stuff as well as some "people" baskets for animal lovers! Thank you to Jeanne S at Pet Supplies Plus in Ballwin, MO for all the great doggy "stuff" for the doggy basket! Other wonderful contributors to these great baskets include Kelly A of Missouri (doggy and kitty items), Emily V of Wisconsin (lots of kitty items), and of course Angie H of Arkansas (doggy and kitty items)! We couldn't do it without your support so THANK YOU! Please read Angie's information below:

Exciting News! For first time ever, a Low Cost Mobile Spay Neuter will be here IN Jonesboro.. At Jonesboro Animal Control Shelter.. Saturday Dec 17th, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m... Henry Wrinkles (low cost spay neuter foundation!) will be here to offer Low Cost Spay Neuter to your pets. All spay/neuter is done by appointment... call angie 870-974-2911. JAC Shelter will be OPEN that day for special adoption p...rice $65 for all dogs (includes spay/neuter, shots, rabies) and for cats.. female $55 adoption, $40 male adoption, again, includes spay/neuter, shots, rabies!) Come visit us for "Home for the Holidays" Adoption Event, Lots of furry friends looking for homes Come have a light snack, view the beautiful shelter and meet the furry friends needing homes!! What better gift can there be during the holiday season than to save the life of a homeless animal? BUT...if you cannot adopt, please consider our Foster Program, Volunteer program, or bring a gift for our homeless animals.. blankets, towels, toy...

DIRECTIONS TO THE JONESBORO ANIMAL CONTROL SHELTER:

The Jonesboro Animal Control Shelter is located at 6119 E. Highland Drive....Approximately 1/2 mile past commerce Drive is Petrey Drive. Turn right onto Petrey Drive, and it's at the very end of this drive on the left. Call if you need additional information or directions..870-935-3920. You may also call Allie at 901-240-9848 if you need help.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

ANGEL UPDATE

On November 29th, our sweet Angel began heartworm treatment. Word is she was a complete sweetheart (but of course...you couldn't ask for a sweeter girl). After she recovers from heartworm treatment, Angel will get spayed and undergo surgery for her amputation (front leg and shoulder). She can use some prayers from everyone. Here is Kelly's update:

Angel...she had her heartworm treatment this week and did fantastic! She was an awesome patient at the vet and all of the techs fell in love with her. Aunt Kim Zegarski gave her a bath and a mani/pedi before she left and Aunt Jessica Wollberg gave her extra love and kisses. Angel is still looking for her soft canned food that Auntie Jess spoiled her with but otherwise is happy to be home. She is laying around the house and enjoying hugs and kisses...

Angel stopped by Auntie Joanna's work to say before her heartworm treatment!

A pic of Angel during her stay at the vet clinic!

Angel with Jessica at the vet clinic- she was very spoiled there according to Kelly!

What about Angel's babies? Well, that situation has been very sad. Kelly notified us that one of the puppies passed last week (I believe the runt). The babies were being bottle fed because Angel had some issues with her milk and was "done" with nursing them so Kelly and her family have had their work cut out for them. Well, last night I received a call from Kelly with more bad news. Apparently the baby that passed away had hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain) as this was confirmed by necropsy. Now, 4 more babies have presented with the same symptoms and 1 of the 4 has just passed yesterday (RIP babies). Here is the latest update from Kelly:

Update on Angel's babies....After a very long day and night, we have lost another baby of Angel's. We are on our way to losing two more as I type this. This afternoon we were at the vet's office and he diagnosed dying baby two with hydrocephalus. Baby number 3 is definitely neurologic and his head is very bloated. ...Baby number four is very anemic and getting neurologic. We are at that age when this can happen and we just need to do everything we can to keep them comfy and hopefully they can overcome this. With Angel's bad nutrition during her pregnancy, I am concerned as to how much immune system they actually have and how much fight they actually have.


PLEASE say a prayer for the other babies. Kelly feels encouraged about the 4 that do not have any symptoms. We will update you as soon as we hear anything. Thank you so much Kelly for trying so hard and doing everything you can for them! I appreciate the updates!