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Monday, December 13, 2010

From Now On "Like" us on Facebook!

From now on we will be continuing our blog posts on our New Facebook Page!  "Like" us at http://facebook.com/bestfriendscincinnati.

Friday, December 3, 2010

50% off Retail










Best Friends Pet Care is having a
          50%off  selected retail   

Now is a good time to buy the angels on the
      tree a toy for Christmas!!!                        

PNC holidays lights at Cincinnati Zoo 2010

http://www.cincinnatizoo.org/events/pnc_festival_lights.html
ome and enjoy the 28th year of the PNC Festival of Lights, the region's largest and most anticipated holiday event. This year we continue to "glow green" as we add more color and lights around the Zoo!


November 26, 2010 - January 2, 2011 5:00-9:00pm


2010 Highlights Include:
•NEW themed areas including Fairy Land!
•NEW Search for the 5 fairies hidden in Fairy Land
•Visit with Santa & his Reindeer
•“Winter Wonders” - Madcap Puppet Theater Black Light Show
•Storytelling with Mrs. Claus
•Rapping Elves
•Holiday Character Meet & Greet
•Holiday Post Office – send a letter straight to Santa
•Wild Lights Show on Swan Lake
•Gingerbread Village
•Talking Tigers
•Nativity Scene & Menorah Display
•Happy Feet 4D Experience




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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Let's give a warm welcome.....

                                    
        Please help me to give a warm welcome to the newest employee here at Best Friends Pet Care.
        Fenris is a 14 week old Catahoula puppy from Louisiana. Catahoula is the state dog since 1979.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Adoption Event

Best Friends Pet Care will be holding an adoption event on December 18th, 2010 from 2pm-5pm.  If you are looking for a new best friend come over to 11216 Gideon Lane, Cincinnati,OH. There will be on-site adoptions of all types of dogs of all ages and sex.  All dogs are current on shots and fixed at time of adoptions. The dogs that are up for adoptions come from Recycled Doggies Rescue. You can check them out on their website or their facebook.

Small Dog Yappy Hour


                                                          
On December 17th, 2010 we will be at the Wags Park for the small dog yappy hour. This event benefits our angel tree rescues for this year. They are Recycled Doggies and Harlequin Haven Great Dane Rescue. Admission is a minimum donation of $5.00(per person) which includes admission to the park and 1 beer ticket for the yappy hour. Also there will be treats for the dogs and pictures with Santa!

WAGS PARK                                                                                    
3810 Church Street
Newtown, Ohio 45244
513-322-5432

Friday, November 5, 2010

There is still room for holiday reservations!
Book now for Thanksgiving online or call us at 513-489-6300.

We will be roasting a turkey with green beans and carrots. On the side will be sweet potatoe bisquits.


Thursday, November 4, 2010

Let's give back this Thanksgiving!

Best Friends Pet Care every year has an angel tree set up for local shelters. We ask our clients and the public to donate to our angel tree. The Angel tree program was designed to help out less fortunate rescues over the holiday season ,so that their babies might have a good holiday too!  We ask people to donate toys(new or slightly used), blankets, bedding, food(unopened and not expired) and of course money is always nice too!  Also you may buy a toy from our retail store and we will put your name on it and put it under the tree. This year he rescues that are on the tree are Harlequin Haven Great Dane Rescue and Recycled Doggies. If you would like to know more about these rescues click on their links.

Please drop donations off at                                                                       
Best Friends Pet Care
 11216 Gideon Lane,Cincinnati,OH 45249
513-489-6300

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Please help Harlequin Haven Great Dane Rescue

Rescue of the Year @ Happy Tails Books

http://www.happytailsbooks.com/
Happy tails is having a contest where a Rescue can win a $500 prize package. Okay lets face it how many contest do we ever win??? None so help us win this contest!!! We are in 2nd place but to stay there we need your help to continue getting votes!! Please keep spreading the word!! It is really easy to vote. You can only vote one time. So please go vote for Harlequin Haven and ask your friends, family and co-workers to vote!



Sunday morning I was watching a movie (something I seldom have time for) and it reminded me of the homeless Dane/dogs that live here at the rescue. How they are just looking for that special family that will love them for who they are, not what a book or movie says they should be. Then I thought about the people that had called in recent months and their comments about the dog they wanted to adopt. How they do not want an older dog because they need to bond with the dog or they only want a puppy or young adult (3 - 6 months) EXCUSE ME!!! Since when is a 3 - 6 month old a young adult?

A few weeks ago, I saw a love that to this day makes me cry, it was when Sneak came out to meet Sonia and Bob. The love in his eyes was tremendous. He knew the moment he saw them that they did not care he was not a purebred Dane, they did not care he was 8 yrs old, they saw a loving boy that needed to be loved back and well he was right. Sneak was at the rescue for 6 years he watched many a dogs come and go, he watched people come and adopt the puppies, leaving a loving adult dog behind. Even after 6 years Sneak was determined his forever home would come for him one day! Sneak is missed at the rescue but his story is one that makes me the happiest when people look beyond the breed and their age and look at what is inside.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Donations are needed for Brown County dogs in hoarding situation

Donations are needed for the 39 dogs rescued from Brown County house.The following is what CART needs: Paper towels, latex gloves, old towels and blankets and puppy pee pads. Of course money donation is always excepted too!

Donations can be made to tri state area CART or dropped off at Best Friends Pet Care




SARDINIA, OH (FOX19) - A Brown County, Ohio couple is facing charges after animal control officers found dozens of dead dogs in a freezer and dozens more abandoned in a home in Sardinia.
Teri Lea Hamilton and her husband Richard Curtis Hamilton, Jr. are facing misdemeanor charges for a case even animal control officers say is almost too tough to believe.
Brown Co. Humane Society volunteers said dozens of dogs were living alone inside a vacant house off Tri County Highway. Authorities said they rescued 39 living dogs, including 36 Chihuahuas, and 25 to 50 more dog bodies found stuffed in a freezer.
"They went in to get them and that's when one of them ran behind the freezer," said Ray Staubach, a volunteer with the Brown Co. Humane Society. "The warden tried to move it. He couldn't. It was covered with maggots. He put something over it, and then later on he had to try to move it again. He opened it up and he said 'I see dog heads in here.'"
Neighbors said the Hamiltons lived in the house for years, but had moved out months ago and left the dogs behind. The electricity had been turned off so the carcasses rotted inside the house all summer long.
Jim Ward lives feet away from the property. He said the smell was overwhelming.
"You couldn't sit on the front porch," said Ward. "If we had a little bit of wind or air, we would have to go in the house with air conditioning. We couldn't stand it."
Neighbors first reported seeing dogs roaming outside of the house on September 20th. Officers checked the property, but couldn't find any dogs. Weeks later, officers returned and rounded up a number of dogs that were running around outside the house. Officers said they smelled feces and urine through the windows of the home and heard barking. Authorities had to wait weeks to get a court order to enter the house. On Monday, animal control officers and members of the group "CART," County Animal Response Team, put on haz mat suits and went inside.
"Because of the feces of the floor, the smell of urine and the ammonia smell," said Staubach.

"These dogs had actually eaten holes in the dry wall so there were living within the walls of this house," said Jan Staubach, a volunteer with the Brown Co. Humane Society. "Neighbors are still reporting that they're now hearing two more dogs in the house."
The Staubachs said one dog is still on the loose. The others have been taken to a secret shelter.
Brown Co. Prosecuting Attorney Jessica Little said she's spoken with the Hamiltons on the phone, and they are cooperating. The couple is facing dozens of charges of cruelty to a companion animal.
Brown Co. Humane Society volunteers said the Hamiltons are known breeders in the area, and have been in the business for about seven years. According to their website, the couple breeds mainly Chihuahuas.
FOX19 called the Hamiltons on Tuesday night. No one answered the phone or returned our calls.
As for the dogs, there must be a hearing within 10 days to determine what happens to them. They could be given back to the Hamiltons or turned over to the county which would then mean they could be adopted.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Congratulations

     Congratulations to Fionna and her humans for graduating Intermediate Class!

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Black Bear sightings hits close to home

http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/region_east_cincinnati/symmes_township/black-bear-sightings-reported-near-tri-state-park

People of Symmes Township are being warned to watch out for a black bear.  Many sightings are near the Lebanon Road near Symmes Park. Police have asked people not to feed him or leave food laying around. He will eventually go on his way!

Circle Tail rescue

http://www.refresheverything.com/circletail                                 
Circle Tail has the privilege of participating in the Pepsi Refresh Grant Contest and potentially winning a Grant of $250,000 for a new Assistance Dog Kennel.
Pepsi Refresh Project is offering 2 Grants per month for $250,000 for entries receiving the MOST VOTES through the Refresh Everything web site. You can only vote once a day but as many times as you want!

Circle Tail is the only Assistance Dogs International accredited facility in our tri-state area. We currently place 6 -10 assistance dogs per year at no cost to the recipient.  We continue to manage a waiting list of people with disabilities in need of an assistance dog; we are struggling to keep up with the demand

recycling your dogs poop?

http://news.yahoo.com/video/science-15749654/22051071

What to do with your dogs poop?