by Becky Tegze | Dec 22, 2020 | Animal Rescue, Updates, Why We Do This
Let me introduce myself. My name is Fancy Fajita, but all my friends here at Pets Alive call me Fancy! They always tell me what a good girl I am. I know how to sit, take treats gently and walk like a lady, and my friends say I have the best smile and biggest heart. ...
by Pets Alive | Aug 1, 2020 | Animal Rescue, Call to Action
Feces-packed stalls with little light; dark, dirty dead animal bones strewn throughout the barn; a dead goat was being used as a compost pile. This was just a small flavor of the horrendous living conditions that 34 animals and 20 birds endured. But no longer will...
by Becky Tegze | May 3, 2020 | Animal Rescue, Call to Action, Horses
An “island” in the middle of a black dirt farm, with no grass for grazing, no water to drink except for what fell from the sky, some trees for shade, but electric fencing was holding them prisoners just inches from life-saving grass and a way to escape their...
by Becky Tegze | Feb 23, 2020 | Animal Rescue, Case Studies, Dogs, Uncategorized
A little background: Snowcone is an undersocialized dog; as a result of being on the run, he has developed coping skills that depend largely on the avoidance of contact with people in order to be safe in uncertain circumstances, so we have to gently guide him using...
by Pets Alive | Feb 13, 2020 | Animal Rescue, Call to Action, Dogs
**Warning: Graphic images** Cupid, a badly abused dog, was brought to us by law enforcement; she is what we refer to here at Pets Alive as a “scoop and run”. As Cupid arrived, her paws never even touched the ground as one team transferred her to our...
by Becky Tegze | Dec 13, 2019 | Animal Rescue, Horses, Updates
By Joyce Washnik, Pets Alive Volunteer Since September, our beautiful Bay-colored boy, Joey, has been in training at a Middletown-based facility, where he is learning basic ground manners and groundwork, with the goal for him to become a riding horse. The good news?...
