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Up dates on Critters of Love and Lazy R Farm

Hi all hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving day with family and friends.
I spent mine with my fur kids.

So far this year I have had many bad things happen to me and my life.Losing many dear animals to other animals and just broke my heart down.
But I am still among them each day and remembering the good times not the bad ones.

My lastest rescue is a Quarter horse mare she was with foal when I got her.
Her baby is due in the last week of February 2011 or first week in March 2011.
She wasn`t broke to ride when I saved her .But now with my loving hands and gentle heart I can ride her some.
She is 3 years old and her name is Ginger.

I still have my personal first rescue female dog.I saved many years ago she will be turning 18 years old on December 25,2010.Can`t see out of one eye, can`t hear now at all.And has lost most of her teeth too.But still healthy and no pain no where.

Next is Tiny Tot she is a 2 year old Yorkshire Terrier.Very loving little dog but terrified of men.

Then also this year a good friend of mine where I have Ginger boarded at gave me a little ball of fur.His name is Charlie he is a Toy Yorkshire Terrier puppy.He will be 5 months old on December 9,2010.
This little guy I almost lost a few months back.I been taking him with me down to the country all this time and never even thought about a nasty little bug no one could see without a special instrument from the vet`s office.Charlie became sick and lost so much weight.He began to bleed out from his skin.I was broke and couldn`t get no donations of any form of fashion to help me.And since my vet doesn`t take payments no more due to many that never paid them.I had to do something or I was going to lose my little guy.
So I went and took out a loan against my monthly check of 100.00.Which this would mean I had to pay back 129.50.
I took Charlie to my vet.
He was covered in Sand Fleas.They are so tiny and clear white you can`t see them with your eyes.
He is fully clear of them now.
Only thing is I seem to can`t get the loan paid off to clear my my name with this loan company.Which has caused many problems of me being able to buy the right type of dog food for my little fur kids.

I have 3 rescue horses now and 1 rescue dog I have to buy feed and food for.
As soon as the horses are broke to ride and have weight back on them they will be up for adoption.
Sorry no pictures to show of them or the rescue dog.
My camera died and I just don`t have the extra funds to buy one.

I have try my hardest to sell items on eBay also.Just with the economy and other sources people don`t buy on eBay or maybe its just they don`t buy from me no more.

I don`t know how or what to do no more to raise the much needed funds to buy the horse feed or Dog Chow that I need.

Do I close my doors and be a lost soul to what I do best or do I just keep on standing tall and fight each day and save every penny I find.
I will not beg for help no more and I do know many others out their are hurting for help that need it more than I do.

All I ask is if any one reading this can help in any way please feel free to do so.
I do have a pay pal account to accept the funds :
lazyrfarm.sara@gmail.com

Or if you have other ways of helping me please get in touch with me at the same email address above .

If I could get someone to donate just 5 bags of 14% sweet feed and 5 bags of Oats this would get me thru December and I could buy the hay .
And I need 4 bags of Puppy Chow and 3 bags of Dog Chow.
So I could take the back to the vet and get their Flea shots to last until January.
Next year I will have more fund with my own money due to many things will be paid off.

Also about me I been sick for the past 3 weeks and fighting hard to stay out of the hospital due to I do not have no one I can trust to watch and feed my animals no more.
My daughter and her husband has moved away since they have had a baby.
Yes I am a new grand mother too.

Well , now we all will be working towards our next holiday =Christmas.
What are your plans if any for Christmas this year?

Happy Thanksgiving

Updates on Critters of Love

Hi all, sorry I haven`t been here to post in a very long time.
Just many things has happen and going on in these past few months.Some of it feels like I been in a night mare and can`t wake up.

All puppies have been adopted out except one and we have two crates we are no longer using up for sale as well to try to finish out getting the pet supplies that is needed here.

On my night mare , lost 3 very important special friends in my life and just been in shock.

Buster, Rusty Baby and Sassy are now at rainbow bridge waiting on me to join them.
The story is too shocking and I am not up to getting myself all back depressed in losing these wonderful animals God brought into this world.

I hope you understand this and will not question my judgement in not posting the bad day this all happen.Cause this is something I am still in shock from and just need prayers to help me make it through another day without my fur friends to be here with me.

A person can go through so much in their lifes and give so much in caring, sheltering and loving the animals they have either rescued or taken in as their own.

All I can say for now that I will one day be a stronger person to tell their stories on how they came to be here under my love and care for now.I say a prayer for them and knowing one day I will be their to join them at the other side .
We will become whole again and a family.

Thank you for understanding

Sara the owner of Critters of Love Dog Rescue

Just pray I become stronger and pray for Sassy, Buster and Rusty Baby as they have crossed over into a new world of love and become whole once again.Without pain .

SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PET

There are 45 cats and dogs for every person born.
Only 1 of every 10 dogs born ever get a home.
Only 1 of every 12 cats born ever get a home.
There are over 800 dogs and cats killed each hour in this country
simply because there are not enough homes for them and
irresponsible people dump them in kill shelters daily.
Only 1 in 5 dogs will live his or her entire life with one family.
DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROBLEM - SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PET
AND KEEP THEM FOR THEIR LIFETIME.

Written by an Animal Shelter Gas Chamber Operator In Central North Carolina

Yes, I Gas Dogs and Cats for a Living. I'm an Animal Control officer in a very small town in central North Carolina. I'm in my mid thirties, and have been working for the town in different positions since high school.

There is not much work here, and working for the county provides good pay and benefits for a person like me without a higher education. I'm the person you all write about how horrible I am.

I'm the one that gasses the dogs and cats and makes them suffer. I'm the one that pulls their dead corpses out smelling of Carbon Monoxide and throws them into green plastic bags. But I'm also the one that hates my job and hates what I have to do.

First off, all you people out there that judge me, don't. God is judging me, and I know I'm going to Hell. Yes, I'm going to hell. I wont lie, it's despicable, cold, cruel and I feel like a serial killer. I'm not all to blame, if the law would mandate spay and neuter, lots of these dogs and cats wouldn't be here for me to gas. I'm the devil, I know it, but I want you people to see that there is another side to me the devil Gas Chamber man.

The shelter usually gasses on Friday morning.

Friday's are the day that most people look forward to, this is the day that I hate, and wish that time will stand still on Thursday night. Thursday night, late, after nobody's around, my friend and I go through a fast food line, and buy 50 dollars worth of cheeseburgers and fries, and chicken. I'm not allowed to feed the dogs on Thursday, for I'm told that they will make a mess in the gas chamber, and why waste the food.

So, Thursday night, with the lights still closed, I go into the saddest room that anyone can every imagine, and let all the doomed dogs out out their cages.

I have never been bit, and in all my years doing this, the dogs have never fought over the food. My buddy and I, open each wrapper of cheeseburger and chicken sandwich, and feed them to the skinny, starving dogs.

They swallow the food so fast, that I don't believe they even taste it. There tails are wagging, and some don't even go for the food, they roll on their backs wanting a scratch on their bellys. They start running, jumping and kissing me and my buddy. They go back to their food, and come back to us. All their eyes are on us with such trust and hope, and their tails wag so fast, that I have come out with black and blues on my thighs.. They devour the food, then it's time for them to devour some love and peace. My buddy and I sit down on the dirty, pee stained concrete floor, and we let the dogs jump on us. They lick us, they put their butts in the air to play, and they play with each other. Some lick each other, but most are glued on me and my buddy.

I look into the eyes of each dog. I give each dog a name.

They will not die without a name.

I give each dog 5 minutes of unconditional love and touch.

I talk to them, and tell them that I'm so sorry that tomorrow they will die a gruesome, long, torturous death at the hands of me in the gas chamber.

Some tilt their heads to try to understand.

I tell them, that they will be in a better place, and I beg them not to hate me.

I tell them that I know I'm going to hell, but they will all be playing with all the dogs and cats in heaven.

After about 30 minutes, I take each dog individually, into their feces filled concrete jail cell, and pet them and scratch them under their chins. Some give me their paw, and I just want to die. I just want to die. I close the jail cell on each dog, and ask them to forgive me. As my buddy and I are walking out, we watch as every dog is smiling at us and them don't even move their heads. They will sleep, with a full belly, and a false sense of security.

As we walk out of the doomed dog room, my buddy and I go to the cat room.

We take our box, and put the very friendly kittens and pregnant cats in our box.
The shelter doesn't keep tabs on the cats, like they do the dogs.

As I hand pick which cats are going to make it out, I feel like I'm playing God, deciding whose going to live and die.

We take the cats into my truck, and put them on blankets in the back.

Usually, as soon as we start to drive away, there are purring cats sitting on our necks or rubbing against us.

My buddy and I take our one way two hour trip to a county that is very wealthy and they use injection to kill animals.

We go to exclusive neighborhoods, and let one or two cats out at a time.

They don't want to run, they want to stay with us. We shoo them away, which makes me feel sad.

I tell them that these rich people will adopt them, and if worse comes to worse and they do get put down, they will be put down with a painless needle being cradled by a loving veterinarian. After the last cat is free, we drive back to our town.

It's about 5 in the morning now, about two hours until I have to gas my best friends.

I go home, take a shower, take my 4 anti-anxiety pills and drive to work.. I don't eat, I can't eat. It's now time, to put these animals in the gas chamber. I put my ear plugs in, and when I go to the collect the dogs, the dogs are so excited to see me, that they jump up to kiss me and think they are going to play.

I put them in the rolling cage and take them to the gas chamber. They know. They just know. They can smell the death.. They can smell the fear. They start whimpering, the second I put them in the box. The boss tells me to squeeze in as many as I can to save on gas. He watches. He knows I hate him, he knows I hate my job. I do as I'm told. He watches until all the dogs, and cats (thrown in together) are fighting and screaming. The sounds is very muffled to me because of my ear plugs. He walks out, I turn the gas on, and walk out.

I walk out as fast as I can. I walk into the bathroom, and I take a pin and draw blood from my hand. Why? The pain and blood takes my brain off of what I just did.

In 40 minutes, I have to go back and unload the dead animals. I pray that none survived, which happens when I overstuff the chamber. I pull them out with thick gloves, and the smell of carbon monoxide makes me sick. So does the vomit and blood, and all the bowel movements. I pull them out, put them in plastic bags.

They are in heaven now, I tell myself. I then start cleaning up the mess, the mess, that YOU PEOPLE are creating by not spay or neutering your animals. The mess that YOU PEOPLE are creating by not demanding that a vet come in and do this humanely. You ARE THE TAXPAYERS, DEMAND that this practice STOP!

So, don't call me the monster, the devil, the gasser, call the politicians, the shelter directors, and the county people the devil. Heck, call the governor, tell him to make it stop.

As usual, I will take sleeping pills tonight to drown out the screams I heard in the past, before I discovered the ear plugs. I will jump and twitch in my sleep, and I believe I'm starting to hallucinate.

This is my life. Don't judge me. Believe me, I judge myself enough.

We Need To Stand Up An Banned All Gas Chamber`s

Truly how far we have come as a society, to insure suffering upon an animal at its last moments on earth, all because of our neglect to be responsible pet owners? This is appalling, especially considering the fact that Alabama doesn’t even offer this horrifying death as an option for its convicted murders.

People who rape and kill children have a more merciful death than animals who’s only crime is not having anyone to love and take care of them.

This county needs to enforce animal cruelty laws and focus on adoption and prevention methods, something that the sheriff’s department is not doing. Put someone in charge who has the animal’s welfare as a priority, because animals do have feelings too. They protect us, and our children, find drugs and bombs, they are loyal and offer unconditional love to people regardless of race or gender. They too deserve respect and dignity. If we focus on prevention and adoption methods, having to euthanize animals could become a thing of the past.

Apparent that domestic animal populations are on the rise due to irresponsible pet owners and many foreclosures on real estate properties.This does not offer an excuse however for the gassing of these animals.If euthanasia is the only option for an animal, it should be done intravenously, which offers the animal a painless and peaceful death, unlike the gas chamber where the animals are struggling to breathe and crying out for help. In a life and death struggle gasping for air, terrified, this is how the shelter animals are spending their last moments.
We need to start a Petition
Example for one:
We, concerned citizens of animal welfare, call on the state of Alabama to ban the use of gas chambers in all County Animal shelter and pounds .

This practice has been banned by many state`s in the use of this method for executions for convicted killers, why should it be used on domestic animals?

The gas chamber is in-humane and ensures a horrible death for the animals, this community should not allow this to take place.

If euthanasia is last result, it should be done intravenously, offering the animal a peaceful, dignified, and painless death.

The Sheriff's Department needs to be taken out of the Shelter, and someone needs to be in charge who has the animal's best interest as a priority. Prevention and adoption needs to be focused on so that one day euthanasia can one day be a thing of the past.

Gas chambers are not humane for many reasons. Animals are crammed into small areas with many other animals at a time. Fights, panic, and fear break out as the toxins enter their bodies and they gasp for air. They try to escape, but it is useless, they are trapped, and endure an unthinkably horrifying death. These means of insensitive killings are barbaric and should not be allowed (is this really how far we have came as a society to torture animals and inflict them with a traumatic death?). Should these animals be subjected to such treatment because of our neglect to help them? The elderly and pregnant dogs and cats require two or more gas sessions.



Euthanisia is described by many as "good death" or "mercy killing". This practice has many different methods that very from state to state. Euthanasia is widely used in the United States specifically on animals that are not in good health, injured, or are simply unwanted. These practices can be humane, such as with an intravenous injection resulting in a painless and peaceful death for the animal, however, in many shelters, this method is not the method that has been chosen to be used. Carbon Monoxide chambers (aka. Gas Chambers) are being used to kill large numbers of animals at a time. Very ironic considering the fact that most states have banned gas chamber executions on convicted murders due to the suffering that it causes an individual. Apparently people still seem to think that animals do not have emotions, that they cannot feel fear or pain.

It is important to educate everyone on this fact, without doing so, many will still be left in the dark about what is truly happening in shelters and in pounds.