Paca has a job!

It didn't happen on purpose, but it goes along with my own philosophy on any creature that has the brain capacity to think, to reason. A working dog is a happy dog, a working human is usually a happy human. Since moving to our sanctuary Paca has taken on a whole new demeanor about herself. She tends to stand alone and peer into every direction she can, she smells the air. As the tendrils of aroma waft over her keen senses you can see her brain working through those magnificent eyes, she is dissecting each smell categorizing as either friend or foe. She is a guardian, to that fact there is no doubt, she would lay the law down upon any who dared upon this sacred land she calls home with the rest of us.

I remember back to a contractor working the duplex next door to us in Greenville, he said "one day that dog will show you she would lay her life down for you and your family".

He was right, she would, I have no doubt. Let's hope that never comes to pass, let's hope no one is foolish enough to walk a foul here.

Paca is still up for adoption, because it is only fair to her to leave her options open. As far as the placement of Paca - she always has a home here, she always has, always will - this is her home. I love her, Art adores her, Caroline doesn't know of a life without her and Georgia, well Georgia tolerates the big galoof who takes way too much daddy time away from senior canine herself.

If the right home comes a asking we will entertain the offer, Paca will be given the choice, for it is her life, not ours that would be moving on. She may not be ready yet, her charge may not be ready yet - who knows - not I and don't even pretend to know. She's here, she's safe, she's loved, and she seems to be happy with her new position as sentry and guardian.

October Full Moon over Greenville

Oh wow, this year is getting close to an end and our goals have not been met. All due to circumstances beyond this one person's control. We were suppose to be in our own home with land by now, filed for our 501 status, and taken on more animals. None of that looks possible at this point - we still have a couple of months and believe in miracles - but also grounded to reality and know that in order for us to get to a point we have never been before - we will have to change some of our tactics.

Energy, everything moves due to energy. There is good energy, bad energy, and just plain ole energy that just moves around in a circle not benevolent or malignant.

The person who does all the stroking of the keyboards has been spending too much energy on facebook and not enough energy on everything else. That has changed - as of yesterday (10-17-13), facebook has been deactivated for personal profile of owner, which kicked me off our facebook page for the animals. Not to fear though - have a couple of administrators in place that will keep the page alive. Forget about any posts though, the ones with access don't have a lot of time for animal rescue, and it doesn't rate as high on their priorities as it does mine.

So a blogging we will go with this. We have a webpage on www.Beltania.net and our animals are searchable on Rescue Me & AdoptAPet.com. The need to communicate will be accomplished here, comments are enabled and we are up for conversations, we welcome your questions.

The full moon is all about desires and well our desire is to save more animals!

Oh oh we got in trouble..

Vaccinations are coming up on us and we have several going under the needle... we needed to raise some cash specifically towards getting these vaccinations... so we listed on eBay some Diatomaceous Earth and got more than we expected.

Yes there was a bid placed on the bag and a nice note to follow that informed us that we were in violation of laws and could be in serious trouble. Not cool at all!

We are a honest rescue, we are honest people, we would never do anything intentionally to infringe on anyone's intellectual or tangible property. We wrote back and apologized, and vowed to correct the bag toppers. The gentleman wrote back and commended us on our attempts to fund our rescue and offered some valuable tips and insights into the 'pet food' industry.

Working to get everything corrected and be completely legal in the business of selling pet food stuffs, seeing as how three items we carry could be considered 'pet food', this is something that needs to be addressed.

Pulling the label on the bag purchased and pulled the Diatomaceous Earth from the store. Need to find out a bit more information on how I can lawfully label this product, the gentleman said that I can sell it with their label - I just can't add my own logo to the packaging. I'm not sure I want to go that route or just market it generically under the Beltania Logo.

From Rescue to Sanctuary

When the decision was made to become a rescue, a vision of placing animals in homes is what was seen. Taking in animals that had 'issues' that could be helped with - maybe the dog who was never taught to be a companion animal, or the feral kittens needing to know that all humans weren't the enemy.

Very sound ideas, still a work in progress, oh all the animals have a good home - they still share that home with us. We still have the bulldog that was a total basket case upon crossing our threshold a few months back - yea - a few... there are the orphaned feral kittens taken in that were just taken off the websites because they are no longer available for adoption out of this home - long story - look for it one day...

The kittens will be trained for Therapy Animal work, as everyone here has at least one job to perform, jobs give the brain something to do and usually the rest of the body must follow along and that keeps us all focused, on track, and out of trouble.

The feed bill keeps getting bigger every day as the kittens grow into juveniles and vaccinations are right around the corner. All this adds up and we are out of space and low on funds. Still have two animals that are available to go to their forever homes, an older cat - Lil' Man, who just would rather not have so many siblings and our beloved Paca who patiently waits for that special someone to let her smile forever stay.

We have taken the first huge step in securing our own property and within months should be in a new home that will give us some room to breath and move around. This is a long awaited goal being realized, once the property is secure the non profit status will be filed.

Have a solid name for our organization:

Gargoyles Animal Rescue & Dragon Sanctuary

G._A.R.D.S.

All that is missing is 'U'!

The 'Guards' acronym works well with our desire to have Brinks trucks as our transport vehicles - for several reasons: 

1). To drive home the idea that the animals - themselves are what has value - not any monetary value placed upon them by how much profit can be made off of them. The Brinks truck is synonymous with transporting valuable items\lives.

2). As a vehicle the Brinks vehicle is a classic style that incorporates a well built design with quality mechanisms that provide the room and equipment to accommodate animal transporting efforts effectively and comfortably. Thus guarding our valuable cargo.

3). The Brinks truck looks 'tough', is usually occupied by security guards, and will carry our 'Rosie the Riveter' inspired gargoyle logo.

The 'Guards' acronym works well for we feel as if we are in fact guarding these animals from dangers seen and unseen. We feel a sense of 'duty' in our mission, like a 'leave no man behind', well this is a 'leave no animal behind' mindset.

It was always part of the plan to become a sanctuary, it has just been put into name sooner than anticipated. Not a bad thing at all, means there will only be the one filing for status. Looking into the different categories of non profits to see what works best for us.

Wish us well as we carry on with trying our best to make this world a better place for the animals, a better place for all of us.

Long live Gaia!

CatNip is In!!!

Finally the much anticipated POTENT CatNip has finally arrived and boy 'o boy let me tell you - it has been heck trying to keep the rescue crew from claiming all. Heck, even the one who lacks proper weaponry up front has even attempted to relieve the herb from it's confines.

 

Proceeds of the sale of CatNip aids our rescue in vetting not only our animals but animals in the community needing assistance.  

Quantity

One CatNip Bag $6.00 USD Two CatNip Bags $10.00 USD Three CatNip Bags $15.00 USD

Each package is Biodegradable Zip-lock bags containing apx 13 grams of high grade organic catnip herb cut. Postage and handling is included in the price.

Yard Sale!

Yep, that's right, a yard sale to benefit Grace. The Yorkshire Terrier with mammary tumors needing a very expensive surgery to make her comfortable and to improve her medical quality of life.

Already have numerous items donated and expecting more, plus I have my house to go through and all proceeds of the donated items will benefit Grace and go towards her surgery.

If you live in the Greenville, SC area and wish to donate some items to this yard sale by April 10th, 2013 please notify she i love always @ yahoo dot com (no spaces) or (864) 567-2938 for local pick-up of items or mail to:  Canines & Felines Marketplace , c/o Grace, 215 Pelham Rd., Suite B-103, Greenville, SC 29615

Gargoyles Animal Rescue is applying for it's 501(c) this year and will be able to provide donation receipts for all items donated.

   

Little guy got out!!

So the little guy - Pepper was unleashed (but still harnessed), unto the backyard today with a firm stay inside the fenced area from me. He was outside with Beltania, Lil' Man, Georgia, and Caroline. Paca was inside getting some special attention from mom and dad and Texas was watching the scene outside from the back door. Georgia started thumping on the back door, which I contributed to her wanting some of the same attention Paca was getting from her daddy, so I paid little attention to her noise.

After letting the kitten out about 10 minutes I decided to go check on him and was letting Georgia inside when she didn't want to go inside I was puzzled but told her to go inside anyway as I went on outside. Caroline came from around the big Oak tree and was jumping up and down and just acting the fool, then I looked to see Beltania over in front of the Oak and when she seen me she came running and carrying on verbally like crazy. That's when I looked on past where she was and seen Lil' Man watching the front yard and knew then that the kitten had escaped the confines of the back yard. 

I went back inside to grab a jacket as it was a bit brisk for me to be out trying to locate Pepper. After applying another layer of material I set out the front door and lo and behold guess who is at the bottom step - yep - little guy himself, Pepper.  Some soft talking and lightly stepping close to him, I'm able to reach down and swipe him up and into my jacket - which was met with much resistance.

Once inside I thought about all the actions of the animals and am just slightly amazed that they were all like "Hey, the little guy is out of the yard". I'm just glad that I've developed the ability to understand them as they try so hard to communicate with us. Listening to them enabled me to retrieve the baby of our family without incident, we worked together in a  form of harmony.  

An earlier excursion when on leash.