HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 2009-09-23, Page 15Goderich Signal -Star, Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - Page 15
Photo by Gerard Creces
St. Peter's breaks for
Alzheimer's Society
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church teamed
up with the Alzheimer's Society last Thurs-
day, selling beef on a bun for the annual
Alzheimer's Coffee Break. At left, volun-
teers (standing) Marie MacDonald, Tina
Gallow, Rose Shanahan, Evelyn McInnis
and Emma Franken join Diane and Pat
Osborn and Walter McIlwain for a quick
photo. The day raised $1,405 and 200
lunches were sold.
Photo by Denny Scott
Above, Sporty, a cattle dog/Labrador
mix, is just one of nine dogs ready to
be adopted at Bow Wow Rescue.
Dogs in need of
homes at shelter
Denny Scott
signal -star staff
Driving down the lane to Bow Wow
Rescue, you can hear the populace of pets
being housed long before you can see it.
Owner Michele Layton says that local
shelters and rescues are simply running
out of room for dogs.
"Some times you don't have many
[dogs], other times you have too much,
but since the economic down -turn, we've
had more than normal," she said.
Layton has nine dogs up for adoption at
Bow -Wow Rescue. She has run the non-
profit shelter since 2000, and continues to
do it for the love of the dogs.
"I fostered for other rescues [before I
opened], and I enjoy it," she said. "I feel
bad for the dogs, because they don't de-
serve to be in the situations they are in."
Layton's current list of adoptable dogs
includes German Shepherds, Labrador
Retrievers, Rottweilers, Shar Peis, Nor-
wegian Elkhounds and Flat -coated Re-
trievers.
Layton's shelter provides other local
rescues with a relief from over -flow.
Potential adopters have to meet with
Layton prior to approval because too
many times animals come back after the
owners find the pet isn't suited to them, or
that they can't afford it.
"[Pets get returned] after people figure
out the price. You get a cute little puppy,
then you figure out it costs money to feed
them and money to care for them," Lay-
ton said. "Vet bills cost money, and people
don't realize how much it costs to have
pets fixed."
Layton, who supports the shelter through
fundraisers, recently held a car -wash at the
Goderich Shell Station, and is planning a
Bowl-A-Thon at Goderich's Little Bowl
on October 24 to help her with costs.
"I get help from Pet Valu [for food] and
the vet, but it still costs money to keep this
place going," she said.
Anyone interested in providing a home
for any of the pets she fosters can find her
online at www.petfinder.com/shelters/
ON284.htm1, or call her at 519-482-3642.
Pet viewings are by appointment only.
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