We all love a success story. If you care about dogs and have an interest in Tacoma, Puyallup, or Pierce County this is a great one. Success? How about over 300 dogs place in homes in just 2 years!
That's the achievement record of Sunny Sky Dog Rescue which started on E. Main in 2010. And always keep in mind that each one of these adoptions is a living,sensate creature spared from extinction and now enlivening some family's home. Wouldn't you call that a success?
I learned of the work of this group and their outstanding success from one of the members: Suzan Robertson who has a day job with Point Defiance Capital Management in Tacoma and devotes spare time and considerable talent to dog rescue. Suzan comes by her concern for 4 leggers quite honestly; her childhood home in Othello was the go to shelter for strays of all sorts, frequently as many as 5 at a time! Both Mother and Dad found themselves unable to walk away from homeless dogs and cats not excluding the injured.
The Sunny Sky rescue operation is centered at the East Main Animal Hospital and is the brain child of Dr. Burton, a Puyallup Valley veterinarean who, with her staff, devotes many a weekend to treating and rescuing dogs and cats and, apparently, has drawn in a small army of lay volunteers to help with this vital work.
Suzan finds that the group has been successful because of the big hearts of the people of our area and a growing awareness of the importance of shutting down puppy mills and going to dog and cat rescue institutions for our pets. Doubtless Suzan and her group have played an important role in raising public awareness by postering our local dog parks and staging weekend "adopt-a-thons at PetSmart and Mud Bay. These affairs place a veritable remuda of dogs prominantly in the store and then simply chattng up the passers by. If a customer can resist the appeal of a dog looking to you for rescue, at least he goes home aware of the need for animal rescue.
Suzan along with her Sunny Sky colleagues, speaks out at community gatherings on occassion. Her 4 tenets:
a. Spay your pets. Don't let them breed wrecklessly in the street.
b. Do not patronize pet shops for dogs and cats. These are simply retail outlets for puppy mills: an insult to respectible canine society.
c. When you, or someone you know, desire a dog or cat, contact Sunny Sky or other reputable dog rescue group.
d. Look for ways to support dog rescue. Could you donate a few dollars? Offer temporary foster care to a homeless dog? Would you like to volunteer to work with dog-a-thons- etc. (These guys need to be cleaned up and counseled before they're ready to show.)
To look in to adopting dogs, including dogs of particular breeds, go to petfinder. For more information on Sunny Sky in Puyallup, go toeastmainanimalhospital.org
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