Location:
Jefferson Center
541 Luck Avenue
Roanoke, VA
This event benefits the spay/neuter efforts at the RVSPCA.
Serving lunch from 11am-1pm, supper from 4:30-7:30.
Eat in or get it to go.
Tickets: JUST $8.00
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Last chance! Hop in the car NOW to support the RVSPCA Spay-Ghetti Event!
Today the RVSPCA Spay-Ghetti event lasts from 11:00 to 7:30 p.m. (Let's face it, you didn't want to cook dinner tonight anyway!)
Location:
Jefferson Center
541 Luck Avenue
Roanoke, VA
This event benefits the spay/neuter efforts at the RVSPCA.
Serving lunch from 11am-1pm, supper from 4:30-7:30.
Eat in or get it to go.
Tickets: JUST $8.00
Location:
Jefferson Center
541 Luck Avenue
Roanoke, VA
This event benefits the spay/neuter efforts at the RVSPCA.
Serving lunch from 11am-1pm, supper from 4:30-7:30.
Eat in or get it to go.
Tickets: JUST $8.00
Friday, July 15, 2011
Sweet Oreo
Oreo's are Milk's Favorite Cookie. They are arguably the best cookie in the entire world.
Kevin and I have spent hours on the couch devouring boxes of Oreo cookies with big huge glasses of milk. If we don't pay attention to what we are doing, we can each eat a row of Oreo cookies in one sitting. They are scrumptious!
This blog is not about cookies, though.
This blog is about Foster Dog(z). Kevin and I picked up the sweetest little cookie...er, I mean, puppy...the other day. She is a beautiful black and white hound mix. She has funny little freckles on her legs and belly. She is absolutely precious!
It is Kev's turn to name the pup, and he thought long and hard about it. The rest of us chimed in with names..."How about Daisy? How about Ruby? How about Macy? HOW ABOUT PENELOPE?"
My husband was not swayed by our continuous name request chatter. Consistent with his steadfast personality, he was thorough and detailed in his thought process in this important decision.
The next day (after our poor little cookie remained nameless overnight), he announced the name mid-morning. He must have been hungry for a delicious snack. "Oreo," he said. And so she is "Oreo." Our sweet little Oreo.
Here is our foster baby:
Like Oreo Cookies on Facebook
Oreo Cookies website
Some info used was pulled straight from http://www.nabiscoworld.com/oreo/
Kevin and I have spent hours on the couch devouring boxes of Oreo cookies with big huge glasses of milk. If we don't pay attention to what we are doing, we can each eat a row of Oreo cookies in one sitting. They are scrumptious!
This blog is not about cookies, though.
This blog is about Foster Dog(z). Kevin and I picked up the sweetest little cookie...er, I mean, puppy...the other day. She is a beautiful black and white hound mix. She has funny little freckles on her legs and belly. She is absolutely precious!
It is Kev's turn to name the pup, and he thought long and hard about it. The rest of us chimed in with names..."How about Daisy? How about Ruby? How about Macy? HOW ABOUT PENELOPE?"
My husband was not swayed by our continuous name request chatter. Consistent with his steadfast personality, he was thorough and detailed in his thought process in this important decision.
The next day (after our poor little cookie remained nameless overnight), he announced the name mid-morning. He must have been hungry for a delicious snack. "Oreo," he said. And so she is "Oreo." Our sweet little Oreo.
Here is our foster baby:
Like Oreo Cookies on Facebook
Oreo Cookies website
Some info used was pulled straight from http://www.nabiscoworld.com/oreo/
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
A Market for Puppies
I had heard of puppy mills before I started fostering dogs. Who hasn't heard of puppy mills? I had heard the chance story about inhumane conditions. I admit, though, that I have gone to pet stores and asked to play with the little cuties. They are still so sweet, right? Puppies, from whatever source, are cute and cuddly.
A puppy mill, by ASPCA's definition, is a "large-scale commercial dog breeding operation where profit is given priority over the well-being of the dogs." Consideration is generally not given to genetic quality of dogs, hence there are often hereditary defects.
I've noticed especially that when people come home from the pet store with their new puppies, they are very excited. "I just paid $1,500 for this purebred Lab," they announce proudly. "The pet store let me have a payment plan."
Right.
As I have become more and more involved with the shelter puppies I have fostered, I have to question the problem with puppies and dogs in our country today. We clearly have the means to rescue all of the dogs. People are paying $500-$2,000 in pet stores every day to purchase puppies.
I know of two lab puppies in Dry Fork, Virginia, that have a limited number of days left. I wonder if I can bring them to a little table outside the overpriced pet store and sell them each for $1,500. Obviously I am being facetious. Surely I won't sit outside said pet store...or would I?
The sweet puppies in this picture are the 8-10 week old pups that find themselves with numbered days at the pound in Dry Fork, Virginia:
Are both of these pups not worth every bit of $500 to $2,000?
Why fight puppy mills? What is the big deal? I'll tell you why. Dogs are kept in horrible conditions, in small wire cages (to minimize cleanup). The cages hurt their legs and little paws. Little thought is given to comfort of any of the dogs. Often it is too hot, with too little water, not enough food, and zero socialization. And the poor breeder dogs are harnessed, then they are raped and raped over and over again to produce as many "cash crop" offspring as possible in the shortest possible amount of time. Frequently overused, spent females are put to death early when they are no longer able to reproduce. This is what we are supporting when we buy a sweet little "Storefront" puppy.
Please share information about puppy mills with your friends. If you know of anyone looking for a sweet puppy worth about a grand or two, send them over to the local SPCA. They'll get one heck of a deal.
The Humane Society: Support Puppy-Friendly Pet Stores
A puppy mill, by ASPCA's definition, is a "large-scale commercial dog breeding operation where profit is given priority over the well-being of the dogs." Consideration is generally not given to genetic quality of dogs, hence there are often hereditary defects.
I've noticed especially that when people come home from the pet store with their new puppies, they are very excited. "I just paid $1,500 for this purebred Lab," they announce proudly. "The pet store let me have a payment plan."
Right.
As I have become more and more involved with the shelter puppies I have fostered, I have to question the problem with puppies and dogs in our country today. We clearly have the means to rescue all of the dogs. People are paying $500-$2,000 in pet stores every day to purchase puppies.
I know of two lab puppies in Dry Fork, Virginia, that have a limited number of days left. I wonder if I can bring them to a little table outside the overpriced pet store and sell them each for $1,500. Obviously I am being facetious. Surely I won't sit outside said pet store...or would I?
The sweet puppies in this picture are the 8-10 week old pups that find themselves with numbered days at the pound in Dry Fork, Virginia:
Are both of these pups not worth every bit of $500 to $2,000?
Why fight puppy mills? What is the big deal? I'll tell you why. Dogs are kept in horrible conditions, in small wire cages (to minimize cleanup). The cages hurt their legs and little paws. Little thought is given to comfort of any of the dogs. Often it is too hot, with too little water, not enough food, and zero socialization. And the poor breeder dogs are harnessed, then they are raped and raped over and over again to produce as many "cash crop" offspring as possible in the shortest possible amount of time. Frequently overused, spent females are put to death early when they are no longer able to reproduce. This is what we are supporting when we buy a sweet little "Storefront" puppy.
Please share information about puppy mills with your friends. If you know of anyone looking for a sweet puppy worth about a grand or two, send them over to the local SPCA. They'll get one heck of a deal.
The Humane Society: Support Puppy-Friendly Pet Stores
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Schaffer Photography Fundraises for the RVSPCA
Check out the SPCA Pet Project:
Click here to link to the Event Page
Click "Attending" and Schaffer Photography will get in touch with you to set up your portrait session.
From the event page, a letter from Schaffer Photography:
Click here to link to the Event Page
Click "Attending" and Schaffer Photography will get in touch with you to set up your portrait session.
From the event page, a letter from Schaffer Photography:
Animal lovers and friends,
I am putting together a coffee table book to raise money for the Roanoke Valley SPCA. If you would like to be part of this book, each page will feature a photograph of your pet, their name, your name and a description about your relationship together written by you! You can purchase a place in this book for only $50 with all proceeds going to the SPCA. With your donation, you will als...o receive a brief pet photography portrait session from Schaffer Photography for use in the book! All pets welcome!! I will be booking pet portrait sessions through the end of the summer so the photo book can be finished by the last week of August.
After the book is finished, you will have the option to purchase a copy for your personal coffee table for an additional $70. I encourage everyone to participate and help out our four legged furry friends when they are unable to help themselves. The SPCA is a certified 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that relies completely on donations to care for thousands of homeless or unwanted animals in our community.
If you are interested in participating, click on the “attending” tab on this events page and I will get in contact with you to schedule your portrait session.
Thank you from Schaffer Photography and all of the animals at the SPCA!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Roanoke Valley SPCA receives top rating
Great job to the Roanoke Valley SPCA for receiving this top rating, click here:
http://www2.wsls.com/news/2011/may/12/roanoke-valley-spca-receives-top-rating-charity-wa-ar-1034962/
http://www2.wsls.com/news/2011/may/12/roanoke-valley-spca-receives-top-rating-charity-wa-ar-1034962/
Friday, May 6, 2011
Southwest Virginia’s Largest Pet Event
Straight from the Pet Ex website:
http://www.petexpova.com/
First 500 visitors receive a gift bag! I hope to see you there!
PetEx 2011 is all about you and your pet. It’s two days packed with programs that provide information that can create and improve “forever families.” PetEx happens Friday, May 6th from noon until 8pm and Saturday, May 7th from 10am til 6pm at the Roanoke Special Events Center at Roanoke Civic Center.
http://www.petexpova.com/
First 500 visitors receive a gift bag! I hope to see you there!
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