~Sammy~ (aka Peppy)

Sammy is now in his new and furever home!!! Diana and Jason have welcomed Sammy into their new home and he has already made himself at home! When I was there tonight he was already ruling the roost and when he whined they came running, he is definately going to be one spoiled little man!!! Congrats Diana and Jason and as always we are thankful you welcomed a rescued baby into your home!!!

"Bongo!" ~ (aka Paulie) Loving Lil Missy and Rahway!

~Bongo~ was another example of breeding gone bad. GROWL went to PA and rescued 11 JRT's from a breeder. Needless to say they all needed a little extra care, you will see "Socks" in a another part of this blog, she was also a part of this eleven. Bongo is loving his new life in Rahway with Warren and Jennifer and his fursister a terrier mix named Missy! We want to thank the Chens for adopting Bongo and giving him the forever love and care that he so deserves!

Warren even said they even thought of naming him Pogo because Bongo truly lives up to that JRT trait of bouncing EVERYWERE!!! Kinda hard to believe it as he looks so calm sunning here, well I know first hand this little man can run some laps around us all!!!

"Little Noah" ~ aka "Slate"

Noah (formerly known as Slate) was pulled from a high kill shelter in South Carolina like many of these lucky babies. He and his littermates went into foster and soon after they made there way north to be adopted to some amazing families! This is Noah on his adoption day with Ellen and her daughter. She has Noah in puppy classes now and is even considering having him trained to be a therapy dog! We look forward to hearing of Noahs "puppy progress" and getting some great pics to come. This is also a picture of Noah in January.

Tully and O'Reilly Rule Their House!!!

Tully was rescued from a breeder in PA. He was living with other Bishons in aouse that had no electricity and we had to chase them around the living room with a oil lantern. He was quite a mess when we found him, he was matted in some areas but yet hair loss in alot of areas due to being flea infested! We took him back to NY to the groomers and he got a "luxury" bath!! Here he is with his furbrother O'Reilly (Tully has the black nose)!!! We want to thank Lucy for always sending us great pics of these guys and keeping us updated! We love pics of the GROWLKIDS and seeing them sooooo happy and loved the way they all deserve!!!

Maddie ~ At Home in New York!!

Maddie (aka Brittany) came to GROWL from Mississippi. She has found her forever life with the Zieglers in New York! You can see Miss Maddie here before she came to GROWL and also here she is all grown up and enjoying her chewy!! Huge thanks to the Zieglers fr chosing to adopt and welcome a GROWLKID into their home!!!

"Grits" ~ Living it up in Vegas baby!!

One of my personal first rescues other than cockers was Grits! She was in a very high kill shelter in South Carolina. When I pulled Grits she had NO HAIR all over her face from allergies. She looked much worse than her shelter pic here. Grits soon had a wonderful lady apply for her in Las Vegas that wanted Grits no matter what and loved her no matter how much hair she had (or didnt have). So aboard a flight Little Miss Grits went to Nevada!! It was a true match!!! Here is Little Miss Grits now (named after her southern roots) lounging with Wylie whom was rescued off of a LA freeway! She has truly found her forever home and after quite a few years she still looks soooo beautiful!!

Oh and if you want to check her mommys website out, have a look at her awesome PJ's!!
www.BigFeetPJs.com

Maxwell ~ aka "Truffles"

Maxwell was also pulled from a South Carolina High kill shelter. He came up to New Jersey andfound his forever home with Irene! You will see below just how handsome and BIG Maxwell is! That cute little "Truffle" is growing like a Green Giant!!! Here he is in his new found home and he is living it up!!!

Truffles as a baby and "Maxwell" now....

Sally ~ aka Peppermint Patty!! Still a Little Shy.....

Sally was rescued as a puppy from Greenville, SC. She was in a kill shelter and found her way to a GROWL foster home and is now living it up in New Jersey!! Sally "adopted" the Kennedys and as you can see she is right at home! She is still a little shy so they are thinking of getting her a sibling to maybe help bring her around a little more! Congrats Sally on finding yourself such a awesome family!!!!

~Beau~ Living it Up in New Jersey!!

~Beau~ is one lucky black lab rescued from South Carolina! He was brought up from a high kill shelter and has found his forever home in New Jersey with Beth and her family!!! A huge Kudos for Brenda's help with Beaus adoption also, we would have found Beth and her great family without the Great Mrs. Brenda!! Congrats Beau you are a very handsome man!!!

Philip Gregory Omer ~ Loving Husband,Father,Brother and Friend

As many of you know Audra lost her wonderful father on December 23, 2008. Mr. Omer was a amazing man and loved by everyone whom he came in contact with. He touched the lives of so many. I have put together a slide below so that we can share with everyone a few memories of Mr. Omer. He and Mrs. Nancy proudly adopted Jimmy, a chocolate lab from the Barnwell County Animal Shelter and he also proudly drove and rode with Audra on many transports. He attended every function in SC and supported Audra all the way in everything that she did. She is truly going to miss him, as we all are, and I ask that you all please keep her in your prayers hoping she can somehow find peace and strength.

You will see pictures of him with Mrs. Nancy, Audra, some of his many friends, and even spending time with Audras dogs!!

Philip Gregory Omer
INMAN, SC-- Philip Gregory Omer, 57, of Inman, died Tuesday, December 23, 2008, at his home. Born December 23, 1951, in Louisville, KY, he was the son of the late Harold K. and Violet Lou Cummings Omer. A graduate of Defiance College in Defiance, OH, he was the former owner of Famous Recipe chicken restaurants and currently the president of McDaniel Leasing. He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and the St. Paul Men's Club, the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, the Spartanburg Downtown Sertoma Club, a former member of the Piedmont Sertoma Club, and a Mason.
Survivors include his wife, Nancy Lynn Mullins Omer; a son, James Wesley Omer and his wife Angela of Boiling Springs; a daughter, Audra Lynn Omer of Inman; two sisters, Sharon O. Fesmire of Alcoa, TN, and Janet O. Westermann of Charlotte, NC; two brothers, Steven D. Omer and his wife Barbara L. and Richard S. Omer and his wife Cindy J., all of Charlotte, NC; and nieces and nephews, Jack W. Omer of Kettering, OH, Lauren J. Laengle of Spartanburg, Ryan L. Westermann of Asheville, NC, Kara S. Westermann of Charlotte, NC, Alexander S. Omer and Taylor R. Omer, both of Rock Hill.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 28, 2008, at St. Paul United Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. Frank E. Lybrand.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Global Rescue Welfare League (GROWL Animal Rescue), P.O. Box 394, Fairforest, SC 29336, or visit the website at www.mygrowl.com.
The family is at the home.
An online guest register is available at www.floydmortuary.com.

PA Rescuers Finding Some AWESOME HOMES!!!

"Sonny" was in a kill shelter in Kentucky and GROWL pulled this baby. Catherine and her dedicated family and friends set out to find Sonny a great home and well, here he is with his new and forever mommy Cindy!!! Sonny was one lucky boy, he had the rescuers in PA working hard for him!!!

"Harley" Living it up in NJ with "Porshe" her Fursister!

Harley is living it up in NJ with her new family! Erika just loves her to pieces and Harley and Porshe are getting along just fine! As you can see she doesnt mind dressing up a little too for the kids that had come over!!! We want to thank Erika and her family for giving Harley such a great home, oh and the best part she sees some of her siblings on occasion too, there are others that just live blocks from her!!!!

"Kelsey"~ Growing Like a Weed in CT!!

Kelsey came from a rural shelter in SC, she was from a very large litter. She was a really sweet baby and she warmed up quickly to her new forever home!!
Kelsey arriving from transport, such a itty bitty thing!!!



Kelsey has settled in quite well as you can see!!!

"Buddy"~ Prime Example of Failed Fostering 101~

Buddy was in a high kill shelter in Barnwell, SC. We brought him north on a transport and he went into a foster home in PA, well his foster home loved him so much they thought of keeping him, but then they said just maybe it was a little much, but wouldnt you know it Jenn and her family in the end failed fostering 101!!! Buddy is in his new home in PA and loving it!!! Below is Buddys depressed shelter pic and below that you can see how happy this boy is now!!!




Buddy Living it up in his new home!!!!! He is sooo happy, you can tell by his grins!!!

Little Mia and Hudson (aka Cooner) ~ SC Babies at Home in NY!!

Little Mia and Hudson (aka Cooner) were both rescued from a SC high kill shelter. They came up just weeks apart and their new parents fell in love with them BOTH at first sight!!! They have other fur-brothers and sisters and we are fortunate to see them alot in NY.

Little Mia.... Rescued from a SC high kill shelter!! This is when she was just weeks old and Dawn brought her north in just a little carry bag she was so tiny! Her "owner" in SC had bought her at the flea market and put her outside and she was bumping into things so they assumed she was blind and they called the vet to have her euthanized. She was just weeks old!!! Dr. Miller called me on that weekend to please come and get her and well over to Barnwell I went and she came north to find her forever home. Oh and by the way, she wasnt a "cocker" like the lady had told the vet and she is definately not BLIND!



This was Cooner in the shelter in Barnwell SC, scared and looking for a family, well he has found it now!!!


Mia and Hudson Now with one of their fur-brothers Luke, Their mommy Madeline and Papa George!

Lucy ~ The New Graduate!!!

"Lucy"~also previously known as "Jazzy" was a rescue from South Carolina. When I first got "Jazzy" she was all grown out and just a huge puffball! We went straight to the groomer as she had fleas to no end and she got herself the full spa treatment from my Aunt Jeanette! We then headed to Dr. Millers office in Barnwell , SC for her shots and well later that night we headed to NJ. A long trip for little "Jazzy", but she found herself the perfect home with the Salmnons!!! Below you will see the new "Lucy" graduating from her puppy kindergarten!!! She has found her furever home and we are soooo happy for the Salmon family.

"Patch" ~ A Special Needs GrowlKid from SC

We just want to share this cute pic of a very special GrowlKid. Her name is Patch and she came out of a litter of 8. One of her siblings did not make it but for each one who did we thanked God! See, this litter had bites all over them up by some adult dog. When we pulled them out of the shelter and sent them to a foster home they had cysts and lumps and holes all over them. This foster mom has fostered MANY sick, healthy, tiny, big and anything else you can think of. But with this litter she failed fostering 101 and decided to keep Patch. When Patch went to her new home (to be fostered) at 3-4 weeks old she had a LARGE cyst over her eye which was making her eye swell shut and she had holes on her neck where someone's teeth had gone in. She also had a chronic runny nose which come to find out was because of when she was bit as a pup it had gone into her sinus and she had an infection on the bone. The vet cleared it out and cleaned the infection out of the bone and now 'Princess Patch' is a healthy happy little girl. This was just one of the medical needy puppies this amazing foster has taken care of and nursed to health. We are so happy that Patch, her mom and her fur siblings are all so happy!!!

"Osi" ~ What a Handsome Man!!

Osi is quite the ladies man!!! He was rescued as a lone pup from the Greenville SC kill shelter. He was placed in foster in SC and came north when he was determined to be healthy! His new mommy Theodora sent us this picure of him now at 4 months old! What a big boy he is becoming!!! Also, along side getting Osi a couple of months ago, his mommy got a "surprise" collar the night before with her engagement ring on it!!! We are wondering now if Osi will be the ring bearer :)

~Gunner~ Rules The Asher Household!!

Gunner was rescued from a kill shelter in Ohio last year. He came to NJ with a group of ELEVEN cockers right before Thanksgiving. He had his little issues and was with Dawn for a little while. Gunner found the absolute perfect cocker experienced family to handle him and they weathered the cocker attitude with Gunner as he was just around a year old and needed a bit of reinforcement on his manners. He now lives with Marlene and Stu and his furcat as well!! Here is the most recent picture of Gunner looking handsome as always!!! He's quite the king now!!

~ "Odie" At Home in New York! ~

"Odie" aka Sebastian....is completely at home with the Thomas family in New York. He has made himself untouchable!! He completely rules the house as you can see and sleeps with them all in their beds!!!. "Odie" was from a litter of 3 babies pulled from a high kill shelter in South Carolina.

Little Louie Update!!! "aka Mason"

Little Louie was rescued from a SC kill shelter and is now living in NY with the Grahams! He has grown so much we just can't believe it!!! Here are a few pics of Louie right after he came up and was placed with the Grahams and also his Christmas picture and as always in NY, a great snow pic!!






This was Louie aka Mason when he came north!!!

Six Lucky Pups Are On Their Way North... To New Homes!

Whew... what a day! We were lucky enough to get volunteers to really pull through to get the six lucky pups from South Carolina to NJ on a Friday! Well, they will actually spend the night in DE but will be at Dawn's house in NJ on Saturday morning! The six lucky babies were Truffles, Snickers, Liccorice, Peppermint Patty, Almond Joy and Reeses! They were all pulled out of the Greenville SC shelter about 3 weeks ago and were quarantined at 2 awesome foster homes! Almond Joy was a very lucky baby because she had been attacked by a big dog. When her foster mom saw her in the shelter she knew she had to help that poor girl because noone else would... and it worked because Almond Joy is now completely healed and healthy! All of these GrowlKids have pre-approved adoptors and after Dawn introduces them to their families and confirms they will be a good match, the furkids will be heading to their new homes this weekend!!! We owe a HUGE thank you to the foster families who have taken care, loved and cherished these babies as though they were their own! We also owe a huge thanks to the drivers today who stepped up and went way above and beyond to assure these babies get to new loving homes and I want to say a huge THANK YOU to my rescue partner Dawn! She travels many hours to do the home visits and meet the families to make sure they are approved and worthy of these babies. It is only because of EVERYONE that these babies get to safety and out of these shelters!!! So CONGRATS to these furkids and their new families (and we will be waiting for updates from Dawn once they are all situated!)

Audra O.


Almond Joy at her foster mom's home while getting a whole lot of TLC!!!


Truffles being his adorable self!!!


Snickers is an absolute lovebug who can't get enough swimming in the kiddy pool!!!

Adoptions Within The Last Week!!!

Just wanted to share with everyone the great Adoption News!!!

Since we just started the blog I will start with the most recent....

Friday Sept 26th: Freida went to her new home in NJ with the Schneider family and her fursister!!

Frannie went to her new home in NY, she has a great back yard to play in and also alot of walks to look forward to with Nicole her 14 year old "sister".

Saturday Sept. 27th: Felix went to his new home in Harrisburg PA with his new fur-brother Bear!!

Sunday Sept. 28th: After the event in PA, our volunteers delivered Roger to his new and forever home that was waiting on him even before he left SC. He is truly enjoying his days and nights now free of the matting and shelter life!!

Tuesday Sept. 30th: Lena, a female beagle rescued from SC also went to her forever home that had been waiting on Lena to finally make it up north! She is living on Long Island, NY and is doing awesome!!

Wednesday Oct. 1: Socks, a Jack Russell that was rescued from a breeder in PA was united with her forever home, The Fenwick family of West Milford!!!

"Socks" with her cute sisters!!!!

Ted the Cocker... So Heartbreaking But Inspiring!

Please meet Ted... one of the most heartbreaking stories and truly desperate furkids we have ever seen!!! Ted was turned in as a "stray" to the Greenville County Animal Control in Greenville SC. One of the wonderful staff at Greenville asked GROWL to please take this boy into our rescue. We were told he was matted and had dry eye and that he really needed to get out, but that is all we knew. Our hearts sank and tears just poured out as we saw the horrible condition of this boy... You see, Ted was SO matted for SO long he lost his muscle elasticity and has orthopedic deformation because of the way his hair was matted. Ted's fur was so knotted and twisted that he was not able to stand up (for an obviously VERY long time) and although he has been shaved, he is still not able to stand because of the long term damage. Ted is currently at a GROWL foster home getting water therapy to stretch his muscles back out and build them back. The most amazing part about Ted is he NEVER quit wagging his tail and letting his rescuers know how grateful he is!!! Ted has SERIOUS skin issues, eye issues (dry eye and conjunctivitis) and obvious orthopedic problems which are being treated. Ted is also emaciated and mostly blind. The total cost to help Ted will be quite expensive but GROWL is asking for help with about $650 for a portion of his orthopedic, dermatalogic and ophthalmologic care. Ted is estimated to ONLY be around 4 years old although he looks much older, he has had a very rough life and we know that he will now have the chance to live a happy life being loved and spoiled now that he has the opportunity! Once he is deemed healthy enough, Ted will still need to be neutered and although it seems far away we look forward to the day Ted will be able to be adopted! As GROWL volunteers we thank each of you for helping Ted in whatever way you can and Ted thanks you also!

To donate towards Ted's vet care, click here:
http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2008-10-01.0919636740


This video shows Ted the day he came out of the shelter!

The Rainbow Bridge Has a New Special Boy: Justice

First I want to say "WOW" at how amazing the blogs look. Dawn has done an amazing job with them so as excited as I am to do my first blog it is with a heavy heart that I write about Justice. The Greenville County Animal Care Services contacted us about a senior lab who really needed to get out of the shelter. Noone was interested in this boy and his time was up. Taryn at the Greenville shelter asked us if we could squeeze him in. He was so sad and just really needed a chance to get out. Justice was taken to the shelter after being found wandering around a large cemetery in Greenville. We went to pick Justice up and were so sad to see this poor senior boy who was struggling to even walk due to his toenails. Justice came home with me and spent the night on his own comforter in front of the air vent after he got his toenails trimmed. He curled up and slept like he had not slept in years. Justice was moved to a foster home where he was able to wander around on 5 acres when he felt up to it and sleep on the couch when that is what he preferred to do. His favorite place to be was lying outside next to the front door on his bed and just watching the rest of the dogs play. He had almost 5 weeks of doing whatever he wanted, eating like labs loves to do, romping in the creek when he wanted or snoozing on the couch. Justice is a reminder of what gentle souls these seniors have and that we are all so lucky to have been touched by his presence in our lives. On Tuesday,September 30 Justice layed on the front porch on his bed as he loved to do so many times before but this time he passed on to the Rainbow Bridge. As truly sad as we are for ourselves that Justice is no longer with us, we know we will see him again. Although it is so hard when one of these GrowlKids passes on, we are able to find peace in knowing that without a doubt that Justice lived the last 5 weeks a VERY happy boy without pain and being loved and was not put to sleep in a shelter. We thank everyone for helping us to help Justice and letting Justice be a voice for the seniors in these shelters who so desperately need our help... although he was not with us long, we will miss him terribly. So, in memory of Justice please be sure to give your furkids an extra hug and a kiss tonight. Justice... we will see you at the Rainbow Bridge buddy... know you are so loved and will be missed terribly but you will ALWAYS be in our hearts. We love you big boy!!!


Justice in the shelter before being rescued



Justice, he was glad to be out of the shelter!


Jutice's toenails were so long when he came out of the shelter they were curling back towards his pads and twisting around:


JUSTICE, WE LOVE YOU AND WILL MISS YOU!!!