February 16th was a day that True Blue Animal Rescue put aside for Volunteers to visit and contribute to dog care. While being housed at our T-bar foster homes and waiting for their forever homes the dogs receive the best of care possible, including getting their medicine. While a spoon full of sugar may go a long way for kids, the dogs seem to love wet food more.
True Blue Animal Rescue founder and president Melanie gives the dogs their heart worm medicine and flea protection with a nice serving of wet food and love. Since her foster home houses more than 30 dogs at a time (including dogs that will never be fit for adoption) giving medicine out is a bit of a job. One of the important aspects of this job is making sure the dogs eat their food up and don’t leave anything behind. The medicine is costly but thanks to donations from our loyal supporters and regular fundraisers, T-bar is able to give the dogs the care they need.
Keeping the dogs up to date on their medicine makes the adoption process smoother for families ready to take a dog home with them. Thanks to the hard work of T-bar volunteers the adoptive families taking in a True Blue Animal Rescue dog can be secure in the knowledge that their dog has been under great care. The Volunteer staff may have helped make medicine passing out go faster, but as we watched them we remembered that everyday Melanie and Dale do feeding times all on their own. This made us appreciate all the hard work that is put into the daily care even more!
TBAR is a 501(c)(3) non-profit no-kill animal rescue organization. If you would like to help animals such as these please consider donating to TBAR, Volunteering fostering or adopting. Every little bit helps us to help another animal in need of safety and rehabilitation. Save a life: adopt instead of shop and spay or neuter your pets!