patching...
Welcome back, Patch Blogger!

Marilyn's Voice

Monday, September 17, 2012

Pet Pause

Meet Mentor's Resilient Canine Rescues

For Their Next Round of Healing, These Eight Need Our Help Finding Homes

Reading about hoarding or puppy mill situations can be heartwrenching. You put yourself in their paws for a moment, then quickly block out how devastating and hopeless their lives must have felt before their rescue. Meeting the victims in person is different. Earlier this week I walked into a Mentor backyard to find eight rescued chihuahuas — and my first thought was: how delightful! Tiny tails wagged frantically behind Dallas and Denver. Carmella pranced with joy. Stanley Miller barked hello. What I was expecting? I thought. This isn't sad at all! Then I noticed Janis, Demi and Greta hiding quietly in the laps of their foster parents, the timid bunch whose dark past still lingers in their eyes. All eight chihuahuas were rescued by Mentor'…

In this Article:

Puppy Mill Rescue Assisted By Mentor Group

Monday, August 20, 2012

Pet Pause

Puppy Mill Rescue Assisted By Mentor Group

Marilyn's Voice Returns From Effort With 15 Rescued Chihuahuas to Foster

Mentor's anti-puppy mill champion, Marilyn's Voice, Inc., does not sit back where dogs need help — so the rescue group became involved in the fate of almost 300 small dogs last week who were from a puppy mill just outside Shelby, about two hours southwest of Mentor. The dogs' owner, an elderly woman in hospice care, surrended custody of about 240 Chihuahuas and 40 Shar-Peis to the Humane Society of Richland County on Tuesday. The animals likely hadn't received food or water since her husband died of a heart attack a week earlier. The couple's son, who lives in New Jersey, was the one who called to report the situation; he had already begun cleaning the cages himself, but the job was far too overwhelming for one. Read the Humane Society of …

Kathy Jeanette Harmon

1:15 am on Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Sandra, Great article! Thanks for helping us get the word out about puppy mills!!!   more ›

Got a Hot Tip?
 
 

Videos

 

Most Popular Articles

  1. Inspection Reports: Mentor Area Restaurants & Stores With The Most Violations in April
  2. Inspection Reports: Which Food Providers Had Fewest Violations in April?
  3. Three Injured in Crash on Route 306
  4. Concerns Arise Over Charity Bins Struck Down by Mentor Planning Commission
  5. Mentor Memorial Day Parade Set for Monday Morning

PSST! Want to Contribute?

  • Got a hot tip on news you think everyone should know? Tell us.
  • Just married? New baby? Make honor roll? Add an Announcement
  • Organizing that big block party or poetry reading? Put it on the calendar!
  • Have a great photo of your community?
    Add it to Your Neighborhood Gallery.