Help Gateway Pet Guardians "win" $90,000!!

The "Gateway Girls" were with PJ last Thursday and we had just rescued "Casey the Cat".  After breathing huge sighs of relief, (which you will be able to hear on the audio in the next few days) we were gabbing.  We are girls after all.....Well, PJ's birthday came up and we discovered that it always gets "neglected".  She has one of those between Christmas and New Year's birthdays, December 28th to be exact.  And people are always doing their hustle and bustle during this time and PJ never really gets her 15 minutes.  Well, she is a major blessing to us and all of the animals and we don't want to see her get left out one more year.



We figured that she was worth at least $1.00 for every year of her life, right?  So she will be 56 this year and so we thought that would be a great number for a donation.  If everyone of our FaceBook fans gave $56.00 then we would have $92, 512 just like that.  But we only have a few weeks to do it!  We realize some of you may be out of work, etc...You can help too.  Please use your social media to pass this along to as many people as possible to help us reach our goal.  Some people could easily give more than the 56, maybe they want to give her 2 birthdays at once!  But we would like full participation so please give something.  Five dollars, ten dollars, whatever you can.  You see, you may think that such a small amount doesn't make any difference at all.  But it does.  If we all just do a little bit then we can move mountains, and that is just about the strength we need to help these homeless animals.  We CAN do this.  But we need you.  Why do we need $92, 512??  Our immediate goal is to build a shelter so we have a place to temporarily house animals.  Sometimes we have to pull a dog quickly because they need medical attention and we don't have anywhere to take them.  You can save their lives.  You can help us. Please make a donation.  Please SHARE!!

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Bhakti Bones at Pets in the City

P.J's Organic Butternut Squash & Pumpkin-Flax (no gluten) cookies.

P.J.'s Gingerbread People (all organic ingredients)

Pets in the City, 1919 South 12th. 314.772.7387.

Pick up your organic goodies from Pets in the City. GPG has a cookie tray there & has lots of organic goodness. Bhakti Bakery uses organic ingredients, first cold pressed organic olive oil, filtered water and nutritional ingredients. Stock up on your karma points and come buy some treats for your kids.

Our tray is the one furthest on the right (if you are facing the cookie counter).

100% proceeds go to helping these sentient beings on their journey to their new lives in doggie "shangri-la" (a house with loving folks, heat & air conditioning, & good food. :)

Lexus raffle

We really need everyone to pass the word on this raffle! This is an incredible opportunity for GPG to get the needed funds to create a shelter. P.J. has been feeding & caring for these animals for over a decade. She has devoted her life to care for these kids who are in constant danger and always battling the outdoor elements. Her past and present crew at GPG are incredible and also devoting countless hours to help this dream come to fruition.

Please email our posts about the Lexus to 10 people today! :)

Even if they can't buy a ticket, or are not interested at this time, please ask them to send to as many more peeps as possible. We can't do this without your help. Also, the car does not have to be a Lexus. The winner can choose from any car on the lot.

Donate a Kuranda Bed to Gateway!

We are in the process of working out a deal where we will have an area to house dogs that we do not have a foster home for. It is not a huge space, but it will give us a central location for us to do paper work and have volunteers come to help us out. We will be able house these dogs who desperately need to be pulled and give them a warm place to stay until we can find a foster home for them. We are really excited about this.

One thing off of the top of our heads that we could use for the space are these fabulous Kuranda beds. My dogs love theirs and it has lasted me through many, many foster dogs where the pillowy beds have been torn apart or peed on, and thrown out. If you would like to help us out, please consider donating a Kuranda dog bed. Thank you again for all that you do. I cannot tell you how amazing everyone has been in helping us to grow and rescue more dogs.

Old MR. Winter

My dogs love the snow. They go outside, tongues creating a path in the snow, chasing each other and sliding all over the place. When they become too cold, they are lucky and get to come back inside.

After the ice storm yesterday I rode with PJ to feed the dogs in East St. Louis. It is so hard to see them without any relief from the cold. Some of them had icicles stuck to their fur. I really try to be thick skinned about what I see while doing rescue work, because I am afraid it will be too much if I let it get to me too bad. When it snows, I just can't stop thinking about the dogs that are on the streets. They always look so cold. Especially the ones with short hair. That is why my husband and I decided we would take in one more dog for the winter. It gets a little tight here in our little house with two fosters, but there is that boxer out there that is probably so cold. That is why I rode with PJ yesterday; to rescue the boxer. He must have been hiding somewhere to stay warm though, because we could not find him.

If only we had a facility. We could help so many other dogs stay warm this winter. If you haven't donated yet, please consider doing so. We just want these dogs to have a warm place to stay, regular meals and some healthy human interaction. We are writing up a business plan tomorrow to present to the public. I have been asked by a few people what will happen once we raise enough for the down payment. We have several ideas to keep the facility open with steady, reliable income. We just need enough to get it started. I hate to sound like a broken record, begging for money all of the time, but it's for the animals. I know how much they mean to you, because you are reading this blog. Thank you for taking the time to be a part of what we are doing. It means so much to us.