Pet Adoption Event At Kauffman, Aug. 21

Did you know that there are thousands of animals across the nation that need a good home? That is where All Dogs’ Heaven, located in Lakewood, is stepping in. The group is hosting Rally to Rescue, August 21st 2010 at Kauffman Park from 12-4 p.m. “We are working to spread the word, raise awareness and promote adoption. There will be several other rescue groups, vendors and fun games for the family,” says Melissa Limkemann, the owner and director of All Dogs Heaven. Kauffman Park is located behind the Drug Mart shopping plaza in downtown Lakewood. “It is going to be a great family event, where you can bring your dog or come find a new family member. We are asking everyone to make this a great event for Lakewood. We are also hoping to make this an annual thing, with each year being bigger.”

All Dogs Heaven, an Ambassador for the Purina® Pro Plan® Rally to Rescue® program, is hosting this event to raise funds and awareness for pet rescue and help local homeless dogs and cats find permanent homes. This event will help achieve the Rally to Rescue® goal of securing loving, forever homes to 400,000 animals across the country, since the program’s inception, by the end of 2010. During the past four years, Rally to Rescue® and its Ambassadors have successfully found homes for more than 312,000 homeless animals.

So far for the rally, there will be North Coast Greyhound Connection, A New Leash On Life, Fortunate Fido, Fur in a Blur, and several other rescue groups. While each group sets up their own adoption policy, they will all have adoptable dogs.

All Dogs’ Heaven is proud to be a Purina Rally to Rescue Ambassador. “We are a small group and events like these help us as we are overlooked by potential donors due to more limited fundraising,” Melissa says. “We don’t have the strong following like the bigger shelters, and we don’t have membership fees or dues. We rely on donations from the public and our small adoption fees to get by.” All the dogs that are in foster care live in homes, until they find their forever home.  All Dogs’ Heaven even takes care of all the vetting for the animals. “When you adopt one of our animals, they are vet checked, given their age appropriate vaccines and spayed or neutered. We want everything to be done for you so you can just enjoy your new family member.”

After working with another rescue, Melissa started All Dogs’ Heaven in 2007 and the group is known for taking in the worst cases of abuse and neglect. Just last year they took in Collin, a wirehaired terrier mix with a severely embedded collar in his neck. “He needed three emergency surgeries to save his life. We were lucky that we could help him,” says Melissa. “We also took in a boxer that was so badly abused; he was burned on all four (4) paws and his chest. Every step he took, he would just bleed. We get calls and emails like this daily and we know that we have to do something to save them. Right now we have a small poodle that was thrown out of a car, only to be hit by another car on a major freeway.  She is suffering from a broken pelvis.”

All Dogs’ Heaven is a 501c3 non-profit organization, that relies solely on donations, they get no funding from any other group or government agency. “I joke that Mastercard owns the rescue, I just work for them.”

All Dogs’ Heaven is always looking for more foster homes and volunteers. To find out more about the Rally to Rescue, or how you can help, please visit www.alldogsheaven.org or email at info@alldogsheaven.org.