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fangirl_saysHere are just a few of the dogs Carolina Poodle Rescue is helping (note that they're not all poodles!):
Please help these dogs and many more by voting HERE for Carolina Poodle Rescue!
Permission to cross post - please cross post! On Nov 5, www.adopt-a-pet.com in conjunction with www.care2.com launched the America's Favorite Animal Shelter contest. All shelters and rescue groups who posted adoptable pets to www.adopt-a-pet.com were eligible so our name was put in that hat. I didn't think much of it. There are hundreds of good shelters and rescue groups throughout the country who are larger, better organized and much better funded than we are and they have extensive mailing lists and paid marketing professionals to spread the word. One of our adopters, a media consultant for a college in upstate New York, sent me the original link to the contest and encouraged me to participate. We sent a note out to our volunteers and adopters and to some of the poodle networking groups available, to let them know we could be voted for. There is a spot for voters to put comments. Some of our adopters started putting updates from their adopted dogs. That was a lot of fun to read and I was glad we had participated for that reason alone. Then an amazing thing happened. We started creeping up the list. We were in the top 100 pretty quickly, then in the 50's, then up to 15. And before Friday was over, we were in the Top 5. It was incredible. I kept hitting refresh, thinking there had been a mistake. No mistake. Could this tiny Southern based rescue compete with the big boys? Could a breed specific crowd come together for the love not just of animals but for a particular breed? Is it possible? I don't know - but we're wanting to try.
The big boys are the large municipal humane societies, the national groups and the shelters that are based in large geographic areas that have thousands of voters to contact. Their appeal is universal in trying to save as many as they can. Their marketing efforts are already in place. They can reach so many at the touch of a button. But people were voting for us. We don't have the population of an entire state to contact or a large and complex database of supporters throughout the nation. What we do have - is you. You are the everyday, ordinary poodle loving person or perhaps a friend of a poodle loving person. You may also be somebody who likes to root for the underdog. Our volunteers are now emailing this message to breeders, groomers and poodle lovers throughout the country, asking you to please consider voting for our shelter and to pass this message on to your friends, your customers, your neighbors and to any others you know who care about poodles or like to see the little guy win. We are the only poodle specific group in the top 100. Many of our fellow poodle rescuers throughout the US have thrown their votes in to us - and I thank them again for their vote of confidence in giving up voting for their own rescue to lend us their support. So even though you may be far off from us, or you may be a breeder who is active with your own rescue program, would you consider giving us your vote if your group is not in the running? No money necessary, just a few minutes of your time to click and to vote. You can only vote once. http://www.care2.com/animalsheltercontest/ We are currently #3 but there are others gaining votes much faster than we are. Before this is over on December 9th, I know we will need many thousands votes to be successful.
“Who are you,” you may be asking yourself. To find out more about Carolina Poodle Rescue, please visit our webpage at www.carolinapoodlerescue.org. You can read the stories and follow the links. We have pictures and videos on flickr, youtube, facebook, my space and twitter to show you who we are and what we do.
Our budget is small - under $200,000 per year. We take in and place 40 to 50 poodles and poodle mixes a month. Our dogs come from many sources. Some are from owners whose lives have changed due to death or illness and can not take care of their beloved pets. They come from traditional shelters and animal control facilities where they were either found as strays or turned in for any number of reasons. Reputable breeders whose main emphasis is on placing puppies reach out to us for assistance in placing adult dogs, knowing we have a large pool of qualified adult dog homes. We take in dogs from commercial breeding facilities chosing to send their adult dogs to a new life and asking us to help.
$10,000 goes a long way when you're tiny but trying harder. It's a new twist on the ant and the rubber tree story. Since nobody so far said "you can't" then - maybe we can! Can you help?
Thanks..from all of us at Dreamweaver Farms
Donna Ezzell
Dreamweaver Farms, home of Carolina Poodle Rescue
Please help these dogs and many more by voting HERE for Carolina Poodle Rescue!
Permission to cross post - please cross post! On Nov 5, www.adopt-a-pet.com in conjunction with www.care2.com launched the America's Favorite Animal Shelter contest. All shelters and rescue groups who posted adoptable pets to www.adopt-a-pet.com were eligible so our name was put in that hat. I didn't think much of it. There are hundreds of good shelters and rescue groups throughout the country who are larger, better organized and much better funded than we are and they have extensive mailing lists and paid marketing professionals to spread the word. One of our adopters, a media consultant for a college in upstate New York, sent me the original link to the contest and encouraged me to participate. We sent a note out to our volunteers and adopters and to some of the poodle networking groups available, to let them know we could be voted for. There is a spot for voters to put comments. Some of our adopters started putting updates from their adopted dogs. That was a lot of fun to read and I was glad we had participated for that reason alone. Then an amazing thing happened. We started creeping up the list. We were in the top 100 pretty quickly, then in the 50's, then up to 15. And before Friday was over, we were in the Top 5. It was incredible. I kept hitting refresh, thinking there had been a mistake. No mistake. Could this tiny Southern based rescue compete with the big boys? Could a breed specific crowd come together for the love not just of animals but for a particular breed? Is it possible? I don't know - but we're wanting to try.
The big boys are the large municipal humane societies, the national groups and the shelters that are based in large geographic areas that have thousands of voters to contact. Their appeal is universal in trying to save as many as they can. Their marketing efforts are already in place. They can reach so many at the touch of a button. But people were voting for us. We don't have the population of an entire state to contact or a large and complex database of supporters throughout the nation. What we do have - is you. You are the everyday, ordinary poodle loving person or perhaps a friend of a poodle loving person. You may also be somebody who likes to root for the underdog. Our volunteers are now emailing this message to breeders, groomers and poodle lovers throughout the country, asking you to please consider voting for our shelter and to pass this message on to your friends, your customers, your neighbors and to any others you know who care about poodles or like to see the little guy win. We are the only poodle specific group in the top 100. Many of our fellow poodle rescuers throughout the US have thrown their votes in to us - and I thank them again for their vote of confidence in giving up voting for their own rescue to lend us their support. So even though you may be far off from us, or you may be a breeder who is active with your own rescue program, would you consider giving us your vote if your group is not in the running? No money necessary, just a few minutes of your time to click and to vote. You can only vote once. http://www.care2.com/
“Who are you,” you may be asking yourself. To find out more about Carolina Poodle Rescue, please visit our webpage at www.carolinapoodlerescue.org. You can read the stories and follow the links. We have pictures and videos on flickr, youtube, facebook, my space and twitter to show you who we are and what we do.
Our budget is small - under $200,000 per year. We take in and place 40 to 50 poodles and poodle mixes a month. Our dogs come from many sources. Some are from owners whose lives have changed due to death or illness and can not take care of their beloved pets. They come from traditional shelters and animal control facilities where they were either found as strays or turned in for any number of reasons. Reputable breeders whose main emphasis is on placing puppies reach out to us for assistance in placing adult dogs, knowing we have a large pool of qualified adult dog homes. We take in dogs from commercial breeding facilities chosing to send their adult dogs to a new life and asking us to help.
$10,000 goes a long way when you're tiny but trying harder. It's a new twist on the ant and the rubber tree story. Since nobody so far said "you can't" then - maybe we can! Can you help?
Thanks..from all of us at Dreamweaver Farms
Donna Ezzell
Dreamweaver Farms, home of Carolina Poodle Rescue
