BE A SCROOGE! DECEMBER 8th....

It takes all of us to make a difference....let's end the year on a great note for the animals in YOUR LOCAL SHELTER!

As you are doing your shopping for the holidays don't forget your local shelter.

Play Santa!

~Shop for items your local shelter can use.

~Give a Gift Card from your local Walmart or BJ's Wholesale or Sam's Club to the shelter.

~Find out what they need most, make a list, check it twice!

then deliver it...you will feel on top of the world with that one gesture!

The BEST part of the classic A CHRISTMAS CAROL is the redemption of Scrooge and how he awakened to the fact that he had so much and could do some real good for others.

SO....BE A SCROOGE!

(The one who woke up on Christmas Morning to the joy of giving.)

Make DECEMBER 8th

the official

SHOP FOR YOUR LOCAL SHELTER DAY!

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please spread this message aroung the internet

lets see if we can bring real joy to animals in need...

Mark your calendar...

AND if you need a new calendar we have one that all proceeds go to animal charity!

see the

ART HELPING ANIMALS ART BLOG!

link below.

MERRY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING FOR THE ANIMALS!

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Click here for:

Original Art for Sale to Help Animals

Giftware and Prints for Sale to Help Animals

Ebay Auctions to Help Animals

All About Art Helping Animals

Horses, Horses Everywhere!

Last February True Blue Animal Rescue and Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society took in 25 neglected horses at the request of Robertson County Sheriff's Department. It was a sad case of neglect and abuse for the approximately 25 horses and 100 cattle. Dead animals were visible from the road and complaints poured into the sheriff's office who needed assistance due to the numbers of animals involved. That's when BEHS and TBAR stepped up to the plate. Please read more HERE about this rescue operation and the horses now available for adoption or sponsorship.

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Black Fury is a 3 yr old Welsh/Shetland pony gelding. He is ready to train - Read more about Black Fury at: http://www.t-bar.org/horseindexPg4.htm

This pet is up to date with routine shots.

Name: Black Fury T-Bar #: H075
Location: Washington, Texas

Give a Dog 6 Weeks

It's a fact: socialized and trained dogs find forever homes faster.

We love our foster homes! Not only do our foster homes maximize the number of animals TBAR can rescue, they provide a comfortable home setting that keeps the animals happy and healthy. Foster homes provide valuable socialization and one on one rehabilitation (when needed).

If you've got room in your heart and in your home, consider becoming a part of TBAR's six week foster care program in Texas.

Click here to read THE DETAILS.

HSUS - NRRO

Historic cattle drives herded the Texas Longhorns
along the Chisholm Trail all the way to Montana.

Visit
the website of

HSUS - NRRO

to read about the good works of the

HSUS Northern Rockies Regional Office
located in Billings, Montana,
and providing service to eight states:

Alaska

Colorado

Idaho

Montana

North Dakota

South Dakota

Utah

Wyoming

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Artwork: copyright V. Bridges Hoyt 2006 "STORM CLOUD AND CALF"

TBAR TALK - February

Adoptions, Adoptions, Adoptions!
In January only one of our rescue dogs went into an adoptive home but this week we have finally broken out of our winter adoption slump by watching several dogs go into their new homes. The January adoption was Toby, who went into a very special home with an adoptive family that really enjoys the high energy of this special breed. We were also lucky to place Bella into a foster home that has that same love for Staffordshire Terriers and also enjoys working with them. We are expecting them to adopt her just as soon as she's spayed and ready to adopt.

This week we sent some more of our rescue dogs and kitties into wonderful new homes! On Friday Max went home with a great family and their amazing young daughter who, at 8 years old, wanted nothing more than to adopt one of our rescue dogs. She knows every animal on our web page and cares very much about them and their stories.

After that great beginning, Sweet William met his new adoptive family at Petsmart after they were approved to adopt over the past few weeks. Cliff went home with his new family who had also been working through the adoption process for the past couple of weeks.

This trend seems to be continuing and one of our newest puppies found his forever home at Petsmart on Sunday. His application was approved and this sweet little pup went home to live with her new family today!

Thanks to the beautiful story that Lauren wrote for the Banner Press, Maverick found a wonderful forever family and went home with them today. Then to top the day off two of our rescue kitties went home with their wonderful new family today too!

In addition, someone saw the picture of Taz and read his story and fell in love with him too. She sent her application to me today and as soon as she's approved will be able to come pick up her new family member too.

One last blessing is that Pudding is going to be adopted by the same person who adopted Honey a couple of years ago. Pudding and Honey are sisters so this reunion will be a blessing for both of them.

Please pray for the rest of our sweet babies in hopes that they will all find that special someone who will give them the love and commitment that they deserve.

Spay / Neuter Rebate!
With the adoptions also comes the many, many pets that are born and dumped in the spring time. We have kicked off this season with our spay / neuter rebate for the months of February and March in hopes of stopping some of the unwanted pregnancies before they happen. Why wait? Get your pets spayed or neutered today. For more information on this rebate, go to www.t-bar.org

Animals That Need Our Help
The calls for us to take in animals has gone up too. We get from 5 - 10 calls every day to take in animals that need homes. Since we are full right now these pets have been lucky to be able to stay with the family that found them until they find a home. One such animal is Daisy who was found in Brenham and taken in by someone who is able to keep her and care for her until we can find her a forever home. When Daisy went to the vet to be spayed we found out that she is also heartworm positive with a heavy heartworm load. That means she will need the injection treatment to kill the worms in her heart. We are currently working on building Brooke's fund so Daisy will be able to receive this treatment in about a month.

Foster Program
We desperately need foster homes for our pets. Please consider being a foster home for a Tbar dog, cat or horse. If you can’t foster long term but would like to consider fostering temporarily, our six week foster program might be right for you. We are asking people to take in a dog that needs socialization for a period of six weeks. Giving a dog some attention and love will help the dog become more adoptable. We will support you with ideas and training tips throughout the process. We’ll be adding more details about this program to our web page very soon.

Adoption Days for February
Feb 4th – Petsmart in College Station
Feb 18th – Petsmart in College Station
Feb 25th – Lowe’s in Brenham

Other ways to help:
Send in annual membership fee if you haven’t done so already. Membership fees go directly toward helping the animals in our care.

Tbar Talk - Brooke's Fund

2007 marks the 3rd anniversary of True Blue Animal Rescue in Washington County, Texas! In the past year alone Tbar placed 84 dogs and puppies in forever homes while maintaining an average of 30-40 dogs in care at one time. They placed 29 horses in forever homes during the past year and have six horse adoptions pending final approval. Tbar helped more cats than ever and placed 43 cats and kittens into forever homes in 2006.

Two new funds have been added for 2007. You can donate at Tbar's web site.

Fund #1, Brooke’s Fund, will be used to give dogs with heavy heartworm loads the expensive heartworm treatment they need. This fund will be in memory of Blue Moon, Pal, Cinnamon, Little Caesar, Momma, Abby and Jack. Blue Moon died due to complications from her heartworms and the others were humanely euthanized because they were already showing severe symptoms from their heartworms and their bodies could not withstand the treatment.

In 2006 a dog named Brooke came into Tbar's care. Brooke had a heavy heartworm load but was not showing symptoms such as coughing and difficulty breathing so her vet felt she would be a good candidate for heartworm treatment. Thanks to the Art Helping Animals group and several Tbar members enough money was raised to pay for Brooke’s expensive treatment. Brooke was given the heartworm treatment while in the care of her foster mother and has recovered and is doing well. The fund to pay for Brooke’s treatment has some money left over to help future dogs that come to Tbar with heartworms. The hope is that Tbar will be able to build this fund so to offer treatment to every dog that comes in with a heavy heartworm load before they become too sick for help. Of course the ultimate goal will be to educate people about heartworms. In Texas every dog has 100% chance of getting heartworms if they are not given heartworm preventative. Please help us spread the word so we can decrease the number of dogs who become sick due to heartworms.

Fund #2, Spay/Neuter Fund, will offer rebates as incentive for people to get their dogs and cats spayed and neutered and to help spay and neuter pets whose owners cannot afford the cost of vet care at all.

In the past True Blue Animal Rescue could only afford to spay and neuter the animals that were in their care leaving more and more unwanted pets born to unaltered animals. Tbar would like to begin this new campaign to get out and fix as many pets as possible in 2007 in hopes of dramatically decreasing the number of unwanted pets. Specific details for this fund and the rebate to be offered will be announced very soon.

Donate to either of these worthwhile funds at "How you can help Tbar."
Visit Tbar's web site at www.tbar.org/

--Excerpted from the Tbar January newsletter, Tbar Talk. Brooke's story, First Things First, can be read at http://txsauce.typepad.com/