Urban Burger in Rockville will again host friends of Lizzy's Lodge on Wed August 27. Come in for the best onion rings in Rockville, not to mention a great California Chicken sandwich and veggie burgers in addition to the great burgers. Urban Burger will donate a portion of the proceeds from eat-in AND carry out to help Lizzy's with vet bills. Start the holiday early!!
Zoey and JJ met their new families at PetSmart on Saturday, and all the customers and Staff (special thanks Paxton) were so nice to us. We wish all our friends a safe holiday.
Visit our page to meet Bart, Blazer, Cedrick, Fast Eddie, Romeo, Tyler and Kayla, any of who could be the perfect dog for your family.
Best Friends is hosting their annual Responsible Pet Owner's Day on SUNDAY September 21 from 12-4 p.m. (rain or shine) at Best Friends Pet Care (395 Muddy Branch Rd) in Gaithersburg, MD and have invited all of Lizzy's friends. We hope that many of our adopters and their adoptees will return for a reunion visit. There will be food, games, raffles with cool prizes (e.g Gift certificates from Mamma Lucia's in Olney, and David's Beautiful People Hair Salon to name a few) plus Canine Good Citizen testing, Ask the Vet, and Ask the Groomer. As a special guest, we will have the best pet photographer in Maryland, Lisa Solomon, (see August InSight Magazine) there to create beautiful photo portraits of your pets. Purchase 2 five by seven inch quality prints for $35 (cash or checks please) rather than the usual fee of $150, and Lisa will donate a portion of the fees to Lizzy's residents. This is a fantastic deal and the photos are incredible!! And our special friend Pam from Tellington T-Touch will demonstrate this holistic technique for training and therapy. Watch this space for more info about the reunion.
We're having a Pizza and Pasta for Paws Party at Mamma Lucia's in Walkersville on Thursday September 25 from 5-10 pm. Eat in or carry out, the great folks at Mamma's will contribute a portion of sales to Lizzy's. Bring your appetite ( and lots of friends).
If you see a dog on our website that you would like to meet, please send us an e-mail with your phone number and we will call you back as soon as possible. We like to talk to people before we introduce your to our residents, just to let you know a little more about a particular pet. Please be patient with us as we all work other jobs to feed the pups!
Thanks to all who are using Goodsearch and Goodshop. When you use Goodsearch as your search engine and Goodshop to purchase items on line, you contribute to Lizzy's Lodge every time you search or shop. Type in Lizzy's Lodge as your charity, click verify, and start searching and shopping; for every search, Lizzy's gets a credit and for every purchase, the merchant donates a percentage of the sale. Paste these addresses into your browser and help Lizzy's all year long!! Buy and ship presents for a new baby or new couple ( you can access the gift registries of member stores) or yourself with the Goodshop stores and SAVE GAS and Time!
We are registered with Network for Good (https://www.networkforgood.org) and are able to accept on-line donations for Lizzy's Lodge year round. All donations are tax deductible, and receipts are available immediately from the network, and later from Lizzy's. Consider making a donation to Lizzy's as a birthday, anniversary or Bar/Bat Mitzvah gift for someone who loves animals and we will send them a card from Lizzy's residents for the occasion. No wrong sizes, nothing fattening, no hassles with returns, no batteries needed, and all of the money goes to animal care. Or, use Petfinder to sponsor or contribute to a fostered pet on the website; scroll down our page for details.
We need very special people to foster; those who can love and let go, just like letting the kids go to college. You can do so much by giving an abandoned animal a chance to regain their faith in humans in a loving environment before going to a permanent home. Lizzy's Lodge has arrangements for veterinary care with participating vets and can provide food and supplies while you foster. You provide the most necessary elements: love and patience to get our friends back on their four feet.
If one of our website pets just tugs at your heartstrings, you can sponsor an adoptable animal with a monetary donation with PetFinder's help. Just click on the "sponsor this pet" icon on the pet's page to donate funds for that pet. With help from PetSmart, PetFinder and our Vet, any donation can go a long way to helping with food and vet bills. All of our animals are neutered, chipped and get all their shots before adoptions are finalized.
Lizzy's Lodge is a 501(c)3 organization incorporated in late 2006 to rescue pets in danger at high-kill shelters, and give them a chance for renewal in foster homes. Lizzy's Lodge was formed as we saw an increasing number of people treating companion animals as disposable items.
Experienced pet owners know it takes time, training and love to create the beautiful bond between people and pets, and time seems to be something that many people no longer have for their pets. Training problems (both the pet and the people) are believed to be the most frequent reason that adoptable animals are dumped in overwhelmed local shelters. Abandoned by the only people the pet knew, now in a noisy, crowded kennel, the animal's true personality will rarely be displayed and temperament testing some animals for potential adoption can be a disaster.
Lizzy's Lodge networks with local shelters and other rescue groups, placing animals in less stressful foster situations, giving them a chance to let their true personalities return. Then, as we begin to know the pet, we are able to match the animals with new people who can understand them; often this takes time, but is well worth the effort. Approaches to training with love are at the heart of our program; we want to match the right human and canine companions, and to support the pet and the family during and after the adoption process.
Sadly, because we are all volunteer and our mission includes continual support for our adopted friends, we find that we must limit our adoptions to the DC metro area. Maybe some day we can adopt on a national scale.
If you are interested in an adoptable companion on our site, please contact us via e-mail for an application to foster or adopt. We'll e-mail your the appropriate application. Completed applications can be returned by fax (number on the application) or e-mail. We will contact you to tell you more about the pet in our care and ask any questions about the application. One of our volunteers will schedule a time for you to meet the animal in a neutral site and to arrange a home visit. If all parties agree (including the current resident pet if necessary!) the adoption will proceed. We allow for a two week adjustment period between the new family and the companion animal.
All of our animals are neutered or spayed before adoption, and are given all needed shots; copies of their health records are provided when the adoption is final. Fees for adoption vary depending on the age of the animal. We also ask that individuals sign an adoption agreement that specifies that the animal will be returned to us at any time if circumstances change and the pet can no longer stay with the adoptor.
If you are looking for a particular type of companion pet and/or one is not listed on our site, please do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail. We are in constant contact with local shelters and other local rescue groups that have all kinds of animals in their care. We will refer you to other groups via our network. All of us have the same goal-to find an animal a good home.
We do not have a physical location; we foster animals in volunteer homes, and must schedule meetings with prospective adopters or fosters a few days in advance, or arrange to meet at upcoming events. Your patience is greatly appreciated.
We are always looking for adult volunteers to join us; with more adults, we hope to be able to have more young people volunteer as well. E-mail us for more information.
