THIS IS MONTE TODAY, AFTER HEALING

FROM FEELING LONELY, HURT AND UNSURE OF PEOPLE
TO FEELING CONFIDENT AND HAPPY AGAIN
HE HAS DEVELOPED INTO A HANDSOME DOG
AT A WEIGHT OF ABOUT 100 POUNDS

SOME OF THE DOGS HANGING OUT
& PLAYING AT H.E.A.R.

Happy Endings Animal Rescue Includes:

- SOON TO COME -

"BUDDY'S POOL" - A K9 Hydro Therapy Pool for our Senior Dogs and Those With Hip Problems

"Fort H.E.A.R." - A Jungle Jim Set Up for K9's that will be 3 Stories Tall
and Includes a Wading Pool for Them to Enjoy

Just Because a Dog is Homeless and Ends up at H.E.A.R.
It Doesn't have to Mean Being Kept in a Cage 24/7, with a 5 Minute Mini Walk Once or Twice a Day
H.E.A.R. is a Place Where They Can Become Happy Again, Make Friends, Heal Their Wounds and Learn to Love Again...

This Was All Built Through Donations
To Help The Homeless, Abandoned and Abused Animals of Nashville

PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO
MAKE A DONATION TO H.E.A.R.

OPEN YOUR HEART AND WALLET FOR THE ANIMALS AT H.E.A.R.

THANK YOU

Donations for August 2008 = $6,506.91

Kelly Fenesan $10.00 / Regina Stephens $10.00 / Harold Hester $100.00 / William Jones II $10.00 / Tom Carter $100.00

Michele Martens $10.00 / Sarah Fogel $50.00 / Stephanie Gladhart $10.00 / Abbey Moon $10.00 / Jan Linville $25.00

Deborah Vail $10.00 / Alexei & Eva Ovtchinnikov $50.00 / Tracy Herron $10.00 / Donna Spicer $10.00 / Mary Dimoff $10.00

Logan & Leslie Key $300.00 / Candace Miles $52.00 / Milestone Marketing $22.00 / Amy Meador $10.00 / Lauren Tyrone $10.00

Colin McCaffrey $125.00 / Kimberly Riccitelli $10.00 / Karen Valerio $10.00 / Anne Coleman $20.00 / Randi Gant $10.00

Carolyn Hughes $50.00

HOOTERS RESTAURANTS OF NASHVILLE $4,286.91

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Donations for July, 2008 = $1,075.00

Our Goal for July is $2,500

Wanda Ray $50.00 / Donna Fagan $10.00 / Jan Routon $50.00 / Lorene Mann & Freddie Clay $75.00 / William Shepherd $10.00

Little Red Rowdy Records $10.00 / Sarah Fogel $50.00 / Stephanie Gladhart $10.00 / Tom Carter $10.00 / Jan Linville $25.00

Amy Meador $10.00 / Martha Fouce $100.00 / Harold Hester $100.00 / Kelly Fenesan $10.00 / Denise Wolfe $10.00

Deborah Vail $10.00 / Michele Martens $10.00 / Hannah Perry $10.00 / Abbey Moon $10.00 / Regina Stephens $10.00

Jennifer Henry $100.00 / William Jones II $10.00 / Rita Frizzell $50.00 / Tracy Herron $10.00 / Alexei & Eva Ovtchinnikov $50.00

Donna Spicer $10.00 / Benjamin Ferrell $50.00 / Anne Coleman $12.00 / Christy & Dominic Buono $150.00

Randi Gant $15.00 / Kimberly Riccitelli $10.00 / Karen Valerio $10.00 / Randi Gant $10.00

FOR THOSE WANTING TO GIVE EACH MONTH

YOU CAN BECOME A MONTHLY SPONSOR - WE'VE MADE IT EASY

Here is Our Current Monthly Sponsors who GIVE each Month to Help the Animals at H.E.A.R.

Tom Carter $10.00 / Denise Wolfe $10.00 / Stephanie Gladhart $10.00 / Jan Linville $25.00 / Karen Valerio $10.00

Amy Meador $10.00 / Deborah Vail $10.00 / Harold Hester $100.00 / Martha Fouce $100.00 / Kelly Fenesan $10.00

Regina Stephens $10.00 / William Jones II $10.00 / Michele Martens $10.00 / / Jennifer Henry $100.00 / Donna Spicer $10.00

Alexei & Eva Ovtchinnikov $50.00 / Tracy Herron $10.00 / Lauren Tyrone $10.00

OUR CURRENT MONTHLY SPONSORS TOTAL $635.00

Our Goal is to Reach $2,000 Worth of Sponsors Each Month

JUST $10.00 CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE

15 Rolls of Paper Towels or 2 Gallons of Gas to Run the Power Washer
to clean the kennels or 2 Rolls of Plastic Bags for Pooper Scooping.

It also covers Flea and Tick Protection for 3 dogs per month or 4 Gallons
of Bleech or 2 Gallons of Gas to run our Rescue Van to run errands

This is just some of what we can do with your $10.00 Donation
Imagine what we can do with a $100.00 Donation.

ONLY $10.00 A MONTH WILL GIVE THESE DOGS A HOME
UNTIL THEIR FOREVER HOME IS FOUND

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IF BY CHANCE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO GIVE MORE
WE HAVE LARGER AMOUNTS SET UP

$25.00

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$50.00

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$100

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It Doesn't Hurt to Sign Up - It's Very Simple - NO Contracts or Commitments to Sign
NO Salesman Will Contact You - Your Just Helping Because You Want to - Stop Any Time You Want

You Can Cancel Anytime You Want

We have almost Reached half the Sponsors to
Cover our Normal Monthly Operations

Can you Believe that we can Run this Rescue on less than $24,000 a Year!
We Rescue Dogs, No One Else Wanted to Save but H.E.A.R.

Compare that, to The Nashville Humane Association that Runs on $2,000,000 a Year...
Of which their Director is PAID $100,000 a Year.
It's a Shame that some Make So Much Money, off the Plight of Homeless Animals

Everyone Who Works at Happy Endings Animal Rescue is a VOLUNTEER

We are currently seeking People with Trades to Volunteer, such as Plumbers, Electricians,
Roofers, Carpenters and Painters to help build things around the Rescue.

Every Penny You GIVE Goes to the Animals at H.E.A.R.

For Those That Have Given So Far - THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU...

Happy Endings Animal Rescue
PO BOX 1613
Madison, TN 37116 - 1613

OUR WISH LIST

SURGICAL SCRUBS XL IN SIZE - ANY COLOR BUT PINK - (I LIVE IN THESE THINGS)

FLEA AND TICK PROTECTION FOR THE DOGS - (WE USE FRONTLINE)

SPACE HEATERS TO HEAT THE INSIDE KENNEL AREA IN THE WINTER

A USED WIRELESS LAP TOP COMPUTER

WE ALWAYS NEED 30 & 39 GALLON PLASTIC BAGS ON A ROLL FROM WALMART

If you have something you would like to Donate, send us an email so we can make arrangements to come by and pick it up.

MATERIAL GIFTS RECEIVED FOR THE DOGS AT H.E.A.R.

Joan Sircy & Husband Donated an Igloo Dog House and 12 Galvanized Water Buckets
The Dog House has already been claimed by Rosco and the Water Buckets have been placed around the play yard filled with water.

Randy Leath & Family Donated a 6500 BTU Window Air Conditioner.
It has been set up in the inside kennel area and the dogs love it.

Brandy Stille & Palm Commodities International Donated 2 Dog Houses, Lumber, Blankets, Scrubs and Paneling.

Tavner McKelley & Central Parking Donated a Dog House, Blankets and Sleeping Pillow for the Dogs.

HERE IS JUST SOME OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITH YOUR DONATIONS

Before - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - After

This is what can be DONE with your Donations...

FUTURE PROJECTS WERE CURRENTLY WORKING ON OR GOING TO BUILD

I have Started Framing out the Hydro Therapy Spa as you can see and things are progressing along. I hope to complete the Framing and starting on laying the Ceramic Tile in a few days.

After the Spa We Build FORT H.E.A.R.

Next Project after the Hydro Therapy Pool will be to build Fort H.E.A.R. - a Jungle Jim Set that is for K9's. It will be 3 stories tall and will have things that the dogs can climb up, go through or go under with plenty of resting spots and shade for afternoon naps. It will also have a wading pool and water slide for them to enjoy on hot days.

This Project could run as high as $3,000 just in Materials. So you can see how Important it is that you Continue to Support H.E.A.R.

There is many projects coming up in the future to make life more enjoyable for the dogs at H.E.A.R. while they wait for their forever home to be found.

With your Donations, this can all happen.

Thank you to Those that have Given to Help Keep this Rescue Going...

SOME OF OUR GREAT ADOPTIONS OVER THE YEARS

AS WE ENTER OUR 11TH YEAR OF SAVING THE HOMELESS, ABANDONED
AND ABUSED DOGS OF NASHVILLE

Just click their picture if you would like to know more about each Dog Adopted through:
Happy Endings Animal Rescue

These are some of the wonderful people that have adopted a new family pet from:
"HAPPY ENDINGS ANIMAL RESCUE"

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OUR CURRENT LIST OF ADOPTABLE PETS

PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR ADOPTION QUALIFICATIONS LISTED BELOW THE PHOTOS.

If you by chance have room for two dogs, we have several buddies here at the Rescue.
It would be wonderful if they got to stay together when Adopted.
We offer 50% off on the Second Adoption when Adopting a Pair.

You would have two dogs that love to hang out with each other
and keep each other company while your away.

( Just Click Their Picture To Go To Their Profile For More Information)

- - - - - - - - Hope - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Roscoe - - - - - Buster - - - - -- - - - - - Munchin - - - - - - - - - - Toby - - - - - - - - - - - Corky - - - - - - - -

- - - - Duke - - - - - - - - - - - - Baby Bear - - - - - - - - - - - Buddy - - - - - - - - - - - - Wally - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Grayson - - - -

- - - - - - - Elvis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Emmy - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spencer - - - - - - - - - - - Shaka - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bruno - - - - - - -

- - - - - - Bradly - - - - - - - Sydney - - - - - - - Big Blu - - - - - - - - - - - Racheal - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sabrina - - - - - - - - - - - - - Honey - - - - - -

- - - - - - Gus - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lucky - - - - - - - - - - Marcus - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rudy - - - - - - - - - - - Monte - - - - - - - - - - Rosco - - - - -

- - - - - Sherman - - - - - - Hannah - - - - - - - - Sebastien - - - - - - - - - - - Jeb - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Lab Puppies - - - -

- - - - - - - - - Tylor - - - - - - - - - - - - Jordon - - - - - - - - Emma - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Daisy - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lucky - - - - - - - - - -

If you would like to know more about these Dogs available for Adoption - please click their picture and go directly to their profile site.

Click Here for Our Current List of other Adoptable Pets

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Here are Some Great Links to Dog Training your New Family Pet

NOW THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL GREAT DOG TRAINING!!!

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ADOPTION QUALIFICATIONS:

You need to be a Home Owner with a secure fenced in back yard. We also require a home check prior to approving the Adoption and you need to live within a 20 Mile Radius of this Rescue to make sure your fence is high enough and secure enough for the dog your interested in adopting with no escape areas. We have reduced the Radius for Adoptions from 30 miles to 20 miles due to the high cost of fuel to make home inspections and follow up home checks on each adoptable pet.

All Pets must reside INSIDE your home and be allowed to be part of the family. If your looking for a dog to be a permanent outside fixture to your home, this is not the Rescue you should Adopt from. Are dogs that we Rescue are retrained to be pets that we spend a lot of time with and they love to be with people. To take a dog that has been trained this way and keep it outside will make them depressed and not a happy dog. We strive to find the perfect family for each of our dogs where they will be treated like part of the family and included in most all family functions.

We also require you to Fill Out an Adoption Application Form with Vet References which is checked out before considering the Adoption. You must also allow follow up visits to see the dog and how they are adapting in to their new forever home.

ADOPTION FEE'S $100.00

The Adoption fee covers spaying or neutering, updated shots and deworming of the dog before Adoption...

VIEWING OF ANY DOG AT THE RESCUE:

If you see a dog you would like to Adopt, please email me and let me know what sort of forever home you have to offer. Where you live. How big your fenced in yard is (Pictures are Helpful). How tall is your fence and other pets you may have. Tell us about previous pets and how they were part of your family and what happened to them. Go ahead and brag, it's a good selling point. (If you write us a letter and say in two lines you want to Adopt So and So and have a fenced in yard will NOT get you an immediate response). We want to know all about you. Take the time to write a letter as to why you want a pet in your family, how they will be treated, and how much joy your previous pets made in your life. Our job is to find these dogs the best home possible. If all checks out, we can then set up a time for you to come by and meet the dog your interested in Adopting. If after you come by and decide you want to Adopt that dog, we would then set up a time to come out and do a home check to verify your fenced in yard, height, and make sure it's secure and see where the dog will eat and sleep at night.

Many ask why we don't Adopt out of area or other States. Please understand that every dog has their own personality. Why would you want to drive 500 miles and Adopt a Dog you don't even know if you, your family or the Dog will all get along. That is why we only Adopt out locally. If for any reason the Adoption isn't going well and you feel the Adoption isn't going to work. H.E.A.R. will be happy to take the Dog back for any reason and refund your Adoption fee up to 30 days from the Adoption Date. After the 30 days are up and you still want to return the Dog, we will still take back any H.E.A.R. Dog. We have found from past experiences that when someone Adopts a dog and traveled a long distance to do the Adoption, will not take the time to return the Dog to that Rescue, but will just turn the Dog over to their local Animal Control Facility where the Dog is usually Euthanized. (This has happened to H.E.A.R. in the past.) That is the main reason we no longer Adopt out of our Area. H.E.A.R. values each Dog's life and if for some reason an Adoption isn't working, it's much easier to just contact H.E.A.R. and in many cases we can drive over and pick up the Dog and bring them back to the Rescue. Not every Adoption goes well. It takes time and patients to find the right home for both the family and the Dog.

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HOW MUCH IS A DOG'S LIFE WORTH?

When we brake all the costs down to how many dogs are here, it comes out to around $80.00 to a $100 a month per dog to feed, water, keep a roof over their head, Vet Care, spay or neuter, update all their shots, rabies certificate and prepare them for adoption.

We figure it costs around $150 to get a dog ready for adoption, plus how many months they are here before they got adopted. The average dog is here 3 to 6 months so you can figure we are into each dog around $500 before it gets adopted out and if you take our current adoption fee of $100.00 we lose money every time we do an adoption.

On the Average we only do 2-4 adoptions each month. So you can see, the adoption fee we collect doesn't even come close to covering all our normal expenses each month (which run around $2,500 a month) to keep these doors open. It's not cheap to save a Dogs Life. So to make up for this, we have to ask for Donations to help cover our Loses each Month.

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WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO THAT IS DONATED TO HAPPY ENDINGS ANIMAL RESCUE

Money received first goes to paying all the Bills to keep this Rescue open like the Mortgage, Utilities, Supplies, Vet Care and so much more. Any funds left over for the month are used on finishing this place with building decks for the dogs to sit on, awnings so the dogs have shaded areas to lay under, plus we make our own cots or beds for the dogs to sleep on.

We also use the Donations to finish the fencing around the Rescue, finish up the inside areas to give each dog their own sleeping quarters, painting and so much more. It also goes to Vet care when a dog needs Medical Attention or we have to get them Spayed or Neutered. We are an all Volunteer Rescue and no one collects a pay check. This Rescue is about 80% done, please help us finish with your Contributions, so we can continue to do what we have done for the last 10 years. Saving the Homeless, Abandoned and Abused Dogs of Nashville.

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IF ALL THE ANIMAL RESCUES WERE TO CLOSE IN NASHVILLE - WHERE WOULD THEY GO?

As an Animal Rescue we take in the Homeless, Abandoned, Abused, Neglected and those in need of Veterinary Care. We are the ones that go the extra mile to try and heal their wounds. We are the chosen ones who step up when everyone else drives by.

Where will they go if we are not here to help them?

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HOW DOES HAPPY ENDINGS ANIMAL RESCUE HELP THE COMMUNITY:

"Feed Our Pets Program"

Happy Endings has been around since 1997 and over the years we have saved hundreds of dogs off the streets of Nashville and gotten them into loving forever homes through adoption.

We also assist the elderly and handicap people on fixed incomes with pets who can't afford to feed their pets and could possibly surrender them to the pound if they couldn't feed them. We assist these people by giving them dog food, cat food or cat liter to take the financial pressure off of feeding them and just give their pets the love they deserve.

We also help other Rescues who come up short each month when it comes to feeding the animals in their care. Over the years we have become a warehouse for broken bags of dog food that grocery stores accumulate and instead of throwing them in the trash, they call us and donate them to us. We receive more than we can use each month, so we are happy to share this food with those that need it most.

If you know of someone who falls under these categories and have financial problems feeding their pets, let them know of our "Feed Our Pets Program" and lets get them the food they need to care for their pets...

When you make a Donation - it helps us pay the gas to get this much needed dog food, cat food and cat liter to the elderly and handicap people on fixed incomes with pets.

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A PERSONAL THOUGHT ON WHY WE RESCUE ANIMALS:

(By Cody Gosseln - Founder & Director of Happy Endings Animal Rescue)

Most of the people involved in the Animal Rescue work have their own reasons why we do this. It not for the money. I am a witness to that. The Rescue Business if anything will make you go broke. It will take a lot of your time. It's a job 99.999% of the population of this World would never do, but for some reason we are chosen. We were chosen to help these animals out of a bad situation and get them into a loving forever home. It's a 24/7 commitment that has rewards of a different kind. It's seeing that dog that once came in broken, hungry, beaten and felt unloved.

It's an Animal Rescuers responsibility to show this animal that not all humans are bad people and slowly build up their confidence to trust humans again and when they are ready, we locate a loving forever home they will go to and be loved for the rest of their lives.

I never asked for this job, but here it is, I am an Animal Rescuer. I do the best I can, I have saved many, I have lost a few. I have cried over a dog I never knew and buried more than I want to count. I remember everyone of their names and their personality.

One of the few joys I get is when people and families send me pictures and letters of the dogs they have adopted from here. Thanking me for saving them and how much joy, laughter and love they have given to their families. This is what makes it all worth while.

Helping animals comes slow at first. You see one on the road or walking alone with their ribs showing from not eating. You decide to help one, you bring them back to health, you find them a loving home and you see how good it makes you feel that you saved a life.

Then two more come knocking, you help those two and four more come knocking. It's a battle we will never win, but as long as we save a few, those few will know they were saved and become loving happy family pets. We in the Rescue Business are doing a job you would never do, even though you love animals. Some just don't have the heart. You have to take the bad with the good.

When you have seen some of the dogs that I have seen over the years, you sometimes want to take their X owners and give them just ONE day in the life of a dog they had, but then I would be arrested for being in-humane...

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AN ANIMAL RESCUERS OATH:

"I AM AN ANIMAL RESCUER"

My job is to assist God's creatures. I was born with the drive to fulfill their needs. I take in helpless, unwanted, homeless creatures without planning or selection. I have bought dog food with my last dime. I have patted a mangy head with a bare hand. I have hugged someone vicious and afraid. I have fallen in love a thousand times. And I have cried into the fur of a lifeless body too many times to count. I have Animal Friends and friends who have animal friends. I don't often use the word "pet". I notice those lost at the road side and my heart aches. I will hand raise a field mouse and make friends with a vulture. I know of no creature unworthy of my time. I want to live forever if there aren't animals in Heaven, but I believe there are. Why would God make something so perfect and leave it behind? Some people think we are masters of the animals, but the animals have mastered themselves... something people still haven't learned. War and abuse make me hurt for the world, but a rescue that makes the news gives me hope for mankind. We are a quiet but determined army and we are making a difference every day. There is nothing more necessary than warming an orphan, nothing more rewarding than saving a life, no higher recognition than watching them thrive. There is no greater joy than seeing a baby play who, only days ago, was too weak to eat. By the love of those who I've been privileged to rescue, I have been rescued. I know what true unconditional love really is, for I've seen it shining in the eyes of so many, grateful for so little. I am an Animal Rescuer. My work is never done. My home is never quiet. My wallet is always empty, but my heart is always full. (Author Unknown)...

JUST THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN IS A PLACE CALLED RAINBOWS BRIDGE:

When and animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbows Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water, and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remembered them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for the one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart. Then you both cross Rainbows Bridge together... (Anonymous)

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HAPPY ENDINGS ANIMAL RESCUE & SANCTUARY
Madison, TN 37115

EMAIL ONLY PLEASE

For Questions Contact: Cody Gosselin - Founder & Director at:

Email: cody47@bellsouth.net

Click here for a list of pets at this Rescue

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