by Janet Alderson | Feb 26, 2020 | 2020, Adoptions, Community outreach, East St. Louis, Happy Tails, Rescued Animals, Stray Dogs, Ways to get involved
In January, our friends at Austin Animal Center shared a startling statistic. They found that most dogs are picked up in the field only 100 feet (0.2 miles) from their home. After learning this, we were curious if this holds true for our community in Metro East St....
by Janet Alderson | Feb 10, 2020 | 2020, East St. Louis, Our Shelter
We can’t thank Ameren Illinois enough for their contribution to Gateway Pet Guardians and the East Side Pet District community! It was an honor having Richard Mark tour the facility with his crew. Thank you for helping Gateway Pet Guardians improve the lives of pets...
by Janet Alderson | Dec 9, 2019 | 2019, Community outreach, East Side Pet Crisis Fund, Ways to Donate, Ways to get involved
We met Snowball and his dad over a year ago. While driving by, we saw a big, beautiful yellow dog that could easily jump the chain link fence. We knocked on the door and he jumped that fence and greeted us the only way he knew how–jumping up and giving us the...
by Janet Alderson | Nov 4, 2019 | 2019, Community outreach, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
Last week, we received a call from a community member concerned about her pup in active labor. Unfortunately, her dog J-Lo had complications and the puppy didn’t make it. Because she is a senior and had such a difficult delivery, we thought it was best to...
by Janet Alderson | Nov 4, 2019 | 2019, Cold Weather, Community outreach, Ways to get involved
Thanks to a grant from Maddie’s Fund, we invested in a mass texting service to send updates out to the families we work with as part of our extreme weather action plan. To prepare for the winter cold, we decided to text an invite to families to pick up straw...
