by Janet Alderson | Dec 6, 2017 | 2017, Adoptions, Happy Tails, Rescued Animals
Happy Tail written by Jane Gram. For reasons I can only attribute to insanity, our family decided to adopt Brody from Gateway Pet Guardians Rescue in October 2013. At the time, we had an older German Shepherd Dog named Mack, and our cat, Newman. We thought Mack, who...
by Janet Alderson | Dec 6, 2017 | 2017, Adoptions, Happy Tails, Rescued Animals
Happy Tail written by Jane Davis. My love story of Jasper (formerly Pickle) adopted from Gateway Pet Guardians. He came into our (yes he has a 4-legged sister) lives just in time. I rescued Jada, his golden lab sister, shortly after I had sent my previous love to the...
by Janet Alderson | Dec 6, 2017 | 2017, Adoptions, Happy Tails, Rescued Animals
Happy Tail written by Jennifer Brewer. When my son Jordin was just a toddler, we knew there was something extra special about him. Diagnosed sometime later with level one autism, ADHD and anxiety, he would often come to me in tears, overcome with his emotions. One...
by Janet Alderson | Dec 6, 2017 | 2017, Adoptions, Happy Tails, Rescued Animals
Happy Tail written by Nicole Cameli. I adopted Dill from Gateway Pet Guardians in November of 2013. I had never owned a dog and didn’t put much thought into owning a dog until about two years before adopting Dill. In May 2011, I had a heart ablation to fix an...
by Admin | Nov 20, 2017 | 2017, East St. Louis, Rescued Animals
Season’s Greetings, This Holiday Season, in conjunction with Newman’s Own and #GivingTuesday, Gateway Pet Guardians thought we would let the people who help us, help them tell you WHY. Why do they volunteer? Why do they foster? Why do they donate? WHY Gateway...
by Janet Alderson | Nov 9, 2017 | 2017, Cats, Community outreach, East St. Louis, Rescued Animals, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
About a month ago, we received a call on our hotline asking for help for some sick kittens. These kittens were part of a colony of seven that live behind the Joseph Center in East St. Louis. The Joseph Center is a transitional housing program for homeless veterans....