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 Janet Alderson | Aug 25, 2017 | 2017, Adoptions, Happy Tails, Rescued Animals, Ways to get involved
We have exciting news! The Petco Foundation, in partnership with Petco, will be granting more than $750,000 to animal welfare organizations like ours during their annual Holiday Wishes campaign. We have a chance to win $100,000, but we need your help! Your role is...
by Janet Alderson | Jul 28, 2017 | 2017, Adoptions, Community outreach, East St. Louis, Foster Feature, Fostering, Happy Tails, Rescued Animals, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
We want to share a story. An incredible story, told first-hand by one of our volunteers, about our relationship with a community member and his dog, LaLa. It’s a story about helping an owner and pet in need, following through with promises, and moving one step...
