by Katy Megahan | Jan 30, 2021 | 2021, Community Outreach, East St. Louis, Our Shelter, Volunteering, Ways to get involved
Recently, Christopher reached out about hosting a dog house building day at our shelter as part of his Eagle Scout Project with Boy Scout Troop 777. Along with other Boy Scout and Eagle Scout troops, students from Vianney High School, volunteers from our organization...
by Katy Megahan | Jan 20, 2021 | 2021, East St. Louis, Our Shelter, Uncategorized
Bridget gave her mom, Claudia quite the scare when she went missing last month. At first, a neighbor found her, but she got away. Fortunately, another neighbor came upon her and brought her to Gateway Pet Guardians. We scanned her for a microchip, but it was old and...
by Katy Megahan | Jan 14, 2021 | 2021, East St. Louis, Our Shelter, Uncategorized, Ways to Donate
Recently, we were the recipient of a “paying it forward” act of kindness with an exceptionally generous donation of OnGuard flea and tick medication for dogs. In addition to vaccines and medical tests, flea and tick medications are expensive and are one of...
by Katy Megahan | Jan 3, 2021 | 2021, Our Shelter, Uncategorized
In December, we took in a dog who we affectionately named Miss-A-Toe. Her back leg and part of her tail had been surgically removed and she had also been spayed. She was taken from a property where the owner was in serious legal trouble and the other dogs on the...
by Katy Megahan | Dec 14, 2020 | 2020, East St. Louis, Happy Tails, Our Shelter, Uncategorized
Last week, ten-year-old Yorkshire Terrier, Angel was found as a stray a block from her home and was brought to St. Clair County Animal Control (SCCAC) by a resident of Washington Park, IL. Gateway Pet Guardians (GPG) pulled her from SCCAC, completed all of her...
by Katy Megahan | Dec 11, 2020 | 2020, East St. Louis, Happy Tails, Our Shelter, Uncategorized
Happy tears were shed last month! Sweet Katy was reunited with her owner! Katy’s owner, Joyce reached out to us when she had an unexpected litter of puppies. We took in the puppies and Joyce planned to keep Katy after she was done nursing and through her spay...