by Katy Megahan | Jan 25, 2021 | 2021, Uncategorized
From the desk of the Executive Director, Emily Stuart Last week, Gateway Pet Guardians rescued a beautiful and loving stray, missing the tip of her nose, that had eluded outreach workers for a year. Her arrival at our shelter coincided with the Inauguration of the new...
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 17, 2020 | 2020, East St. Louis, Uncategorized
We found Mercedes wondering lost in Washington Park. A few weeks ago, we reunited her with her dad, Glenn. She was incredibly excited to see him, crawling all over and knocking him down (she even peed a little too!) Mercedes was Glenn’s wife’s dog who passed away in...
by Katy Megahan | Dec 17, 2020 | 2020, East St. Louis, Uncategorized
Meet Charlisa and her dog, Bella! In her family’s fenced-in backyard last week, Bella was outside with her two siblings. After calling her dogs inside, Charlisa heard some loud and aggressive barking outside and only Bella’s siblings came inside. All of a...