Doggie Style Donation

If you're an animal lover you are already well on your way to being a decent human being. And if you're a rescuer of pets, then you probably find yourself wanting to donate a bit more around the holidays. I've mentioned this before, but it is essential that you try to make sure your donations go to small or local organizations. Just donating to the Humane Society or other nationwide organizations has very little impact on the lives of pets in shelters. But you can donate directly to your local shelter and see the pets playing with the toys and eating the food you donated!

  Santa Wiley was feeling the Christmas spirit this year when he heard about the donation drive Doggie Style petstore was having. I've written about these stores before, here, but the short version is they are in Philadelphia, have a fantastic inventory, and showcase adoptable pets, like all pet stores should! They work with an organization called Saved Me, formerly known as Operation Ava.  When Wiley found out they were doing a donation drive in which the manufacturers of certain brands agreed to make a donation to shelter animals for items purchased, he immediately thought of our good friends Katie and Jackie, who live in Philadelphia just a few blocks away from the Passyunk Doggie Style store.  

Jenny, as usual, thought only of herself. 

We sent a card to Katie and Jackie with some cash, and asked them to buy some gifts on Wiley and Jenny's behalf. Jackie had to work, so Katie took our very good friends April and Amy, whom we have written about before, and April's new rescue dog Huck. 

April and Huck were visiting from North Carolina, where April goes to grad school. Huck got to see lots of Philadelphia sites.

This is a list of the participating donors at the Doggie Style drive. Let's give them a little love if we can?

Huck was very impressed with all the store had to offer. 

It was tough for him to decide what he wanted.

 Decisions decisions.

Unfortunately for Huck, Pumpkin, the store cat, was very unimpressed with him.  She let the humans fuss over her, but she wasn't feeling the Christmas spirit when it came to dogs.

Maybe she needs a costume like Jenny's?

Anyway, Katie, April, and Amy bought lots of goodies. . . 

and, just so you know, I asked them to buy some cat food to put in the donation box so we could give Pumpkin a little love. 

The ladies were kind enough to pose for a picture for the blog, and the fine people at Doggie Style were kind enough to indulge them. 

And Huck? Well, he's not going to miss the opportunity to pose for a picture. 

So, if you're anywhere around the Philly area, you can head to one of the Doggie Style locations, get your Christmas shopping done, and make donations in the process. If you don't live around Philly, you can still donate to Saved Me.  You can also order from Doggie Style and they will ship products to you!  

Please remember your local shelters over the holiday season. The elves will be working extra hard but money can get pretty tight, and shelters can fill up after Christmas with puppies bought by people as gifts without realizing what being a responsible pet owner actually entails. 

I've been taking some fun Christmas pics of Wiley and Jenny I'll continue to share over the next few days. If you have any you'd like me to put on the blog, just email me at pabibliophile@gmail.com. Thanks!

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