A couple of weeks ago, my dear friend, the beautiful and uber talented Makeup Artist/Image Consultant, Starley Murray invited me model alongside the real model for the day, a doggie up for adoption! I was so THRILLED to be a part of this event. My daughter is a HUGE Animal Lover/Activist at the ripe age of 9. I've always been a lover of doggies, but I have learned so much from my little girls general love of ALL animals. She is truly amazing. I have soo happy to have had my kids at this event. The photos, in fact, were all taken my by son! At the end of the event, my little girl, her cousin and a friend had gotten the information from the Shelter who provided the doggies for this event, Animal Friends (210)415-7035. The following Sunday, she and her friends contacted the shelter and went to volunteer all day! As if that wasn't enough to make me feel the proudest mommie in the world, my daughter, proceeded, on her own to make a Poster with images which she got from the animal Shelter website ( www.animalfriendsforever.org) of some of the dogs at this shelter and she collected a total of $300.00!! of donations for the shelter! Truly Amazing and I feel so blessed to have been able to help her with this natural desire to help animals that she was born with. Participating in this event was a perfect example of how helping just a little bit, can have a ripple effect! Since last year, I've been wanting so badly to become a "face" for the Own Up SA campaign, especially after a very unfair situation that I just went throught with one animal shelter in this city, Animal Care Services. Last summer should have been an indicator when I desperately tried to recruit their help in saving a poor female stray (whom thanks to my Golden Retriever, Blackie, befriending her on our walks, we were able to get her off the streets. Everyone who knows my story knows that I struggle to provide for my kids on my own, so it was impossible for me to keep Stacy, as my daughter affectionately named her. It took ACS 2 weeks to finally come and get her:( Then, in early September, our sweet Golden of 6 yrs. being the playful Golden Retriever that he is, accidentally hurt a little boy at my kids school bus stop..excited to see a familiar "friend," Blackie jumped only to knock down the little boy, his paw catching the little boy's lip:(. ACS proceeded to claim that my doggie has "vicious propensities." This verdict, from ACS, about a dog with absolutely NO history of having ever hurt anyone. They had me "jail" him at ACS at which time they negligently proceeded to microchip him, at my expense, twice!! I was left, unfortunately, with a very bad taste in my mouth and wanting to see if this place, ACS really stands for what the title on its name says so, stay tuned because I hope to give a voice to the doggies at ACS who I suspect aren't being treated with the kindness they are supposed to be. Mine was a victim of the unfairness and neglicence at ACS. Thankfully, there are other shelters in San Antonio that are dedicated to "No Kill" policies, Animal Friends is one such shelter. I hope that Own UP allows me to help them with their cause to help the shelters in this city that are really helping our animals, unlike ACS.
Here's the very fashionable "Farley"..
Here I am bonding with Farley's need to hydrate..took my back to my Survivor Fiji days of dehydration! I was paired up w/the perfect doggie..lol.
One last one of Farley modeling down the Red Carpet..sorry, my son cut my head off:( No worries, cuz Farley's the star here:)
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