My Nonprofit Reviews

I have been fostering for MARS for just under 3 years now. I will never forget the first foster we had--Pookie--she came to us on a transport from Indiana. She was a 9 month old Pomeranian mix. We had her for two weeks and adopted her--they call it "foster fail"--but it is a good thing to fail when they get you to adopt them. Now we paid for Pookie on Sunday. On Monday, I came home and there were cotton balls all over my living room. It looked like it had snowed. Pookie had broken out of her kennel, got a hold of a bag of cotton balls and tossed them all over... this on the day AFTER we paid for her. well, that was 3 years ago and we still have her and still love her--we just do not leave anything out that she can destroy. She is sweet. Now, since then, I cannot tell you how many times we have been asked to take other fosters and sometimes there are special needs dogs that need a little TLC. I have one now that is a skeleton with fur--she is a Pomeranian that was malnourished and also has diabetes. without MARS--where would this cute little girl go? She would have gotten put down for sure. but she has the sweetest personality. Once we get her to put some weight on and get her diabetes under control, she will get adopted by a special person that will love her. MARS makes sure that the right people get the right dog. This place is SPECIAL!! both for dogs and for the people that foster and also adopt. I will continue to foster for this organization because they truly care and do their best for all involved.

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I was volunteering at the Pet Gate at the Renaissance Festival to raise money for Can Do Canines. I met an autistic 4 year old and his service Dog along with the boy's mother. I was impressed with how well the dog waited for the boy to stand up and how calm the dog was around this 4 year old. What dog waits for a 4 year old? This dog did. Now mom starts heading for the gate, the boy veered off in another direction and the dog stopped so the boy had to stop as they were tied together--tethered more like it--for the safety of the boy so he did not wander off. I am so impressed by the time taken by another volunteer to train this dog to be able to do what he did today and take care of this boy. I foster dogs for a rescue organization and my dogs are not taught this well. Hats off to the volunteer that accomplished this training in order that this special needs child can now be safe and his parents do not have to worry so much about him running off and getting hurt or worse, getting lost. This nonprofit gets an A+++ in my book for the time and training they put into these special dogs. Thank you for what you do...