Animal Welfare United States Project #44857

Getting Dogs Off Chains

by Guardians of Rescue

Project Report | Jun 10, 2025
Everybody's Got To Eat, And Cats Need Shelter, Too!

By Guardians Team | Project Leader

Oh, Happy Treat Day!

Dear Friend of Guardians of Rescue,

We are back to share some of the outreach we've done for animals in need over the past few months.

Anyone with a pet knows that the costs of food and other pet supplies adds up quickly. When someone with a well-loved dog or cat finds themselves unable to afford these essentials, they need help quickly. Because you support Guardians, we are able to ride to the rescue, ensuring that these pets are well-fed and their humans relieved of the stress and worry that their animal companions will go without.

Recently we made these life-sustaining food deliveries in multiple locations. At the Shinnicock Community Center, in Long Island, NY, families came out to happily accept food for their dogs. We also brought food out to the seniors who couldn't get to the Center. Thanks to the Guardians—and you—many more dogs were able to be fed regularly.

In this community, a lot of the dogs live outside. Guardians will come out and help put up secure pens and cozy dog houses to help get these dogs off of their previous chains, and let them live in a much more comfortable situation. We have contructed these kennels in many areas where dogs are kept outside. In those situations we do as much for the dogs as the owers will permit. Sometimes they can be persuaded to let the dogs come inside, and sometimes we have even gotten dogs surrendered and have rehomed them in a better situation.

We also visited South Philadelphia and Newark, where residents with dogs in need gratefully accepted gifts of food which will keep their pets' bellies full till our next visit, all made possible by our caring donors like you.

Guardians doesn't forget about the feral or community cats living outside in all types of weather. We build and place insulated cat shelters for their protection, and feed colonies, which are dependent on human support.

The need never ends, and as long as Guardians has the help of many caring people, we will be able to support animals in need with food, supplies, protective shelter, veterinary care and their other necessities.

We never forget who makes this work possible, and in an important way, you are there with us on each delivery of food and hope to animals in need. Thank you!

Together we feed and shelter them,

Together we heal them,

Together we save them,

Guardians of Rescue

Drop-off at the Center Begins

Ready for Dinner

Thank You!

Pet Food for Philly and Newark

Feeding a Colony and Cozy Shelters for Colony Cats

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Feb 3, 2025
Together We Feed Them, Together We Keep Them Warm

By Guardians Team | Project Leader

Come and get it!

Dear Friend of Guardians of Rescue,

With the "New Year" already rushing by, we are back to give you a look at what has been going on—with your help—since we last wrote to you.

We call our project here "Getting Dogs Off Chains", but we could just as well call it "Helping Animals in Every Way We Can".

Under this "Chains" umbrella are included, along with many other services, supplying food, beds and other supplies to dogs and cats in need, and distributing insulated shelters for outside community cat colonies. When the cold weather hits, these needs rise as the temperature falls.

With so many needs to fill for animals, food (and water, of course!) is at the top. When communities find it hard to afford all they need to keep their pets full and nourished, Guardians and our Outreach Partners load up and head out to deliver pet food and other supplies to deserving dogs, cats and other animals.

Recently, the recipients of these life-sustaining supplies were members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation and their pets, in Suffolk County, New York.

We wish you could be there on the truck as it rolls up to the waves of welcome and the smiles on the faces of folks whose concerns about feeding their beloved animal friends are relieved for a while. You'd know without a doubt how much your support of Guardians' programs means to people and pets in need, and with your continued help, we'll be back when they need more.

And, as always in the cold winter months, Guardians built and installed as many insulated cat shelters as possible for cold outdoor community cats, to help get them through the extreme cold which otherwise would bring them misery—or worse. You can feel very good that because of you, many cats are now cozy at night instead of huddled and shivering.

We never forget who makes it possible for all these animals to be well-fed and warm, and that's why we always say...

Together we save them,

All our thanks,

Guardians of Rescue

The Food is Here!

Together we feed them

Happy pet lovers

Your donations make this possible

Sleeping Warm Tonight, Because of You

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Sep 23, 2024
Chains Can Take Many Forms, and Together We Break Them All...

By Guardians Team | Project Leader

Storm-His Freedom Ride!

Dear Friends of Guardians of Rescue,

As we've described before, our "Getting Dogs Off Chains" program has several components to help dogs, cats and other animals in need. Along with our rescue and adoption partners, we bring out fresh food, treats, fresh water, dog houses and raised beds to better the lives of some of the dogs living outside. For some dogs, tethered in place, we build kennels equipped with insulated doghouses to free them from their literal chains.

Bringing out food to the community center to hand out to people to give nutritious meals to their pets makes the dogs, cats, their human guardians and US happy! We hope you feel that satisfaction, too, as you are an indispensible part of this mission of mercy. It's you and our other supporters who fill the empty bowls and get deserving dogs into better environments which in turn make their lives so much better.

We'd like to share a number of photos of the people, places, dogs and cats we have recently visited and helped with your help—they are all happier as a result of your generosity.

With your help, we serve so many dogs and cats in need, but some stick out especially....like Storm—

Storm—

One lucky dog this time around was Storm. Storm was living in a rat-infested pen, with no hope in sight. The days and weeks must have dragged on so slowly and drearily for this neglected soul.

Thanks to our Outreach program with our partners, made possible by the generosity of our donors, Storm must have been excited to find himself on his Freedom Ride to a new life where he'll be loved and pampered, instead of neglected and forgotten..

Storm realizing he'd been rescued was a sight to see. You could feel his relief. His rescue photo shows he already had a brand-new outlook on life.

You can see from the photos and stories we send you every few months that this mission is never-ending. It would never have begun without you, and can't continue without the ongoing support of our loyal friends. Thank you!

Working together, we can free even more dogs, cats and other animals from chains of metal, neglect, hunger and loneliness.

That's why we always say,

Together we save them,

Guardians of Rescue

Scenes from our Community Outreach

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