Will Howl for Food!

Howllloooooooo!

Wow, where did the summer go?  We can call this the summer of Rescues and Repairs! 

The floods in May left us with downed trees, a washed out driveway and leaks in our intern housing.  :-( With the continued support of our donors, we were able to keep the animals fed, fix the tractor, buy culvert pipe and some gravel, and pay the equipment operator to get it all wrapped up.  We still have much work to do and need carports for our housing, but, one thing at a time.  

With the puppy rescue in May, our numbers swelled to 72 residents.  Some of the puppies have gone to great homes, as well as three of our very social adults.  (We primarily operate as a sanctuary, giving refuge to the unadoptable animals, but, on occasion, we do place sweet or young animals in lifetime foster homes.)  We also welcomed Warrior, Xena and Winslow, Artemis, Prince, Sebastian, Theran, Storm, Knight, Kaden, Rama and Jake.  We are currently working on a couple of other rescues and trying to make room for them as they both are in "kill shelters".  

With your generosity, we have been able to keep the food pantry stocked, and we are grateful TO you and FOR you.  We have been very happy with the quality of the Victor brand dog food we switched to, and have noticed constistency in the production.  We have the puppies on Victor Puppy and the adults on Victor Hero Canine, a brand used by many working dog folks.  

Fall brings new challenges with property maintenance as well as new rescues.  The "cute puppy stage" is fading and many folks "dump" their young animals at shelters across the country.  We have limited space and a limited budget, but do the best we can for those we can, and pray for the rest.  We hope that you will continue to support us in our mission of rescue, sanctuary and education for the MYTH-understood wolfdog.

Enjoy the beautiful autumn weather and Howl with us!

Puppies!

In May, Full Moon Farm was asked to assist in the rescue of 12 puppies from the west coast.  These puppies were born in a shelter and had little chance at socialization.  We had to wait until the youngest litter was 8 weeks old to transport them.

On May 12th, a supporter and myself boarded a plane for Seattle, thankful for the donation of frequest flyer miles to start our journey which took us through 12 states.  We arrived back at the Farm on the 18th, about 11:30 at night, safe, and grateful.

We were blessed by beautiful weather until we returned to Western North Carolina!  Rain, Rain and more Rain!  A normal 90 minute trip took 2-1/2 hours because of the flooding of the roads and poor visibility.  Little did we know that the rain that started on the 15th would continue for 15 days and cause flooding, landslides, washouts and havoc for the mountains of North Carolina.  

The animals were safe at the farm, albeit a  little "wet", but all our trees stayed put, fencing remained intact and we were thankful.  However, our driveway suffered a massive hit!  We are working on repairing it.

Here are a few pics of the puppies the day after their arrival.  They are cute "fluffernuffins", and so many hours on the road led to silly names, either based on looks or temperament!  We had Flopsy, Mopsy, Bopsy and Dropsy, 4 sisters born 2/20/18.  (Flopsy has droopy ears!) Letter 2 - aka, "The Littles", born 3/05/18 earned the names of Cindy Lou Floof, Runt, Beavis and Butthead, Ewok, Droopy, Floppy and Flip.

Because of your generosity and continued support, we can keep our animals fed and remain on of the largest and oldest Wolfdog Rescues in the United States.

Joyous Howls from the Mountain!

Nancy and the Pack

Links:

• Puppy Newsletter!