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URGENT Apple Valley Residents
Please help Layla find her way back home.
Lucerne Valley Elementry School Contest
We at Sounds of Silent Spirits animal rescue are proud to be participating in Lucerne Valley’s Elementary School Spring Fling this coming Thursday evening. We will be there to promote a poster and coloring contest to help spread the word about animal abuse prevention. The winners will be awarded one of our Valentine’s Day in June Event T-shirts and all participants will be recognized at our 2nd Valentine’s Day in June on Saturday June 1st 2013.
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY TO ALL!
HOT OFF THE PRESS ! OUR MISS VALENTINE IS IN THE DAILY PRESS CHECK IT OUT !
Valentine’s One Year Anniversary
We want celebrate Valentine’s successes with you. Our one year anniversary present to you is this collection of smiles and love from Valentine. Please share this page and encourage your friends to support the work of Sounds of Silent Spirits clicking the donate button on the right.
Valentine’s New Year Resolution
Valentine is doing really good. She walks like a pro with her new prosthetic, and swims like dog with her life vest on. If she has any memories of the evil that nearly killed her she doesn’t let on. Her spirit and resolve to believe all people are good amazes us all here at Sounds of Silent Spirits Rescue. Recently she has helped one of our new rescue Pit Bull Terrier adjust to her new life. Valentine reassures Christmas Angel that at least some humans truly love her and won’t hurt her. Valentine is a beautiful reminder that we can change the world with just a simple act of kindness instead of selfishness. We like to believe that Valentine’s New Year Resolution is to remind us of that. Happy New Year everyone.
Left to right: Christmas Angel, Chuck and Valentine.
A wonderful Season to Adopt a rescue Pet.
Tonight we drove Foofus, a tiny nearly three month old puppy to his new forever home inSan Bernardino. His new loving family fell in love with him and now Eryn, her husband and their wonderful boy of 4 1/2 years of age greeted us as we arrived early evening at their lovely home. We are thrilled to have found him such a wonderful home. Our fabulous foster mom and her family did an awesome job caring for him since birth. You did a fantastic job, thank you for your time and care of Foofus.
Wishing you a Merry Holiday 2012
Less us not forget the Cat, one of the most unique of God’s Creatures.
Please consider adopting a cat, more that 90% adult cats are euthanized in San Bernardino County shelters. Adult cats are the most loyal and appreciative of being rescued because the noise of clanging cage doors is so beyond ear-splitting it is equivalent to torture. We have several adult cats rescued at our facility and we would love to have you adopt one but we will applaud you for saving one from any shelter. This Holiday add Merriment to your home by adopting/rescuing an Adult Cat. Cheers, from all the volunteers at Sounds of Silent Spirits.
Did you KNOW:
A cat’s brain is biologically more similar to a human brain than it is to a dog’s. Both humans and cats have identical regions in their brains that are responsible for emotions.
A cat’s hearing is better than a dog’s. And a cat can hear high-frequency sounds up to two octaves higher than a human.
A cat can jump up to five times its own height in a single bound.
A cat’s eyesight is both better and worse than humans. It is better because cats can see in much dimmer light and they have a wider peripheral view. It’s worse because they don’t see color as well as humans do. Scientists believe grass appears red to cats.
This Holiday Adopt your new Pet
Do I Go Home Today?
By Sandi Thompson ~
My family brought me home
cradled in their arms.
They cuddled me and smiled at me,
and said I was full of charm.
They played with me and laughed with me,
they showered me with toys.
I sure do love my family
especially the girls and boys.
The children loved to feed me, 
they gave me special treats.
They even let me sleep with them
all snuggled in the sheets.
I used to go for walks,
often several times a day.
They even fought to hold my leash,
I’m very proud to say.
These are things I’ll never forget
a cherished memory.
I now live in a shelter
without my family.
They used to laugh and praise me
when I played with that old shoe.
But I didn’t know the difference
between the old ones and the new.
The kids and I would grab a rag
for hours we would tug.
So I thought I did the right thing
when I chewed the bathroom rug. 
They said that I was out of control,
and would have to live outside.
This I did not understand
although I tried and tried.
The walks stopped, one by one;
they said they hadn’t time.
I wish that I could change things,
I wish I knew my crime. 
My life became so lonely,
in the back yard on a chain.
I barked and barked all day long
to keep from going insane.
So they brought me to the shelter
but were embarrassed to say why.
They said I caused an allergy,
and then, kissed me goodbye.
If I’d only had some classes,
as a little pup
I wouldn’t have been so hard to handle
when I was all grown up.
“You only have one day left,” 
I heard the worker say.
Does this mean a second chance?
Do I go home today?
FIDO…. …a Latin name meaning “I am faithful.”
This afternoon I attended the closing ceremony of Best Friends No More Homeless Pets Conference in Las Vegas. Our keynote speaker, Julie Castle, humbly shared from her heart the entire purpose of this conference lies with all of us in Rescue. That we must find a way to bridge our differences and remember that all of us, do what we do for our animals. If we all look for the solution instead of the problem we will become a no kill Nation in this decade. And I believe her. I am far from perfect, and still my Zsa Zsa, looks at me with her big round brown eyes with so much trust and faith, she is forever faithful to me. I have other dogs and they too have complete faith in me, a human, that does not possess this angelic loyalty with abandon. Nonetheless they love me with all my faults and conditions. Julie Castle ended her talk with “fido” giving the latin definition, I am faithful. Yes, you are my unconditional canine friends, yes you are. Thank you Best Friends for making it possible for us to attend this amazing conference. ~Sounds of Silent Spirits
Board member Sam Patterson and Puppy Mill rescue Boo
Soss Attends NMHP
This weekend soss adoption coordinator, Melissa, is attending the No More Homeless Pets conference hosted by the Best Friends Animal Society.
The conference is a great opportunity to learn about the best practices in animal rescue. The conference started off with a great workshop about cat adoptions (is there anything more difficult?). The workshops are great. One piece of advice was to make the adoption form multiple choice to keep people from trying to tell you what you want to hear.
In the evening Melissa stopped by the tweet-up and got to put faces to our hastag heroes. If you don’t follow us on twitter check us out @sossrescue.
Adoption coordinator Melissa and Gregory Castle, executive dir. of Best Friends
As we look forward to the next 2 days of the conference we are excited about what we can learn and the support we can find here. It is clear that all of the people here care deeply about animals, coming together like this helps make the support in the community visible. Thank you Best friends for putting this conference together and providing a partial sponsorship for our rescue.
Sounds of Silent Spirits 