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Shakespeare—a small, black Schipperke puppy required multiple surgeries to repair his broken jaw. Shakespeare was seriously injured when he was hit by a car and his family, unable to afford his care, was faced with the unpleasant choice of euthanasia until Haile’s Angels Pet Rescue stepped in to offer its assistance.Dr. McCollough and her staff performed multiple surgeries to repair his shattered muzzle and then was rehabilitated until he was as good as new!   Now Shakespeare healed beautifully and is now in his forever home with his new Dad!

Dear Haile Plantation Pet Rescue,
My name is Jamie and I adopted Poptart from your facility last year (in February).  Attached, please find a picture of the little gerbil (her pet name) all dressed up for the holidays.  She went through 14 weeks of dog school (from which she learned  what she wanted :-) and my old Labrador, Missy, to set her on way as well as she could.  Now it's just us two, and although I am a "BIG" dog person and will get her another big dog buddy sometime in the future, I must say I love this little thing very dearly, so thanks and happy holidays!
Jamie and Poptart

It was Thanksgiving again at Christmas…….
Recently my wife and I have found a great local animal rescue in Haile Plantation called Haile’s Angels Pet Rescue. There are other compassionate animal rescue facilities out there to be sure. All shelters give the animals another chance in life, but this facility takes compassion to another level. We were introduced to a little Beagle/Dachshund mix named ...Opi, chocolate in color and full of vinegar. Kirk Eppenstein Executive Director of Haile’s Angels had recently rescued Opi from another facility because Opi’s time had run out. With an extremely severe yeast infection on his stomach, and testing positive for heartworms, none of the other rescues could take him. He couldn’t bare to leave Opi there and have him put down, so he brought Opi to Haile’s Angels. We are so grateful he did.
Opi is now our Toby. We have lost two dogs to old age in the last couple of years. While they can never be replaced in our hearts, Toby is writing his own chapter already. In our current disastrous economy, animals are sometimes the first to be displaced. Coming from an orphanage myself, I can testify that it is scary to be suddenly ripped from your home and placed far away from everything familiar. Of course, some rescue dogs were never even lucky enough to have a home to begin with. While we may not be able to fix the economy, perhaps we can fix a broken life either by adoption or by a gift as small as $10.00 or even $15.00.
In the appalling economic climate of the last few years, it can sometimes be a little hard to be generous. Every benevolent organization is sending out requests for donations and most are experiencing major shortfalls. For animal organizations, the road may be even bumpier. I prefer to give to local organizations that can be easily monitored with a short trip to their facility. I also like to know that if I give as little as $5.00 to an animal rescue organization that it is spent mainly on the animals’ care and not on advertising or administrative fees.
There could be another Toby out there who needs just one more week for that special person to see how unique he is. Thanks to Dr. McCollough, Kirk and the other folks at Haile’s Angels for being that last safety net.
John T (Toby’s Dad)

Hi:

Here is a picture of Rosie taken today. As you can see she has just taken right over. By the way, she has adjusted to our home very well. We do love her.


Shirley & Jim

Hello,

Back in January my girlfriend and I adopted a black lab greyhound mix named Tess from you. Let me just start by saying that she is the most wonder, beautiful, and most precious dog I have ever owned or been around. She is so playful and full of love. Tess is very smart and I we were able to house train her in just 2 weeks. Since the beginning Tess has brought me so much happiness and I am so fortunate to have her. We absolutely love our little girl more than anything and we would just like to thank you for finding her for us.

Thank you
Adam

Dear Kirk,
Just sending an update on your adoptee Ketchup: We changed her name to Leelu which she already responds to and she's already picking up basic tricks like sit, down, and come with clicker training. She's been doing very well adapting to home life though from the little things she does we wonder if she's been in a house before or maybe just a long time ago? Anyways, she loves to cuddle with us up on her favorite thing, the couch! Leelu is also getting along with our other dog Jaffa very well indeed, i even caught them play wrestling today. The hardest part for her seems to be the cold, its been -5 F to 0 degrees since we've arrived at home so we've only done a few ventures on outside walks but she's lasting longer outside now that I bought her a proper thick coat to wear. Its supposed to get up into the 20's later this week so I'm hoping to take her down to the dog park so she can get some more socialization with other dogs besides our own.

We're still excited to welcome miss Leelu into our home and with the way she's catching on, she's gonna be a fantastic house dog in no time! Both I and Randall are very grateful for your cooperation and helping us to adopt Leelu, I've attached a few photo's of her adventures since arriving in Alaska, lol, she's still unsure how to deal with snow drifts, especially after she jumped up on one and fell face first into the snow!

~Sarah & Randall
Thank you so much again!