National Adoption Days at Petco : March 8th & 9th

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Don’t miss our 2-day adoption event jammed pack with more lives seeking forever love wrapped in a forever home. Saturday, March 8th from 11 AM – 4 PM and then again on Sunday, March 9th from 11 AM – 3 PM at the Petco in Round Lake Beach, IL. Visit with us, cuddle with a pup, connect with an adorable adoptable and make an impact. Check out our Facebook page to see who will be onsite each day and fill out an adoption or foster application ahead of time. Don’t forget to LIKE us and follow our impact. Come prepared and leave with a new life shining bright with happiness and joy. Don’t miss this opportunity to find another piece of your heart. Adopt, foster, support. What will your impact be?

FOSTER HOMES needed for: Apollo, Barbara, Bryson, Lokie and Ninja (photos to come, brand new adoptable).

LOCATION: Petco in Round Lake Beach, IL

DATES & TIMES: March 8th from 11 AM – 4 PM & March 9th from 11 AM – 3 PM

Why Adopt?

Adoption Process & Fees

Consider Fostering with Wagging Hearts

Why Foster?

Consider donating to a phenomenal cause like ‘Caring for Carter’.

Email questions to contactus@wagginghearts.org. We hope to see you there!!

 

 

Caring for Carter – A Medical Fundraiser

Carter_YouCaring_photoCaring for Carter: A medical fundraiser to help a beautiful rescue in need of a life-changing surgery. Help us, help Carter receive a leg up in this world.

Your Support Can Change Carter’s World?

Carter is looking to us to make him whole once more. Saved but broken is Carter’s problem. A critical break to his front leg will continue to make mobility extremely difficult without extensive, corrective surgery. Plates and stabilizers will be necessary as well as rehabilitation to insure that Carter will once again have full use of his leg. Please consider donating $5, $10 or maybe $20 to help us raise the necessary funds for Carter’s surgery.

Support Carter today!

Donate at http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/caring-for-carter/!

 

‘Hearts’ On Our Sleeves – Nov. 16

WH_slider-OakElm-AEComing to Des Plaines with Our ‘Hearts’ on Our Sleeves!

Look out Des Plaines, Wagging Hearts is coming to town on Saturday, November 16th from Noon to 4 p.m. with our ‘Hearts’ on our sleeves looking for some forever love with some adorable adoptables. Come out and witness the beautiful personalities seeking a new home with joy in their eyes just to see YOU. Pop in to talk to us about fostering opportunities, adoptions, volunteering or support us through donations which can be dropped off during the event. We would love to meet you and thank you in person. Bring the family and consider going home with one of our ‘Hearts’, so deserving of a home to call their own. Perhaps drop by just to review our adoptables binder to see if one of our other adoptables in foster may be a better match and discuss with someone from Wagging Hearts in person. We can’t wait to see you there and will tell our ‘Hearts’ that some new friends and potentially forever families are on their way!! See you soon. Email questions to contactus@wagginghearts.org.

Saturday, November 16th from 12 – 4 PM
1445 E Oakton St Suite C, Des Plaines, IL 60018
Adorable Adoptables coming to town:
(as coordinated with more to come)
Allie, Apollo, Athena, China (new pittie), Happy (new boxer), Hogan, Holly, Kiko (new shitz Tzu), Little Gracie, LuLu, Molly, Tessa (new pittie), Tilly, Vinny and pups (2 beagle mixes, 2 terrier pups). And more as they are announced.

Save >> Foster >> Adopt

WH_slider-foreverhomes_OctWe saw the impact of forever homes over the last couple days and could not stop the smiles from growing as the forever love kept spreading. We may save them but forever love comes along to provide each one with a sense of being, a sense of purpose. The love one receives from a rescue animal in immeasurable. It unfolds like a river carving out a history made only for those that travel along the waters. Its depths are boundless and the love that all experience is truly unbelievable.

We witnessed love unfold on the floors of Petco. Where beautiful hearts came down to the levels of the animals seeking homes. There upon the floor, forever love blossomed and we were there to witness it. Nothing sweeter. Nothing more perfect than to watch the cycle come to completion. Save their lives >> foster their transition >> adopt them into a loving, forever home. This can only be achieved with the critical assistance of foster families who bring them into their hearts first. Then enter the forever family who is the hero of the hour. The one that will rewrite all the wrongs for the new life entering their home forever. What an impact forever can make on these lives and yours!

Our goal is simple, may each and every one of our rescues never know what it is like to be abandoned or given up on again. Thank you for helping us each step of the way.

 

Congratulations to our new adoptive rescues:

Amber, Bear, Brandy, Bronco, Candy, Clove, Dina, Lil, Murphy, Patches, Phil, Sadie Mae, Rilie, Ruby, Sally, Sasha and Tony

ADOPTION EVENT – Find yourself some forever love!

WH_Event-bannerADOPTION EVENT TODAY
Sun., Oct. 27 from 12-4 PM

Come out and join us today and see our adorable adoptables looking for some real,
forever love.
We will be at the Petco in Round Lake Beach, IL from 12 PM to 4 PM waiting to show off our luscious personalities. Stop by and peruse our adoption binder and chat with us about the wide array of lives we have saved and who are looking for a home just like yours!! Discuss adoption, fostering or supporting Wagging Hearts.

Who is attending today’s event?

Jimmy, Sadie, Spunky, Bullwinkle (new to our rescue), Daisy, Sugar Baby, Mary,
China
(new to our rescue), Dolly (new to our rescue), Big Boy, Bear, Phoebe, Lola,
Rose
and Chester.

Need to connect with Wagging Hearts?

Email us at contactus@wagginghearts.org or call (855) WAGGING.

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Looking for a Wagging Hearts event to attend?

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Don’t miss our next two events:

October 26th: Howl-O-Ween Dog Parade in Algonquin, IL

October 27th: Adoption Event at Petco in Round Lake Beach, IL

Howl-O-Ween Dog Parade in Algonquin, IL – October 26th

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Howl-O-Ween Dog Parade

in Algonquin, IL, Saturday, October 26th from 1:00 to 2:00 PM

Come out in Halloween flair and costume-style this Saturday, October 26th from 1:00 to 2:00 PM in Algonquin, IL for the fourth annual Howl-O-Ween Dog Parade sponsored by The Dog Waggin. This kid-friendly and pet-driven dog parade starts off at 1:00 pm at the Algonquin Village Hall. Owners and their dogs come dressed in costumes and parade from Village Hall to High Hill Park.

Come out and join Wagging Hearts in celebration of our pets during this 2013 Halloween celebration. Join us to meet some of our adorable adoptables and share in some tender love if not for just a moment of time. While there please don’t hesitate to discuss adoption, fostering or how you may be able to support us with our life-saving mission of rescuing, caring and sharing the many lives we are able to save…with all of you. We love to meet those who share in our vision of providing a better future to so many in need. We look forward to seeing you there!

Fee: $5 (R) / $8 (N/R)
Deadline to register: October 23rd, 2013
Register online or at Ganek Municipal Center 2200 Harnish Drive.

If you are too late in registering for parade, please feel free to come out at enjoy the sights of the many dogs in costumes that attend to walk to High Hill Park. Get ready because at 2:00 pm they will all arrive in single file style!! So don’t delay and come out to meet and greet, talk or just pass some love along to some of our adorable adoptables in attendance. (Names to come as we will have some puppies and adult dogs as ambassadors for Wagging Hearts.)

Have questions or inquiries, connect with us today! Share our flyer and invite some others to join!!

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ADOPTION Event – Oct. 5th & 6th in Round Lake Beach, IL

WH_Event-bannerminiADOPTION EVENT at Petco on October 5th & 6th

Our next ADOPTION EVENT at Petco in Round Lake Beach, IL is on Saturday, October 5th, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Then again on Sunday, October 6th, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. We will have many of our wonderful adoptables onsite to make a love connection. Consider filling out an adoption application ahead of time!! Learn more about the positive impact of opening your home to a foster pet while they wait for forever love. We have several beautiful rescues waiting in boarding for a foster home to open up. Inquire today and fill out a foster application ahead of time!! Have some donation items? Bring them by and stop to say hello. Grab a kiss or two from one of our adorable adoptables. Talk to us about volunteer opportunities or just to catch up on your adopted alumnist. We can’t wait to see you there!!

SATURDAY, October 5th, 2013: Beacon, Big Boy, Blue, Chester, Clyde, Ditka, Emilia (new arrival), Fiona, Goliath, Hannah, JoJo, LatteLexi, Lillia, Lucy, Maggie, Nala, ParkerPayton, Peepers, Queenie, Sabrina (new arrival), Tigger, Zippy and lastly our new lab puppies arrivals.

SUNDAY, October 6th, 2013: Same but subject to change. Please connect with us at contactus@wagginghearts.org if you would like to check on the status of an adoptable to check on a meet and greet potential.

Visit our Facebook Adoptopn Event album to become a part of the latest updates today!

VOLUNTEER Opportunity:We are looking for some volunteers to assist as our event animal caregivers. We will be bringing rescues from boarding who need someone to look after them as well as some rescues in foster homes who will be at event without a handler so we are in need of some gentle hearts ready to provide a guiding hand. All that we ask is that you walk and talk your rescue around giving them he best exposure to connect with forever love. Take them outside for crowd and potty breaks, provide water and loving reassurance. Watch out for them and insure they are properly cared for while in your hands during the event. Email volunteer@wagginghearts.org if you can share a few life-changing hours with our rescues. They seem to show a little better when they are not alone among the crowd and portray a more relaxed, calm and happy demeanor. Let’s help them shine, connect with us today!

Evanston Adoption & Informative Event – Sept. 28

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Head out to the Wagging Hearts EVANSTON adoption and informational event today, Sept. 28 from Noon to 3 p.m. — tell your family & friends!! Come meet a few of our adorable adoptables like Brandy, Zippy, Tigger, Lillia and Nala. Learn more about becoming a life-saving foster home. Discover new opportunities to become a part of Wagging Hearts Volunteer Village or how to provide support through various means of donations that could assist with the continual care and forward momentum of our rescue. Wagging Hearts hopes to see you there!!

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Desperate for a Home, Desperate for Love

WH_slider-fosterWe are asking for a few good foster homes to open up for some of our adorable adoptables waiting patiently in boarding. Otis, Big Boy, Whiskey, Allie, Queenie, Peepers and Blue would all love to know the sweet feeling of foster love. The feeling of a soft blanket beneath their bodies or a pillow under their cheeks. The sound of laughter and the feel of sunshine through a window. The earthy smells of the woods drifting through an open window. Or the gentle touch of a hand upon their shoulders to reassure them that someone cares and they do matter.
So much love to share with someone willing to allow them to transition from boarding into a real home. A boarding facility, and even the best of them, is no substitute for sharing space, time and heart with others. Their is absolutely no substitute for being loved and loving someone back. The guidance and support a foster home provides is often our rescues first positive experience with someone who truly cares for them. Some have a puppy exuberance at the simple things like a soft blanket, toys, a rug or pillow just for them. YOUR attention will provide the largest impact. Your voice, touch, care, love and home will change the course of their lives. How amazing to share anywhere from a couple weeks to several months with a life that will ultimately only be living because YOU (their foster) stepped up to save them. That is the work being done here, that is the life-saving foster community of Wagging Hearts. A foster home is crucial and its impact undeniable. It is the next transition and we would like you to meet some of our saves that are waiting for there homes to appear. Please let us know if you can foster any of these beautiful souls that deserve a new second chance in life:

IMG_4017Otis, our lab-pittie mix who was saved as a pup from a high-kill shelter. Literally on the last day he was supposed to be alive. A miracle pup who has grown up in boarding with almost no socialization but with much love in his heart. Yearning for a real home. He will need someone that understands his energy and emotional needs. He is starving to show someone experienced that beneath the lightening in his soul, he is a great boy with lots of love to share. Otis is someone who will change your world. Just like a real home would change his. Check out his video!!

Big Boy_01Big Boy is a gentle giant with a big roar of love in his heart for someone to notice him. He may be large but is seemingly invisible. Sits like a gentleman waiting for signs of a treat. Ask him to give his paw and he will indulge. He can be a bit gruff with other males but that could be the transitions and boarding atmosphere impacting his personality. You can see the intelligence in his eyes as he watches and takes it all in hoping someone comes sees the tenderness in his heart. Oh what a companion he would be!

IMG_3892Whiskey is beyond a beautiful boy inside and out. With the gentlest eyes and soft, suede coat. Even his hoarse, raspy bay reminds one of an adventure with fun written all over it. Did we mention how much he loves to nibble on soft, furry toys? LOVES them!! The squeakier the better. All around a great big boy in need of active, stimulating mornings and cuddling, back-rolling nights. Check out his video!! More about Whiskey.

IMG_4071Allie is a sweetheart of a girl. Quiet and lost. Our longest resident in boarding who deserves to feel the arms of a family wrapped around her tightly. This beautiful lady has the softest mouth while nibbling on a treat. She is a pocketful of solid heart ready to climb into your lap for love. You can see she is lost as it has been so long since someone has called her their own. It has been a very long time since Allie has known what a real home feels like. Or the quiet of a night with love tucked all around. Check out her video!!

QueenieQueenie is a middle-aged gal with puppy in her heart. Crystal-blue eyes that seem to laugh when she smiles. Saved from a hoarding case and brought to a high-kill shelter in KY where she was rescued. Queenie will show you sweetness wrapped inside a loving embrace. If you are looking for someone to share the couch or play around outside…this is your gal! Happy to be anywhere with you and waiting for a home to fix her intense gaze upon.

IMG_4225Peepers smiles with joy in her heart. Low to the ground with enough love to light up the world. Definitely a dominant girl who likes to get her way and does not like to be pushed around. The first to play and roll around with the laughter bubbling up in her heart. She is innocence and light with a whole lotta’ muscle. She will need an experienced household to due to her strength and alpha personality. A sweetheart who likes to get her way! Check out her video!!

BlueBlue is perhaps a character that will bring endless laughter. Just a pup in heart and spirit. Saved on the day his number was up and eager to start his celebration by experiencing the comforts of a real home. A large boy in need of someone who is ready for his eager love for attention and cuddles. Perhaps even your food!! Blue has the ability to play with anyone and anything as his personality is one of joy and happiness with a smile that tells it all!

Remember, if you see a life you can help alter by opening up your home temporarily then we urge you to fill out a foster app today! They are waiting in a kennel for you and I to get them out. Each one deserving of sharing space and time with loving care givers in a real home. Fosters lay down the ground work which allows our animals to understand that people can be a positive experience and life can be a really beautiful journey. But until each one is out of boarding, they are only half-living. Only half-saved. Please consider your home as a foster home potential today.

Can’t foster…How about support through Volunteering? Donate? ‘Lend A Paw’ list?

And then their is ALWAYS adoption?