Porter with complements on both

his handsome appearance and

gentleman like behavior. His

manners are impeccable! He lies

quietly in the kitchen and

watches while we prepare dinner

and then follows us to the table

only to lie at our feet. No begging

or drooling! He is wonderful.

Porter loves spending time laying

around in our backyard but, only

if we are out there. He does not

like to be left alone. He requires

an audience. We look forward to

many years with Porter at our

side or should I say heel.

Thank you to all those, (Jane,

Lauren, and Sandy) that made

Porter's transition into our home

a happy and successful one.

Porter, formerly known as

Poncho, has been a welcome

addition to our household. He

has provided us with so much joy

and love in the short amount of

time he has been a part of our

family. Porter is very routine

oriented and loves his daily walks

and feedings. He lets us know

it's time by giving us constant,

"high fives". Porter is a quick

learner and has responded well

to commands. He is so eager to

please, a trait we have learned

makes training much easier, not

that he has required much. He

came to us already house-trained

and now he is crate-trained and

heel- trained as well, thanks to

Glen (my husband). Porter takes

his cues from our Chihuahua

mix, ZuZu. He looks to his little

big sister for guidance. Glen and

I play the role of proud pet

parents when passerby's lavish

The Poklikuha's

~ Mandy, Glen, ZuZu, and Porter

PORTER’S ADOPTION (in his new family’s words)

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Great Pit Bull

Books

2

Inside Story 2

Exciting New

Development

2

Neecie’s

Adoption

Story

3

Education

Section

3

Featured Pet 4

About Us 4

DOGS STILL WAITING FOR THEIR HAPPY

ENDING!

B U S I N E S S N A M E

LOLLIPOP FARM RESCUE

BOARDING KENNEL S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 0 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1 G R EA T P IT B U L L

ED U C A T IO N A L

R ESO U R C E S:

Www.PBRC.net

Www.realpitbull.com

Www.rescuetrain.org

Www.animalfarm-

foundation.org

Ourpack.org

Www.stubbydog.org

Www.wonderbull.com

Smileypits.com

QUASI TANK IVY

Become a Fan of Lollipop

Farm Boarding and

Rescue Kennel (soon to be

Saving Grace Pit Bull

Rescue) on Facebook

Today!!

WE WANTED TO THANK DONNA TEW

FOR HER GENEROUS CAMERA

DONATION SO WE CAN TAKE PRETTY PICTURES OF OUR ADOPTABLE DOGS!!!

P A G E 2

“The fact is that big dogs are more

powerful and can

inflict more

damage. That doesn’t mean they

are more

aggressive or dangerous. It

means owners

need to be more

responsible.”

- Dr. Kim Blindauer

(Veterinarian, Altanta

CDC)

OOGY’s story by

Larry Levin

WAYS YOU CAN HELP...

AN EXCITING DEVELOPMENT FOR US...

GREAT NEW BOOKS with RESCUE PITS

for educational opportunities on

this wonderful breed. In this

process, our name will be

changing to SAVING GRACE PIT

BULL RESCUE. Eventhough our

location will be the same, we

needed to be able to separate the

business aspect of Lollipop from

We have decided to apply

for our 501c3 status, not

only for tax exemption

purposes, but to be able to

attend more social events

that requires this status.

We will be able to go to

places such as PetsMart

the non-profit status of Saving

Grace. We will also have a new

website called:

www.savinggracepitbullrescue.org.

You will find our adoptable dogs,

contact information as well as

several great resources that will

help familiarize and educate

yourself on the pit bull.

North Vet Hospital which helps provide spay/neuter, vaccinations and any other health-related issues that arise with one of our dogs

6. Make a donation to HF & C feeds to Lollipop Ken-nels account which helps us feed all of the dogs

7. Donate bleach, laundry detergent, fabric softener or blankets

******All other donations are greatly appreciated to help with the daily expenses of the kennel; however, we are not an official 501c3 organization and therefore it is not tax deductible. We are working on this application. ****** WE HAVE LIMITED SPACE AND ARE COMPLETELY FULL. WE ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL RES-CUE AND CANNOT ACCEPT

ANY DOGS AT THIS TIME.

1. Become a foster parent 2. Come walk & love on the

dogs 3. Sponsor a dog for $20 a

month which covers food and toys. We will send you a framed picture (please come and see them)

4. Donate bones & raw hides

5. Make a donation to Sandy Reed’s account at Acres

This will

be our

new logo

for Saving

Grace Pit

Bull

Rescue

L O L L I P O P F A R M R E S C U E

covered in scar tissue,

ran up and captured

their hearts...

RIGHT: The book cov-

ers the Vick case from

beginning to end, ex-

plaining how Vick and

his cohorts were caught,

detailing the abysmal

treatment of the animals

and examining the diffi-

cult path to rehabilita-

tion—and the ultimate

triumph—of dozens of

abused dogs.

LEFT: This is a story of a

puppy brought back from

the brink of death, and the

family he adopted. In 2002,

Larry Levin and his twin

sons, Dan and Noah, took

their terminally ill cat to

the Ardmore Animal Hos-

pital outside Philadelphia

to have the beloved pet put

to sleep. What would begin

as a terrible day suddenly

got brighter as the ugliest

dog they had ever seen--

one who was missing an ear

and had half his face

NEECIE’S ADOPTION STORY

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Neecie was a recent rescue with a great personality. A sweet girl named Lauren adopted her. She had the following to say about her: “Neecie has been great.

She hasn't had any accidents in the house and is very obedient. She is eager to please and I have already

taught her to sit and lay down. She does very well on her walks and has shown no aggression at all when introduced to other dogs. She also loves to follow me everywhere I go

in the house and lays down next to my feet when I'm watching tv. She has also done great with crate- training, although she hated going in at first. Her favorite toy is the rope toy and she will sprint around the yard with it. It's actually really funny! She has been such a sweet dog and loves everyone, and loves licking. She is definitely the companion I was looking for!”

II. In 2000, 13 pit bulls were

involved in 8 fatal attacks. That is

roughly ONE dog out of 204,000 or

0.000385% of the pit bull

population.

III. It is estimated that 5,000,000

dogs per year are killed in shelters.

Since in many places pit bulls make

up 30-50% of the shelter population,

and are less likely to be considered

for placement than any other breed,

I. Although there are no accurate

or census records for dogs in the

U.S., in some populations pit bulls

are estimated to comprise some 30-

40% of the dog population,.

Considering that there were an

estimated 53,000,000 dogs in the

U.S., and assuming that pit bulls

make up 10% of that population,

there would be approximately 5.3

million pit bulls in our society.

guessing that 25% of

those dogs killed is a

reasonable estimate.

Therefore, it can be

assumed that perhaps

1.25 million pit bulls

are killed

per year.

~Info taken from

www.realpitbull.com~

(if you need education material

on this subject, we can provide

it for you). Indoor homes are

always preferred. There is

always a possibility of a home

check to ensure these dogs are

placed into a loving and healthy

situation. Please see our con-

tact information to get an

application or to set-up an

appointment to meet one of

the dogs. All available dogs can

be viewed on our petfinder

website. Also, please contact

us if you ever have a pit bull

related question that you think

we can help you with. We

want to help our fellow pit bull

owners keep these dogs in

their forever homes.

We have an adoption

application that must be filled

out. Once the application is

approved, there is a $100

adoption fee which covers our

dogs spay/neuter, rabies

vaccination, heartworm/tick

screen and microchip. All dogs

must be kept in a secure,

fenced yard and not tethered

Neecie

and her

new mom

Lauren.

ADOPTING ONE OF OUR FRIENDS

EDUCATION SECTION

RCA-15 yrs old. Owner relin-

quish due to BSL. She is now

Alaska’s 1st certified hearing dog.

“Pit bulls are the

least likely to be

human

aggressive. On the

whole, you have

to do a lot of work

to make them

aggressive to

people.”

--Sue Frisch, Dessin

Animal Shelter

manager

before she was going to be

euthanized. They scanned

her microchip and sure

enough it went back to the

girl that adopted her from

us. There is a reason Sandy

Kenya was originally

adopted several years ago

from Lollipop, but her

owner decided to give her

up because she was moving

out of state. She was

supposed to return her to

us, but the owner claimed

she ended up finding a

"loving home" for her. A

short time passed and she

was picked up by Lubbock

Animal Control in a hotel

room where she had been

abandoned for days. It just

so happened that Sandy saw

her in the shelter right

saw her that day and she

was rescued once again. She

came from an irresponsible

breeder, but she was one of

the lucky few who had the

experience of a loving

home for most of her life.

She is now in desperate

need of a loving home again

where she can finish her life

in a safe, peaceful place. If

you are willing to provide

this for her or are willing to

foster her so she does not

have to live the end of her

life in the kennel please

contact us.

Please Contact Us:

Sandy Reed (806-746-6875-10am to 6pm)

Lauren Cline (806-790-5640-adoption application)

Jane Brewer (806-777-7733)

To meet one of our dogs, please schedule an

appointment by one of the methods above

All of our adoptable pets can be viewed on our

petfinder website shown below:

We are a trio of friends that have bonded to-

gether through our love for dogs. Within our group, we have a groomer/boarding kennel owner, a vet tech and a pharmacist with a love

for animals. We have multiple conformation and obedience titles between us, which gives us a great insight in to the soundness of tempera-

ment and structure in the dogs we rescue. We live in a city that has a huge over population issue in dogs, and a lack of city budget to help

remedy the situation. Our local shelter does the best they can, but are in constant need of outside help to get the huge number of dogs, especially pit bulls, that come through their

doors get placed. We are a rescue contact for our city shelter and do the best we can to help these deserving dogs get homes. We have no

outside funding, so we are only able to take on a few dogs at a time due to budget restraints. We want the dogs we rescue to end up in for-

ever homes; therefore, we are particular about where these dogs go.

Business Name

FEATURED PET...URGENTLY NEEDS A HOME

Email: Lt5181@aol.com

O r g a n i z a t i o n

KENYA

http://www.petfinder.com/

shelters/TX1297.html