Smiling Dogs Farm

This wonderful organization depends on many small monthly donors...

They need cash to dig a new well... the old one gave out a month or so ago... partly because of the drought, partly because a new electric plant was built about 3 miles down Hwy 60 and they dug very deep wells and use LOTS of water in their cooling process... the well digger has been able to sink our well head as low as he can get it, so that we can get by until we dig a new well... but our water pressure is very low, and with all the babies living here, good clean water in large capacity is a necessity!!

They also need regular monthly donors -- Smiling Dog Partners -- who can donate $10, $20, whatever they can afford each month... this is what they depend on for their operating expenses... their goal is 1000 Partners... they have almost 200 right now... so they still have a way to go... they spend about $16,000 every month -- $8000 for payroll to the guys who care for the dogs every day there (6 full time employees)... $6000 for dog food... $1800 for insurance... that is month in and month out... The director and many volunteers donate our time and do not take a nickel from Smiling Dog Farms funds... but they need to increase their monthly donations... to cover existing expenses, and to then be able to hire a full time director who can do the job the current director and others do for free... that is the only way to guarantee that Smiling Dog Farms will continue ... they are really working hard to get their monthly donations up to the level which will pay for a director so that Smiling Dog Farms will be self sustaining!

They desperately need more Adoption Partners... many of the dogs there could be adopted -- should be adopted... they work with Adoption Partners, rather than try to wear one more hat themselves... the fact is that they sometimes work 16 hour days as volunteers, and they just don't have time... and they don't have the expertise... their plan is to partner with those quality rescues who know how to interview prospective families and make the vet checks and do the follow up after placement... they have placed 11 dogs in the past 6 weeks, but if they have 10 more Adoption Partners, they could move many more dogs into good homes, and at the same time open up space here at their farm. They offer rock bottom boarding rates ($2.67 per day) to their Adoption Partners, who want to "park" a dog there where they will be safe until they are able to place him...

They currently have dogs from 34 states AND Puerto Rico!! They will always be a sanctuary for the dogs who cannot be placed, but they really want to help the adoptable ones get into homes before they are collecting social security!!
If you can help kindly call :
Jay H, executive director
smiling dog farms
a 501(c)3 corporation
Wharton, Texas
979-559-1062
www.smilingdogfarms.org
http://smilingdogfarms.blogspot.com
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