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  • wizardW

    Actually that's not quite true.
    From their website:
    "**Weekly Prizes: $1,000 will be awarded each week during the voting period for each organization with the most votes during that week (10 prizes of $1,000 each during the first voting period; participants are eligible for only one weekly prize during each voting period). Winners of Weekly Prizes are not eligible for Regional Prizes during the same voting period…No organization may win more than one Weekly Prize during each voting period. Organizations may win up to three (3) prizes total during each voting period. The Grand Prize for each voting period winners must be separate organizations (no organization can win more than one of the Grand Prizes for the most votes). Organizations receiving the Grand Prize are ineligible for Regional Prizes during that voting period (For example, if the Grand Prize Winner is located in California, the State Prize will go to the organization in that state with the highest vote total after the Grand Prize Winner). The Challenge Champion Prize winner from the previous calendar year is not eligible for the Grand Prize during the current calendar year, but remains eligible for all other prizes including the Weekly and Regional prizes."

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  • Chealsie508C

    Just voted….BRAT was top shelter in state but 8th overall....Keep voting

    "I know I've found the breed for me because he totally turns my life upside down and I love it!"

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  • DebraDownSouthD

    I am pestering all my friends to vote. Gosh knows we need the funds.

    Debra

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  • wizardW

    Well we started in 8th place but now have slipped to 10th.
    GET OUT THERE AND VOTE!
    :)

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  • BasenjimammaB

    voting….

    Petra and Pippin

    with Otis in my heart…

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  • DebraDownSouthD

    This is the email I sent to every person in my address book that I didn't think would kill me:

    We have sadly dropped to 10th place overall. PLEASE can you vote and ask just a few friends to vote. One high burst might help us hold onto our top 10 spot. So many of the other rescues actually take out advertisements for people to vote. Since our rescue is national, that isn't an option for us. The only hope we have is for people like me to annoy people like you all and beg for help.

    The massive rescue of over 50 dogs, and then all the litters, has severely strapped up. It is raining Basenjis.

    On the other hand, want to see a miracle? This is what Florida rescue and truly saintly Pam started with:
    http://www.ottaray.com/PICDog/wimauma/Doginshelter/index.html

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4DFrxtU45Y&feature=related

    From feral dogs, with only 11 adults now left, here are the final group, learning manners, understanding love:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPAhy5zmJY8

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5sPR5fbkmk

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCmtYxEOm_g

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX7SX6-l2tg

    http://basenjirescue.org/DOGS/FL/FL-Wimauma.asp

    Debra

    Go to the site, type in Garland, TEXAS and vote for the Basenji Rescue or use the below. Most browsers will save so the next time you are automatically given BRAT to vote for.

    Vote for a Shelter @ The Animal Rescue Site
    www.theanimalrescuesite.com

    Debra

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  • wizardW

    And remember that the shelter challenge goes until March something – so you need to vote EVERY DAY.

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  • wizardW

    Oh oh, BRAT has slipped out of the top ten!
    Vote, vote, vote.

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  • DebraDownSouthD

    I know, just came to post. Please ask 10 of your friends, email every day or 2 a reminder. Surely we can bump this back up!

    Debra

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  • DebraDownSouthD

    We are still out of top.. but encouraged at 12… PLEASE nag your friends and family to help!

    1 Villalobos Rescue Center
    Santa Clarita, CA

    2 Rescue Ink
    New York City, NY

    3 Blind Cat Rescue and Sanctuary, Inc.
    St Pauls, NC

    4 Rolling Dog Ranch Animal Sanctuary
    Lancaster, NH

    5 The Cat House on the Kings
    Parlier, CA

    6 The Oasis Sanctuary
    Benson, AZ

    7 Rikkis Refuge
    Orange, VA

    8 Best Friends Animal Society (previous grand prize winner, ineligible for top prizes)*
    Kanab, UT

    9 Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue
    Reinholds, PA

    10 Oldies But Goodies (Northern VA) ****er Rescue
    Newington, VA

    11 Save-A-Pet
    Grayslake, IL

    12 Basenji Rescue and Transport, Inc.
    Garland, TX

    Debra

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    New Shelter Challenge… we are slipping

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    Shelter Challenge: :( We didn't win.. come on folks, July 9th, get out the vote

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    The rules did change this time and made it more fair: Under the rules of the 2012 Shelter+ Challenge: ? No group may win more than one Grand Prize in 2012. Winners of the Grand Prize are not eligible for state or regional grants during the same voting round, but are eligible for all other prizes. We congratulate Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc., our first Grand Prize winners of 2012! ? Regional prizes (State, Canadian, or International) may not be won during two consecutive voting rounds by a single organization; they are now limited to a maximum of two prizes during non-consecutive voting rounds per group per year. ? Weekly Winners are not eligible for Regional (State, Canadian, or International) awards during the same voting round. Weekly Winners are not excluded from Grand prizes and Special prizes.<<< But I agree. I think that they should limit Grand Prize to every OTHER year and state to once a year, not every other voting. It has become much like a steady supplemental income for a few groups. I think after so much money, the group should be eliminated completely for a while. As it is, many wonderful rescues have zero chance.
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    DebraDownSouthD
    Happy to say we got at least the state one! It all helps! U.S. State Winners (& Washington D.C.): Each receive a $1,000 grant to help animals! State Abbr Shelter Name Location AK Homeward Bound Pet Rescue and Referral Fairbanks AL Humane Society of Elmore County Wetumpka AR Ozark Mountain Basset Rescue Inc. Fayetteville AZ Humane Society of Southern Arizona Tucson CA Westside German Shepherd Rescue of LA Los Angeles CO National Mill Dog Rescue Colorado Springs CT The Friends of the New Haven Animal Shelter New Haven DC Lucky Dog Animal Rescue Washington DE Forgotten Cats Inc. Claymont FL Seminole County Animal Services Sanford GA Angels Among Us Pet Rescue, Inc. Alpharetta HI 9th Life Hawaii Makawao IA Des Moines County Humane Society Burlington ID Conrad Strays Cat Rescue and Adoption Inc. Middleton IL Animal House Shelter Huntley IN Our Lil Bit of Heaven Animal Rescue and Sanctuary Poland KS Helping Hands Humane Society Topeka KY Golden Retriever Rescue and Adoption of Needy Dogs Louisville LA Hobo Hotel for Cats Lake Charles MA Bay State Equine Rescue, Inc. Oakham MD Days End Farm Horse Rescue Woodbine ME Animal Refuge League Westbrook MI CRASH's LANDING Cat Rescue and Placement Center Grand Rapids MN Retrieve a Golden of Minnesota, Inc. Hopkins MO Stray Rescue of St. Louis Saint Louis MS Community Animal Rescue and Adoption, Inc. (CARA) Jackson MT Rimrock Humane Society Roundup NC PAWS Animal Shelter Bryson City ND FM Humane Society Fargo NE Nebraska Humane Society Omaha NH NHSPCA Stratham NJ Pig Placement Network Sewell NM Watermelon Mountain Ranch Rio Rancho NV Wind and Willows Ferret Rescue Fallon NY SBU Cat Network Stony Brook OH Friends of Felines Rescue Center Defiance OK Oklahoma Airedale Terrier Rescue Oklahoma City OR Coos County Animal Shelter Coos Bay PA Mid-Atlantic English Springer Spaniel Rescue Newville RI Rhode Island SPCA Riverside SC Noah's Arks Rescue Okatie SD Luv-A-Chin Rescue Sioux Falls TN Heartland Golden Retriever Rescue Knoxville TX Basenji Rescue and Transport,Inc. Garland UT Best Friends Animal Society Kanab VA Oldies But Goodies (Northern VA) ****er Rescue Newington VT TARPS (The Animal Rescue and Protection Society) Chester WA Old Dog Haven Arlington WI IMPS - Internet Miniature Pinscher Service, Inc. - WI region Appleton WV Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary, Inc. Capon Bridge WY Cheyenne Animal Shelter Cheyenne
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    Shelter Challenge back

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    KipawaK
    Sharron, thanks for bringing this forward again. Vote every day, folks!
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    New Rescue Challenge

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    snorky998S
    Keep voting at The Animal Rescue Site. We actually slipped from 3rd to 4th last week. Vote at home and at the office! Thanks for Rachael Ray link as well.
  • wizardW

    Maybe a new addition

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    wizardW
    I leave Luny in the kitchen mainly because that has flooring that won't be harmed when he spills the water bucket (I got one of those flat-sided ones that hangs with not a lot of water but he still makes a mess with it). When I leave in the morning it's dark out anyway. Lately he seems "resigned" to having to be in the kennel when I leave for work - he no longer howls and doesn't pee in it and doesn't tear up the rugs much any more (I can tell he doesn't really like it though). He doesn't hate the crate because he'll go in there readily to be fed and look for treats so that's good (EL D never would go near a crate and he would actually destroy one if forced). Luny's still a little anxious when I "disappear" even for short times so I'm not sure I can trust him loose in the house yet but I'll work on that. I leave him a kong with some peanut butter smeared kibbles - he hasn't yet learned (as EL D did early on) to toss the thing around so trying to lick out the insides keeps him occupied for awhile. We're progressing I think.