Again I say, the reason those dogs are still there is because some of us had
no idea what is going on at camp. An update is a necessity to let us KNOW
what is needed and where we can help. No one has turned their back on our
camp...and it is OUR camp. And again I say that they should have already had
shelter due to the grants that HSLA has gotten. THey were rescued once and
can be rescued again! No doubt...given the right care. If there are
transports lreaving camp, why haven't these dogs been on it? Why have they
been set aside for a year? The first ones in should be the first to go, not
left behind. Just tell me how I can help long distance, And I will do my
best..And yes, IT IS ABOUT THE DOGS...not our personal feeling about camp or
each other...Billie
>;From: "Julianne" <vthokie
gotricounty.com>
>Reply-To: HSLATylertownyahoogroups.com
>To: <HSLATylertownyahoogroups.com>;
>Subject: Re: [HSLATylertown] Remember that Charity begins at home
>Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 22:52:39 -0400
>;
> I would have to respectfully disagree with the comments Billie
>posted. HSLA Tylertown is FULL of adoptable dogs that truly deserve good
>homes much more so than the average dog out there. Elizabeth is not GOD and
>although I truly believe her to be a saint to the highest degree, she
>CANNOT do everything!!! She is caring for the dogs, the least we can do is
>find homes for them. She just can't do it all and she definitely can't find
>homes for them from backwoods MS. Elizabeth has given her life to those
>dogs for the last year and she has done it as a volunteer and she's done it
>because she loves each and every one of them. There is no doubt in anyone's
>mind, Elizabeth has always "done it for the dogs!"; Her famous quote is
>"it's all about the dogs!";.
> She has lived in the rat infested house at Tylertown and other times
>in a tent waking up early in the morning every day and going all day long
>late into the evening making sure that every dog was taken care of and got
>fed and walked and loved. She has basically done this by herself for the
>last several months. Johnna has been busy with transports, trying to get
>dogs out of there per Elizabeth's requests and Johnna has also spent a lot
>of time away from her home & family while on transports.
> If you only knew what a day in the life of Elizabeth consists of. She
>agonizes over these dogs. The normal human being would not be able to do
>what she does. Sleep deprivation, lack of proper food (doritos don't
>count), lack of showers, lack of a bed, mowing grass, treating fire ant
>hills, feeding, watering, walking, medicating dogs, hosing dogs down when
>its hot, building play areas, tearing down and putting up kennel runs -- BY
>HERSELF!!!!!!!!! Strenous exertion all day long in 100 plus degree heat.
>She has only been out of that place twice - she has had to ask locals to
>come and bring her needed items. If that is not enough, she is living at
>the shelter in the middle of nowhere MS by HERSELF with no protection at
>night with dogfighters right down the road. I worry about her all the time.
>Would anyone even know if something happened to her? Who else out there is
>willing to do all this & more? It's difficult to even find someone to pay
>to do this kind of work much less volunteers. It is not easy work, it is
>extremely difficult.
> I would be amiss if I didn't mention the other volunteers who
>continue to give a tremendous amount of time & effort down in MS & at home
>and they are Shelli & Leila. Shelli is returning to Tylertown for a few
>weeks so that Elizabeth can go home. If it weren't for these people, many
>animals would not have found homes and there probably would be no
>shelter/sanctuary whatever you want to call it and God only knows where
>these dogs would be.
> I truly appreciate the time and effort people on this board put in to
>saving the animals, but people have forgotten the reason this whole thing
>started and I don't think they have a clue about the quality of life for
>these poor guys & gals down in MS. Out of sight, out of mind. Everybody
>sits on this message board trying to save the world and get all hyped up to
>go "rescue the world"; again from the next hurricane, but I don't see a lot
>of people getting out there and helping the ones who are in the most need.
>These dogs are sitting down in MS in 100 degree heat with no air
>conditioning in outside runs. It's only a matter of time before we lose
>some of these dogs to heat stroke. Almost every dog (with the exception of
>Hope) down there is adoptable. Highly adoptable and easy to place?? Most of
>them probably are not, but why should that doom them to a life at
>Tylertown? A lot of the dogs there would be easily adoptable to the right
>person. Even Magic, a feral dog who has made tremendous strides (thanks to
>Elizabeth & Leila), but still relies on the dogs much more than people, is
>going to a forever home. Most people would have given up on Magic and she
>would have been a typical "sanctuary" type dog, but even she has a home.
>The other dogs at Tylertown would be much easier to find a home for than
>her! This group has always been up for a challenge, so instead of taking
>the easy way out and forgetting about the dogs at Tylertown, how about we
>do something about them and find them homes. If each individual on this
>yahoogroups would take one of the dogs at Tylertown, learn about the dog
>and it's behaviors (I can help you with that) and focus on finding that one
>dog a home, there would be a lot fewer dogs there, which is our goal when
>it's all said and done. I don't think that's too much to ask. If we did
>that, all of these dogs that have been there for almost a year would be
>placed and Elizabeth, Shelli, and others could actually get a good night's
>sleep without having to worry about these animals. Then the attention and
>focus could turn to the other animal's in need.
>; I can't imagine if for some reason Julius or Ginger or Duchess or
>Keystone or Tex or Pumpkinhead or Teddy (all of whom are older and not as
>healthy as they once were) were to die and end their life in the misery of
>Tylertown when they once were and could be again in a home being doted on &
>loved by their human. This is a real example. Any of these dogs could die
>at any moment and I would hate to think that they spent their last year of
>life in outdoor shelter conditions with limited interaction with people.
>They deserve to be loved on every day and to be in a home and not just any
>homes, but great homes.
> If anyone wants to know what dogs are at Camp Katrina and would like
>to learn a little about them, they are posted on the HSLA-Tylertown
>petfinder page (the link is: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/LA17.html).
>It has not been updated recently and Elizabeth can't work on it or upload
>pictures because they have only got dial-up, but I'm sure she'll be right
>back on top of it when she gets back home.
>; I'll get off of my soapbox now. I don't mean to stir things up, but
>sometimes that is what it takes to re-energize a group that has lost focus.
>I know each and every one of you out there has a tremendous heart and truly
>cares about the animals, there is no doubt about that, but we need to focus
>on these animals and not leave them behind or abandon them. Someone special
>in their life already did that to them once. We didn't give up on them the
>first time and we shouldn't now. For all of those out there who have been
>helping and doing a lot of behind the scenes stuff, thank you for your
>effort and keep up the good work. There are a lot of people on here who
>have given unselficiously, but we need more.
>;
>Thanks,
>
>Julianne Harris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>; From: billie maquet
> To: HSLATylertownyahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 7:03 PM
> Subject: RE: [HSLATylertown] Remember that Charity begins at home
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>; Monica, Elizabeth is working on getting the adoptable ones out. You must
> also remember that some of them will never go to homes with families.
>HSLA
> now has a sanctuary status, which means that the more aggressive or
>problem
> dogs will porbably live out thier lives at CK...much like Noah's, or
>other
> large sanctuaries. Whcihever ones Elizabeth determines are suitable to
>go to
> homes, she will let us know...like she just did with Moose. I would love
> nothing more than to see them all rehabbed and into homes, but some will
> never overcome their backgrounds or fears to make suitable pets. And
>since
> some can only go to homes with no kids, no other pets, etc, it is
>especially
>; hard to place them. We need to place our trust in Elizabeth to do the
>right
> thing for them...and she will. Billie 
>
> >From: "Monica" <mpdrwildblue.net>
> >Reply-To: HSLATylertownyahoogroups.com
> >To: HSLATylertownyahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [HSLATylertown] Remember that Charity begins at home
> >Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:16:16 -0000
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> >While it's nice that people are posting needy pets on this site I
> >think we may have lost sight of the fact that are still more than 30
> >dogs at Camp Katrina that need forever homes. It's been almost a year
> >and these dogs are as deserving, or more so, of real families and
> >homes. Also the volunteers (especially Elizabeth) deserve peace of
> >mind that they haven't given all this time, love and money for such a
> >day to day existance for these special animals. Lets see if we can't
>; >get some of them adopted--whcih will free up some space for some of
> >the others.
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