January 2025

Review all Dogs: 

• Gracie- KW to reach out
• Sawyer- young male, been around young dogs, great pup! Kathleen to ask Jared W. Won’t post until we hear back. 
• Dogs via gmail (emails from Pia and Courtney)- no to both, KW to respond. 
• Duke- KW to send denial
• Diesel- Need to connect owner and Lexie (fostering)- Kimberly sent email to owner to confirm that Diesel needs assistance still (recall we placed her other dog who was then not available). 
• Loki/Ollie- DL- Wesley 

New Applicants to outreach:

• Jerri M- DL to reach out one more time. 
• Scott J- DL to reach out

New volunteers to outreach:

• There are several, but Jennifer Stubblebine is a  previous adopter and has reached out a few times, she’s ready! And we  should get her help! – DL to reach out
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DG- several dogs need chips, please check the JF field. 

Agenda Topics

• Jotforms- contracts and releases- Dawn and Kimberly to meet Lidia on Friday at 9am to discuss JF. Lidia to set up zoom.
• Sawyer adoption transport (VA to Mt. Holly NC)- Needs a schedule A. (Amy Leeson). Sawyers owner can meet an hour or 2 to Kimberly on Saturday, then to Lynn, to owners. KW to reach out for location/date/time.

Dogs

• Review new, and dog that Susan has near her in shelter- Timeline, info, post if possible. Email sent to Susan.
• Loki and Ollie- inquiries to split them on our FB page- Let’s look at splitting them. Look at those on FB who commented.

Fosters

• We have a lot of applicants to process- Kathleen and DL to chip away! Maybe a foster for the one at the shelter or Loke/Ollie.

Agenda Topics

• We will meet tonight and review our dogs and check-in!

Note from previous adopter Sybil P:

• “Hello my wonderful SSMR family. I wanted to share a very frightening story with you: Last Wednesday, I underwent life-saving emergency surgery for a bowel incarceration; something I had feared for serval months. Thankfully, I was paired with an amazingly talented surgeon who saved my life and I was discharged the following day. Enter: my heroes, my husband Richard, and his mighty wonder dog, Bruno. My husband has been a most amazing caregiver and when he leaves to feed our rescue horses, our Bruno boy stays beside me, making sure he is there to help me to my feet and escorting me to and from the bathroom and kitchen when needs arose. Once my husband returns from the barn, he “confers” with Bruno to ensure I was obeying all the doctors’ orders. Once again, our Bruno confirms that he had been destined to be part of our family. We do have two Great Danes who alert us when a llama sneezes three counties away, but Bruno’s calming, assured presence warms our hearts like none of the others can. We will always be forever grateful to each of you for making our family complete with this silly, adorable, loyal, loving, protective, patient, and caring pup. With him by my side, I know I will be up and around in no time. I reflect on the events of last week and how frighteningly close i stood on a precipice I didn’t choose to stand. Looking ahead, your collaborative efforts to join our lives makes each and every one of you a Godwink to our family. Peace and blessings to you and all your families. There will be more updates on Bruno the Wonder Dog as my health improves.”

Review Dogs

• Hobbs (new) – Kimberly to reach out (Emailed 2x already)
• Tonka (new) – owner or designee for the owner needs to sign surrender (Kimberly to check with person who surrendered)
• Daisy (new) – owner or designee for the owner needs to sign surrender (Kimberly to check with person who surrendered)
• Rocky (new)- Dawn G to call owner
• Zeus- at shelter- Jeanine M will foster! 6 hr transport from shelter to Tappahannock, VA- Kimberly to send foster contract once we have confirmation from foster. KW send foster contract. DL/Lynn/KW to figure out transport.
• Loki/Ollie/Rosey- needs homes !  Rosey- repost on FB and Insta!  @Lidia can you boost post? Any FB bites. 

Review Adopters

• Jeanine Q- on hold- did she respond to outreach on availability? (DG to reach out)
• James Stathes- DG to check in on what he can help with
• Theresa Bedell- Dawn L to check in, still interested? Rosie?
• Tim Hart- Dawn L to check in

Review Fosters:

• Many new applicants and former….