We have been receiving our premium dog food from a pet food bank in Southern CA for quite a few years. We got our last food from them late last year and are going through it quickly since at this time we are responsible for feeding 30 dogs here at the rescue. Unfortunately, the pet food bank has not received any donations for several months now and is not anticipating receiving any in the near future. When our current food runs out, we will be faced with paying retail. Even with a substantial discount per pallet, our food will go from $200 per pallet to somewhere close to $1500 per pallet.

We all know that our breed does not do well on "junk" food and feeding them less than a premium food is just not an option for us. One pallet of food (2000 pounds) will last us about four months.

We are asking for your help in obtaining the food we need for our "kids". A donation in any amount will help and when added to others will help us to purchase the food we need. Our commitment to each of the dogs taken into our program is to provide them the best of care while they are with us. That includes a healthy diet of premium food to achieve and maintain their physical well being.

Please help our rescue family.

Hello and Happy Spring to everyone! I'm sorry for the very long delay between updates. So far 2013 has been good to us and our "kids". We have placed 12 dogs this year with one more adoption pending. The best news is that two of our recent adoptions were for Lou and Major. Major had been with us for about a year and went to a wonderful home in San Diego. Lou had been with us for about two years and went to a great home in Southern CA with previous adopters. Lou was the third Pei the Medinas have adopted from us in the last ten years. Here is their Face Book quote:

We adopted Amanda almost 6 years ago from California Shar Pei Rescue. Lou is the third one we have adopted. Our first one was Andy, who we adopted 10 years ago. He had cancer and was on Chemo which prolonged his life but eventually he got an internal infection and we had to send Andy to doggy heaven. Now that we have Lou it has filled a void since Andy has been gone. He is a great loving dog and loves to give kisses. Thank you for letting us have another wonderful opportunity to rescue another Shar Pei.

This year California Shar Pei Rescue celebrates its 15th anniversary. The last fourteen of those years have been spent in Redding. We want to thank so many of you who have known and supported us from our beginning when we moved back to CA in 1999. You have helped us in so many ways-financially, by volunteering your time, or most of all by offering your homes to one or more of our "kids" over the years. We are always so grateful that the adoption process was a positive one and that when the time is right you feel comfortable enough to come back to us for another "best friend".

I can't think of a better way to celebrate the last 15 years than by honoring some of the dogs we have here, that will for one reason or another live out their days with us. We know and care for every dog we place so that we know what kind of homes they need. We also know when a dog is not a good candidate for adoption, but that does not mean that he or she does not have a home here until they cross the "Rainbow Bridge". There are only two reasons we may euthanize a dog. Those are terminal illness or extreme aggression. These are some of our "kids" who are just never "chosen" to go into a forever home. Almost always it is not their fault-it could be their age, or looks, or sometimes we don't even know why they are continuously overlooked. People who know me know that I want for every dog we take in to find a forever home with a new family, but if that is not possible, then we are committed to caring for them and loving them until "death do us part".

The first Pei I would like to reintroduce you to is Cookie. Here is her story:

Cookie came to us from the Upland Shelter in Southern CA in 2008. According to our Dr. Larry's best guess she was about 10 years old then which makes her about 15 now. Since she has been with us, she has been paired up and lived with several male Pei-always outliving them. She seems content now to be living alone and sleeping much of her time away, enjoying her special food and treats and lots of soft blankets. Cookie has always been a wonderful girl, but was elderly when we took her in, and there was never any interest in her. I wish someone else could have gotten to know and enjoyed her sweet disposition as much as we have-she is a treasure, and we will treasure her for her remaining time with us.

An anonymous donor has offered to match each and every donation that CA Shar Pei Rescue receives between now and December 31, 2012, up to $1,000. This is such a wonderful and generous gift to the dogs that need our help. No donation is too small! Five dollars will get us $10, $10 will get us $20, and so on! Please consider making a donation to our "kids", and help us meet this challenge!

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Hi folks,

Happy Thanksgiving! We are just about back to normal after Rich's back surgery. That means we are taking in new dogs and with that comes new challenges. Our biggest challenge is keeping up with the vet bills here. We realize that due to the economy most people have limited funds for donations, but we need your help more than ever so that this rescue can keep helping those Pei who need us the most. We have never turned down a dog because of medical needs, and we hope that day never comes. Please know that no donation is too small and that 100% of your donation will go to the needs of our "kids" We are all volunteers-no one is paid who helps this rescue. There are several ways to donate-Paypal through our website or a check or through your employer. Perhaps the below information will help.

Hello fellow Shar Pei lovers. The weather is cooling off a little bit in Redding as we get ready for fall. It's a beautiful time of year here with the fall colors coming on. Rich's back surgery went very well, and he has taken back all his duties of caring for our "kids". We did not take in any new dogs while he was recovering, but recently have taken in two-Marlow and Dorthy. You can read more about them by going to "Our Kids".

We will be taking in two more Pei this week-Bertha and Simon from a shelter in the Los Angeles area. As soon as they arrive in Redding and we get to know them a little bit, we will be adding them to "Our Kids" as well. We have a lot of wonderful Pei here who are all looking for forever homes. This is a great time of year to adopt-after summer vacations and before the holiday season begins. We will soon be at the point of not taking in new dogs until we are able to place some that we have. We only have so much space, and the kennels will soon be full again. Unfortunately, that will leave some dogs with nowhere to go.

We would like to thank all of you who have helped us in so many ways to help this rescue continue to save Shar Pei lives. We appreciate the many ways you have come through for our "kids" in terms of financial support, time spent updating webpages, and emotional support when we need it. Running a rescue means being on an emotional roller coaster that definitely has its ups and downs, but it's a worthwhile ride!

Please consider adopting and/or referring us to your friends who might be interested in having a Pei in their lives.

Anna and Rich

Greetings from Northern CA!

We hope you are all enjoying the summer season. It has brought some changes here in Redding. Rich had much needed back surgery last week so he will be recovering for the next two months. Please be patient with us in terms of replying to emails and phone messages. It has always been just the two of us here to run this rescue, but for the next couple of months we are down to one person.

We hope you will understand better any delays in communication-we will do the best we can.

Anna and Rich

Dear Shar-Pei Rescuers,

It is that time of year again to ask for stories and pictures from your adopters about the Shar-Pei they have adopted from you. Nationals will be in Chattanooga, Tennessee in September this year. I will again for the third time be doing the Wall of Rescues. It is very important to rescue that the visitors to Nationals and participants see the much needed work that the rescues are doing to save abandoned and abused Shar-Pei. I don't need to tell you how overwhelmed we all are and have been for some time. You are living it. Hopefully the "Wall "will nudge those that are attending to get information on Shar-Pei, to adopt a dog from rescue. I am usually near the "Wall" to talk to people and to tell them about how great our rescue dogs are, when they are looking at it.

I would appreciate it if you would forward this e-mail to your adopters, so they may participate if they would like to do so. I am also attaching a picture of two of the many panels I did for the 2010 Nationals in Kansas. I did balloons and sunflowers {"Wizard of Oz" connection for Kansas}.

Guidelines for adopter's stories.

Tell about your dog/dogs you adopted from a Shar-Pei rescue. {In memory of Shar-Pei and/or those you have now.} Please include your name, you may do first name only if you wish, name of your dog/dogs that you adopted from a Shar-Pei rescue, and the name of the rescue.

Please limit your words to 250 or less per dog. I know, we could all write a book about those wonderful family members!

I would appreciate 3x5 pictures to 5x7, the largest. To get them to fit the "frames" I make, those sizes are best, so I don't need to resize all the pictures. I also retype many of the stories to get them to fit also. As you will see on the panel below, I sometimes cut the dogs out and use them that way. Making the "Wall" is very time intensive, { at least for me, Lol } so please send as soon as possible. The cut-off date for receiving stories and pictures is July 14, 2012.

Address for mail:

Jane Wake GA Shar-Pei Rescue 4283 Parish Trace Marietta, GA 30066

If mailing, please include your e-mail address or phone number in case I need to get in touch with you. I will use the following e-mail address to keep them out of my daily e-mails, so I don't miss any of them.

PoundKennel2@aol.com That is Pound Kennel 2 all pushed together.

Thanks for participating,

Janie

We want to thank everyone who expressed an interest in adopting Rose. We had quite a few qualified applicants, but in the end we decided it would be in her best interest to stay somewhat local. She did have some extensive eye surgery-the last one being just yesterday. Her new family will stay on with Dr. Larry so he can do the rechecks and will be available quickly if she needs him. She became a very special girl to us, and we know her new family already feels the same way about her.

We also want to let everyone know that we will be raising our adoption fee to $350. We have not raised the fee since we moved here 12 years ago although everything else involved in keeping this rescue going has gone up in price. We have been able to keep this rescue going until now with the old fee, but we are unable to do that any longer. We have an average of $500 invested in each Pei just in vet care, not to mention the day to day costs that we incur for their care here at the rescue. This alone will not keep this rescue going without help from all of you. We make a commitment to each dog we take into the program, and that is to make sure all their needs will be taken care of as long as they are with us. We have never compromised on that commitment, and we never will. That being said, we really need some help-no donation is too small. Our dogs need you now more than ever before. Please help our "kids".

We hope everyone is enjoying what is left of spring and that the summer will be a time of fun and relaxation.

Anna and Rich

The Chinese Shar-Pei Club of Northern California will like to celebrate our local rescued Shar-Pei by holding their annual Parade of Rescue on June 9th.

Solano County Fairgrounds 900 Fairgrounds Drive Vallejo, CA 94589

Participation is open to all rescued Shar-Pei- be it from CSPR, your local shelter, or off the street.

For the time of the parade, check this page http://www.infodog.com/clubs/2012106101.HTM around June 4th for the posting of the Judging Program. It will list the time and ring number for the Chinese Shar-Pei. The show will be held in the Expo Hall but until the Judging Program is posted, the ring number will not be known.

For more info contact the club at CSPCN@yahoo.com

So dig out your best tie-dyed shirt and 1960's attire and join us in celebrating our favorite breed.

Solano County Fairgrounds 900 Fairgrounds Drive Vallejo, CA 94589