THE BOOK OF BARKLEY: Waldo's Muttley Crew - Saving The Furbabies one Freedom Ride at a Time.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Waldo's Muttley Crew - Saving The Furbabies one Freedom Ride at a Time.

Silas in the shelter and Silas on his Freedom Ride. One of the Waldo's Muttley Crew Rescues.

As everyone knows, funds from #1 Best Seller The Book of Barkley - Love and Life Through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever are donated to the animals, with occasional focused giving to groups in serious need. In May -in addition to reminding everyone about Marge's fundraiser for Shelly (who Mom supports in both need and prayer) she wanted to tell folks about a local group that she will be helping in May with half of all sales from both The Book of Barkley and Saving Grace.

Waldo's Muttley Crew in Indianapolis. The President of this organization and some of the volunteers are women Mom knows personally from living and working in the area for many years. When she heard they'd been involuntarily displaced and need help in setting up a new animal rescue location she wanted to help. This is a great group of men and women who help all breeds from high kill shelters and actively work to find them all loving homes, sparing no expense to make sure they are brought to health and mended spirit.. And its' all from the volunteers. Mom sees the volunteers regularly at the pet stores (not the kind that sell puppies!) with adoption days and meet and greets and really admire them for the hard work they do.

In addition, there's a wonderful anonymous local donor that has offered to match funds up to $10,000 through late May. Bless you!

Also a big thank you to Indianapolis Personal Injury Law firm Wagner Reese who presented Waldo's Muttley Crew with a check for $5000 for THEIR matching donation this last month. #AskWagnerReese.

So spread the news if you can. Every purchase of The Book of Barkley or Saving Grace - A Story of Adoption will help this group, but please just consider a direct donation if that is what is best for your budge.t Saving Grace is temporarily sold out at Amazon but any orders placed as of now will be credited to Waldo, even if the books aren't in stock for a bit.

As I've said before - the book is simply a vehicle of help, but its' not the only way to help. If money is tight, as it can be for many of us with sick family and pets,please just say a prayer for those that need assistance and share the fundraiser link with others on social medial.

Waldo and the whole Muttley crew thank you as once this project is done they can pull more furbabies in from death row shelters and find them loving homes.

Information is here

http://www.youcaring.com/pet-expenses/please-help-rebuild-waldo-s-muttley-crew-animal-rescue-/296908#.VRtv4QY6nr8.mailto

Their website is: http://waldosmuttleycrew.com/

I dare you to go there and read the link for the story of Waldo and not be moved. This is the reason I want to help these folks and do so with Barkley wagging his tail from above.

LB - Abby the Rescue Lab's Mom

5 comments:

Frankie Furter and ErnieApril 29, 2015 at 6:35 PM
WE surely HOPE that they get a Good place to relocate and can continue to do the Wonderful work that they do. It is CERTAINLY Needed!!!!!
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Sweet William The ScotApril 29, 2015 at 7:12 PM
Silas on his freedom ride, wish every doggie could have a great outcome.
Thanks for stopping by and wishing me well yesterday.
Sweet William The Scot
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LBJApril 29, 2015 at 8:29 PM
Frankie Furter - they've found a place, it's just a lot of work to make it dog safe and friendly.

Sweet William the Scot - thank you. Mom is moving to another place for her "crash pad" (she works 3 and a half hours away from where she lives with Dad) as her lease was up and the owners weren't maintaining the place.

So the next few days we may not be in Blogville much but know we are still sending good thoughts.

Abby Lab
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MurphyApril 29, 2015 at 10:58 PM
So glad they found a new place and hope it is dog-ready very soon!

Your Pals,

Murphy & Stanley
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Angels Amber and Max DaWeenie and MomApril 30, 2015 at 8:24 AM
I hold so much admiration for the rescue groups. It's such hard work but so rewarding when you see animals such as Waldo with a big smile and a wagging tail.
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FIVE STARS

No one who has ever had a dog as a companion will be able to read The Book of Barkley: Love and Life through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever by L. B. Johnson with dry eyes.

Johnson tells the story of her life, from childhood to adulthood, from the perspective of her relationship with Barkley, a Lab that she got when he was just a stubborn ball of fur who ‘selected’ her when she viewed the litter of which he was a part. Her descriptions of adjusting to Barkley’s presence in her life, and how this helped her come to terms with and understand her past and learn to take life a day at a time on her own terms will resonate profoundly with anyone who has fallen in love with a dog and had to learn to live with its loss.

This is a story of unconditional love and acceptance, the kind that asks nothing but love in return. As Johnson and Barkley forge bonds of trust and understanding, she also strengthens her human relationships.

This is much more than a mere memoir – it is a story of life and how to live it, and how we humans can learn to live our lives better if we’d only learn to live it like a dog does. The author uses language well, with descriptions of animals, people, and places so vivid you feel that you can feel the textures, smell the odors (pleasant and otherwise) and hear the whining of a puppy needing to go out to do its business. Life can be sad or happy, and the author takes us through it all – a trip that you won’t regret taking. A five-star book that definitely merits the Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence

About Barkley and His Mom

My Mom started this blog due to requests from friends who wanted a place to go for stories of her furry friend Barkley that weren't in the book and stories of my rescue and new life in my furever home. She donates all of the proceeds from her writing to animal rescue and groups that train search and rescue and service dogs but that's OK, as she still gives me lots of dog treats and toys.

The Book of Barkley is Mom's first memoir. She used to be a jet pilot for somebody's Uncle but now has a Ph.D. in something involving science and forensics which is like TV but without expensive suits or cleavage. Additional mayhem is provided by my Dad and our 100-year-old "fixer upper" Mission Bungalow.

Her second memoir "Saving Grace - A Story of Adoption" was published in April of 2015". Her Third Book - "Small Town Roads", her first Fiction Novel was published October of 2016 and was an NPR selected "2017 must read" and 2017 Readers Favorite International Book Award GOLD for "Fiction - Religious Theme". Her 4th book, "Calexit, The Anthology", a Novella with other authors, was published in October of 2017 and was on the Amazon Best Seller's list two days later. Her fifth book "True Course - Lessons from Life Aloft" was a #1 best seller at Amazon 24 hours after publishing so I think she has been bribing you all with treats.

Abby - Mom's Lab Assistant