Final Count

The day before yesterday, I got more blankets from my grandmother. She lives in Carmel so I got to visit the beach. I also visited downtown Carmel. My grandmother had some blankets for us. After the visit, the final count on blankets stood at 55. Here are the final pics:

Ending Statement

Yesterday I received fifteen blankets, putting our total at 46. This means that 4 Weeks, Forty Blankets is now over.

I'd like to thank everyone who donated, or helped donate. A special thank you to the Happy Dragon, for helping by giving us things. Another thank you to the Humane Society.

Lastly, I'd like to thank Dino the dog, and of course, my mom. You two really helped it get going.

This is the official end of 4 Weeks, Forty Blankets. But who knows what will happen next year?

More Stuff

Yesterday we pulled in a big haul: 2 medium sized bags of towels, 1 huge bag of sheets, 2 blankets, 3 small rugs and a dog pad. The contributors were Fae, Liza and Jeanee. Here are the pictures:

The Recent Blankets

Two days ago, we got five more blankets donated. They are real dog blankets. This is the picture of all five, and also a picture of my personal favorite. Enjoy!

Humane Society (pics)

Here are the pictures of the cutest dogs in the Humane Society, which Mom and I visited yesterday.

We also visited the Happy Dragon in Los Gatos to drop off the dolls and non-dog toys. We got 3 blankets and 2 towels there as well.

Humane Society

After Amy's house we went to the Humane Society to ask questions and check out the dogs. Another reason was so that we could drop off two huge bags of stuffed animals and five blankets. We pulled into the parking lot, and the first thing I noticed was a few big fenced-in grassy areas. On closer inspection, they turned out to be dog exercise areas. The dogs would be taken out there and get the running around out of their system. Enough with the outdoors. I entered the building and saw the rabbit habitat first.

The rabbits had their small section of the building designed just for them, with ramps and stick huts. They had plenty to eat, a sign of the Humane Society's care. They were just lying around, sleeping, eating, and occasionally, hopping around. I called Mom in from parking the car, so she could see the bunnies. Mom is fascinated with bunnies. I don't think it will be long before Dad cracks and lets her get one. However, the bunnies got boring. On to the dogs.

The dogs also had their own section of the building to themselves. There were about thirty different rooms. Almost every room contained a dog. In each room there was a bed, a chair for the workers coming in, and toys. I discovered that the smaller the dog, the more toys they had. Mom referred to the toys as the dogs traveling companion, which sounded very true to me. Also, the smaller the dog, the cuter it was.

The cutest one, well that was a tie between Oliver and Lilly. Both of them were Chihuahua mixes. In fact, most dogs there were Chihuahua mixes (some conspiracy against Chihuahuas?) but the dogs didn't really care. Oliver was a cute black dog the reminded me of our old dog Trinket, only with different eyebrows. Oliver was also smaller than Trinket. Lilly was whitish-tanish dog that loved the worker who came in to feed her and clean her windows. When the worker left, Lilly kept trying to find a way through the doors.

Will it stay a tie? Who knows? But I hope they both get adopted. Whatever, family they go to, they're sure to show their love and caring.

Today's Stuffed Animals

Today, a lady named Amy donated more stuffed animals to our expanding cause. Hooray! She has a daughter, most likely the one donating all the stuffed animals. I don't know her age, but I know she's just like me in race: 50% chinese, 50% white. Of course I'm not exactly 50% white, but that's another story.

Anyway, there were several cute stuffed animals in there. There was one from Serta the mattress company (probably some kind of door prize). There was another very cute bear, with his head so covered in fur that you couldn't see his eyes. Then there was a white fru-fru dog, which my mom loved.

From her e-mail, I thought Amy wasn't going to be there, but she was, standing at the door ready to greet us. She was very nice and understood our cause. Now there's someone you want to see again.

The pictures:

Pictures of Last Visit

Here are some pictures of the things we got from Stacey's house. There is one cute one that is a child headrest for the car in the shape of a brown dog. It has it's own identical beanie baby. Anyway, here are the pictures.

Stuffed Toys

The bear is really funny. His arm rotates 360 degrees.

Do I ask for pink blankets?

New Things

Seems like I'm visiting a new house everyday nowadays, but that's how I want it to be. We need people to keep donating, otherwise, I'm really lost on what to do. I've been trying my hardest, no one seems to notice. Oh well. Just gotta keep going. Today I visit a Amy, and I hope she's got good stuff. I seem to think that a lot nowadays.

Toys On The Way

We recently picked up two bags of toys, also a bag of blankets. I don't know how much stuff is in there, I just know it is a lot.

Two Blankets Come First

Recently, Sue, who blogs at the Portuguese Water Blog, was the first one to send two blankets to our cause. Hooray! Here are the pictures:

Blanket Sizes

I want to thank you all for commenting on this blog. As reference to some comments made on our first post, here are the needs for the blanket sizing.

The blankets the Humane Society needs can be any shape or size, as long as they are machine-washable, so they can be able to be used more than once. Remember that dogs are using the blankets, so the smallest can hold a Chihuahua, where as the largest can hold a Great Dane or other big dog.

I hope this is not too much information to get at one time. Thank you for following this blog.