Facebook Save a Dog Contest ‘big dog’ prize winner

The first place ‘big dog’ winner of the contest is A Better Place rescue! They start the contest with over 8000 save a dog points (thus the need for the ‘big dog’ prize), and ended the contest with close to 50,000 (19 cups of food earned)! And they haven’t stopped there…when contacted that they had won the prize, their representative Michelle, had this to say

Thank you for having this contest with Save-A-Dog I hope that more people see things like this and begin using it more. It really is a great app…..Bless you for caring about animals by using the Save A Dog application.  With help from people like you we can hopefully get more of these dogs into great forever homes.

And they haven’t stopped there! They’ve continued to ‘play’, and to date have earned over 57, 000 points and earned 22 cups of food for shelters and rescue animals. It is my great PLEASURE to award them a permanent link on my blog (see rescue sites in the sidebar), as well as the ‘prize’ they chose, a signed, matted 8 1/2″ x 11″ copy of ‘The Walk’.

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This is the photo they provided of a shelter dog Chloe, and what they had to say about her:

Chloe was rescued by A Better Place last winter I think. She was found living outside (in the snow) in an uncleaned (full of feces & other yuck) collapsible crate with a tarp thrown over it. Chloe has now been adopted and is living inside in a loving forever home.

A little about A Better Place:

Our founder devoted approximately 20 years undertaking various animal welfare and education projects, from managing shelter/rescue groups to helping author the spay/neuter laws in Michigan. Through these experiences she developed an education and rescue program that creates excellent opportunities for the animals. A Better Place is a Michigan-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was established in 2005 to implement this program under her guidance.  Our mission is to provide companion animal education, promote and provide spaying and neutering of pets, and continue rescue work to make the community “A Better Place.” We strongly believe that the people in the community make the difference and that education is the key. A Better Place offers a beautiful life for pets that have been thrown away by previous owners.  A Better Place networks with other rescues to make sure no dog dies inhumanely in the gas chamber in their community. All adoptable animals are put into rescue programs for adoption. No animal is turned away for need of vet care. A Better Place cooperates with a network of Michigan dog rescues, aiding in the rescue of animals from many Michigan communities. We concentrate first on those who either sell animals for medical research or use inhumane gassing for euthanasia. Due to the ailing Michigan economy we have also taken in many owner surrenders.  All of our animals receive the following basic vet care prior to adoption: rabies vaccination, blood panel, spay/neuter, heartworm prevention, deworm, deflea, and two sets DHLPP. A Better Place also provides any additional vet care necessary. Four out of five of our animals need additional vet care when they come to us. This vet care is completed prior to adoption and is included in our standard adoption fee. Recently, in addition to basic care, we have treated five heartworm positive dogs, a broken leg, removal of an eye, pneumonia, three females with pyometra, and other miscellaneous infections, wounds and injuries. We believe that long-term kenneling is unhealthy for the animals, therefore A Better Place has volunteer foster families who care for the dogs until a forever home is located.

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