tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66374387975155756112024-03-05T05:40:40.903-05:00Bliss Animal Haven, Inc.Bliss is a non-profit animal welfare organization dedicated to rescuing and re-homing senior, special needs, and medically needy dogs from local animal control facilities. Our focus is to help those most at risk of being euthanized due to age or physical/medical condition. All donations are tax-deductible.Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02144627491086608877noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637438797515575611.post-63474414401224628112017-01-17T19:35:00.002-05:002017-02-13T14:30:30.593-05:00Name Change Official!<span style="font-size: large;">Our name change to Five Freedoms Farm is official! Please follow us on our new Facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/fivefreedomsfarm" target="_blank">HERE</a> and stay tuned for the launch of our new website <a href="http://www.fivefreedomsfarm.org/" target="_blank">www.fivefreedomsfarm.org</a>! We will be launching our online capital fundraising campaign soon to help us raise the money needed to purchase farmland (100 + acres) in the Athens, GA area for the expansion of our rescue. If you know of anyone with land to donate, or connections to donated land, please email us! fivefreedomsfarm@gmail.com</span><br />
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<br />Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02144627491086608877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637438797515575611.post-41691813832807682092017-01-01T17:05:00.001-05:002017-01-01T17:06:50.930-05:00A Look Back at 2016 ...<div style="text-align: center;">
Happy New Year! Here's to all of you, who help us to save dogs in need!</div>
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Video tribute to all the dogs we helped 2016</div>
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And reminder, we have changed the name of our organization to Five Freedoms Farm and will be launching our new website soon! Follow us on our new Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fivefreedomsfarm" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02144627491086608877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637438797515575611.post-68176509929412379332016-11-29T18:44:00.000-05:002016-11-29T18:44:35.720-05:00Help us to help Jeb!Jeb is one of our newest rescue dogs who is in need of extensive medical care - please have a look at our fundraiser! We would be so grateful for your support!
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02144627491086608877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637438797515575611.post-8031549558052007382015-06-30T13:02:00.000-04:002015-06-30T13:03:37.715-04:00Take a video journey into dinner time at Bliss!<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QoBsq11LTA" target="_blank">Check out this video showing how we do what we do at our home</a><br />
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Jordi and Sampson were not with us for very long - both had serious health issues. But we made sure their last few days were filled with lots of love and comfort!
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Wilma was in terrible shape when we took her in ... her eyes were severely infected from years of neglect and she was riddles with tumors. But she was a happy, quiet gal who enjoyed naps on her big bed and time to wander around the yard. </div>
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Rest in peace, sweet Colton! His heart started to fail just a couple of month after he was rescued. He was a quiet, gentle old soul. </div>
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<span class="s1">Rest in peace, sweet old Pepper. She was with us for 5 months. She had increasing back pain and mobility issues, plus a collapsing trachea. She had a severe heart murmur and failing kidneys as well. Her quality of life took a big nosedive and we felt it was time. We want to thank Melanie and Dave Zajac for being Pepper's foster mom and dad these last few weeks and for taking such good care of her! Pepper definitely knew love and kindness in her final months. Rest in peace, beautiful old girl!</span></div>
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It is with great sadness that we tell you that Jolie went into a coma directly after surgery to amputated her cancer-ridden leg and she did not wake up. We were able to be there with her when the decision was made to unhook the machines and let her go. She may have had a stroke during the surgery or it may have been a blood clot … we will never know exactly what happened. The vet and her staff did all they could to save her. We do know that there were indications that the cancer had already spread. Nonetheless, we were so looking forward to giving her more time and love without that painful leg weighing her down. And now she is gone. We are just devastated and miss her already. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Rosalee was with us for 4 months. She was a HAPPY old girl with a bunch of medical issues. We were lucky to be able to know her and care for her. </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm-nix4R1lY&feature=youtu.be" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Video Tribute to Rosalee</a><br />
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Elton and Truman both passed away recently ... our hearts are sad but we are grateful for the amazing love they brought us! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1m1oG4hMeE" target="_blank">Video Tribute to Elton</a><br />
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Other wonderful fosters who have passed away in our care:</div>
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Gypsy was a super affectionate senior Pit mix who ended up with cancer of the spleen. Her favorite thing was being taken for a walk :)</div>
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Maybelle the Chihuahua mix was not with us long ... her organs were failing her. She had cozy, soft beds and lots of love right up until the end!</div>
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Pippa the Schnauzer mix was a fun-loving girl who just had too many medical issues to overcome ... she made us laugh with her sideways trot and her somersaults!</div>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02144627491086608877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637438797515575611.post-89046290748994698212009-10-24T21:36:00.067-04:002016-09-24T14:11:07.109-04:00Counting the lives saved!Bliss has rescued 448<span style="color: #741b47;"><b> </b></span>dogs and cats since our founding on April 1st, 2009! Many thanks to all our supporters and to those who adopt from us!Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02144627491086608877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637438797515575611.post-38127612013111147452009-10-18T21:28:00.001-04:002014-12-31T10:11:18.880-05:00Our Mission<span style="background-color: #d9ead3; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Bliss is a licensed, non-profit 501(c)(3) animal welfare organization dedicated to rescuing and rehoming senior, special needs, and medically needy dogs from local animal control facilities. Our focus is to help those most at risk of being euthanized due to age or physical/medical condition.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In nearly 10 years of doing rescue, we have learned that it is this population of dogs whom we feel the most compelled to help. If you would like to make a donation in order to help us pay for the veterinary and medical care of senior, special needs, and medically needy dogs, please click on the PayPal Donate button to your left or send a check to Bliss at PO Box 303, Loganville, GA, 30052. Many thanks for your support!</span></span>Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02144627491086608877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637438797515575611.post-47745367631828978772009-10-18T21:25:00.017-04:002016-12-24T15:06:43.231-05:00About Us<span style="background-color: #d9ead3; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 18px;">Bliss is a licensed, non-profit 501(c)(3) animal welfare organization dedicated to rescuing and re-homing senior, special needs, and medically needy dogs from local animal control facilities. Our focus is to help those most at risk of being euthanized due to age or physical/medical condition.</span><br />
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Rose our 7 yr old 3 lb Chihuahua mix</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">My partner, Nancy, and I have been together for 17 years. We live on 3+ acres of the east side of Atlanta. We are both full-time sign language interpreters and are very involved in the Deaf community here and in the improvement of education for Deaf children. We have two wonderful kids, Travis (28) and Katherine (26). We have 5 dogs and 4 cats of our own (all rescues), and within Bliss we usually have between 6-7 foster pets as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">Our passion for animals runs deep!</span><span style="font-size: small;"> We are both vegetarians and are committed to the idea that animals need not suffer merely for us to exist. It’s a corny notion, yeah, but we really are here to live in harmony with them, not to exploit. This life that we have is not meant for us, for what we can accomplish for ourselves, but for all that we can accomplish for something beyond ourselves. We invest our time in animals because it brings us great joy and it helps to reduce the suffering and loneliness of pets in need. We feel a serious responsibility in our stewardship of the animals with whom we share this world. We have a particular passion for helping those who have been the victims of acts of cruelty or neglect. We want to keep companion animals out of harm’s way. We view pets as members of the family that deserve the utmost respect, nurturing, dedication, and love possible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">Is it possible for an animal to feel “bliss”?</span><span style="font-size: small;"> We believe it is. A way out of the hard times they have known, be it violence, abandonment, neglect, or isolation … and into the life that awaits them – the life of great satisfaction and contentment that was meant to be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">The establishment of Bliss</span><span style="font-size: small;"> has been a long time coming. We have always been the type to pull over and pick up the stray on the side of the road. To take in a scared, lost dog or cat and help him find his way back home. Years of that led to the feeling that we needed to be part of a greater whole, a community of animal-lovers like us who had an organized way to make a difference. So we found a wonderful organization, Pound Puppies N’ Kittens, and have been a foster home for them for several years. We are greatly indebted to everyone in Pound Puppies for all that we have learned (and continue to learn!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">Our involvement with animal rescue</span><span style="font-size: small;"> in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was our point of no return. We volunteered with Noah’s Wish near New Orleans (Slidell). We spent our time caring for hundreds of dogs who had been left behind, stranded, terrified, injured, and separated from all they’d ever known. We witnessed the people who had been through the same, and worse. We witnessed the undeniable bond of love that is shared between man and animal, and saw the best of our humanity among those who fought to reunite the two in the midst of terrible tragedy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We came home with <b>changed hearts</b> and a renewed investment to be a part of something bigger than ourselves. We have visited Best Friends Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah several times and have seen the scope of what is possible in the world of rescue. We visited Pasado Safe Haven near Seattle and took their “Animal Sanctuary 101” workshop. We took natural disaster emergency response animal rescue training from Noah’s Wish. I started volunteering at a low-cost Spay/Neuter clinic, which led to becoming a vet tech there once a week. In the wake of Hurricane Gustav, Travis and I volunteered with pet rescue for Pasado Safe Haven. Then Nancy and I started researching the possibility of starting up our own non-profit. Time passed and all the pieces started falling together in the most bizarre and unexpected ways, with the oddest timing possible … and now here we are! Bliss was established on April 1st, 2009.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We<b> currently</b> pull from local county animal control centers and provide our rescue dogs with all the veterinary care they need, along with high quality food, an indoor home environment and lots of love! We aim to find them the best loving and permanent homes out there and for any dogs too ill to be adopted out, we provide him/her with a comfortable and loving place to live out the end of life. Senior dogs deserve to be cherished and cared for throughout their final weeks/days and we are lucky to be able to provide that for them! We strive to do all we can to reduce the suffering of those animals within our reach. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>"Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival</i><i> of life on Earth as much as the</i><i> evolution to a vegetarian diet."</i><i>- </i>Albert Einstein</span></div>
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