Annual Champagne Brunch

A reminder:

Our Annual Champagne Brunch will be held on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at the beautiful El Cid Resort and Marina Convention Hall on the jetty overlooking the Sea of Cortez.  Driving instructions will be posted on this blog and our Facebook pages as we get closer to the event.

Tickets will go on sale November 1, 2014.  This year we are offering an Early Bird Special - the first 100 tickets purchased prior to December 1, 2014, will be available for $350.  The remaining 200 tickets will be available for $400.  To qualify for the early Bird Special you must have paid for your ticket prior to the cutoff date.  Purchase early and save an extra $50.

Look for these tickets available from all Amigos de Los Animales volunteers or at the shelter:

 

The new beds have arrived!

What's New!  Ahhh, beds - that's new.  Volunteer Peggy Bracket found a  source on the internet for dog beds - made available to bona fide animal rescue centers at a very reduced cost.  Putting the word out, Peggy and others got enough supporters to sign up for the purchase of a bed(s) and the next thing you know - we are fully furnished!!!  To Peggy and all those that supported this effort A BIG THANK YOU from every dog in the shelter.

Oh yeah, some other things are new also but perhaps not as exciting as the beds.  Thanks to a sizable donation from an anonymous donor we were able to install security cameras throughout the shelter and individual lockers for the employees and volunteers.  Now valuables can be stored safely and securely while you are putting in time at the shelter.

The cameras will enable us to monitor activities during working and non-working hours to make sure that all is well.  We will no longer have to wonder if all animals are secure during periods of severe weather.

An ounce of prevention . . . . . . . . .as the saying goes!

Eraclio y Rodolfo assembling the new beds

Who is the first to try one out?  Bonita of course!

Change in Saturday hours

We are pleased to announce that we will be open longer on Saturdays (Shelter only, not the Bazaar).  After discussing the matter with our Board of Directors and our employees it was decided that there was merit in staying open to the general public until 5:00 pm instead of the previous 2:00 PM.  The official Saturday hours are now 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

To accomplish this the employees agreed to take only one hour for lunch and have all hands stay until 5:00 PM.  This accomplishes two objectives:

1.  We are open longer on Saturday to accommodate members of the general public who work on Saturday and can not get in to see us before 2:00 PM.

2.  By having all hands working until 5:00 PM it eliminates the need to have one worker come back in the afternoon to work after we are closed.  All hands are now able to have a longer, uninterrupted evening on Saturday, not just a few.

The intent is to try these new hours for 6 months to see if it will bring increased adoptions for us.  We will re-evaluate after 6 months.  We started the first Saturday in October.

Has Mariell been replaced????

Who is this sitting in Mariell's chair?  Does she know this is her replacement? 

Bonita trying out the chair

If you won't move, I will just share your chair!

Meeting his new parents...

Looks like love at first sight...

It is Holiday time at the Bazaar

Go to our BAZAAR page to see some of the great Halloween AND Christmas items we have.  Make sure to come in quickly because these are going fast!!!

We have Halloween decorations AND a variety of costumes for children and adults!  Remember that Halloween is at the end of this month so don't delay.

Christmas decorations of all kinds, from cards and wrapping paper to tree decorations and lots more!  We have many strings of lights, both clear and colored and all have been tested and work perfectly!  It is almost time to start putting up those decorations.........come see what new things you can add to your home decor for Christmas! 

Dog and Cat Food Donation - Thank you!!!

Agradecimiento a " Grupo Nobis", al Lic. Irvin Meraz, Ing. Emma y Lic. Trece Ryan, quienes cooperaron para comprar y donar estos alimentos para gato y perros. Gracias

Mariel's new baby!

It isn't always about dogs and cats!!

Feeding Time

Office Manager Mariel (M) has become a surrogate Mom for Tweety.  Tweety was blown out of its nest during our last bout with high winds.  Since then he lives in a small enclosed crate and eats as often as M can find the time.  Tweety is learning to fly and recently flew right around the office and landed on the cat condo.  Although one alert kitten spotted the little tyke and got a claw on it, M was quick to the rescue and saved Tweety from certain disaster.

At any given moment at the shelter Tweety can be seen perched on Mariel's shoulder (her blouse doesn't look to good after that) or balancing on her finger while she conducts her daily routine. 

With this kind of TLC what do you bet that Tweety is slow to leave the nest!!  . . . .Good Work M!

2015 Annual Champagne Brunch

Amigos de los Animales is proud to announce that our Annual Champagne Brunch will be held on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at the beautiful El Cid Resort and Marina Convention Hall on the jetty overlooking the Sea of Cortez.  Driving instructions will be printed on the back of your tickets.

Mazatlan's talented Lori Davidson will be entertaining us with her special brand of music for your listening enjoyment.

This annual event, now at a stunning new location, is not to be missed.  Much more than an ordinary brunch, our event features unlimited champagne, a "not so silent" auction with dozens of items to bid on.  Additionally there will be raffle baskets and 50/50's so don't forget to mark this event on your calendar and make plans to attend one of Mazatlan's most popular events.  All proceeds benefit Amigos de los Animales, Mazatlan's Humane Society.

Tickets will go on sale November 1, 2014.  This year we are offering an Early Bird Special - the first 100 tickets purchased prior to December 1, 2014, will be available for $350.  The remaining 200 tickets will be available for $400.  To qualify for the early Bird Special you must have paid for your ticket prior to the cutoff date.  Purchase early and save an extra $50.

See you there!

Rosa

This dog deserves a whole post just for herself!  Rosa has been a resident at the shelter for over a year.  She was adopted yesterday and is now in her Forever Home!  We are so thrilled for her and we all had tears of joy when she got in the car for the ride to her new home!

We have many animals, both dogs and cats, that need a loving home.  Do you have room in your heart for one of these precious animals?

Come see for yourself!!!!

Thank you for your donation!

Karla Rivera, estudiante de tec Milenio, donated a guitar with case and all these other goodies for our Bazaar ... Mil Gracias Karla!!!

Holidays at the Bazaar

A large inventory of Halloween and Christmas items are now available for sale at the Bazaar.

First come first serve on these quality items.  Shop early!

We are getting so excited!!!

Make sure to mark your calendars - January 25th for the Annual Amigos de los Animales Champagne Brunch!  Here are some more great photos to help you get in the mood! 

Beautiful huh? 

Special Events

What does this picture have to do with anything Amigos???

Visit our Special Events page and see!!

Adopted!

This family adopted 3 (YES - 3) of our cats!

Ami, Celia, & Diana's new forever Family

Only 2 here, the third is camera shy

We wish them all a happy life together!!!

More Donations.......

From Adriana Z. De Fuentevilla

Thank You!

 

Finally asleep....

They were up all night with the thunder and rain.

Donation!

Donation de Daniela Hernandez y Mario Velarde from Rosario, Sinaloa

MUCHAS Gracias!

more of the Lucky Puppies

ELLAS SON LAS CACHORRAS QUE TENEMOS. ELLAS SON YAYZA Y KYARA

Chillin'


 And from another foster parent:

Mis bebes Nena y Negro

 

Ticks! Garapatas! UPDATE UPDATE

UPDATE ON THIS LITTLE GUY:
A note from his new foster mom, Linda Clark:

He has a new name, Curly Bill!

He's doing really well.  He's learned (after a few accidents) to do his business outside.  And since he squats to pee, I figure he is less than 6 months old?  I had to let him inside with my kids (dogs) because he's very needy and yet, soooo wary/shy.

He eats and drinks well.  And hasn't scratched his ears yet! (where all the ticks were). The picture with his face in my hand reminds me of the creature that frets with the acorn at the beginning of Ice Age (the movie).

Posted 04 Sept:
This puppy was found by Linda, one of our awesome volunteers, wandering in the streets.  He is full of ticks and Miguel is giving him some relief by giving a medicated tick bath.