For those of you who celebrate Christmas, we find ourselves winding down to the last frantic moments of shopping or shoveling before the holiday is upon us. The trees are trimmed with baubles and lights; gifts placed carefully below. A doll for Jane, or a truck for little Mikey...perhaps that diamond bracelet for Mom that she so dreamed of. And yet, Christmas morning will dawn cold and bleak for the many dogs who have not found their Guardian Angel; dogs sitting silently alone in the kennels and cages of "shelters" throughout the country. Please keep them in your thoughts. Together with the compassionate help of people on this list, LHSH has been blessed to have been able to rewrite the stories end for so many over this last year. Dogs like Lukas...left to die at the end of a rope tied to a bumper. Lukas will be celebrating what may be his FIRST Christmas ever at the home of Krista and Craig; well fed and snoozing the day away in his fleecy blanket...or Baby, the 9plus Senior who was spirited out of the "shelter" in her last hours; safe now in Rescue... We at LHSH would like to wish everyone all the Miracles of the Season and thank you once more for the incomparable generosity you have shown. I will leave you with this; "Imagine what you would attempt to accomplish if you knew you could not fail"...Never be afraid to be that "one voice"..Who knows what lives you may change..perhaps even your own! Oh, and Lukas made the Bladen Journal! Link below: http://www.bladenjournal.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Dog+rescue%20&id=5245705-Dog+rescue&instance=news_special_coverage_left_column The Team from Last Hope, Safe Haven Inc. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================