Other Shelters & Rescues Making our Design of the Elevated Dog Bed
 

Thank you sooo much for your efforts toward making this project happen!  The paper didn't get all the details quite right of which beds/condos go where,
but that's OK.  We even have extra materials to make a few more. :)  You guys are great for helping so many dogs you'll never see and people you'll never meet.
Happy Trails and Waggin' Tails!           Jan Kleopfer
Hot diggity digs for dogs    Saturday, May 30, 2009   Madison County Courier  Madison Co Indiana

Freshman Cody Miller helps to steady a "dog condo" frame as sophomore Patrick Green attaches the cloth material to the frame, and sophomore Kyle Stephan uses a band saw to cut PVC pipe to size for the frame in the construction technology class at Madison Consolidated High School.

The students' work was for the Elevated Dog Bed Project. The beds, also called dog condos, are for local shelters and rescue operations, and is being funded by Bridges for Animals in Madison and the Scottsburg Environmental Club at Scottsburg High School. Additional materials were provided by the Columbus Dog Connection in Ohio. Six large and two small beds will go to the Leota Animal Rescue facility in Scottsburg and two will go the Madison-Jefferson County Animal Shelter in Madison.

The project is one of several community service projects that the MCHS construction technology class took on this school year. Last week, the students also made picnic tables for the Kent Volunteer Fire Department and the Faith Alliance Church in Madison. Teacher Mike Frazier said the projects are good for the local organizations and for the students because they get to build things that will be of use in their hometowns. (Staff photos by Ken Ritchie)
        
 

Dogmanity in Pendelton Co Kentucky
by Luv 4 K9's in Dayton  2007
      
             
August 30, 2008  We had a ball !!  18 people turned out Saturday.  We had a bed making party last Sunday.  All 25 dogs got beds, their kennels cleaned, walked, brushed and got new toys, lots of treats and rawhides.  We got Stanley Steamer to steam the floors. We took 8 big tubs full of food and for storage...enough food for a couple of months. We ran two outlets for wet vacs/fans, fixed the hot water heater, repaired cages, introduced dogs to people who might be able to get them out of that shelter.  Thank you for sharing Dogmanity with us.  We love your website, we send a lot of adopters, fosters and people who email us asking how they can help with puppy mill dogs to the Columbus Dog Connection web site.  We never miss a Mingle With Our Mutts Adoption event in Dayton or a chance to tell anyone about the Columbus Dog Connection Habitat for Dogmanity and Elevated Dog Bed program. 
 

How our beds helped a long term  shelter pooch in New York

                         
So far I've made a number of the beds for my local feral cat rescue and local dog shelter. It's going well and my husband and I really enjoy making them.
I actually have a wonderful story about the first bed we made. Attached is a photo of Turbo.....he'd been at the Schuyler Shelter for MORE THAN A YEAR. He got the first bed we sent to Schuyler and this is a photo of him using it. He LOVED it they said. Funny thing is, within one week of getting the bed, he was FINALLY adopted. They said he stopped "rushing" the front of his cage whenever someone came to see him because he was so cozy on his bed. People finally started noticing him for the nice dog he was and BINGO.....he has a wonderful home now! Gave me goosebumps when they told me. I thought that was pretty cool. Sure makes me want to make more beds.....for Harlan in Kentucky and as many other places as possible.       From Donna in New York