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These are just a few of the wonderful volunteers that gave their
time to build elevated dog beds for the dogs in rural counties in Ohio.
    Wet puppy kisses to you all !

                See below for pictures/stories from other states.
            Build an elevated dog bed

Ft Lauderdale FL

Hello Kellie,

I wanted to thank you and your wonderful organization for the elevated dog bed directions you posted on your web page! Some good friends and I recently started volunteering at a local shelter in Ft. Lauderdale and quickly realized that their larger guests were in desperate need of some good, comfy beds!

Thanks to the magic of Google, I stumbled across your directions and within a month or so, we had networked our way into getting the PVC and awning donated and birthday donations provided funds for the 3 way corner pieces. We put out the word to friends and co-workers and organized a group of 30 people who cranked out 58 beds in just under 3 hours J

Whoever came up with those plans is a certifiable genius as they were unbelievably easy to put together and your directions could not have been more clear and easy to follow. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. I have attached a couple photos to show you what an amazing idea you had and what an amazing impact these beds had on the dogs who received them (not to mention the overjoyed shelter staff when we showed up to deliver them!)

Thanks for all the good work you do,
Warmest regards,
Jennifer Hessley

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

From Donna 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 goose bumps 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

Dearborn County Indiana

I thought that you might like to see the dog beds that we built for the local animal shelter. Since we have built these we have had requests for other rescues and shelters for beds and we would like to build more but we will need more material. So we would like to built 20 more beds. Home Depot donated the PVC so all we had to pay for was the corner pieces. These are just some of the beds....this picture is going into our local paper and we are going to present this idea to council for other Girl Scout troops to do.

Thanks!

Vicki Reiter

I wanted to get back with you to let you know that we will not be needing anymore awning material to make more dog beds because we have found plenty of companies willing to donate here in Cincinnati...Queen City Awning just gave us a complete 50 yard roll of brand new material because it was discontinued...in fact I cannot get to all the places that are willing to donate material.

We dropped our first set of beds off at the Dearborn County Animal Shelter and will be taking our net batch to the Rising Sun/Franklin County Animal Shelter and then we are going to take a few to the local vets for the older dogs that need to spend the night for various reasons.

         Delaware County Ohio

These are just a few of the wonderful volunteers that gave their time to build elevated dog beds for the dogs in rural counties in Ohio. Wet puppy kisses to you all ! See below for pictures/stories from other states. Build an elevated dog bed


Ft Lauderdale FL Hello Kellie, I wanted to thank you and your wonderful organization for the elevated dog bed directions you posted on your web page! Some good friends and I recently started volunteering at a local shelter in Ft. Lauderdale and quickly realized that their larger guests were in desperate need of some good, comfy beds! Thanks to the magic of Google, I stumbled across your directions and within a month or so, we had networked our way into getting the PVC and awning donated and birthday donations provided funds for the 3 way corner pieces. We put out the word to friends and co-workers and organized a group of 30 people who cranked out 58 beds in just under 3 hours J Whoever came up with those plans is a certifiable genius as they were unbelievably easy to put together and your directions could not have been more clear and easy to follow. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. I have attached a couple photos to show you what an amazing idea you had and what an amazing impact these beds had on the dogs who received them (not to mention the overjoyed shelter staff when we showed up to deliver them!) Thanks for all the good work you do, Warmest regards, Jennifer Hessley	How our beds helped a long term shelter pooch in New York From Donna 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 goose bumps 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
	Dearborn County Indiana I thought that you might like to see the dog beds that we built for the local animal shelter. Since we have built these we have had requests for other rescues and shelters for beds and we would like to build more but we will need more material. So we would like to built 20 more beds. Home Depot donated the PVC so all we had to pay for was the corner pieces. These are just some of the beds....this picture is going into our local paper and we are going to present this idea to council for other Girl Scout troops to do. Thanks! Vicki Reiter I wanted to get back with you to let you know that we will not be needing anymore awning material to make more dog beds because we have found plenty of companies willing to donate here in Cincinnati...Queen City Awning just gave us a complete 50 yard roll of brand new material because it was discontinued...in fact I cannot get to all the places that are willing to donate material. We dropped our first set of beds off at the Dearborn County Animal Shelter and will be taking our net batch to the Rising Sun/Franklin County Animal Shelter and then we are going to take a few to the local vets for the older dogs that need to spend the night for various reasons.
Delaware County Ohio