Charlie’s Wags and Whiskers

01/14/2025

01/01/2025

Wow… what a year it has been. I cried scrolling through these old photos of the battle we’ve fought over the last 365 days.
We’ve saved approximately 300 surrenders and rescues in over a years time and found homes for over half of those!
At one point in the peak of kitten season we had 80 cats in our facility.
From fundraisers, community support, laughs, frustrations, heart wrenching sadness… we are still here!
At the beginning of the year we started with the 4 dumped siblings… then another dumped couple nights after new years.. we still have 2 sisters.
A terrible freeze, the viral post of Charlie Sommerfeld stray station, we gained a 4 day old kitten that we didn’t know had Cerebellar hypoplasia, a momma that got very sick and we became bottle mommas to her 6 kittens, turning very much DOG people into cat people, rescued the infamous severally injured, Misty (who we still have, who hated people to begin with, still does except charlie and I), went on our first ever animal trapping adventure, lots of fleas, baths, love, nurturing, SO MANY VET VISITS…
But then as soon as charlie graduated… the worst happened and just continued from there.
Feline Parvo (VERY RARE) entered our facility, this was the hardest part… there was nothing we could do to stop it… no matter that we did intake properly, got vaccines, properly sanitized daily… it took 31 kittens from us. Ones that we loved so much no matter how long we had them.
We thought things were better… then we had an attempted break in… with no help from law enforcement we did what we thought was best to close temporarily because we didn’t know what was next.
We had 2 creeps stalking, people demanding to get in… so we saved and saved where we could and have purchased NVR cameras. Still lack 2 from being installed but it’s coming…
Our blink cameras just weren’t enough. We worked tirelessly doing fundraisers over the last few months… we can’t thank everyone for your support.
Soooo with all the mess… we are claiming a NEW YEAR… it will be bigger and better.
More fun activities, we want to give back to our community even more, and thank all the folks that have stuck by our side!
We’ve met so many people, we call friends now! We’ve struggled with possibly closing the door because we couldn’t make ends meet no matter what we did…
But here we go… can’t wait to see everyone.
We will still keep the door locked for the time being but be on the lookout for some awesome news in a couple days!
We ended the year taking in another 2 dogs, I know we’re a glutton for punishment, and the very last picture will show you exactly how Gordon feels about this year!
Love y’all, thank you!

12/03/2024

Soooo neat… the surrounding communities support is felt.
We’ve had a tough go since June. With the very rare feline parvo striking our rescue, to attempted break in once we finally got things opened back up, to weirdos creepin… we’ve still done intake on kittens, cats, and dogs…
We are still racking up vet bills, housing, water, electricity, amongst other things.
Please reach out if you’d like an appointment to come visit. That seems to be working for us. We have plenty of babies that need homes or just love! Holidays are approaching, we know funds are tight, so ANYTHING helps.
We were so excited about a sweet drop off of simple cleaning supplies… we spend so much money on just those type of things alone. The bundles of blankets, rugs, heating items are very much appreciated as well.
If you find it in your heart to even foster a pup for the holidays, that’s even a huge help. They live a different life than a shelter with us but it’s still nothing like “home”… we currently foster our own rescue cats just to give them that feel!
Thanks to everyone ALWAYS!

Update: Due to the weather, all outdoor activities have been cancelled for this event. All activities will be inside and the event will be free from 10a–2p.

We are looking forward to seeing Santa on Saturday, 12/07. See below for more information about the event!

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09/17/2024

Last minute signups!! You don’t have to be a golfer to play some golf!! just for fun & to raise money for a good cause 😊🐾

IT’S HOMECOMING WEEK!
🐝Homecoming Scramble🐝
Sept 21st at 10am
Get your team signed up by calling the Clubhouse at 254-865-6917
This years tournament proceeds benefit Charlie’s Wags and Whiskersl🐶🐱
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09/06/2024

Sign up starts now!! Play golf for a good cause 🐾🐱🐶

🐝Homecoming Scramble
Sept 21st at 10am
Sign up by calling the Clubhouse at 254-865-6917
This years tournament proceeds benefit Charlie’s Wags and Whiskers🐶🐱
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07/25/2024

Be Remarkable 🥹🥰

05/23/2024

Ya’ll this was such a neat experience.. this was right before we took in Miss Misty girl and kitten season really kicked off. We now currently have 4 doggos, 84 cats & kittens… 60+ of those are kittens. This is a tough job and we are tired but these babies need us.
We’ve learned so much in the last 10 months and have met some great people as well as networked. We do appreciate everyone who’s donated and helped us along the way

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