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The Animal Support Project Helping animals and their owners through tough times.

TASP is an all volunteer group dedicated to supporting animals and their owners through difficult times by helping pets stay where they belong: in their homes with their families. Most importantly, we aid senior citizens, medical patients and other community members by educating and assisting in behavioral issues, legal matters, training, referrals, grooming, transporting, providing routine care a

nd other necessary services for all species. When needed, we offer foster and re-homing services to ensure that animals continue to live in safe, loving environments.

31/01/2025

Valentine’s Day/Mardi Gras Photo Opportunities

Saturday February 1st from 12-3, Benson’s Pet Center, 3083 Rte 50, Saratoga Springs NY

Sunday February 2nd from 12-3, Benson’s Pet Center, 197 Wolf Road, Colonie NY

Saturday February 8th from 12-3, Pet Supplies Plus, 720 Hoosick Road, Troy NY

Sunday February 9th from 12-4, Benson’s Pet Center, 43 Devonshire Avenue, Pittsfield MA

You say you’ve never been to a TASP Fantasy Photo Fund Raiser before? Well, you don’t know what you and your best friend have been missing! Just a $10 donation yields a 4″x6″ framed keepsake photo of your pet, your kid or even your granny, against one of over 20 different digital backgrounds. Each month a different theme ……Beach Party, Patriotic, Back to School, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and so many more! And since TASP is an all-volunteer outfit, your donation translates 100% into services for local pets in need. Come once and you’ll be hooked! So c’mon out and enjoy the fun and save animals at the same time. It’s a win:win!

Beautiful senior Ethel is with Out of the Pits
30/01/2025

Beautiful senior Ethel is with Out of the Pits

Who wants to boop this snoot?! We sure do! ☺️ Frosty face Ethel has the most loving snoot around 🩷

Ethel is a beautiful 10 year old senior with lots of love to give.

https://outofthepits.org/adoptions/ethel/

29/01/2025
Another shout out to our friends at Pet Supplies Plus - Brunswick and their customers who donate food and supplies every...
29/01/2025

Another shout out to our friends at Pet Supplies Plus - Brunswick and their customers who donate food and supplies every week. Special thanks today to John and Marilyn who even loaded the pet food, treats and toys. This generous donation has already been logged into our TASP STASH pet pantry, and will soon be split up and delivered to those local food pantries (on our list of 20+) awaiting delivery. There it will be put to good use by their dedicated volunteers who ensure their clients have easy access to it when they are supplementing their other household needs. “Unity is strength. . . when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” Thank you all!

29/01/2025
Valentine’s Day/Mardi Gras Photo Opportunities Saturday February 1st from 12-3, Benson’s Pet Center, 3083 Rte 50, Sarato...
28/01/2025

Valentine’s Day/Mardi Gras Photo Opportunities

Saturday February 1st from 12-3, Benson’s Pet Center, 3083 Rte 50, Saratoga Springs NY

Sunday February 2nd from 12-3, Benson’s Pet Center, 197 Wolf Road, Colonie NY

Saturday February 8th from 12-3, Pet Supplies Plus, 720 Hoosick Road, Troy NY

Sunday February 9th from 12-4, Benson’s Pet Center, 43 Devonshire Avenue, Pittsfield MA

You say you’ve never been to a TASP Fantasy Photo Fund Raiser before? Well, you don’t know what you and your best friend have been missing! Just a $10 donation yields a 4″x6″ framed keepsake photo of your pet, your kid or even your granny, against one of over 20 different digital backgrounds. Each month a different theme ……Beach Party, Patriotic, Back to School, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and so many more! And since TASP is an all-volunteer outfit, your donation translates 100% into services for local pets in need. Come once and you’ll be hooked! So c’mon out and enjoy the fun and save animals at the same time. It’s a win:win!

22/01/2025

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Kudos yet again to our friends at Benson’s. Neither snow nor rain nor heat …. nor today’s pretty but c-c-cold weather ke...
21/01/2025

Kudos yet again to our friends at Benson’s. Neither snow nor rain nor heat …. nor today’s pretty but c-c-cold weather keeps them from working to help others. Special thanks to Kim for her steadfast scheduling and to Michelle who loaded us up with pet food, treats and toys on this shivery morning. This generous donation to our small but needy TASP STASH pet pantry has already been logged in, and will soon be on its way back out to over 20 local food pantries. There it will be put to good use by their dedicated volunteers to supplement the essential needs of their clients. “Teamwork makes the dream work" Thank you all!

18/01/2025

Due to unfortunate messaging over the years, coupled with a lack of knowledge, and compounded by the human tendency for denial/delusion, what should be obvious and commonly accepted is anything but.

A few of the messages:
-There are no bad dogs, only bad owners. Wrong.
-Any dog can be “fixed” if you’ll get your energy right. Wrong.
-Every dog should be saved. Wrong.

The knowledge gap:
-We have a chaotic house, with lots of kids running all over, and we adopted a highly nervous but “sweet” herding breed. Bad.
-My dog challenges everyone in our family, and has bitten us all, but is great with my trainer. Bad.
-We got a guarding/working breed so it can protect the family, even though we’ve never had a dog before. Bad.

A bit of denial:
-He only bites us when we kiss/dance/move too fast/leave the house/vacuum because he had a traumatic early life. Delusion.
-She’s guards her spot on the couch, her toys, and her food, and will bite us if we get too close, but it’s only because she never had things of her own before. Delusion.
-He always growls at or bites my husband, but I’m sure he was abused by a man before I adopted him. Delusion.

Can people improve? Absolutely. Can dogs improve? Almost always. Does that mean that all fits can be made healthy and happy, or are wise? Nope. People and dogs come in many flavors, and many of these flavors work wonderfully well together, some work with certain other flavors, and some (human and dog) don’t work well at all. It’s a sad reality, but a reality nonetheless. We should be choosing the dogs we share our lives with based on an honest and informed assessment of who we are, what our lives look like, and what dog—both breed and individual personality—fits that reality best.

Ignore the silly messages, do your homework, and lose the denial.

Fairytales in dog land often end up as nightmares.

18/01/2025

I have a friend who teaches Biology. She shared this with me tonight.

She's been trying to grow mold since Nov 24th for a lab experience in class next week.

That's our wheat bread with that beautiful mold!! Check out those other 2 bread slices. She said the Pepperidge farm feels like it just came out the oven and neither of them show one speck of mold!! 😱👀 Take note that Pepperidge farm is a grain/wheat bread, "the one they advertise as healthier."

Yall, it's almost 2 months. The level of perservatives/chemicals in that stuff is scary!! Real food molds.

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