Volunteer Highlight

Lefty on "gotcha" day

The GPRS is supported by an amazing group of volunteers;  some may be more "visible" as representatives of the rescue, but all volunteers play an important role when it comes to saving these majestic dogs.

Today's volunteer highlight is Linda Stinnett!  And here is her story:

For those that do not know me, my name is Linda Stinnett.   I am retired from the Post Office where I delivered mail for close to 30 years and I live in Idaho.  I have been volunteering for GPRS for 6 plus years now.

Before my father passed, he asked me to take care of his Pyr.  This is what started my love affairs with Pyrs.  I wanted to learn as much as I could about the breed (other than they are hard of hearing).

For this, I turned to Facebook.  A lade with GPRS was asking for volunteers.  Being deaf I wasn't sure what I could offer.  We decided on postings.  She and I shared the responsibility of getting them listed.  To get posted to the Northwest, I had to send the information to Devi, who works at National (National Great Pyrenees Rescue), and she then posted them to the Northwest.  Mel left GPRS and I then assumed the task of getting them all posted.  Pictures cropped, bios written and edited, etc.  I'm not sure how it came to pass that I was posting pups to the Northwest, but I was.  I won't bore you with all the details, suffice to say I was one busy lady!

GPRS grew exponentially;  Malise was able to save more animals as we got more fosters and volunteers.  Once the Facebook page for our fosters was up and running, it became a bit too much for one person to do.  I still work in the background and help as I can.

Our first Pyr was Trabelle, she passed 2 years ago from cancer.  While we had Trabelle, I found our second Pyr, Tag, at the local humane society.  He's still going strong.  In March, GPRS received a call from Twin Falls Humane Society saying they had a very young pup who's leg had been broken and was getting infected.  Being close to Twin, Malise asked if I would go get and foster the pup to get him out of the shelter.  Of course I did and ended up a "foster failure".  Lefty ultimately had to have his leg amputated, but he gets around just fine.

My fur family includes Tag (Pyr), Lefty (Pyr) Bowser (Great Dane pittie cross) and Gir our resident feline dog nose swatter.

September Adoptions!

Ready for Halloween!

Hi everyone!  We are getting closer to the holiday season and pumpkin spiced everything!  We had a great September for adoptions, with 33 of our dogs finding their forever homes last month!  We are all working so hard and it is always showing in our results for the pyrs, pyr mixes, and sometimes honorary pyrs in our rescue-so a huge thank you to everyone who is doing something big or something small in the rescue!

And now, for a shout out to the pyrs that were adopted in September!

Bailey, Mira, Ember, Aria, Ellen, Yeti, Homie, Brazos, Coyote, Samson, Kali, Hansel, Bluebell, Sherlock, Blanco, Ruby, Kroger, Duke, Caroline, Tex (S), Michaela, Toodles, Yolanda, Jake, Magdalena (S), Vail, Cressida, Cameron, Autumn, Belle, Caliope, Harrison, and Francis!

If you would like to volunteer for GPRS please see our website here!