Dharma Needs a New Home Due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, sweet Dharma needs a new home. She is currently living in SaddleBrooke, and has for the past five years. Dharma is an 8-year-old Australian Cattle Dog. She loves people, cuddling, and golf cart and car rides. She walks well on a leash, is healthy,…
Debora Witten Almost every day at 2 p.m., weather permitting, five SaddleBrooke Ranch residents go to the dog park to let their dogs stretch their legs. Since all of them appear day after day at the same time, a close friendship developed. Their dogs also know and love one another. The 2 p.m. dog park…
SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network (SBPRN) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization. While we are not a shelter facility, our mission is to facilitate adoptions through various rescue groups and shelters, as well as assist in pet placement through adoptions and rehoming. Our volunteers raise funds or collect pet supplies and food through events such as…
Debora Witten In early February, a SaddleBrooke Ranch pet sitter, Donna Hoshide, messaged Deb Street saying that her little one-eyed rescue dog, Pirate, would make a great contestant in the Cover Dog contest that was sponsored by Tucson Lifestyle magazine to benefit the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. It ran from Feb. 1 through 13. Deb, of…
Joy Wegner, Volunteer, Friends of Pinal County Animal Shelter and Rescues Have you read an obituary that listed survivors of the deceased and it included a beloved pet, by name? Maybe the neighborhood news included comments about a neighbor who was unable to take his or her pet into assisted living. Where did the dog, the cat,…
Joy Wegner, Friends of Pinal County Animal Shelter and Rescues Why would residents of SaddleBrooke be excited about the El Tour de Tucson cycling event coming up on Nov. 20? Because it’s a fun, fantastic cycling event and you can cycle to raise funds for Friends of Pinal County Animal Shelter and Rescues! El Tour…
Help Pets in Need in Pinal County: Support the Pet Food Drive Carole Rossof Save the date for SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network Pet Food Drive, Friday, Oct. 9, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., at the SaddleBrooke TWO parking lot. The Pet Food Bank of Pets in Need of Action League (P.I.N.A.L.) provides temporary pet food…
Summertime and the living is easy—Not! People from all over the world move here and think it is like where they come from, only better—Not! We have heat that is deadly in a very short time for both human and animal life. For ourselves and our pets, we need to stay vigilant, aware of signs…
My name is Moosewood. Moose for short. I am a pug with an apricot coat, brown eyes and I weigh all of 19.5 pounds. My younger brother, Fonzy, is also a pug with a fawn coat and brown eyes. He weighs a bit more, 20.5 pounds. Fonzy is high spirited with lots of energy and…
