February 21-24: Visit our booth in Harrisburg, PA at the Pennsylvania Horse World Expo

Saturday, March 16, 10am-3pm: Spring Vaccine & Microchip Clinic at the Richlandtown Firehouse

Sunday, April 14, 7am-11am: Applebee's Pancake Breakfast at Applebee's in Quakertown, PA. All proceeds benefit Last Chance Ranch

Sunday, April 28, Noon-5pm: Visit our table and enjoy music at Misunderstood the Breed & the Blues. "A Concert for the Cause" helping understand the American Pittbull Terrier. At Pitchers Bar & Grill, Allentown, PA

Saturday, June 1 (Raindate June 2):Visit our booth and meet many adoptable animals at Quakertown Veterinary Clinic's Annual Pet Fair, Quakertown, PA.

Saturday, June 22, Noon-8:30pm: PupPawLooza 2013 at Country Creek Winery, Telford, PA. All proceeds benefit Last Chance Ranch.

Saturday, September 21: Annual Fall Open House at Last Chance Ranch. Enjoy food, fun, music and meet adoptable animals. All proceeds benefit Last Chance Ranch.

Saturday, October 19: Fall Vaccine & Microchip Clinic more details coming soon.

Don't forget our monthly events:

First Saturday of every month from April to November at Last Chance Ranch:

10am-New Volunteer Orientation and Tour

Noon-3pm Meet the Dogs

Second Saturday of every month 11am-3pm:

Meet adoptable dogs at PetSmart, Quakertown, PA  

Third Saturday of every month 11am-3pm:

Meet adoptable dogs at PetSmart, North Wales, PA

I just celebrated, this past November, my third year as a volunteer at Last Chance Ranch (LCR)...my kids didn't think I'd last two weeks! It is not easy both physically and emotionally, but by far, one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

You get pleasantly teased month after month with comments like "aren't you bringing one home yet?" "You haven't fostered yet" "oh come on Rose, Romeo loves you so much". Over these past three years there truly have been a handful of dogs I would have brought home, but convincing certain family members was my issue. (There are times you want to bring 20 home a week, just to bring them into a home for a little while)...these animals we are saving are just so full of love and gratitude!

So it finally happened. I couldn't help myself and I couldn't take it anymore. His name is Cruz. I met him back in August when LCR took him in. He was found on the streets and he was matted and suffering a terrible eye trauma. The doctors couldn't save his eye and the kill shelter would have put him down. Lori (who is LCR) got them to do the removal of the eye and she would be responsible for finding Cruz a forever home. I actually met him two days or so after his eye removal. He was dirty, he was depressed and there was something so very special about him.

Week after week he wagged more and more. I would take some break time in his kennel where he would greet me with licks and wags. The more I saw of him the more in love I was falling with this little man. After much talking and thinking and re-thinking we all made the decision together to accept Cruz into our home as our first "foster" doggie! I only wanted to know who won the sporting pool upstairs they must have had for how long it would take Rosie to bring a dog home! Finally....after three years!!!

Our last dog was Midnight (the most beautiful and baddest black lab in the world). There is a song by Eric Clapton called "After Midnight"....I added the words "ain't gonna get another dog"...and we laughed as we brought Cruz home on November 24th, 2012. We decided that we would celebrate November 24th as Cruz' birthday (this year being his fifth) since they really do not know how old he is. We don't really care how old he is. His presence in our home has already made ours a more wonderful place!

To conclude, we did it and finalized our adoption of Cruz on December 22nd,2012! Lori, Chris, Barb, Judy, Jackie (and anybody else I've met there)...you have all enriched my life by accepting me into the LCR family and I can't say enough wonderful things about Last Chance Ranch!

Cruz the "one eyed" epitome of a shelter dog has found his forever home, but the funny thing is, I'm not sure who is doing the rescuing because he has rescued us as much as we have rescued him! He is our little man!! (and, by the way...who won the second pool for how long will it take for Rose to adopt him forever?) Just askin....