The Doodle Messenger

[Dr. Judith P. LaVorgna]

Hello everyone, I'm Dr. Judy LaVorgna, Founder Board Member of The Doodle Messenger now linked to your site by Adina. I am a long time Doodle owner and rescuer, and FL Coordinator for IDOG Rescue and Rehome...lucky enough to place 4 Doodles in the last four weeks in wonderful forever homes. 

 I wanted to take a moment to thank Adina for making the link to our very important donation site for Doodles who are critically ill or injured, world wide, and who's families need financial and emotional support in their journey to wellness, if that is possible. Some of these "kids" have a terminal diagnoses, however, with each passing day new medical technololgies become available, so there is always hope. Hope comes, however, at extraordinary cost. The Doodle Messenger tells the story of the first two under our worry and concern. More will come, and you will see that you can submit a Doodle yourself, or, if your Doodle is critically ill or injured, be submitted by someone else. We are a stand alone site, just now beginning, and one we intend to take world wide. We need your help to do that by spreading the word and the site wherever you are that Doodles are!  Romps, walks, sites, organizations. We Doodle lovers and owners are in this together. And, to my knowledge, Adina is the first person to link our page to her Doodle Kisses!  Good going!  Great going. You can find it now on your Extra site.

 Please take time to go to the site and read about the Doodles in Need there, and feel free to donate, however small, toward their recovery.  AS important, the current Founder Board is searching for two additional Founder Board members.  Perhaps one of you will want to submit your name and interest in one of those positions. I hope so. You can read about the Board and "requirements" such as they are on the Who Are We page of our site, read the entire Website if you can.

 We have, as of yesterday, hired a Volunteer Webmaster and so we expect some changes to the way to use the site (more user friendly, resources for owner's with sick or injured Doodles, etc.), so visit often, grow with us.  Thank you and, to Adina, your site WILL show as a link resource there, soon!  Please, spread the word for our Doodles in Need and make the Messenger a favorite.  Judy

[Ann W]

It takes all of us reaching out to other groups. Why haven't you contacted The Doodle Messenger ? Dr. Judy and her board are working as fast as they can. This is a wonderful avenue for all of us!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I hope that it truly is for "all of us"; however, the origins of the Doodle Messenger are with one particular forum/group that has not done a lot of reaching out to other groups or individuals in the past.
When we have individual fundraisers for a particular dog, such as with Sophie, people are choosing to give to that particular dog. Anyone here on DK is free to post a dog in need and people are free to respond without having to pass it through a committee who will decide on the worthiness of the cause (or possibly, the worth of the owner/custodian of that particular dog). As any of us who have dealt with various bureaucracies know only too well, boards and committees don't seem to get things done as efficiently or democratically as we might wish.
There is an excellent explanation of the origins of the Doodle Messenger in this discussion:
http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=228724;article=8454...

[Dr. Judith P. LaVorgna]

Yes, thank you. That is the discussion from and around which The Doodlle Messenger had its birth. It will, however, take parents to raise it. And that is exactly the reason we came to this site, going forum by forum, by forum. If it does not sound comfortable to you, please, don't feel compelled to visit as it grows. It has been alot of very hard work, alot. I assure you that Volunteer time has been carefully and wisely spent to help it become an important resource for all of us, and to provide a fast turn around time for owners. By the numbers of people who we hope will visit the site, we are simply trying to increase the donation amount for the dogs.
Perhaps Karen and Jack, one of you will consider Board membership. We welcome an interest and have need of an additional member.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Thank you, Judy, I will definitely consider doing that.

[Ann W]

It will! Its like giving birth. A lot of pain for a short time for something wonderful to enrich ours and others life ! Sometimes we just have to give others the benefit of doubt.

[Linda, Webber and Seda]

Wow. I must be a wimp, but the tone of this discussion, on DoodleKisses, is disturbing to me.

[LG & Sadie]

me too....I must have missed something....but re-reading isn't helping....

[Linda, Webber and Seda]

Thanks Kim. I had to take about ten shots with my computer camera, turn it to sepia and then over-expose it to get the wrinkles out!! Cut ten years off of my age :-)