Votes Needed For Life is Labs Rescue - PEPSI Grant

[Fishing Rhino]

I checked with Glenn before posting this. He graciously approved it as a worthy cause.

Our younger daughter Kristie owns and operates Waterdog Kennels in Temple, GA, about 40 miles west of Atlanta. She does some obedience training, but her main business has been boarding, and training dogs for hunting and field trials.

In the past two or three years, in addition to that, she has gotten into the rescue of dogs, primarily labs, but others as well.

The dogs are first taken to a vet to get them up to snuff healthwise. They get vaccinations, and are treated for any physical ailments.

Then they are trained in the basics, to walk on and off leash and to obey the usual commands, come, heal, stay, sit, etc.

After this period, during which they are quarantined, they are introduced to other dogs for socialization. They must be kept apart from the dogs being trained and boarded, until they are ready to be socialized.

This requires a separate facility, which at present is very limited in the amount of dogs that can be rescued. There are plans for expansion, which will be underway soon.

Kristie is one of a thousand applicants accepted by Pepsi to "compete" for a 50K grant. The ten winners are determined strictly by the number of votes they receive.

Today Kristie is at #56 and needs to get in the top 10. So she needs votes!!!

You can vote daily online, by facebook, and by texting. For those who are techies, and are hooked up with all three, you can cast three votes daily.

Voting ends on October 31, 2010

Here is Kristie's page. Be sure to check out Libby's before and after photo on the page.

http://www.refresheverything.com/lifeislabs

Hope this part of an email Kristie has sent shows up. If you want to receive updates from her you can contact her by email, and you will be added to the list. Number 1 is for the page linked above.

It's easy to vote:

1) Click here

2) Click "vote for this idea"

3) You can quickly sign in using facebook, an existing account or by creating an account

4) Then click "vote for this idea" AGAIN (very important!) now that you're logged in

An EVEN EASIER way to vote:

Text* 103192 to

Pepsi (73774)

*No additional charge; standard text messaging rates apply.

And vote through facebook:

CLICK TO VOTE!1) Go to the Facebook App and install

2) Search for Life is labs and vote!

THANK YOU for your support. If you have an extra few seconds, please leave us a message in the comments area to show your support.

And don't forget to share this email and our voting page with your friends and family. While you're there, you can share it on Twitter and Facebook and/or add a widget to your website or blog.

Thank you for letting us email you. We'll keep you posted on our progress.

Sincerely,

Kristie, Drew and the dogs

[NateFollmer]

I'll do all three until the end of the month.

I think MTV and the new york stock exchange are doing a similar grant, maybe she could look into that too. I think it's called "movers and shapers"...

[Fishing Rhino]

Thank you.  It is very much appreciated.

[Uncle Leo]

I have you covered Tom, this is a worthy cause. Our last two Cockers were from a rescue. Sweetest girls you ever want to meet. Wish your Daughter luck from us.

[Fishing Rhino]

Thanks Uncle.  Very nice of you.