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DEAR In Honor and Memory Page Down East Animal Refuge would like to present a way to honor or memorialize your pet permanently. We launched this special page in 2009 with our first Thanksgiving Pet Luminaria and Stew fundraiser. We will post In Honor and In Memorial for pets for each 2012 donation received. DEAR will gladly accept digital images of the pets who their owners want to post here. Please visit our DEAR Pet Memory page for more information.
DEAR Community Calendar DEAR Monthly Meeting, Thursday, January 12, 2012, 7:00p, Scotland Neck Memorial Library Rabies & Wellness Clinic with Dr. Marty Edwards, with assistance from DEAR, Saturday, February 4, 2012, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., building behind Coleman's (off Main St./NC Hwy 258) in Scotland Neck. Dr. Marty will be seeing people by appointment only during this clinic. Appointments will be given out on a first come, first served basis. There are limited spaces available for appointments. Please sign up early. Walk-ins for wellness checks and shots accepted as time permits. People who need meds for heartworm and flea control can still come in on a walk-in basis without an appointment. Contact Dr. Marty at 919-607-5716 today to make an appointment.. Visit Dr. Marty's website at http://www.vetmobiletriangle.com Calendar updated on Monday, January 7, 2012
DEAR Contact Information Mailing address: Post Office Drawer 40 Scotland Neck North Carolina USA 27874 Office Voice Mail - (252) 813-1649 Vet Clinic Info - (252) 826-0336 Re-Homing Info - (252) 813-1649 General Information/Micro Chip Clinics - (252) 813-1649
DEAR is now accepting donations, ticket sales, and advance food sales payments through PayPal.
Dogs Available for Re-Homing
Down East Animal Refuge Re-Homing Information Anyone interested in rehoming our dogs must have a fenced in yard or a kennel. Contact DEAR at (252) 813-1649/ information@downeastanimalrefuge.org for more information. Full re-homing information on all 32 dogs at the DEAR facility can be found on both the DEAR website at www.downeastanimalrefuge.org or at www.PetFinder.com.
"Stormy" Becomes DEAR's Newest Resident 
Stormy is a male American Pit Bull Terrier. He is just happy to have been found by DEAR. He is getting along well with the 30 other dogs at our animal facility in Scotland Neck. Stormy is friendly and wants to play. Contact us if you think you can give Stormy the home he needs. As of July 14, 2011, Stormy is currently in the New Leash on Life Program.
 
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 DEAR Kentucky Derby Fund Raiser Scotland Neck NC -- DEAR held their third annual Kentucky Derby Fund Raiser on Saturday, May 7, 2011. Warm weather, good food, and a great race brought out people from the community to help raise money for DEAR's operating expenses. Watch the page to additional details on this fund raiser. 
See more Derby photos by visiting our Facebook page.
DEAR Receives $500 Donation From Animal Crackers 
Melanie Marshall-Park present a $500 check to Gra Whitehead, Founder DEAR Katy Cohen, Taco, Connie Lilley
Giving Thanks to Gomez  We adopted Gomez three years ago this Thanksgiving – he is absolutely the joy of our lives. Claudia told me she wasn’t sure about how he would do with our cats, and to be sure, he definitely does not appreciate them—they LOVE him. They rub under his belly and try to sleep with him. He understand they are an important part of the household—just doesn’t want to touch them! He respectfully and quietly just gets up and leaves the bed to them! We think he was 5 or 6 when we adopted him from DEAR. He came with stored energy. I take him running several miles at least 3 times a week. He goes hiking and camping with us and loves love loves traveling with us. Thanks to a wireless fence he has the run of our 1 acre yard but when I come home he is parked in the driveway watching for me and is the first thing I see in my rear view mirror as I back in the drive. He was quiet and very introverted as first. He is still very composed but there is great joy in his eyes all the time, which he now communicates via a complex vocabulary he has developed to explain all his thoughts. I encourage anyone thinking of adopting to consider a mature dog—DEAR folks do such a great job of socializing their dogs that all it required to bond with Gomez was to establish a routine, show him consistent discipline and kindness (including lots of hand contact by brushing and hugs), and exercise.
I wished I lived closer to DEAR—I’d be there volunteering all the time. What a great group and organization. Thanks for giving us Gomez, Nancy M White MLA PhD
DEAR Rehoming Success Stories: "It's in their eyes" "It's in their eyes", said my wife as she sat mesmerized by look of the brown eyed cutie on the screen. Cornelia Morris kept the channel fixed during the commercials of the 2010 Westminster Dog Show in New York, with the same sense of excitement that she had 3 years ago. That is when we rescued Mildred, a Dalmatian/Beagle mix, from our local dog shelter and brought her into our home. The Morris family of Southern Pines, North Carolina was now being stirred by the wide eyed, brown mutt who seems to have a knack for looking at the camera on cue. The commercial coming to an end and encouraging adoption, the process had begun once again.
The first step was to look at availability on the internet for rescue dogs. Our first find was a cute Shih Tzu pup named Ragina from Havelock, North Carolina. Her family owner was having to leave the country for military duty and she needed a good home. The process involved a 4 page application and a background check. Walter, the father, became uncomfortable with the "home visit" requirement for Ragina and thankfully, she was adopted before it would come to us. But alas, the hook to adopt was in.
Our next find was the Down East Animal Refuge in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. After a few pleasant emails from Claudia, the owner, we agreed on a new adoptee with no name. As we looked at her online, we decided on a name, Effie and made arrangements to pick her up on Saturday after her local vet visit. We met Claudia in Scotland Neck after a 3 hour drive and was taken to the kennel where we met our new puppy. She immediately started licking my daughter, Mary Mitchell, on the face and was comfortable in our arms. Claudia was nearly in tears as she said her goodbyes and said "you are going to a good home..."
On the way home, we renamed her Sadie ("she just didn't look like an Effie", quipped my daughter). With some trepidation, we took her to meet her new big sister, Mildred. It has been a blessing to watch Mildred who has taken her in, slept with her in her bed and seems happy to have a new playmate.
We thank the Down East Animal Refuge and especially Claudia for her help in arranging the adoption of Sadie and bringing joy to the Morris family. Walter and Cornelia Morris, Southern Pines, North Carolina
Harley's Home in Virginia Updated on December 4, 2010:  Two years ago on August 28, 2008 our family drove over to your Mother's home to visit as you were in town. You had brought from  Scotland Neck, an 18 month old yellow lab girl for us to meet. She had been thrown away on the side of the road, chained to her dog house with a note that said, "My name is Harley". The vet said Harley had had a litter of puppies when she was just a puppy herself. She tested positive for heartworms and only weighed 30 pounds. Today, this wonderful, loving, sweet girl has been a member of our family for over 2 years. We could not begin to imagine our life without our "Harley Girl". Our older lab, Dubyah, and Harley became best friends from their very first meeting. They play, run, swim and sleep together every night. They have a certain time every evening when they "groom" each other.  Harley also loves her kitty, Kramer. She makes sure his face is washed every morning! Harley just had her annual check up with the vet and we are rejoicing as she now tests negative for heartworms! Her health is perfect!  I have attached a few photos so you can see what a happy girl she is. We will always be grateful to you and DEAR for the tireless, loving work you all do to make the world a better place for animals down on their luck and looking for their forever homes. We are so thankful Harley is ours. Ron and Cheryl McLean Virginia Beach, VA
By George, I'm Home Hi,
 We are doing fine with George. George never barked in the beginning when we brought him home. We wondered if we had gotten the right dog as we needed one that barked. He has finally started barking and barks ateveryone. He acts like he is protecting his property for sure!
He was scared of everything and everyone but has gotten better about that. He still gets in his house when the airplanes are flying which sometimes is a lot. He loves to go for walks out in the back of ourproperty. C.E. wanted to try to catch him running on camera - he is so
funny. We have gotten him so that he can be let off his line and thatway he just runs and runs and then will come back to you. He hasn't
strayed off the property at this point. He usually comes right back tohis house or comes to the back door for me to let him in. The picture
with George in the field of clover was back in the summer and the otherswere just 3 weeks ago. Just had him to the vet for his rabies and othershots and they say he is fine - weighs about 75 lbs. When C.E. comesinto the living room and sets down in his recliner George thinks he hasto be petted continuously - pushes his head under C.E.'s arm until hewill rub him. Last winter he chewed on a chair leg which we didn'tsee until it was already one. He has wet a couple times but seems to bebetter about that now. He is not like the dog we had which would justlay and sleep first thing in the morning but George has to taken outpretty quick. We are enjoying him - he is so different from our other dog. He sounds like he is crying when I come home from work. Janice Harris
 Toby Finds His True Home
We adopted Toby, the cutie on the left in the picture, in May '09. We already had 2 dogs & he would be our 3rd. Little did we know we would lose our precious lab several days later. Toby was sent to us for a reason. He helped all of us through that difficult time, including Logan- pictured on the right. Toby immediately became Logan's best friend. They love each other more than I've ever seen two dogs love one another. They play very hard every day & do their share of cuddling at night. Toby has brought us nothing but joy & entertainment & we couldn't imagine being without him. Thank you DEAR for Toby! Jamie & Dave Ferris of Virginia Beach
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