Down East Animal Refuge - Scotland Neck North Carolina

Our Mission

The mission of Down East Animal Refuge (DEAR) is to improve the conditions and health of animals by rescuing strays and feral animals, promoting humane treatment and responsibile pet ownership methodically throiugh education, the law, and fostering compassion for all animals.

Down East Animal Refuge was incorperated in the state of North Carolina in November 2003 and is referred to as DEAR. The purpose of DEAR is to create a compassionate community where there are no more stray, abandoned, and neglected animals - where euthanasia is not always necessary. DEAR will provide veterinary services in a region of North Carolina at affordable rates. DEAR is also registered with the IRS as a 501(c) (3) tax exempt non-profit organization. Tax ID provided upon request.

DEAR meetings take place on every second Thursday of the month, 7:00 p.m. at the Scotland Neck Memorial Library, Scotland Neck, NC. Public is invited to attend and participate.

DEAR has posted their most recent video, Down East Animal Refuge – Every Dog Deserves A Forever Home, 2003 – 2012, on YouTube (www.youtube.com ). The video is broken up into six chapters. We have provided links to each chapter below. This was done because of the sheer size and running time of the video. Feel free to pass on this information.We would also like to hear what everyone thinks of the video.

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.

DEAR Community Calendar

• Rabies & Wellness Clinic with Dr. Marty Edwards, with assistance from DEAR, Saturday, May 26, 2012, 10:00 am. to 2:00 pm, 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.

• DEAR Monthly Meeting, Thursday, June 14, 2012, 7:00p, Scotland Neck Memorial Library

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.

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.orgfor 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.

Visit our Facebook page to see additional animal facility dog photos

Toby Finds His True Home

We adopted Toby, the cutie on the left in the picture, in May '09.

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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

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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 had 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!

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.

By George, I'm Home

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