Page 10 - Jupiter Spotlight - January '24

Page 10, Jupiter Spotlight
The Pet Cottage Post

Catching Up With Wendy As I supported Joan through Our forever promise to each pet in our care means that
Derhak the end of her life, I had many no matter what happens to a guardian, the pet will have a
loving home. It’s a win-win-win situation that makes us
conversations with the hospice
11 Years After Launching, This Nonprofit staff about how often pet owners do a happy dance!
with terminal illnesses face this
To date, we have made 100 forever promises to pets and
Founder Discusses The Past, Present And Future reality. They said it was a problem supported 84 forever guardians and 87 volunteers.
Of The Pet Cottage In This Exclusive Interview without a solution. What’s Your Vision For The Future?
In 2012, I founded The Pet Our big goal is to secure a sanctuary property that we can
Why Did You Start The Pet Cottage? Cottage as a solution! call our own. We currently rent in Jupiter Farms and having
It all started with my dear friend Today, we celebrate and our own property would allow us to expand our mission and
Joan. She was an active senior in protect the magical relationship Wendy and Bella Pom services by building additional dog cottages, a cat hotel, and
her early 70s and at the time I was between people and pets by larger volunteer space. We want to be a pillar of support in the
her personal trainer. We worked offering home-style care to pets who lose their humans due community and a known entity for people and pets in need.
out three times a week and became to death, disability or deployment. We also provide senior We are always open to new volunteers and forever guardians
close friends. Truthfully, she was like people with pet companions. joining our pack. Contact us below for more information.
a mother to me. When she received a What Are You Most Proud Of? The Pet Cottage,
terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis, her biggest concern I’m proud of our forever promise. We are not an adoption (561) 818-5025,
was: Who will care for my three senior cats? agency or foster program. We are a new concept. When a pet www.thepetcottage.org
Joan was a strong independent woman. She had no spouse, no becomes homeless due to the death, disability, or deployment
children and no siblings. Her three furbabies, Shadow, Smokey, of their owner we provide a nonjudgmental and supportive
and Jeremy, were her entire world and sweet companions. place for solutions. If a homeless pet fits our mission, we
We started to explore options for rehoming them upon commit to taking care of it for life. This forever promise
her death. And we kept hitting dead ends. The thought of gives surviving family and friends peace of mind.
placing these beloved family members who had brought her Our pets, which are mostly seniors, live in the home of a
so much joy and love in a shelter was out of the question. forever guardian or at our sanctuary property. The majority
So we decided that I would become the guardian of her of our forever guardians are senior people. The forever
cats and her lawyer crafted a legal agreement. guardian provides love and a safe place to call home. The
Pet Cottage covers all veterinary expenses. Because of this
It’s The Law! partnership, many senior people in our community are able
to have a senior pet companion.

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