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The Pet Cottage Post

The Pet Cottage Celebrates bonded mate. And Zoey was a great candidate for Forever
Senior Pets And Senior People Guardianship in a volunteer’s home.
We celebrate and protect the Today, Lisa and Zoey are the bonded pair! They enjoy
magical relationship between neighborhood walks, golf cart rides, service dog classes
people and pets by providing and watching TV together. Zoey has brought new energy
homestyle care for pets who into Lisa’s life. And Lisa showers Zoey with love and
lose their humans due to death, attention. Lisa has made dear friends with the other Pet
disability, or deployment through Cottage volunteers and finds meaning and purpose in our
our Lifelong Guardianship Program. We provide pet community.
companionship for senior people, and we fully support New Hope And New Adventures
them by covering all veterinary expenses, providing Gigi, a 13-year-old
regular check-ins and giving a peace of mind that the pet senior Jack Russell Terrier,
will always have a home with us. recently joined our pack. Cynthia and Joe with Gigi
A New Bonded Pair When her senior owner,
In 2021, Z oe y Owen, a Vietnam veteran, visits and encouragement. Joe, who is in his 80s, takes
and Zack, two senior could no longer care for Gigi on daily walks in the neighborhood and Gigi enjoys
Norwich terriers came her due to medical issues, sunbathing in the back garden. Cynthia takes care of all
to The Pet Cottage after he reached out to The Pet of Gigi’s health needs and makes sure she is comfortable
their senior mom passed Cottage for help. and loved. We love creating these happy stories in our
away. The woman’s Cynthia and Joe, community for senior pets and people.
son contacted The Pet a senior couple in PGA Urgent: Big Dog Forever Guardians Needed
Cottage because he National, had been on our If you love big dogs and want to make a difference in
couldn’t imagine sending his mom’s beloved dogs to a Forever Guardian waitlist the community, please contact us for more information
shelter. The Pet Cottage provided him with peace of mind for about three months. We Gigi with bone about Forever Guardianship and volunteer opportunities.
that the dogs would be loved and cherished. While they thought they might be a We have room in our pack for you!
were sweet and spunky dogs, they were in serious need of good match for Gigi, so we set up a meet and greet. Gigi The Pet Cottage,
medical care and grooming. The Pet Cottage brought them had been raised by Owen since she was a puppy and so Wendy Derhak,
to our veterinarian where an initial exam was completed patience and understanding for her adjustment period Founder/Executive Director,
and all their medical needs were addressed. was necessary. The Pet Cottage has fully supported the (561) 818-5025
Zack and Zoey initially relationship with in-person visits, phone support, vet www.thepetcottage.org
came to The Sanctuary
because they were a bonded “Service is our number one priority”
pair and had just suffered a
great loss. They fit in well 561-743-0070
with The Sanctuary pack.
Meanwhile, one of our
fabulous senior volunteers www.palmspoolservices.com
named Lisa had recently Lisa and Zoey
suffered a string of great
losses. First, in 2020, her
husband Perry passed
a wa y from COVID.
Lisa was devastated and
heartbroken. She found
comfort in her two dogs,
Pugsley and Angel. In fact,
Lisa was a Pet Cottage
Forever Guardian to Angel,
a senior dachshund. When
Pugsley passed away in
2022, Lisa was ready to Expires 5/15/24.
open her heart to another
dog and Zoey was a perfect Zoey in the golf cart State Licensed & Insured
fit. At that point, Zack had Serving Palm Beach County CPC # 1457468 • LPG#30099
developed doggie dementia and was no longer Zoey’s
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