...back to recent news We are on our holiday/year-end hiatus, and will resume adoption events sometime in 2010. Schedule to be announced. Have a safe and happy holiday season! COMING UP! On Saturday the 12th, we will be holding our last event of the year at the Matthews PetsMart in Windsor Square. From 11am to 4pm, we'll be there with Sofie, Kiwi, Blue, Tanner, Dobie and Jelly Bean. The forecast is for high 40s with a chance of showers, so we'll probably be meeting indoors. Stop by to chat, grab a magnet, or meet our fosters! Happy Holidays! Tanner's bio has been posted! Click on his photo to the left to read about him. New pics have been added for Kiwi, and pics for Tanner are up as well. Tanner is a previous Crossroads dog who was adopted out as a puppy, and returned because his family did not have space suitable for Tanner's needs. He has now grown into a very handsome young Husky mix, and will be a year old on December 15th. His bio is coming soon! Luka has been adopted! Many, many thanks to his new owner, Jay, who generously donated $100 in addition to Luka's adoption fee! COMING UP! On Saturday, November 07, from 10am to 3pm, Crossroads will be participating in a Rally to Rescue Pet Expo and Adoption Fair, hosted by Friends for Life of Lake Norman.    The event will be held in conjunction with The Rural Hills Sheep Dog Trials, there will be a "Strut Your Mutt" parade with prizes to the best dressed canine, and Crossroads will be hosting a low-cost microchipping clinic! Multiple groups will be attending the big events, so there's going to be a lot going on!    The event will be held at the Rural Hills Farms in Huntersville (map). Don't miss this big to-do out in the country. It's going to be a great day! Hope to see you there. COMING UP! The weather is getting chillier, the leaves are beginning to turn color and fall... that can only mean one thing: it's autumn, and time, once again, for BARKTOBERFEST!    Annually hosted by Barbara's Canine Café, this year's event will benefit both the American Cancer Society and Carolina Veterinary Specialists.    Admission for the event is just $10, and includes food, beverages (non-alcoholic), doggie treats, a silent auction, and admission in various contests. Crossroads will also be sponsoring a microchip clinic for only $18 a chip! Click on the logo to the right for full details.    The event will take place on Saturday, October 24th, from 2pm - 5pm. All dogs who wish to attend, please feel free to bring one or all of your humans along with you. Barbara and the gang sure know how to throw a party... we can't wait to see you there! New photos and bios have been posted for Jelly Bean, Dobie and Kiwi! Check them out by clicking on the pics to the left. COMING UP! We'll be back at the Pineville PetsMart on Saturday, October 10th. It looks like the weatherman is calling for some showers, so we will be setting up inside the store. Sophie, Luka, Kiwi, Blue, Dobie and Jelly Bean will all be joining us. Bring your umbrellas and stop by to see us and grab a car magnet! COMING UP! On Saturday the 26th, the Matthews PetsMart in Windsor Square will be the location for our event. Crossroads will be there from 11:00am 'til 4:00pm. We hope to setup outside, but may hang out indoors, depending on the weather. Sophie, Kiwi, Blue and Luka will all be there hanging out with us! Stop by and visit! COMING UP! On Saturday the 12th, we'll be holding an adoption event at the South Blvd. PetsMart from 10am-2pm. Present will be Luka, Blue and Sofie. See you there! HAPPY TALES have been updated and/or posted for: Lucy, Kasay, Boomer, Deacon, Jack, Tolliver, Emmie, Indy, Mollie, Sota, Gustav, Lando, Gretel, Rudy, Aria, Belle, Axel, Gunnar, Stella, Toby, Clancy, Lucky, Frieda, Harley, Willow, Taylor, and Tallulah. Meet our newest foster, Luka the Dalmatian! Luka was adopted from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Shelter in 2004, and was just recently returned. During his current stay, Luka tested positive for heartworms. He has been pulled by Crossroads and is currently undergoing heartworm treatment (and so will be unavailable) for the next six weeks. In the meantime, please check out Luka's pics and bio (coming soon!) by clicking on his photo to the left! MUCH gratitude goes out to Ms. Kate Chapman for her wonderful donation! Thank you, Kate, for supporting Crossroads and the animal rescue cause! EVENTS UPDATE: As we head into the "dog days" of summer, we are taking a few weeks' break from our regular schedule of events and from the heat. The next event date on our calendar is August 22nd, but this may change, so please check back for more details after the end of July. Bio and pics for our newest foster, Sofie are now available. Click on her photo to the left to check them out! Shiloh (aka Jelly Bean) and Dobie have both been adopted! Jelly Bean and Dobie are currently F2A status in a home together! Riley has been adopted! COMING UP! Saturday, June 20, we will be joining up with several other rescue groups to participate in the Road to Rescue Charity Ride and Event, hosted by S.A.F.E. Animal Haven. The event will take place at the Bad Dog Burgers & Brew (in the University area) and will run from 10-3. The riders who have volunteered to participate will begin their trek at the Harley Davidson store in Matthews, and arrive at Bad Dog around 11:30am. It's going to be hot so bring your sunglasses! Jelly Bean, Riley and Dobie will be at the event with us. To read the full details of the event, or to register as a rider, go here! Hope you can participate! MANY thanks to Ms. Huanita Sullivan--who adopted Iris (aka Paloma)--who initiated a Matching Gift donation through her employer, Wachovia. The proceeds have gone towards the vetting fees for one of our newest fosters, Jelly Bean. Thank you, Huanita and Wachovia for helping us to save another homeless dog! A BIG thanks to Wagner K9 School for providing boarding and training for one of our foster dogs, Mocha, at a great reduced price. Their services and consideration are tremendously appreciated! Though it was hot, we had a fantastic time at the 2009 Bark in the Park! The old fairgrounds at the Metrolina Expo offered a whole lot more space for the event, so folks weren't as crowded. Crossroads raised almost $800 through donations and pet merchandise sales. AN ENORMOUS THANK YOU to everyone who showed up to participate in the event, and especially to those who stopped by our booth to chat, pick up a magnet, or donate in support of animal rescue. Crossroads could not keep doing to great things we do for animals without your generosity and interest in the cause. The two- and four-legged members of our group are very grateful, and we cannot wait for Bark in the Park 2010! A big thank-you to Dr. Patreece Lanier from Sardis Animal Clinic for donating her time to help us get some microchips implanted during the Dogswalk Against Cancer event, and also to HomeAgain, who provided our microchips and equipment! We would not have been able to hold the clinic without their support! COMING UP! On Saturday, May 2nd, we will be back at the Pineville PetsMart from 11-4. Present will be Emma, Pogie and Ernie. Looks like it's going to be in the upper-70s with some rainfall a little later on in the day, so we may be setting up inside the store. See you there! COMING UP! Here we go! It is time once again for that funtastic event that dogs and their people in the Charlotte-Metro area call BARK IN THE PARK! There is a new location this year, the Metrolina Expo on Old Statesville Road. The date is Saturday, April 25th, and the time is 10am-4pm. The new location is bigger and better than before, and there will be no shortage of exciting events. For a full list of the events and for more info, please click on the logo to the right. Crossroads will be attending with all of our currently adoptable dogs, and our full merchandise table. DO NOT MISS this enormous event (last year's turnout exceeded 13,000)! The weather for this weekend promises sun and temperatures in the balmy 70s. Hope to see you there! April 4th's Dogswalk Against Cancer was a smashing success! Participants raised over $26,000 to be put towards cancer research for both humans and animals. Crossroads implanted and registered 15 HomeAgain microchips during the mid-walk pawty at Barbara's Canine Café, ensuring that those dogs will never be lost again! Many thanks to all who supported the wonderful Dogswalk cause by donating and/or showing up for the event. It was an awesome day, and we're already looking forward to next year! Happy Tales have been posted for Tipper (Portis), Willow and Hope (Taylor)! COMING UP! Our April 18th PetsMart event will be at the Rea Rd. store in the Blakeney shopping center. We'll be hanging out there from 11-4 with Pogie, Ernie, Emma and Tallulah. Here's hoping the weather holds out. If so, it should be a great day. Swing by for a visit! Hope, a little female Saint Bernard mix puppy, has been adopted! The day we acquired Hope, there was already an interested party that ended up becoming Hope's new family! Congratulations! Please see our newest courtesy listing for Lab sisters Beatrice and Esther by clicking the image to the left! COMING UP! It's time for Charlotte's annual Dogswalk Against Cancer! The walk will be held on Saturday, April 4th and will start at Charlotte Metropaws and end at Barbara's Canine Café. Registration starts at 7:00am at Metropaws, and the walk will officially start at 8:15am and end at 12:00pm. Crossroads will be sponsoring a microchip clinic at Barbara's during the break, where you can have your pooch 'chipped by a licensed veterinarian and registered for only $18! See Crossroads' Team Home Page to make donations and join our team, and go here for full info regarding the event. Suit up the pooches and come walk with us to show your support! NEXT WEEK The weather is getting warmer and it's that time of year again... time for Charlotte's annual Dogswalk Against Cancer! Last year's event raised over $40,000 to help fight both human and animal cancer.    The walk will be held on April 4th this year and, as usual, will start at Charlotte Metropaws and end at Barbara's Canine Café. Registration for the event will begin at Metropaws at 7:00am, and the walk will officially start at 8:15am. Walkers will begin to arrive at Barbara's around 8:45am for doggie pools and refreshments. Crossroads will also be sponsoring a microchip clinic, where you can have your pooch 'chipped by a licensed veterinarian and registered for only $18!    At 9:30am, walkers will head back to Metropaws where activities will take place starting at 10:00am. The event officially ends at 12:00pm. Go here for Crossroads' Team Home Page, where you can make a donation and join our team, and here for full info regarding the event.    This annual walk is an awesome experience, and helps to raise awareness and funds for a very important and widespread cause. It looks like the weather going to be excellent on the weekend of the 4th, in the 50s-60s and breezy. Come join us and hundreds of others, and show your support! COMING UP! This coming Saturday (03/28), Crossroads will be headed out to Indian Trail for an adoption extravaganza at Bruster's Ice Cream! The event will run from 12:00pm - 4:00pm, and we'll be setting up there with all of our current fosters. It looks like we're going to have sunny weather in the 60s, a beautiful spring day, so if you're interested in adoption, or are just hungry for a sweet treat, swing on by! The two Husky/Lab pups, Tanner and Tallulah, are now adoptable! Click on the images to the left for bios! Click on the images to the left to see more photos of our newest fosters, Tanner and Tallulah! The two Husky/Lab mix pups are roughly three months old and were pulled from the CharMeck shelter from a litter of eight (the rest of which had already been spoken for). These two are not yet available for adoption, but stay posted for bios coming soon! Happy Tales for Lily, Lando and Emmie have been updated! A new video of Emma can now be seen at the bottom of her adoptable page! COMING UP! On Saturday, February 28th, we'll be back at the Matthews PetsMart in Windsor Square from 11:00am 'til 4:00pm. Pogie, Emma, Willow and Mocha will all be attending. We will probably be setting up inside the store. See you there! A new video of Pogie is now available for viewing at the bottom of his adoptable page! Tipper has been adopted! Gertrude (Gertie) has been adopted! COMING UP! We are back at the Pineville PetsMart store this weekend (02/14) at our usual time (11:00am 'til 4:00pm). Pogie, Willow, Mocha, Emma, and Tipper will be hanging out with us. The forecast was for rain, so we'll likely be inside. Drop by for a visit! HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! Check out Tipper, out newest foster, by clicking on his image to the left! A very special thanks to Leslie and Daniel Barry for their recent, generous donation to Crossroads. Their wonderful support will help us to provide the veterinary care that Emma, our current special-needs dog, requires, along with others that we rescue throughout the year. The two- and four-legged members of Crossroads express their sincere gratitude! COMING UP! This weekend's adoption event (01/31) will be at the Pineville PetsMart 11:00am 'til 4:00pm. Pogie, Willow, Mocha, Emma, Tipper, and possibly Gertrude will be present at the event. Stop by and see us! Rocket has been adopted! COMING UP! This weekend's adoption event (01/17) will be at the Matthews PetsMart in Windsor Square from 11:00am 'til 4:00pm. Pogie, Ernie, Willow and Mocha will all be hangin' out there with us. Hope you can stop by! Rocket has been adopted! Our newest foster is Emma the Boxer mix! She was discovered as a stray by one of our foster members, and it was apparent that she'd previously been in a situation of neglect and/or abuse. Click on the image to the left for pics and for Emma's full bio. Many thanks the Dixon family, who contributed a holiday donation to Crossroads in honor of Bev & Tom Buckingham! Harley has been adopted! Our newest foster is Gertrude (Gertie) the Basset Hound! Click on the image to the left for her pics bio. ...back to recent news