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Hello Everyone!

In today's world we see a lot of sad news over and over again. Sometimes we see sad news from five years ago and hits us in the sweet spot, again. Then, through my tears of "why-do-people-do-this," I realized something different was needed. How can we make an impact? How can we, as a community, save cats, dogs, farm, and possibly wildlife? How do we save more animals?

Well, my husband Joel and I decided to start Wood Violet Animal Rescue. We decided to make a change instead of looking the other way. We want to be part of the solution.

How is Wood Violet different from other rescues in the South Eastern part of Wisconsin?

We're different because of our educational approach to rescuing dogs. Not only do we all have an immense love for animals but we also have the science to back up what we're doing and what we're doing is effective, force free handling. We are going to be personally involved with foster parents and forever families and carefully place each animal to make sure that everyone will be happy with this new transition.

Is this fool proof?

No, nothing really is. But, by taking this approach we have a better chance of having less animals go through the adoption process multiple times. We want their forever home to literally be their forever home. It's stressful to most animals to have to jump from home to home. (Think about if you've ever moved and how much you enjoyed that ;) )

We can't wait to save more animals and with your help, we'll be able to save that much more. We are a family ready to open our hearts to animals and their families to bring love and life to their beautiful souls. Wood Violet is excited to help educate families on force free training and why this specific training will bring peace to your life, especially your new addition!

All my love,

Melissa Etzler

Pictured below are Co-Founders Joel and Melissa Etzler with their one year old son, Evan.

Missing from the picture are Remy, their five year old GSP, and Champ and Layla their two, eight year old cats.

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