Happy New Year everyone!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season enjoying the warmth and joy of family and friends (both two legged and four legged). It’s the start of a new year and with that comes a friendly reminder that annual dues are due. We treasure our members and along with the OES camaraderie comes the famous ‘Tales End” filled with wonderful stories and adoption posts. We also rely on our members to actively play a part in every rescue placement activity they wish to whenever they can. Please renew if you haven’t already so that we can stay in touch and you never miss an edition of our color filled action packed magazine.

This year we not only have a new membership chair, but also a streamlined membership process. We now have dues based on households with a single membership of $25 (international memberships are slightly higher) no matter how many members are in the household. The whole family now enjoys membership. To renew just go to the NEOESR website and click on “membership”. Please take the time before you forget. We don’t want to lose you.

Within the multiple pages of this edition of the Tales End you will notice that rescues have not slowed down. We seem to be getting a nonstop flow of wonderful OES, sheepadoodles, and mostly’s from all over New England and beyond. Our placement team is hard at work with investigations, reviewing applications, and successfully matching our rescues with the best possible homes. It is a rare occasion when one doesn’t have a smile on their face or a tear of happiness in an eye when reading some of these heartfelt unions.

We continue to get both financial and OES item donations. We have supporters of enormous generosity and are eternally grateful for their support. We have acquired several remarkable, unique, and premium items this year.  We hope to offer some of these items on ebay so that our membership literally throughout the US and globally can have the opportunity of bidding and purchasing these rare finds. Keep a watch on our ebay site (sheepiestuff) over the next several months.

Finally, let me give a salute to all our hardworking volunteers, donors, and supporters. We appreciate you! Enjoy this winter edition of The Tales End and think spring. It’s on the horizon.