Benefit for Used Dogs at the Bulldog Mid City Thursday evening ...

Madalin Bernard, founder of Used Dogs, with Zampino, one of her rescues.

Animal lovers are invited to attend a benefit and silent auction for Used Dogs at the Bulldog Mid City, 5135 Canal Blvd., Thursday, March 21, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Proceeds from the auction and the sales during those two hours will go to Used Dogs to help pay some of the dog rescue's costs. The group also hopes to recruit volunteers to work with the dogs and kennels.

Madalin Bernard, founder of Used Dogs, started rescuing dogs in Algiers when she returned to New Orleans after living in California for 20 years. The animal lover was dismayed to see ?so many homeless dogs in the neighborhood where she had spent an idyllic childhood.

In 2005, she formed Used Dogs as a 501(c)3 organization. After Hurricane Katrina, Laurie and a small band of volunteers rescued more than 300 dogs, and the group has worked tirelessly to save countless dogs since it began.

Renee Kientz learned about Used Dogs after one of her dogs died and she was looking for a companion for her lonely greyhound.

"I found the Used Dogs website and it looked like a great organization," she says. "It's a nonprofit no-kill shelter and all the animals looked like pets."

Kientz ended up adopting two half-brothers, whose mother was a feral dog.?

"Madalin finally caught the mother, Kate. She now has a permanent home at the shelter," Kientz says.

Kientz's dogs, Miguel and Liam, have proved to be wonderful pets.

"They're little mutant-looking dogs, kind of like Corgi-retriever-basset hounds, and they're incredibly sweet," she says.

After meeting Bernard and seeing how dedicated she is, Kientz tries to do what she can to help Used Dogs.

"Madalin's goal is to get dogs out of bad situations, bring them back to health and find them homes," she says. "She's really dedicated to the animals. This has become her life's work."

You can learn more about Used Dogs and see dogs available for adoption at the Used Dogs blog.

If you're interested in fostering, adopting, or volunteering with the rescue, contact Bernard at madalin@useddogs.org or 504.442.3647. Or just show up at the Bulldog Thursday evening and meet her.

Source: http://www.nola.com/pets/index.ssf/2013/03/benefit_for_used_dogs_at_the_b.html

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