| Guinea Pigs Rescued:
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OPEN SATURDAYS 9am - 5pm ~ Come Shop with Us!
Texas Rustlers
Guinea Pig Rescue & Store
We
cut piggy nails every Saturday!!! $5
donation per piggy map
 
Compare Our Low Everyday Prices:
Email us for most
current pricing.
Carefresh Natural Bedding ONLY
$15 for 60L!
(Compare to Petsmart Reg Price of $21.99 60L; Petco Reg Price
$22.99 60L, plus ALL proceeds benefit the rescue!)
OXBOW CAVY CUISINE (food
pellets) 5LB $10 & 10LB $15!
(Compare to Petsmart Reg Price of
5lb / $13.99 plus ALL proceeds benefit the rescue!)
Featured Product:
Greenie Dental Chews - $27
/ 27 oz. Treat
Tub
(Compare to $32.99 at Petsmart
and Reg Price $39.99 at Petco, plus ALL
proceeds benefit the rescue!)
Our Full
Products & Pricing List

We Love Dogs &
Cats Too!
Awesome canine and feline treats, cute toys, and designer food dishes from Petrageous!
Shop Our Store: Amazing prices for you,
plus 100% of proceeds
directly help the animals! Shop with us, please don't buy at pet stores that support breeding
mills!
9am - 5pm Every Saturday
PLUS! We
cut piggy nails every Saturday!!!
$5
donation per piggy
Pet Supplies, Goodies, Cleaning Up, Bedding, Food...MORE!!!
Cash or check preferred; credit card
requires $40 minimum purchase.
Store Policies
OPEN SATURDAYS 9am - 5pm ~ Come Shop with Us!
Texas Rustlers
Guinea Pig Rescue & Store
We
cut piggy nails every Saturday!!!
$5
donation per piggy
NEW Location Map
Pet store price comparisons as of July 2011.
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100% of proceeds from our store directly help the
animals we rescue, plus you get a great deal on products!

Recently-adopted Neville eating American Pet Diner's Apple Cookie Pie Treat!
Volunteers
We are
looking for volunteers who can help for about 2 hours any morning of
the week, as well as Saturdays 9am - 5pm.
Contact us if you are interested - thank you!
NEW
LOCATION:
Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue & Store
Map Link:
698 Metro Park Circle, Lewisville TX 75057
Just off Business 121 on the north side of 35E,
we are the road just after DG Collision on your right.
Cash or check preferred; credit card requires $40 minimum purchase.
Store Policies
E-mail
your
questions for fastest response!
Or leave voice message at 972-219-1963;
phone line is not staffed live.
Building Fund - Raised to Date:
$1,421.00
Dear Friends of Texas Rustlers,
When Tony and Julia Hinrichs founded
Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue in 2001, they began the organization
in their home with aspirations of one day moving the operation into a
separate building equipped with meeting areas, warehouse space, and
room to house the many guinea pigs the rescue cares for under one
roof. For the past eight years it has been simply a dream. Now it has become a vital necessity in order to keep the
rescue alive.
Recently, after eight months of doctor
visits and numerous tests, Tony was diagnosed with a malignant
pancreatic endocrine tumor. He pursued treatment and surgery, and is
now in a long recuperative process. The guinea pig rescue cannot
continue to operate in Tony and Julia’s home, as they simply cannot do
it alone, and need your help.
Volunteers have taken in additional
foster animals, but we have stopped taking in new guinea pig
surrenders until we are through this tough time. Although this has
helped, it is not a long term solution, as animals need to be at the
rescue in order to be adopted. Because of this need, we have searched for a commercial property in which all the animals can live,
where we can conduct adoptions and sell supplies, and our wonderful
staff of volunteers can maintain a positive atmosphere in order to
continue our mission. We have found that place, and we are now asking
for your help to help maintain it.
Would you be willing to commit to a monthly tax-deductible donation in
order for us to maintain a lease and operate from the new facility?
If all our supporters, from regular supplies customers to Hoedown
attendees, gave just a few dollars a month, we would be able to fulfill
not only Tony and Julia’s dreams, but the dreams of all our dedicated
volunteers. Our fundraising goal for the first year is $2,000 per
month. If we do not meet our fundraising goal, we are fearful we will
have to cease operations, including the sale of supplies. We want to
continue that, and want to begin again taking in
additional guinea pigs.
Although the amount may seem like a
lot, if just 100 patrons donate just $20 each per month, our goal will
be met! Alternatively, since times are tough for many, a one-time
donation is also welcome, and a mail-in
Monthly
Commitment Form or PayPal button is provided
above for your convenience. We have continued our operations during
the shortfalls of the current recession without hesitation, but the
time has come to ask for help.
If you would like to set up a monthly
donation for 12 months please use "Subscribe" button; otherwise, use
"Donate" button for other donation options; or mail in our
Monthly Commitment Form.
Thank you for your help and kind consideration!

Kids Find a Way to Help!
My name
is Aurora and I am 8 y.o. I found your website on-line and really
like the work that you do. I love guinea pigs and want to open a
rescue when I get older. I am against pet stores that sell resident
animals (especially guinea pigs)!!!!!! Today at school, we
raised $84.20 at a bake sale in honor of your rescue and the work that
you do. We donated to your site.
Sincerely, Aurora, Kylie, Isabella and Ella, and all of Room 8
Kids Can Contribute!

Texas Rustlers wishes to extend a huge “Thank
You!” to the Clayton Yes! Enrichment Center at Walker Creek Elementary
School in North Richland Hills. Together they collected vinegar,
paper towels, copy paper, Expo markers, and various cleaning items to
help us maintain our Lewisville operations. Through the Slant 45 community needs program,
Director Shelly Valdez organized the project with help from her many
guinea pig fans at Clayton. Thank you so much for your efforts!
Adopting a Guinea Pig?
PLEASE REMEMBER:
All
adopters need an approved application on
file and
must schedule an appointment.
The reason: we need to be sure the guinea pigs you want to meet are at
our new rescue location when you come, not out at their foster homes,
and that we have enough adoption volunteers available to serve you.
Thank you!
E-mail
your
questions for fastest response!
(Or leave voice message at 972-219-1963;
phone line is not staffed live.)
Thank you for your interest in Texas
Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue!

Vet and Surgery Costs Soar!

Please consider giving our rescued guinea pigs a
second chance at a permanent, loving home
by not purchasing from a pet store or breeder (that may care more for profit, not the piggies)!
Our
Mission Statement
Welcome! Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue is a 501(c)(3) corporation
that rescues abandoned, neglected, and/or abused guinea pigs in the Dallas -
Fort Worth area and beyond.
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Current Statistics |
| Adopted: 3 |
Rescued: 4 |
Currently
at the Rescue:
138 Guinea Pigs, 21 Gerbils, 40 Hamsters, 0 Chinchillas |
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Guinea Pigs Rescued to Date: 2,008 |
"Life
is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness
and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other
creatures."
--
quote from his holiness the Dalai Lama
Did you know? Quite often,
people think that rescued piggies have been horribly neglected or
abused. This is unfortunately true some of the time, but most guinea pigs at
Texas Rustlers are given up due to children tiring of them, and they are
perfectly healthy and well adjusted. In fact, our piggies are given
attention by a qualified guinea pig veterinarian when needed, and are under
the watchful care of Rescue volunteers, who feed them optimum diets which
were often lacking in their former homes. Rescued piggies may be shy at
first until they get used to their new, loving owners, but be assured they
are well taken care of as they wait for their permanent homes.
Donate Your Used Printer Cartridges
Lexmark Dell Hewlett-Packard
Brother Canon Kodak
Simply bring your used/empty cartridges to the
Rescue or drop off at an
OfficeMax and ask that it be credited to "Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig
Rescue." Thank you for your support!
Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue
Supporting the Cause!
1,700+ guinea pigs
have already been rescued and cared for through Texas Rustlers Guinea
Pig Rescue, many of which sadly would have been dumped, euthanized,
experimented on in laboratories, or used as snake food. Instead, we choose to
save them. But we cannot operate without your generous
donations. We are an UNPAID, all-volunteer staff, and a Texas non-profit organization,
so 100% of your tax-deductible donation helps the guinea pigs!
How Can My Donation Help?
Your $5 donation provides a Pigloo home in which a guinea pig may sleep and feel
secure.
Your $10 donation provides fresh aspen bedding for three pairs of guinea pigs.
Your $15 donation provides 24 piggies with nutritious Romaine lettuce for a week.
Your $20 donation provides morning tomatoes for 7 guinea pigs for a month.
Your $35 donation provides ALL the Rescue piggies with Timothy hay for two days!
Your $50 donation provides a thorough health exam by an experienced guinea pig
veterinarian.
Your $100 donation provides fresh aspen bedding for 30 pairs of guinea pigs!
Your $250 donation provides fresh vegetables for half the Rescue's guinea pigs for a
month.
Your $500 donation provides surgery to neuter 5 male rescued guinea pigs.
Your $1,000 donation provides enough quality Timothy hay to provide 80% of the daily
diet
for ALL the guinea pigs at the Rescue for two months!
Please, will YOU help with a one-time, or monthly donation?
Thank you!
Donate through the secure PayPal link above, or send your tax deductible
donations by check made out to: Texas Rustlers GPR,
160 Cedarcrest Lane, Double Oak, TX 75077 (mailing address)
This site last updated on 11/3/2011.
Rescue Store Policies:
Cash or check preferred. ~ Insufficient check returns, $35 fee
each. ~ Credit cards require a minimum purchase of $40. ~ All Sales
Final. No Returns.
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Email us for current events!
Mark
your calendars!
Texas Rustlers'
7th Annual Hoedown
Sunday April 29th, 2012
11am - 3pm
Grapevine Convention Center
See our
Upcoming Events page
for more
information on Rescue activities.
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Success Story - Adopted Pals for
Timothy!

"Our
Timothy and the babies immediately liked each other. I knew
they would be friends when, after several minutes, the two babies had wandered
over to one side of the play pen, and Timothy scampered over there and nosed
them aside so he could lie down exactly between them. Whenever possible all
three of them like to be in a little huddle."
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Purchase Mary Kay products
from
Carla Pruett,
mention
"Texas Rustlers" in the
comments box, and 40%
of your purchase is
donated
to help the piggies!
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HOARDING RESCUE!

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Have a Kroger Card?
Please take
this letter to your Kroger
cashier to scan, and link your Kroger card to Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig
Rescue. Purchases made with the card will allow Kroger to donate
a portion of your purchase to the Rescue at no extra cost to you!
Thank you!
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Company Gift Matching
More than 150 companies will
match donations of time
or money
to the Rescue - is yours is one of them?
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Save on magazines while supporting the Rescue.
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Start your online shopping at
IGive.com
and each store will donate a portion of
your online purchases to the Rescue at no cost to you.
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Help the piggies
with just a click!
When you download the
GoodSearch toolbar
powered by Yahoo, every time you use it to search the web, GoodSearch
will make a donation to the Rescue at no cost to you! Please download
and use the GoodSearch
toolbar year-round to help us. Thank you!

The more you use it,
the more you can help!
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Read more
about how the guinea pigs
were trained for the Walt Disney Movie "Bedtime Stories."
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We can use your old NEWSPAPERS to line piggy cages. Please drop off at the
Rescue
on Saturdays 9am-5pm.
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SUPER PIGGY PRESENTS
OUR FUN KIDS' PAGE!
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Hoedown 2011 PHOTOS! |
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