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Animal Education and Rescue AEAR is a foster home based humane society for domesticated animals. Rescue, education, spread love! Visit us online at http://www.aear.org
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AEAR is a foster based humane society serving Lake County, IL and surrounding areas.

Today Nicholas took a nice long walk to a beautiful forest preserve. The trees were gorgeous in their fall colors and he...
10/22/2026

Today Nicholas took a nice long walk to a beautiful forest preserve. The trees were gorgeous in their fall colors and he had a wonderful time. He was such a good boy. We passed by numerous people with dogs and he behaved like a complete gentleman just going about his business and not causing a fuss with the other dogs or people.

Nicholas is still looking for a forever Family. To apply go to www.aear.org.

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Zipper cannot believe that it is autumn. The sun is so warm. He is sure that it’s still summertime. He’s enjoying bathin...
10/22/2026

Zipper cannot believe that it is autumn. The sun is so warm. He is sure that it’s still summertime. He’s enjoying bathing in the sun.

Zipper is one of our young dog-cats. What that translates to is a cat that will follow you around the house and isn’t sure whether he’s a dog or a cat. He’s super affectionate and when people come over, he does not necessarily hide.

Zipper is approximately 10 months old now and ready for his forever home. He would be great as a cat companion for another cat or would love to get adopted out with his sister Buttons.

They are located in Lake County Illinois. It would help us so much if you would share for us so we can get them adopted.

Remember, when an animal gets adopted from a foster home, it allows room in the foster home to Foster again. So help us keep saving more cats.

Learn more about adopting or apply at www.aear.org.

Good morning!This is Viola in the photo on the very top of the cat tower in Chuck’s office looking down on all the cats ...
10/22/2026

Good morning!

This is Viola in the photo on the very top of the cat tower in Chuck’s office looking down on all the cats as they’re scarfing down their breakfast. Viola is such a character. She is definitely one unique cat.

In the bathroom, if we don’t close the door tight enough she busts in when we’re sitting on the
pot and leaps onto our lap. She has no sense of etiquette. She chose Chuck as her favorite and whenever he sits down in his chair at his desk, she is all over him. He can’t get even work done. 🤭

This morning, when we were outside with the dogs for their morning constitutional, I passed Chuck as he was standing beside the back end of a squatting Summer, the pocket pit/bull dog, with our monster p**per scooper, waiting patiently to scoop up her deposit that was forthcoming.

We are hypervigilant about cleaning up after the dogs when they p**p so that scene was not uncommon, but it got me to think of a scene that played out in my mind and I said to Chuck, “ I feel like we should start speaking to the dogs in a English accent and say to them, ‘May I clean up after you madam or sir?’”

So he obliged my fantasy and asked Summer, in his best English accent…which didn’t pass for English at all, except that I knew that’s what he was trying for. She looked up at him and I swear if she had a thought bubble above her head, she would say in her very midwestern accent, “yea, thanks Dad.”

Yesterday Chuck and I finished an art piece we named, Mr. Whoo Owl. I’m still relishing in the excitement of the whole project. He turned out so amazing. He started out as a very boring and plain wooden owl we found at Goodwill.

I saw such potential in fixing him up to becoming the great owl I knew he was. The only thing left we have to do is varnish him. (That’s a bath to seal him so that he can last for years to come.)

I’ll put a photo of him in the comment section. If anybody would like to purchase him 100% of the proceeds go to Animal Education and Rescue. $50 or more will get him a new home. If he needs to be shipped, that would be extra.

Spend some time in nature today collecting leaves. It’s very therapeutic. ❤️🍁

Love,
Sandy

10/21/2026

Today we received a donation and the kids at the orphanage were thrilled…with the box.

See all of our available cats and kittens on our website at www.aear.org.

Roxie (with an “ie”) Is a young tabby cat still waiting for her forever home. She has, very long way. She decides when s...
10/21/2026

Roxie (with an “ie”) Is a young tabby cat still waiting for her forever home. She has, very long way. She decides when she wants to come to her humans for affection otherwise she does her own thing by playing, exploring and laying in the sun.

If you are looking for a young cat, that is independent, entertaining, and doesn’t need a tremendous amount of attention consider Roxie.

She’s located in a foster home in Lake County Illinois. Is it possible for you to share a place so we can get more people seeing this post?

To learn more about our adoption process or to apply go to www.aear.org.

Meet Mr. Whoo Owl. He is available for adoption. He is made of wood and hand painted by Chuck and Sandy Wisniewski usin...
10/21/2026

Meet Mr. Whoo Owl. He is available for adoption. He is made of wood and hand painted by Chuck and Sandy Wisniewski using pour painting and acrylics. He is a one-of-a-kind.

If you are interested adopting Whoo Owl for yourself or as a gift for whatever donation you’d like please private message or put in the comment section. $35-50??? That would pay for a rabies vaccine for a dog or cat 😉😊.

(If you need him shipped, there will be a cost for shipping.)

Happy tails from Freida: Officially 3 months with Freida! “She's such a sweetheart. She is making new friends in the nei...
10/21/2026

Happy tails from Freida: Officially 3 months with Freida!

“She's such a sweetheart. She is making new friends in the neighborhood- people, other dogs, and even cats! She loves naps on the couch and playing with her toys. She's learning new things in puppy classes and building confidence every day. We love her so much!”

10/21/2026

Yoshi and Cosmo love to play together. They are both available for adoption. Learn more or apply at www.aear..org.

Good morning!Whisper sure knows how to make a girl feel wanted! Every morning when I open up her room she comes out, ru...
10/21/2026

Good morning!

Whisper sure knows how to make a girl feel wanted! Every morning when I open up her room she comes out, rubbing up against me and meowing. She’s a great cat.

The dogs don’t like the dog food that was donated that we put in their big bin the other day. It’s a large breed dog food that somebody gave us probably because their dog didn’t like it. We are going to have to scoop out all of that food and put new food in it. Must be pretty bad because my dogs aren’t that picky.

By the way, I’ve been meaning to mention that somebody dropped off a bunch of grocery bags. Each grocery bag separately was tied in a knot.

It was either just by a fluke or intentional but not a single one of those grocery bags have had any holes in them. Having gone through so many of them already I’m thinking it was intentional. That means that he or she must’ve looked at each one of the bags before tying it or not and making sure that it didn’t have any holes in it.

You have no idea how much time that saves us when we get bags that don’t have holes. History has shown with us that we could go through six or seven bags before finding a bag that doesn’t have holes in it. That’s a huge thing because we have 13 or so litter boxes that need to be cleaned three times a day here. So it is saving us so much time.

If that person is reading this now, we want you to know that it makes a huge difference and thank you so much. The little things are so often the big things.❤️

We are putting together another raffle for November. It’ll be four $50 gift certificates to restaurants and a very popular game right now. The value will be $250. It’ll be perfect timing for stocking stuffers and gifts for Christmas and Hanukkah. So look out for it it’ll be early November.

Speaking of holidays, pretty soon is Halloween. Be extra careful with your pets when they are outside. Cats shouldn’t be let outside anyway but if you choose to have your cat as an indoor/outdoor cat, please for their safety, leave them inside during this holiday season. It’s extra dangerous. 🙏🙏❤️

Whatever you do today take time for you. Self-care is hugely important.❤️❤️

Love,
Sandy

p.s. please make sure to engage in someway in this post so that we keep getting new people seeing it. Plus, if you find value in it, share it with people, you know that loves animals.

10/20/2026

More people need to adopt cats. There’s no getting around the fact that there are too many animals sitting in shelters and foster homes and not enough people adopting.

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