summer, my beautiful lab, he was 13. Rubie, my little red dachshund. She’s about 8 or 9 now; I rescued her when we think she was six years-old. I have CJ, a havanese -- she’s about 9 years-old. They’re all rescues so we’re approximate ages here. And then Stanley, my standard poodle, he is about a year and a half years-old. Petey, my pit bull American bulldog. He’s nine, I rescued him, sweetest animal in the world. I just rescued Pie, a pitbull American bulldog. I have seven beautiful horses; I’ve had them for many, many years. People call it “Jill’s Ark” when they come to my house. I have Madison, Happy, Oreo, Sundance, Bling, Ranger and Bella. And to me, they complete me. I always say that I’m the one who’s been rescued by my rescues. I feel rescued, they saved my life and every day just being with them is a gift. LM: Do you have a favorite pet? JR: There’s no such thing as a favorite, it’s like saying, “Who’s your favorite child?” If any parent can say that, that would be pretty bad. When I lost my lab, I had five other dogs at home and the house was so lonely. That dog had such a unique personality. Each one possesses such a personality and aura that fills the house in a certain way and when you lose one, a piece of your heart goes with them.
LM: Let’s talk about “Pies for Paws”. People donate $25. before getting clocked in the face by a whipped cream pie! Apparently you did a great job of creaming “Dog Gone Smart Pet Products” CEO Chris Onthank with one of your pies but he seems to have enjoyed it! All for a good cause. Giving it up with a smile for charity! JR: With this whole thing with the ice bucket challenge, of course I was inspired to do it with pies-- who wouldn’t be? I thought to myself, wow $107 million for ALS, isn’t that amazing? Wouldn’t that be incredible if we can raise a fraction of that money for animals? Nothing was being done for animals. Yes, it’s a little messy but I tell people take a pie in the face or eat it, just do it. The message behind the sweet challenge: please donate to any animal charity of your choice and also rescue and adopt, that’s the most important thing.
I’m asking people to donate and adopt and the latter one is more important. I’m very proud of it and I don’t think it should have a time limit. I was going to take it through the holidays but shelter animals, it’s a constant sad situation so why not have it go on forever? There shouldn’t be an expiration date on rescue. There are 15 national organizations now “pie-ticipating” – London Jewelers, Pet Plans, the Humane Society of Utah, Pet Haven Rescue in Florida, the Humanitarian League in Kentucky.
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