Jackie Duncan/All For Paws on PPW.

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please cool it. if you are too upset to take the internet, then log off.

let's keep this thread on topic -- missing jackie, hoping the store doesn't close, etc.

thank you.

This just in: there just might be alittle light at the end of the tunnel.The meeting went well. Don't know all the details yet. Keep your fingers crossed.
On another note to knowsmorethanu I am sorry if the way inwhich we all are discussing Jackie's death bothers you. I feel somewhat responsible for that, since I started the conversion going in this direction. Before that it was just 2 or 3 people talking about hearing that Jackie just passed away. Everyone who contributes here has stories about her and has entered her store as many times as you have. Taking a second look at your first entry in this topic, I feel I now know who you are. You always said Jackie was one tough broad. She would never take that as an insult. If you said something that was a lie, or went out of your way to hurt her, that would bother her, But never the truth. I believe she would be proud that so many people would come together to help keep her store and her memory alive. She would love the idea that people are coming together to help Vivian.
And you should take a look at the entry above this one. I believe Tobie hit the nail on the head there with that one.

Good news, Vivian has started the process of opening a store one block up from AFP. Since she cannot use the name, it will have to be called something else. She first thought of JACKIE'S PET STORE, but she says she doesn't think Jackie would want that, I guess it's true or she would of named the store after herself in the first place. Her second guess is to name the store after the cats in the store- Susie and Lulu, whom Jackie cared for tremendously. If someone can think of another name please feel free to chip in.:D
As for a funny story about Jackie there was this time I was in the store and she was reading the newspaper and telling me about this 12 year old boy in Iraq who was willing to be a sucide bomber because the Iraqies told him he would go to heaven and get 72 virgins for blowing himself up with the rest of the people rhey were trying to kill. The story struck her so hard that she could not stop laughing to the point that she had tears in her eyes. She had me laughing so hard that I had to get out of the store before a wet my pants. :oops:

i'm pretty sure the 72 virgins thing is part of the package

AS EVERYONE PROBABLY KNOWS, THE NEW STORE IS NOW OPEN. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE WILL COME BACK.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TWO AND A HALF MONTHS.
I WISH VIVIAN ALL THE SUCCESS SHE DESERVES.
MAY FUR, FEATHERS & FINS BE AROUND FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

Subject: best of luck

hi vivian,
so sorry it didn't work out! It's tough now a days, no matter what, but you had a good heart and spirit (it sounds like).

best of luck & thanks for updating about the cats.

when is your last day?

cat.

Hi Vivian -

I'm sorry to hear that the store is closing. I tried to come in a few times this week to get some food for my cat, and wasn't sure why the gate was down.

Thanks for updating us, and I hope that you know that you and Jackie provided us with a great store and service for many years.....along with plenty of kitties to visit (my personal favorite will always be Ralphie).

Best of luck to you

Vivian -

I know how much you love your pets, but I keep walking by and seeing the cat (Ollie/Romeo) locked in the store.

Please just ease my mind and tell me somebody is checking in on him. I'm so glad you've already found some people interested in him....he's very sweet

I am going in the store everyday. The cat is doing fine and should be neutered on Monday and I hope then he can go to his new forever home then.
As for me, the landlord wants me to give him the keys and clear out the store also by Monday. I will find out what my lawyer says about this on Monday. Either way I can't get everything out of there in two days, so I'm hoping I will get an extra couple of days- which is really extra time for the cat. I can't empty out the store and leave the cat in there, even if it's just overnight because someone might call the ASPCA or police. So I need to remove the cat first, then clear out.
Again I want to thank everyone for all the kind words, and if I could do it all over again, I would. I'd change some of the ways I did things, but I'd still do it again. Some of it was fun, and I'll never forget it- the good and the bad times. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THE PEOPLE AND THE PETS THAT MADE IT ALL WORTHWHILE.
until later,
Vivian

Thanks everyone.
I had to sign the surrender papers to the store today-I wish I could of kept it but it just could not be done.
The people who are taken it over are going to keep it a pet store. Can you believe this. I mean I know they have the right to make the store anything they want, but I feel like they took the place from right under my feet.
These two men have been coming into the store since I opened about once a month. They would look around ask hows business, wish me good luck and then leave.
The landlord told me he would take over the store and keep it a pet store and let me run it in return of me breaking the lease and I would get one month security back, though he doesn't have to since the lease says he keeps the money if I leave before the lease is up. Then he just changed his mind when the two guys showed up. I get no money and I lose the store and all in 24 hours.
The men say they will buy the inventory I have left, but they want to see the bills so they can see how much I paid for them. I think they want to see the bills so they know what distributors to use. I don't think they know much about the pet business. Well there's no way to show them the bills without them knowing who I was getting my supplies from.
Right or wrong, or maybe a better word would be selfishly, I will not help them to make the store a success. I mean what am I getting out of this?
I don't want to see someone else come in and finish what I started. Am I wrong? Am I being selfish?

turtle95 wrote: [the pet owners lose because they don't have a store to go to.

Just an observation...you will ultimately make the decision that you are comfortable with and that will be the right decision for you.

Actually pet owners have a great store to go to in Windsor Terrace (I have NO affiliation with the store except that I now shop there exclusively). It is on Ft. Hamilton Parkway and East 3rd and is half a pet store and half an animal rescue center run by a guy who just loves animals. (Hamilton Dog House).

Did you read about the little frog that was found on a head of lettuce at the food coop? Sean drove over his rescue van and not only rescued that little frog but also found a home for him (her?)!!

He will order ANY kind of food you need or products and his prices are COMPETITIVE. This is a fantastic store if you are an animal lover. And if you love dogs but can't have one? You can stop by and take one of the many dogs available for rescue out for a run or walk.

So instead of going to a store that is being taken over, why not give this new business run by a real animal devotee a chance and support someone whose life mission it is to rescue cast aside animals?

There's a sign on the window saying "Coming Soon - ABC Pets" or similar wording