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 UPDATE!  September 7,2017

Most of us have never heard of Beach Sea Glass. Have you?  Even if you have, you may not know the special connection that it has with some of our friends, the rescued Boston Terrier.

 

 

 

 

The first time I came across Beach Sea Glass was when I was walking the stony beaches on the US Naval Base Gitmo on the island of Cuba.  Several years back I was assigned there, as member of the US Navy. The Naval base was beginning to awaken to the reality that it was being thrust back on the world stage. Still forgotten, being lapped on the rocky beaches, Sea Glass was there for the picking.


In places all over the world, genuine Sea Glass has been abundant, wherever man as discarded glass into the seas. While there are imitations, these facsimiles made of plastic or acrylic, do nothing. What the ocean does, changes everything. The real Sea Glass is recycled by the ocean waves pushing and grinding, even chemically weathering the broken pieces into smooth polished jewels of the sea. 

There is a simple beauty inside each of these once man-made cast-offs. No broken glass, comes out of the ocean the same. The colors are varied, each when touched by an artisans hand, becomes an original piece of art.

So where does a Boston Terrier come into the picture?

 Like the pieces of beached Sea Glass broken, deserted, forgotten, the Boston Terriers that come into rescue, have been tossed by the waves of life. Some are broken by the tides of thier fate. Once given love and care they become polished into jewels of a family, They become unique deeply loved companion dogs. 

Once both, bits of Sea Glass and a rescued Boston Terrier, although broken, rolled and tumbled by the waves, are touched by the love of a passionate human, they both become smoothed into something completely different, something—almost—magical.

Who knew that discarded bottles and glassware could become treasures of such rare beauty? Who knew that a discarded unwanted, sometimes sick, mamed or old, dog can be transformed into a cherished member of a human family?

  

The glass bits found on the edges of rocky shores have many names, Sea Glass, Beach Glass, Ocean Glass, it is all beautiful. The Boston Terriers rescued and adopted also have many names. "My heart dog", "My emotional support dog", "Our best friend". Each name tells of a beautiful bonding between dog and human. 

 

Like Sea Glass and the passion of the craft person,  the love between a human and a dog cannot be reproduced by artificial means.

We all have felt this. We understand the pain, when we as owners cannot afford to pay for necessary medical care for our beloved Boston.  Most of us have cried in grief when we lost our best friend, or shared the pain when one of our friend's dogs was sick.  How many times have you donate online to help an individual who desperately pleaded for help paying for medical care?  Then later wondered if you had been shammed. Or worse yet, learned from friends that you had been duped.  

 

Like the Sea Glass that graces our shores, the requests for help, keep coming.  We keep picking up the Sea Glass and we will keep trying to help the Bostons, knowing there is a treasure inside each one.
As we pick up bits of Sea Glass recovering this treasure from the sandy shores and beaches, we invite you to help us fund the Boston Terrier Networks "Help a Boston" one rescued adopted treasured Boston at a time. Please consider a generous donation to help us fund this much needed program.  Help us keep these special dogs with the family that loves them.  Ever donation is needed. It usually will take $500 to $2,000 for each dog we will be asked to help. Without your help we will not be able to extend in a meaningful way the costs of medical help these treasures saved from the waves of a harsh previous life. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 NEW DESIGNS AVAILABLE!  Beach Glass with Swarovski crystal

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NOTE FROM BOSTON TERRIER NETWORK: We are so delighted that Seaside Designs and Boston Terrier Network will launch a partnership to help fund "Help a Boston" medical fund. Please follow the links below to learn more about "Help a Boston" and Seaside Designs.

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Seaside Designs is paying-it-forward

"Help a Boston Medical Fund" Has been established


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