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Senior and Hospice Dog Sanctuary, Emotional Healing Center, Community Outreach and Pet Food Pantry.
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Frankie and Andy’s Place is a unique combination of senior dog shelter and emotional healing center for troubled humans. Three beautiful log cabins, nestled in a picturesque Barrow County woodland setting, Frankie and Andy’s Place is home to a small number of gentle, loving senior dogs who have been cast aside by their humans and yet who still have many valuable gifts to share..... These gifts of sympathy, time, reassurance and unconditional love are then shared with troubled humans in an atmosphere of calm and acceptance to help them mend. Frankie and Andy’s Place ........a healing collaboration between man and his best friend.

11/01/2026

Little Helen Hunt is sadly about to leave us.
As a cancer sufferer, we knew that when we started to hear her develop a chronic cough, we'd be close to the end and the last few days she's been coughing. A good bit.
However, that day is not today.
It will be sometime soon, for sure, but it's not today.
So we are going to give her every minute of life we can with her new friends in the Big Dog cabin.
She moved there from The Littles cabin after being a bit of an ass to Grambii, (which we can't have!) and immediately settled right in. She's best buddies with Pitty Lucille Ball and they snuggle together every day.
The staff have had to start helping her out into the yard as her legs don't work like they should anymore but oh, she does love to be outside, especially in this lovely fall weather.
Today, team member Kristi Theme wrapped her up in a bunch of warm blankets and took her out for a stroller ride around the Ranch and she had a lovely time!
Her sniffer was going nineteen to the dozen and she loved seeing all the new sights!
Life is precious, don't waste a moment for tomorrow is not promised.
Our motto at Frankie and Andy's Place is to have our oldies live every day like it's their last.... just in case it really is.
Here's Helen, mid stroller ride, looking a bit like Cleopatra, don't you think?🤣

10/29/2026

A four second reel of the biggest faker on earth! Jackie the beagle faked her passport to get in here a few years ago and from the looks of things this morning, no way is this dog a senior!🤣🤣🤣🤣
She's 13, can you believe it?
Apparently, the presence of new Beagle Gibson whom you can see on the pathway there, has revved her up quite a bit....🤣

10/27/2026

On Sunday morning, poor Danielle, our wonderful team member, arrived at the cabins to find Miss Wilson the Boxer dead on her bed.
We knew she was struggling the last couple of days; she hadn't wanted to eat and her back end was painful, so we got her to the vets on Saturday morning where she was diagnosed with a mass pushing onto her trachea as well as significant arthritis in her hind quarters.
The mass was significantly affecting her ability to take in and process oxygen, and that very much affects mobility, as there isn't enough coming in to flow around the body and keep everything moving.
Dr Poole at Galilee veterinary hospital was very concerned and gave her a steroid shot to try and reduce the swelling as soon as possible to aid her breathing and Zofran to ease her sickness. We left full of hope for better days ahead but sadly, her body didn't respond.
That's how she died, but let's look at her story, because it is a testament to human kindness and people's ability to come together as a team to help a soul in need and that's what I want to focus on here.....
Miss Wilson was found wandering in the high summer temperatures that have us all running for the AC.
She was dehydrated, starving and in severe physical distress when Good Samaritan Susan Helzerman found her wandering the streets. She immediately put her in her car to get her in the cool and took her home with her to make sure she survived.
This lady has dogs of her own, a busy life, and didn't need the hassle of another dog to take care of but she took her in anyway because she couldn't just drive on and think she should be someone else's problem.
She got in contact with ETC Georgia, a non-profit here locally who try to help as many dogs in need as they can, no matter what the problem.
ETC paid for her extensive veterinary care and Susan fostered her while she got her strength back and they looked for a home.
When we were asked by our friend Mona at ETC to look at her for possible inclusion into our Frankie and Andy's Place family, we didn't hesitate.
Mona is a weekly volunteer at Frankie and Andy's Place despite running her own non-profit, and knew that this was where Miss Wilson needed to be to get the care and attention she needed.
After extensive temperament testing , Miss Wilson joined the cabin family and immediately relaxed into her new luxury lifestyle. She was happy, she could get cool, she was able to sink into soft beds and ease her weary bones, she could eat as much as she wanted, and even have seconds!
She let us know every day that she was grateful.
Her soft, doe eyes, her gentle demeanor and even her rather misplaced need to guard the smaller dogs with her body when the big ones approached; it was like she was constantly saying, "you gave me a home, I will make sure nothing bad happens in here, not on my watch."
It was quite funny really as both Wink and Fergie, though both on the smaller side, were MORE than capable of 'cutting a bitch'🤣 if the need called for it.
Wink the Yorkie (a big Yorkie, mind you..) could often be seen waving her away with one paw explaining how he could single-handedly wrestle a bear, while Fergie stood by and yelled "yeah, what he said."
Miss Wilson loved to be outside, no matter what the weather, come rain come shine. We compromised by setting up a comfy Kurunda bed on the sunporch near to a fan, the agreement being that she HAD to come in when it was too hot. She accepted the deal and all seemed to be trotting along nicely.
Until last Friday when she started to show signs of discomfort, and then her swift demise.
We had her for 14 weeks.
14 weeks in which she knew more love, from more people, than she had ever imagined could exist.
Of course it is never long enough, but for some, that brief window of time can change an entire story.
From discarded to treasured.
From unloved to loved.
From not mattering to mattering.
Dogs are no different to us. They have rich emotional lives and need to feel that they matter in just the same way that we do.
If thats the only gift we were able to give Miss Wilson, then Frankie and Andy's did what we intended to do.
Rest in peace Miss Wilson. You were loved.

10/24/2026

Our amazing volunteer Lori Cronin was our transport angel today, pulling our mobile pet food pantry trailer to Athens...and taking some fantastic pictures.
Then, she drove over 30 miles home and sat down to write about the event. This post was so good, we had to share it on our page!

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🐾 A Little Dog, a Big Thank You, and a Whole Lot of Love! ❤️🐶

Excuse me, everybody! Could I have your attention for just a moment? I may be little, but I have something VERY BIG to say!

THANK YOU!!! 🐾❤️

This morning, my human took me on a little adventure to Athens, Georgia. Now, I wasn’t exactly sure where we were going, but when you’re my size, every outing is a BIG adventure!

Then we arrived at a place filled with people, friendly faces, and the most WONDERFUL smells!

DOG FOOD! TREATS! GOODIES!

Oh my goodness, had we found heaven on earth?! 🐶😂

Turns out, some pretty amazing humans from Frankie and Andys Place brought their Helping Hands Healing Paws team to town, and they weren’t selling anything!

They were GIVING it away!

That’s right! FREE food and goodies for dogs and cats whose families could use a little extra help!

And boy, were they busy!

I overheard someone say they gave away more than 370 bags of dog and cat food this morning!

THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY!

Now, I can’t count that high. I only have four paws, and frankly, I get distracted after about three treats. But even I know that’s a WHOLE LOT OF FULL BELLIES! 🐾😂

And while I was pretty excited about my goodies, I noticed something else.

There were lots of happy humans, too.

You see, sometimes our people go through difficult times. Sometimes money gets tight, and they worry about how they’re going to take care of us.

But here’s something I wish every human knew.

We don’t care how much money you have. We don’t care what kind of house you live in or what kind of car you drive.

We just want YOU.

Your lap. Your love. Your scratches behind our ears. And that special place beside you where we know we belong. ❤️

That’s what makes this program so special.

By helping our humans feed us, Frankie and Andy’s Place is doing something even bigger than filling food bowls.

They’re helping keep families together.

They’re helping make sure dogs like me and our feline friends can stay right where we belong, in the homes of the people we love, instead of being surrendered to shelters simply because times have gotten tough.

And THAT, my friends, is something worth wagging your tail about!

So, on behalf of all the dogs, cats, wagging tails, twitching whiskers, and grateful humans who received a little kindness this morning, I want to say…

THANK YOU, Frankie and Andy’s Place, Helping Hands Healing Paws, and everyone who makes this wonderful outreach possible! ❤️

Thank you for the food, the treats, the generosity, and most importantly, for understanding that sometimes a little help is all a family needs to stay together.

Oh, and one more thing…

I heard the photographer didn’t get many pictures of the crowd because she was too busy handing out food.

Personally, I think she had her priorities straight!

Although, between you and me, she could have handed out a few more treats. Just saying. 😉🐾

With a full belly, a happy heart, and a tail that won’t stop wagging,

One Very Grateful Little Pup 🐶❤️

P.S. The cats wanted me to pass along their thanks, too. Apparently, they were too busy supervising their humans to write anything themselves. 😹

10/23/2026

Tomorrow morning at 7am our Helping Hands Healing Paws team will be at 870 Gaines School Rd in Athens with free dog and cat food for those in need.
Please, if you're in any kind of financial crisis, don't surrender your pets to the shelter, let us help you. Our team have pet food to give you to ease your burden.
We arrive at 7am and stay til we're empty.
Share this post with someone who needs us!

10/16/2026

In the league tables of cuteness, Henry Cavill is right up there with his namesake, isn't he?
There's nothing better on a Friday morning than a thick slice of gorgeous long haired Chihuahua!
Yum yum, this boy is EDIBLE!

10/14/2026

As you all know, we took Gibson the Beagle in recently from Walton County. We knew he was blind in one eye but we didn't know until we got him to the vet that he had advanced prostate cancer and quite a significant heart murmur so his time is going to be short most likely. ....Which means he's in exactly the right place at Frankie and Andys, doesn't it?
Here's our creed....
None of us is promised tomorrow, and so you better grab life by both paws everyday; we never curtail any fun these old dogs feel like having.
Look at these two old Beagles, Gibson and Jackie, behaving like a couple of toddlers on the hill at the back of the big cabin this morning.
Both of them have cancer, both of them are on borrowed time, but are we telling them that?
No way!
Have at it, you kids!

10/09/2026

URGENT UPDATE!
There will be NO pet food pantry tomorrow on account of the projected high winds about to hit Georgia.
We are so sorry to let everyone down but our partners at iServe Ministries have said they won't be in Commerce either. They have taken the position that it's just going to be too dangerous for road travel and we agree.
So NO pet food pantry tomorrow but we will see you all in Athens later this month.

10/09/2026

THIS EVENT IS NOW CANCELLED DUE TO THE HURRICANE

We are in Commerce again tomorrow morning!
Helping Hands Healing Paws will be at 631 South Elm St tomorrow morning at 7am with our mobile pet food pantry trailer.
If you have pets and you're struggling to feed them, please come along and we will give you cat or dog food.
We will be in this location from 7am until we are out of food so get there early!
We are happy to help you with no judgement, no forms, no questions and always with a smile.
Let us help you during these difficult times.

10/07/2026

Fall's around the corner....time to get my blanket burrowing action on, says Miss Clementine.

Address

653 Gainesville Highway
Winder, GA
30680

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 1pm

Telephone

(678) 936-2771

Website

http://www.frankieandandysplace.org/

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