Pupdates at the Shelter ~ Alice

Goodness! It's been a busy week this week with adoptions ... I have some good news! Traveller has been adopted and so has Alice! I haven't even written out Alice's story yet so I'm going to take the opportunity to do so now.



Alice

Poor Alice was an owner surrender. Sometimes the going gets tough when people lose their jobs (and their house!) and unfortunately, the intact, 1 year old, female dog is one of the first things to go.



Alice is super friendly and very gentle. She is prone to excitement and submission urination so we had to be careful and quick when removing her from her kennel!



In the first few days, Alice had shredded two beds and stolen the hearts of many volunteers. We quickly learned which beds we could put in with her and which ones would end up in little itty bitty pieces! She was super stressed out in the shelter and did not do very well there despite the kennel enrichment provided. There are some articles about shredding that I've read which actually suggests that in a shelter environment, you should actually allow it (provided you give them appropriate things to shred) because it is an outlet for that stress. Interesting, no?



I'm glad she only lasted a week before being adopted. The family who took her home actually came to look at another dog but decided that the other dog was just "too much" for them. They went with the more quiet girlie, Alice - lucky for Alice!

Hooray for Alice!! Hooray for Traveller!!

Best wishes in your new lives with your new families. I hope they are your forever home and they give you all the love and affection you deserve.

Low Cost Spay / Neuter Clinics ~ Maryland

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MARYLAND

Pupdates at the Shelter ~ Gracie

Well it's been a few days since my last Pupdates post. We've had quite a bit happen in the last 2 weeks ... We still have Traveller, Penny, Ralph and Gracie but now we also have Charlie and Alice. Both Charlie and Alice are owner surrenders and they are both stressed at being in a shelter environment. Neither have been spayed / neutered so this will have to be done before we can adopt them out. Today's Pupdate features Gracie.



Gracie

Gracie came in on December 31st lactating like crazy. The poor gal had puppies out there somewhere! Unfortunately, the owners never came looking. Not even a phone call. This poor gal was beside herself with worry. She broke one of the kennel doors trying to get out to her puppies. Poor baby. Anyway, she's dried up now but it has been quite a trial to get her there.



Any guesses for her breed?? She's got a pretty long barrel and the pic's not blurry - she's got wire hair!



Gracie comes with a few surprises ... she not only knows "sit" but she also knows "heel" and "finish"!! Someone loved her at one point. She was someone's pet once.

They all were ...

Crosspost ~ Don't Kill Bill

Kyla emailed this to me and after taking a look at it I WISH she were closer!! I would LOVE to watch this and I hope that anyone within travel distance to Boulder will join her and then let me know ALL about it. I wonder what it would take to get her to come to Ontario and put on a show here ... hmmm ...

Title: Don’t Kill Bill: A Dog Lover’s Night Out

■Performers: Kyla Duffy, Jessie Miller, Clementine the Cattle Dog, and BILL!

■Location: Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO

■Date: February 12, 2011, 7:30 pm (come early to meet pet rescue organizations)

■Description: An exciting evening of aerial dance and storytelling to celebrate the joy adopted dogs bring to our lives.

Up For Pups’ first creation, Don’t Kill Bill: A Dog Lover’s Night Out, is a unique twist and spin on humane education. This roller-coaster of emotion coupling dynamic storytelling and unforgettable aerial fabric performances that express the love and joy adopted animals bring to their new homes has people across the nation STANDING UP FOR PUPS!

Performer Kyla Duffy risks life, limb, and dignity to tell you that:

 

- Adoptable dogs are GREAT dogs

- Today, at this moment, hundreds of thousands of animals are suffering at the hands of puppy mill owners who keep them shut in small cages and breed them again and again until they can breed no more

- WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

- By voting with our dollars not to support these unscrupulous breeders and opening our homes to those breeding dogs who have been rescued, we can put an end to the suffering

■Tickets: $19 adult/ $12 child BUY NOW!

 

Ticket Sales Benefit the development of a best practices manual for new and growing rescue organizations to help them work efficiently with donated money to save the greatest number of animals.

Name The Breed

Someone emailed a Dog Breed Challenge to me and I FINALLY had a few minutes to check it out! (Yes, I'll get around to watching the cat documentary soon but it's hard to find 30 minutes of "free" time)


The email said that the average is 65% ... I somehow doubt this but who knows ... maybe it's true? Anyway, it was a nice way to start the week ... I'll have a few posts this week about some of the dogs at the shelter ... I just haven't had the heart to tell their stories yet. Been too tired.



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Low Cost Spay / Neuter Clinics ~ Maine

I am posting a list of Low Cost Spay / Neuter Clinics that I have run across in my internet travels. I've never tried these clinics out but if you have, PLEASE post your experience about them!! For a complete list of the states/provinces, see the contents page here.

MAINE