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www.furkidsrescue.ca

416-256-1DOG (1364)

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'Silence the Rumours' campaign.  A campaign to educate people on the BSL with a deaf pit bull named Hush.
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Don't forget the ongoing work at Tejas:
Nicole Joncas from Tejas Rescue has been working for years to have this particular puppy mill shut down. Nicole has my deepest respect as I know how hard this fight has been for her. She has never given up and you can tell she is very driven and determined to end the misery of these innocent animals. I have placed Nicole's open letter here for you to read and spread the word for these innocent animals who can't speak for themselves - God bless you Nicole! To read her open letter ...> 

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 OCTOBER 2008 Newsletter

Diamond is a beautiful 4 year old Rottweiler girl, looking for her forever home. She was surrendered to the shelter by her young owner and was stressing badly. Not only that, but her time was running out and she needed to find quick refuge. We cross-posted like mad, and on the Friday morning, we were blessed with a foster home that offered to take Diamond in.

While transporting her, our volunteers noticed Diamond looked like she may be pregnant, but we have since found from the vet that she was not pregnant, but very recently had a litter.  She was checked over thoroughly by the vet and given a clean bill of health. We are very happy to hear that. She will soon be spayed and ready to go a new home.

Diamond is a very social and friendly girl with both men and women. Her whole back end is in motion when she greets you. She has never been exposed to children, so we recommend no children under the age of 12. Diamond has not had much exposure to other dogs, but we feel she would do well with a larger male. She is not good with small dogs or cats. 

If you think you can provide Diamond with a responsible and loving home, please visit our website and fill in our on-line application. This little gem has been patiently waiting for her new family to find her.

Pit Bull Ban
As you all probably know by now, the pit bull ban has been upheld in it's entirety. What a sad, sad day for dog owners in Ontario.

http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca/decisions/2008/october/2008ONCA0718.pdf

We will, however, carry on fighting and I hope we can take it to the highest court in the land ... the Supreme Court of Canada. We can't stop fighting now for what we know is right.

I have submitted a wonderful article, written by Angela Gilbert and posted on Wag the Dog Blog.  What Angela writes about is entirely true and an insightful look at what the future has in store for dog owners in Ontario.

We MUST do something about this discriminatory law now, before the government starts adding more and more breeds to their banned list. Think this can't happen? THINK AGAIN!!!

http://wagthedog.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2008/10/27/3949287.html#comments

October Adoption of the Month - Jamie
As most of you know, Jamie is a very special dog to everyone at ANML-RESQ, but in particular, he is very special to me. I love all of my fosters, but Jamie will always hold a special place in my heart. 

After we discovered, two days after taking Jamie and Sassy in, Jamie fell very ill, very quickly. After fostering 24 puppies, mostly bullies, I knew Jamie's behaviour after the second day was not that of a normal puppy. He and Sassy played and wrestled and wore each other out, every day. They ate like each meal was their last, but the third day was different ... Jamie wasn't interested in food or play. ALL he wanted to do was sleep. I couldn't even get him to drink. Something was WAY wrong and thankfully, we had a vet appointment for the following day. That was when my world fell apart. I told the vet about his strange behaviour and first thing she wanted to do was test him for parvo. I consented immediately, never dreaming he would test positive. I had to leave Jamie at the vets and I returned home in a daze. I worried about Sassy and sure enough a couple of days later, she also fell ill with the disease. It was a stressful 7 days, waiting for my babies to return, but I realized quickly, that the hard part was yet to begin. 14 days of isolation. They could not come near my other dogs as vaccinated or not, Rottweilers are highly susceptible to parvo. Four times a day of feeding, taking the puppies out for playtime in their isolation area, then sleep time for them. Then strip down my clothing and shoes, enter my home, shower and do laundry, tend to my crew, cook and back to see the babies. We had a baby monitor hooked up, so the moment they stirred, I was back out there with them. I watched them get stronger and stronger every day and couldn't wait to reunited them with all the rest of my furkids. 

It wasn't soon after recovery that Jamie went to his new home. He lived there happily and was well loved, however, due to his breed and fear of neighbours causing problems, Jamie was returned back to our rescue. My heart broke for my little boy. We welcomed him back with open arms, even though he couldn't be an integral part of the family. Our pack is pretty well established and while we chose playmates and playtime carefully, we couldn't completely integrate him into our family. This laid very heavy on my heart as I knew Jamie deserved more. He deserved a family of his own that he could have full access to. He deserved to have a couch to cuddle on full-time and a bed to snuggle in with his people. 

I am so thrilled to announce that Jamie has finally found that home. He lives with his new mom and dad, Ayla and Paul and the lucky boy has struck it big!! His dad Paul takes him running/jogging and Jamie goes with dad as often as he can. 

Jamie is the one and only furkid in the family and he is loving every minute of being doted on. Even Jamie's grandma and grandpa love him!! What more could you ask for (-: I am so happy for Sir James. We can't wait for pictures and updates and I will soon be stopping by for a visit. That's the best part!!! He isn't that far from me - yippee!!!!! Here is a picture of Jamie with his new mom and dad. Good luck Jamie!! You will always have a special place in my heart.

Rambo
For those of you that have been following Rambo's story, I am pleased to say that Rambo is FINALLY free and has been flown to a foster home in the east coast. This beautiful boy spent half of his life in a shelter, waiting to find out if he would live or die. He has never done a thing to anyone, his only crime was escaping from his yard and falling into the hands of animal control.  Because animal control decided he was a banned breed and too young to live in the province, he was seized and because of the law, ordered destroyed.

His owner decided to hire a lawyer and Rambo was in the fight for his life!! He was spared less than 1/2 hour a day of human companionship and lulled the days, then months away, wishing for freedom. Well, that day finally came when through the help of a wonderful Councilwoman and a dedicated owner, willing to fight for his life...his life WAS spared and he was flown to a foster home, out of province to begin his new life.  Muzzle-free and free of the hostile discrimination of a province that condemns certain dogs with a certain appearance to death.

Congratulations Rambo!! You deserve this chance you show the world that you are a happy, loving boy, with a zest for life and the courage to fight for it.

Pumpkinfest
We had a GREAT time this month at Pumpkinfest.  Lots of people stopping by the booth to chat.  Thanks to everyone for dropping by and saying HELLO. MANY thanks to Linda for helping set up and coming to my rescue and MANY thanks to Elaine and Sue for coming to help with the booth on Saturday. Check out the pictures and the blog from Pumpkinfest.

We also had a garage sale in Oshawa. Many thanks to Sharon and Dulce for manning the sale and thank you to everyone that stopped in made a contribution to a great cause. 

Great Adoptions for October
We had four great adoptions this month and congratulations to Chade, Lola, Bubba and Jamie!!!

Voting - ANML-RESQ Calendar 2009
Vote for your top 12 pictures for the 2009 calendar - vote for your own too. Voting will be allowed from one email address only, pick the best top 12 and them submit your email to resqadog@hotmail.com. We will tabulate the votes and as soon as we can, we will let you know who are the winners.

Big Thank You
ANML-RESQ and it's volunteers would like to thank Denise at Spoil Me Pets in Mount Forest for all the wonderful things she does for animals in need.

She is always thinking of ways to help our rescued animals and Denise has been one of our biggest supporters. Denise heard about our boy Chester and how we needed to raise funds to help with the high cost of medical bills. She took it upon herself to bake up a storm and do a fundraising bake sale on behalf of Chester's fund. Denise set up her table in front of her store and the kind people of Mount Forest gave generously. Much to everyone's dismay and heartbreak, while Denise tended to a customer in the store, someone stole the donation jar and all the monies collected from her bake sale. Denise was heartbroken, as were we all. This, however, did not deter Denise. Instead, she continued her bake-sale for the remainder of the day and also extended it to Saturday. Denise called the local paper to let them know what happened. The following week, the paper, The Mount Forest Confederate, ran the story and the outpouring of donations was heartwarming.

A HUGE thank you to Denise at Spoil Me Pets for always helping the animals in need and many thanks to the kind people of Mount Forest for your kindness and generosity.

Dog Adoptables of the Month - October

Diamond Diamond is a beautiful 4 year old Rottweiler girl in urgent need of a foster or forever home. Diamond is a very friendly girl, loving both men and women. She has not been exposed to children, so no children under 12 years of age.		Abbey Abby is a 5 year old Malti-Poo who came from a puppy mill where she was used just to breed. She is just lov'n this thing called life now - rolling in the grass, playing with her doggie friends and snuggling with the kids.

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Cat Adoptables of the Month - October

Patches is a purrfect classic Calico. She is extremely sweet and petite and she loves attention. Patches is up to date on her vaccinations and is spayed.		Ginger is a young adult and is a very neat cat – he keeps himself immaculately clean and tidy. Ginger is vaccinated and neutered and ready to go home.

Grey Bruce Animal Shelter: We are located just south of Owen Sound and are open 7 days a week from 8 am until noon. Please call us at 519 372-1911 for more information. You can also view Patches and Ginger on our Petfinder web page.

Doggy Recipe for October

Bacon Bits for Dogs

• 6 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
• 4 eggs, well beaten
• 1/8 cup bacon fat
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup non-fat dry milk powder
• 2 cup graham flour
• 2 cup wheat germ
• 1/2 cup cornmeal

Mix ingredients with a strong spoon; drop heaping tablespoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet. Bake in a 350 oven for 15 minutes. Turn off oven and leave cookies on baking sheet in the oven overnight to dry out. Yield: about 4 dozen dog cookies.

Have a great recipe - send it to anmlresq@hotmail.com - we will feature it here!

Ask Sassy

Dear Sassy: Why should people seriously consider what breed of dog they adopt? What
are some of the differences? Confused in Cornwall

Dear Confused in Cornwall,

Thank you for your excellent question. I can't emphasize how important it is to research the breed of dog you are interested in adopting. There are so many breeds of dogs available now and all of them come with their own little issues significant to their breed, whether they are health related issues or behaviour/temperament issues.

Many of the herding breeds are high-energy breeds that MUST have a job or they can re-direct their energies. This can make them develop bad habits that will be hard to break later in life and also make their behaviour unacceptable. So herding/working breeds need to work or they will take out their pent-up frustrations elsewhere. Hunting breeds are another different breed ... owners must be aware of this breed and their needs. Their need to hunt ... nose to the ground. Again, an energetic breed. They need lots of exercise. Guardian breeds must have an owner that is responsible and understanding of this breed and their needs as well. Those owners need to be pack leaders that respect and understand the responsibility of owning such a powerful breed.

Please be sure to do your homework. If you prepare and understand your new companion, and give them what they need, there will be less chance of having to re-home them later.

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